Friday, February 25, 2022

Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Feb. 25

Introducing today contestants:


- Theresa, an inventory planning analyst, was a teaching assistant in a French area where they once put a pig on trial;

- Max, a creative director, hosted the home version of the game as "Almax Trebek"; and

- Christine, piano teacher & church organist, whose wishes for a home organ are less ambitious than Ken's. Christine is a two-day champ with winnings of $44,600.


Jeopardy! 


BIG TEN GEOGRAPHY // COMMON COMMODITIES // THE DISNEY LADY SINGS // KINDS OF CARE // A FEW COLORFUL WORDS // LAST LINE OF A SHAKESPEARE ACT


DD1 - $400 - LAST LINE OF A SHAKESPEARE ACT - This title character declares, "He shall have every day a several greeting, or I'll unpeople Egypt" (Christine still led narrowly after losing $2,500 from her total of $5,200.)


Scores going into DJ: Christine $3,100, Max $3,400, Theresa $600.


Double Jeopardy! 


AFRICAN EMPIRES // THAT INVENTION IS ELECTRIC // BEFORE SHE WAS FIRST LADY // HOW PUNGENT! // TV CATCHPHRASES // 3-SYLLABLE VERBS


DD2 - $800 - BEFORE SHE WAS FIRST LADY - She appeared on Broadway in "Lute Song" with Yul Brenner & Mary Martin (Christine lost $2,000 from her total of $8,300  vs. $4,200 for Max.)


DD3 - $1,200 - THAT INVENTION IS ELECTRIC - The advocacy of John Counsell, who suffered a spinal cord injury in the 1942 Dieppe Raid, led to the 1st electric one in the 1950s (Max won $4,000 from his total of $5,400 vs. $6,300 for Christine.)


Scores going into FJ: Christine $11,500, Max $15,000, Theresa $7,400.


Final Jeopardy!


AWARDS - These awards have a retro version & winners include the novel “The Sword in the Stone” & “The War of the Worlds” radio broadcast


Christine and Theresa were correct on FJ. Christine added $3,501 to win with $15,001 for a three-day total of $59,601.


Triple Stumper of the day: No one knew the legumes produced by Brazil that are a top commodity exported to China are soybeans.


Correct Qs: DD1 - Who was Cleopatra? DD2 - Who was Nancy Davis (Reagan)? DD3 - What is wheelchair? FJ - What are the Hugo Awards?


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