Introducing the players for day four of the 2022 ToC:
- John Focht, a software team lead, is making good use of the Jeopardy! box scores;
- Rowan Ward, a chartcaller, writer & editor, dreams of a rematch with Matt; and
- Courtney Shah, a community college instructor, had Jeopardy! congratulations across the time zones.
Jeopardy!
A YEAR ENDING IN 2 // REAL-DEAL RHYME TIME // NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES // OBJECTS OF VERSE // ADVERBS // FILM FIGHT MARQUEE
DD1 - $800 - NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES - In 2003 this newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of sexual abuse in the Catholic church (Rowan improved by $1,000 to $1,800.)
Scores at first break: Courtney $1,400, Rowan $1,400, John $1,800.
Scores going into DJ: Courtney $2,400, Rowan $3,600, John $3,000.
Double Jeopardy!
GOTTA KNOW YOUR SCIENCE // STARTS WITH J// BIBLICAL PEOPLE // GET DOWN TO BUSINESS // NAME THAT BALKAN NATION // A MUSICAL JOURNEY WITH QUESTLOVE
DD2 - $2,000 - NAME THAT BALKAN NATION - To resolve a spat with Greece, in 2019 it added a direction to its name (John added $8,000 to his total of $13,000 vs. $8,400 for Rowan.)
DD3 - $1,200 - GET DOWN TO BUSINESS - A New York Times article headlined "When Mac & Cheese and Ketchup Don't Mix" concerned the 2015 merger of these 2 companies (On the next clue from the previous DD, John improved by $3,000 to $24,000.)
After a closely-contested first round, John found back-to-back DDs with the lead and pretty much put the game away right there, entering FJ with a runaway at $32,000 vs. $10,800 for Rowan and $5,200 for Courtney.
Final Jeopardy!
NOVEL LOCALES - This place from a 1933 novel lies in the Valley of Blue Moon, below a peak called Karakal
Everyone was incorrect on FJ. John wagered $0 to advance with $32,000.
Odds and Ends
Pop culture problems: The players missed three clues in a category about movie fights, and didn't know the kind of rhyming weatherman that George Carlin's character Al Sleet was, "Hippy Dippy".
Ken's Korner: After Courtney's incorrect response on FJ of "The Big Valley", Ken shared his admiration for the 1960s TV Western starring Barbara Stanwyck.
Correct Qs: DD1 - What is the Boston Globe? DD2 - What is North Macedonia? DD3 - What are Kraft and Heinz? FJ - What is Shangri-La?
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