Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Mar. 23

 Let's meet today's contestants:


- Nadège, a marine biology graduate student, knows how a coral reef sounds;

- Tim, an app developer, can say "I have five staples in my head" in French; and

- Mihir, an engineer, looked up to his women's basketball-playing neighbors. Mihir is a one-day champ with winnings of $24,999.


Jeopardy! 


IT'S ALL GUCCI // MUSIC AS OF LATE // FOOD & DRINK HOMOPHONES // BRIGHT LIGHTS // BIG CITY // WE READ IT IN THE '80s


DD1 - $600 - BIG CITY - This Florida city named for a president has more people than Miami & Tampa combined (Tim won the window maximum of $1,000.)


Scores going into DJ: Mihir $3,600, Tim $8,800, Nadège $3,000.


Double Jeopardy! 


IT HAPPENED IN '22 // SCIENCE IN NATURE // TRIPLE THE DOUBLE LETTERS // THE BODY POLITIC // WOMAN MOVIES // INCREDIBLY ELF-CENTERED


DD2 - $1,600 - IT HAPPENED IN '22 - Let's meet today's contestants:


- Nadège, a marine biology graduate student, knows how a coral reef sounds;

- Tim, an app developer, can say "I have five staples in my head" in French; and

- Mihir, an engineer, looked up to his women's basketball-playing neighbors. Mihir is a one-day champ with winnings of $24,999.


Jeopardy! 


IT'S ALL GUCCI // MUSIC AS OF LATE // FOOD & DRINK HOMOPHONES // BRIGHT LIGHTS // BIG CITY // WE READ IT IN THE '80s


DD1 - $600 - BIG CITY - This Florida city named for a president has more people than Miami & Tampa combined (Tim won the window maximum of $1,000.)


Scores going into DJ: Mihir $3,600, Tim $8,800, Nadège $3,000.


Double Jeopardy! 


IT HAPPENED IN '22 // SCIENCE IN NATURE // TRIPLE THE DOUBLE LETTERS // THE BODY POLITIC // WOMAN MOVIES // INCREDIBLY ELF-CENTERED


DD2 - $1,600 - IT HAPPENED IN '22 - 1922: this North African country gains independence from British rule with Fuad I as king (Nadège won $2,500 from her total of $7,400 vs. $15,600 for Tim.)


DD3 - $800 - TRIPLE THE DOUBLE LETTERS - For much of its history, the USSR was run by the Central this group (Nadège lost $2,000 from her score of $7,900 vs. $18,400 for Tim.)


Scores going into FJ:  Mihir $6,400, Tim $18,800, Nadège $5,900.


Final Jeopardy!


POEMS - The title of this poem comes from a 1920 book that refers to its possible “restoration to fruitfulness”


Everyone was incorrect on FJ. Tim dropped $2,000 to win with $16,800.


Odds and ends


Wagering strategy: When Nadège found DD3, there were only two other $400 clues remaining. Since she would have been eliminated with a miss betting $2,000 anyway, she should have just gone very big. If she had done so and been correct, she could have won the game with a small FJ wager when Tim missed. 


Triple Stumper of the day: No one could name the "reclusive" female star whose last movie came out in 1941 at age 36, Greta Garbo.


Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Jacksonville? DD2 - What is Egypt? DD3 - What is Committee? FJ - What is "The Waste Land"?

(Nadège won $2,500 from her total of $7,400 vs. $15,600 for Tim.)


DD3 - $800 - TRIPLE THE DOUBLE LETTERS - For much of its history, the USSR was run by the Central this group (Nadège lost $2,000 from her score of $7,900 vs. $18,400 for Tim.)


Scores going into FJ:  Mihir $6,400, Tim $18,800, Nadège $5,900.


Final Jeopardy!


POEMS - The title of this poem comes from a 1920 book that refers to its possible “restoration to fruitfulness”


Everyone was incorrect on FJ. Tim dropped $2,000 to win with $16,800.


Odds and ends


Wagering strategy: When Nadège found DD3, there were only two other $400 clues remaining. Since she would have been eliminated with a miss betting $2,000 anyway, she should have just gone very big. If she had done so and been correct, she could have won the game with a small FJ wager when Tim missed. 


Triple Stumper of the day: No one could name the "reclusive" female star whose last movie came out in 1941 at age 36, Greta Garbo.


Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Jacksonville? DD2 - What is Egypt? DD3 - What is Committee? ? FJ - What is "The Waste Land"?


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