Thursday, January 2, 2020

Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Jan. 2

Let's meet today's contestants:

- Brit, a law student from California, is not a soda enthusiast;
- Kevin, a hospital IT analyst from Ohio, met Alex as an infant; and
- Karen, a political consultant from Virginia, wants to travel to Eastern Europe. Karen entered the game as a five-day champ with winnings of $94,802.


It was close in round one, but after Kevin wiped out on DD3, champ Karen gradually edged away, leading into FJ with $18,200 vs. $10,400 for Brit and $2,000 for Kevin.

DD1, $1,000 - CHANGE ONE LETTER - A word meaning to try hard tries hard & changes a letter to take one long step (Karen won $2,000 from her score of $5,400 vs. $5,200 for Brit.)

DD2, $1,200 - CREATURES OF THE DEEP? - This U.S. Army officer with a summit named for him in the Rockies was killed in action in the War of 1812 (On the first clue of DJ, Kevin won $2,400 on a true DD vs. $8,200 for Karen.)

DD3, $1,600 - PLACES - Home to its 2 most sacred cities, the Hejaz is a region in this country  (Three clues after the previous DD, Kevin lost $6,000 on a true DD vs. $8,200 for Karen.)

FJ - SCIENTISTS - About 100 years before Darwin, this naturalist put orangutans & humans in a group with the Latin name "Homo"

Only Karen was correct on FJ, adding $2,601 to win $20,801 for a six-day total of $115,603.

Triple Stumper of the day: No one knew the name for a Vegas high roller that is shared by a creature of the deep is a whale.

Shameless shilling: Despite having three bright, quick players, both rounds had leftovers so we could hear several Golden Globes speech excerpts and a post-FJ "clue for you" plug for the movie "1917". It would be nice if the show would pay the value of the unseen clues between the players to make up for these plug-related lost scoring opportunities.

This day in Trebekistan: After Kevin's FJ wager of $1,987 was revealed, Alex called it "a good year". This time he might actually have meant it, since that was when he added Classic Concentration to his hosting resume.

Correct Qs:
DD1 - What are strive and stride?
DD2 - Who was Pike?
DD3 - What is Saudi Arabia?
FJ - Who was Linnaeus?

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