Friday, December 25, 2020

Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Dec. 25 (encore from Jan. 15, 2009)

 Please welcome today's contestants:


- Bill, a non-profit director from Denver, Colorado, spent a night with a Playmate...in separate rooms;

- Meagan,  a bookseller from Lakeland, Florida, had room problems on her honeymoon; and

- Greg, a college instructor from Chincoteague Island, Virginia, got a response to his fan letter to James Stewart. Greg is a one-day champ with winnings of $23,201.


Meagan was correct on both DDs in DJ, helping her show the way into FJ with $17,400 vs. $14,400 for Greg and $10,800 for Bill


DD1 - $800 - BOOKS & AUTHORS - The first line of his 1951 novel mentions a "lousy childhood ... and all that David Copperfield kind of crap" (Greg lost the table limit of $1,000.)


DD2 - $1,600 - MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY - A major figure in logic & semantics, he's best known for falling in love with a student (Meagan won $2,000 from her score of $6,200 vs. $8,000 for Greg.)


DD3 - $2,000 - FUN WITH ASTROLOGY - The 2 signs made of of 2 separate but identical creatures (Meagan won $2,000 from her total of $13,800 vs. $10,000 for Greg.)


FJ - WRITER/DIRECTORS - His headstone, using a line from one of his scripts, says, "I'm a writer but then nobody's perfect"


Meagan and Greg were correct on FJ, with Meagan adding $11,500 to win with $28,900.


Triple Stumper of the day: For a top-row clue, no one guessed that "It ain't no walk in the park" when in 2004, 1,839 people (mostly kids) fell out of trees.


Correct Qs: DD1 - Who was Salinger? DD2 - Who was Abelard? DD3 - What are Gemini and Pisces? FJ - Who was Billy Wilder?


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