Final Jeopardy: Classic Children’s Books (4-4-2012)
The Final Jeopardy question (4/4/2012) in the category “Classic Children’s Books” was:
A. Cavaticus, the scientific name of the barn spider, inspired the middle initial and last name of a character in this book.
We’re back to a champ a day and today’s new champ is Joey Falco who won $3,999 yesterday. Today’s new players are: Michael Tvaruzka from Eau Claire, WI and Jesse Tow, from Austin, TX.
It’s interesting that whenever there are two women with biblical names, Alex rarely fails to notice, but he took no notice that he had three guys that fit the category today.
Joey found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Beggars Can’t Be Boozers.” He had $1,600, double what Michael had and 4 times Jesse’s money. He went for a true Daily and he was RIGHT.
This film director and winery owner is said to have kept the empty bottle of a $24,000 1941 cabernet atop his refrigerator. show
Joey finished in the lead with $5,200. Michael came in second with $4,000. Jesse was in third place with $2,400.
While sweeping through the category “Map Making,” Jesse found the first Daily Double in Double Jeopardy! He now was in second place with $4,800, $400 less than Joey. He chose to make it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
Greenland is much smaller than South America but scale is distorted on this type of map named for a 16th century Fleming, so the farther away from the equator you get, the larger the distortion.
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Joey found the second Daily Double in “Movie Prologues.” He was now in second place with $5,600, $4,000 less than Jesse. He made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
“The winter of 180 A.D., Emperor Marcus Aurelius’ twelve-year campaign against the barbarian tribes in Germania.” show
Joey finished in the lead with $13,200. Jesse came next with $9,200 and Michael was last with $7,600.
ALL of the players got Final Jeopardy! right.
E. B. White originally planned to give Charlotte the last name Epeira. But in John Henry Comstock’s “The Spider Book,” he learned that Epeira was a much later name given to Charlotte’s genus. He found the perfect middle initial and last name, as well as a detailed description of his heroine:
“Aranea cavatica (a. ca-vat-i-ca) — This spider is dirty white in colour with grayish markings. The abdomen is clothed with numerous whitish or gray hairs, which give it in life a grayish appearance; this is not so marked in alcoholic specimens …”
Michael wagered every penny he had and finished with $15,200.
Jesse bet $6,001 and finished with $15,201.
Joey bet $6,800 and won the game with an even $20,000. If he had bet an extra buck, his two day total would be $24,000 but he didn’t so it’s $23,999.
