Final Jeopardy: Nobel Prize Winners (6-29-12)
The Final Jeopardy question (6/29/2012) in the category “Nobel Prize Winners” was:
Among the many books he wrote were “The World Crisis”, “The Second World War” & “Painting as a Pastime.”
2-day champ Anna-Lise Santella is back today. She didn’t win by much yesterday, but she did win and her 2-day total is $21,199. Today she faces these two new players: Matt Samberg, from Pittsburgh, PA and Jia-Rui Cook, from Los Angeles, CA.
Matt found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Historic Days of Our Lives” He had the lead with $5,600, $2,600 more than Jia-Rui who was in second place. This whole category contained videos with soap opera stars fitting the clues into dialogue. Weird. Matt must have thought so, too. He only risked $600, and he was RIGHT.
–“Carrie, I’m really sorry I missed your wedding — I know you marrying Austin was a once in a lifetime event.”
–“Yes, I felt like Mary I of England on July 25, 1554, marrying Phillip II of this Catholic country. show
The buzzer went off right after that so Matt finished in the lead with $6,200. Jia-Rui was second with $3,000 and Anna-Lise was last with $2,400.
Jia-Rui found the first Double Jeopardy Daily Double in “Science.” She was in second place with $5,800, $4,400 less than Matt. She bet $4,000 and she was RIGHT.
The name of this, seen in the heavens, is a translation of the Latin via lactea. show
Matt found the last Daily Double in “Office Holders” He had the lead with $13,800, $3,200 more than Jia-Rui, still in second place. He bet $3,000, and he was RIGHT.
–“Supreme Court Justice, 1986- (He’s been there the longest). show
Matt finished in the lead with a runaway $24,400. Jia-Rui was next with $10,600 and Anna-Lise was in third place with $3,200.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right, but can you blame them? Not even the year as a hint!
Winston Churchill won the 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature not for any book he wrote in particular, but “for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values.” (Nobel Prize.org)
The book we are showing, containing his speeches from 1951-52, was originally published in 1953. Hilariously, the Amazon description says “This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923
Anna-Lise didn’t even take a guess. She bet everything but a dollar, so that’s what she had left.
Jia-Rui thought it was Gunther Grass, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1999. That cost her $6,000. She finished with $4,600.
Matt wrote down Henry Kissinger, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973. He made the smallest bet, only risking $3,000. The loss of that brought him down to $21,400. Not a bad payday at all and Matt will return on Monday for another shot at another big payday.
