Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Jeopardy! recap for Tue. Feb. 2

 Please welcome today's contestants:


- Henry, an arts administrator, has a Nixonian connection to his wife;

- Myrlin, a novelist, finds four-leaf clovers; and

- Steve, a retired police department information supervisor, has been to Botswana over a dozen times. Steve is a one-day champ with winnings of $10,000.


Henry found all three DDs but was incorrect on the last two, while Myrlin edged out Steve for first place going into FJ, with Myrlin at $14,400, Steve with $12,000 and Henry at $5,100.


DD1 - $1,000 - AMERICAN NAMES - The movie "Rope" was partly based on a murder committed by this pair, first name Nathan and Richard (Henry won $1,500 from his leading score of $2,600).


DD2 - $1,600 - OLD NEWSPAPERS - A furious rivalry between NYC's World & Journal newspapers in the 1890s led to this term used for sensational news reporting (Henry lost $2,000 from his total of $5,900 vs. $8,400 for Myrlin.)


DD3 - $2,000 - THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE - This "C" in the ABC islands of the Caribbean has the oldest continuously inhabited Jewish community in the Americas (Henry lost $4,000 from his third-place score of $10,700 vs. $12,400 for Myrlin.)


FJ - WRITERS FOR CHILDREN - The Dartmouth alumni magazine gave "rejoice" as a rhyme for the correct pronunciation of his name


Only Steve was correct on FJ, standing pat to win with $12,000 for a two-day total of $22,000.


Triple Stumper of the day: No one knew the Hartford newspaper that's the USA's oldest continuously published is the Courant.


Ken's corner: The guest host might have let a hint slip out after introducing the FJ category by saying "think back to the books of your childhood", implying that the subject of the clue wasn't a recent name.


Correct Qs: DD1 - Who were Leopold and Loeb? DD2 - Who was yellow journalism? DD3 - What is Curaçao? FJ - Who was Seuss?


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