Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Nov. 17

 Please welcome today's contestants:


- Holly, a program director, is starting to feel the luck from her podium;

- Dan, a stay-at-home dad, wrote a poem about ex-planet Pluto; and

- Andy, a writer, had about the shortest Jeopardy! interview possible. Andy is a one-day champ with winnings of $26,799.


Andy found all three DDs, scored on two of them and nailed down a runaway on the last clue of DJ, leading into FJ with $19,800 vs. $9,400 for Dan and $8,000 for Holly.


DD1 - $600 - COLOR FILMS - The title of this 1999 film comes from the linoleum floor on death row (Andy won $1,800 on a true DD.)


DD2 - $800 - THE 15th CENTURY - The Spanish Inquisition began by asking those seen as religious offenders to do this, from the Latin for "sing again" (Andy lost $5,000 from his total of $10,600 vs. $4,600 for Dan.)


DD3 - $1,200 - EPONYMOUS ELEMENTS - This element is named for a Polish-born scientist & her husband (Andy won $3,000 from his score of $8,000 vs. $5,800 for Dan.)


FJ - FRENCH LITERATURE - An 1862 novel says this character "would have arrested his own father...and would have denounced his mother"


Andy and Holly were correct on FJ, with Andy adding $999 to win with $20,799 for a two-day total of $47,598.


Triple Stumper of the day: For a clue about the island that's home to Kona International Airport,  no one guessed the Big Island of Hawaii.


Jeopardy! title shorthand: Today it was confirmed that "Snow White" is acceptable without "the Seven Dwarfs", and TV's "Hercules" is OK without mentioning "The Legendary Journeys".


Correct Qs: DD1 - What is "The Green Mile"? DD2 - What was recant? DD3 - What is curium? FJ - Who is Javert?


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