Monday, January 16, 2023

Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Jan. 16

 Here are today's contestants:


- Katie, a museum interpreter, played seven roles in "Moby-Dick"; 

- Jimmy, a teacher, fought crime in the Prague subway; and

- Yogesh, a blogger, podcaster & freelance writer, was a fan of India Cooper, and vice versa.  Yogesh is a three-day champ with winnings of $96,403.


Jeopardy! 


THE COLORS OF SCIENCE //  MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAMS // CIRCLES, SQUARES & DODECAHEDRONS // CLICHÉS REPHRASE // PURE BREAD // DOG TALES


DD1 - $1,000 - THE COLORS OF SCIENCE - It's a disease that afflicts cereal grasses, or a diminutive name for a star like the Sun (Yogesh doubled to $6,400.)


Scores at first break: Yogesh $2,800, Jimmy $2,800, Katie $3,800.


Scores going into DJ: Yogesh $9,200, Jimmy $3,400, Katie $5,600.


Double Jeopardy! 


SMALL TOWN AMERICA & CANADA // ROYAL HISTORY // TATTOOS // LETTERS OF THE LAW // THE SINGER WHO PLAYED... // SHORT A


DD2 (video) - $2,000 - SMALL TOWN AMERICA & CANADA - This British Columbia town grew up around a mountain that's been home to Olympians & ski bums, the sound made by the local marmots led to the name (Yogesh added $5,000 to his total of $17,600 vs. $12,800 for Katie.)


DD3 - $1,200 - LETTERS OF THE LAW - N: Failure to exercise care towards others that a reasonable person would do in similar circumstances (Katie added $8,000 to her score of $16,400 vs. $22,600 for Yogesh.)


Yogesh hit the first two DDs to build a substantial lead, but Katie found DD3, wagered enough to take first place and held onto it into FJ at $25,600 vs. $23,800 for Yogesh and $11,400 for Jimmy.


Final Jeopardy!


BUSINESS MILESTONES - These were first sold in 1908, at a price equivalent to about $27,000 today


Everyone was incorrect on FJ. Yogesh made a tiny wager of $999 to shut out Jimmy, but Katie made a small wager of her own of just $2,500, so Katie took the win with $23,100.


Final scores: Yogesh $22,801, Jimmy $0, Katie $23,100.


Odds and ends


Triple Stumper of the day: No one knew the home state of John Mellencamp is Indiana.


Wagering strategy: Given how late in the game it was, Katie might as well have gone all-in on DD3 and not risk losing the lead back to Yogesh, since with her $8,000 bet she would have been in big trouble if she had missed anyway. Also, on FJ a bet by Katie of $800 or less would have been preferable to $2,500, as that amount would have shut out both Jimmy and Yogesh.


Ken's Korner: When ruling on a clue about the Astros winning the World Series, Ken said "Yes" with a tone that suggested great disappointment.


Correct Qs: DD1 - What is yellow dwarf? DD2 - What is Whistler? DD3 - What is negligence? FJ - What is the Ford Model T? (Katie wrote "cars", but that was disallowed since the clue specified 1908, and cars in general were sold before then.)


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