Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Jul. 20

 Please welcome today's contestants:


- Alison, a nurse practitioner, has connections to famous women and a Jeopardy! player;

- Alfred, an assistant dean, got different reactions from students than from their parents; and

- Matt, an attorney, whose son knows "it's me, daddy!". Matt is a one-day champ with winnings of $29,201.


Jeopardy! 


PLEASE RISE FOR OUR NATIONAL... // DOUBLE TALK // WORLD CAPITAL ATTRACTIONS // QUIZ BOWL // IT'S A BUG // NOT A FEATURE


DD1 - $1,000 - PLEASE RISE FOR OUR NATIONAL... - March: This "eternal" Sousa piece got the gig in 1987 (Matt lost the table limit of $1,000.)


Scores going into DJ: Matt $6,000, Alfred -$200, Alison $6,200.


Double Jeopardy! 


FAMOUS AMERICANS // EATING & DRINKING PLACES // HISTORY // THE TITLE THAT COMPLETES THE RHYME // ESSAYS // HEY, NICE "AB"s! (responses begin with "ab")


DD2 - $1,200 -  EATING & DRINKING PLACES - Military types can have food & fun at one of these, also a term for something carried to drink water (Matt added $2,400 to his total of $11,600 vs. $6,200 for Alison.)


DD3 - $1,600 - ESSAYS - This 1929 essay says a woman must have a dedicated personal space in order to become a fiction writer (Alfred added $2,100 to his third-place score of $2,200.)


Matt quickly established command in DJ and Alison couldn't quite prevent the runaway as Matt entered FJ at $25,600 vs. $12,200 for Alison and $5,500 for Alfred.


Final Jeopardy!


HISTORIC AMERICAN ROADS - Originally a Native American trail, the Dutch made it a main road & today it runs 33 miles from State Street to Sleepy Hollow


Matt and Alfred were correct on FJ, with Matt adding $1,044 to win with $26,644 for a two-day total of $55,845.


Odds and ends


Clue selection strategy: With DD3 still remaining in play and one untouched category on the board, Alison, in a distant second behind Matt, gained control and chose a $400 clue. Alfred responded correctly to it and on the next selection, immediately found DD3 under the last $1,600 clue.


That's before our time: No one knew the "Not Donald" who was "tormented by an all-powerful animator" in the short subject "Duck Amuck" is Daffy Duck.


Judging the judges: For a clue about a place where one can get "a cup of joe" and access the internet, Matt was not offered a BMS when he responded with "café" instead of "cybercafé".


Correct Qs: DD1 - What is "Stars and Stripes Forever"? DD2 - What is canteen?  DD3 - What is "A Room of One's Own"? FJ - What is Broadway?


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