Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Mar. 8

 Please welcome today's contestants:


- Gundeep, an analyst, "ruins" everyone's favorite movie by making his own;

- Miranda, an occupational therapist, works out to inner tube water polo; and

- Maureen, an executive assistant, provided a world capital as a concierge. Maureen is a one-day champ with winnings of $2,200.


Jeopardy! 


ANTHROPOLOGIST'S DICTIONARY // THE AT LEAST 5 LABORS OF HERCULES // REALITY SHOW SPIN-OFFS // MORE THAN ONE MEANING // OCEANS // 11


DD1 - $800 - OCEANS - These islands off Florida have ocean cliffs a mile deep--don't know about that theory that the name is from Spanish for "shallow sea" (Gundeep lost $600 on a true DD.)


Scores going into DJ: Maureen $4,200, Miranda $3,800, Gundeep $2,600.


Double Jeopardy! 


ANCIENT WARFARE // POETRY FILL IN THE BLANK // 14-LETTER WORDS // FIRST & LAST ALPHABETICALLY // PEOPLE IN SCIENCE // THE OSCA"R"s


DD2 - $1,200 - FIRST & LAST ALPHABETICALLY - Argon, xenon (Gundeep lost $2,000 from his total of $6,200 vs. $8,200 for Maureen.)


DD3 - $2,000 - POETRY FILL IN THE BLANK - Kipling: "Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, and -- which is more -- you'll be a ___, ___ ___!" (Miranda, from a close third place with $6,600, lost $2,400.)


Scores going into FJ: Maureen $9,400, Gundeep $8,600, Miranda $6,200.


Final Jeopardy!


BROADWAY MUSICALS - Characters Mark, Roger & Maureen in this musical were inspired by Marcello, Rodolfo & Musetta in another work


Maureen and Miranda were correct on FJ. Maureen doubled to win with $18,800 for a two-day total of $21,000.


Odds and ends


Reality bites: No one knew TV reality show "Vanderpump Rules" is a spinoff of "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills", or that MTV's "The Hills" was spun off from "Laguna Beach".


Ken's Korner: He revived the phrase "no harm no foul" for a clue about the Arctic Ocean's bearded seal on which everyone took an incorrect guess (otter, walrus, polar bear).


Correct Qs: DD1 - What are the Bahamas? DD2 - What are noble gases? DD3 - What is "man, my son"? FJ - What is "Rent"?


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