Thursday, February 23, 2023

Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Feb. 23 - High School Reunion day four

 Today's contestants for day four of the High School Reunion tournament are:


- Teagan, a first-year student at American U., whose sister was doing a different trivia show as this one was being recorded; 

- Shriya, a sophomore at Harvard, is editor-in-chief of the Harvard International Review; and

- Justin, a first-year student at Brown, couldn't say anything when he found out about his return to the show at the gym.


Jeopardy! 


GREEK LIFE // FASHION // STATE CAPITALS // EIGHT IS ENOUGH // COLLEGE FOOTBALL // POST-GRADUATION


DD1 - $800 - GREEK LIFE - In the long run, you'll know General Miltiades lost only around 200 men & the Persians, 6,400, in the 5th century B.C. Battle of this (Teagan lost $2,000 from her score of $2,400.)


Scores at first break: Justin $200, Shriya $4,400, Teagan $2,400.


Scores going into DJ: Justin $2,600, Shriya $5,600, Teagan $1,000.


Double Jeopardy! 


ASTRONOMY & SPACE // YOU SEEM UPSET // AUTHORS' ALMA MATERS // OLD HISTORY // ANNUAL EVENTS // FIGHT SONGS


DD2 - $800 - OLD HISTORY - These Easterners were poised to invade Western Europe in 1241 when the death of their supreme leader called them back (Teagan moved into second by adding $2,000 to her total of $3,000 vs. $7,200 for Shriya.)


DD3 - $1,200 - ASTRONOMY & SPACE - With perihelion on July 28, it will be seen again from Earth in 2061, when all of you are looking back on your youthful hopes (Justin wagered his entire $8,600 vs. $8,800 for Shriya and was correct.)


Justin boldly doubled up on DD3, then Shriya finished well enough to keep the outcome in doubt going into FJ at $11,600 vs. $22,400 for Justin and $8,600 for Teagan.


Final Jeopardy!


FAMOUS NAMES - For a special 1970s cookbook, he provided one simple recipe--a can of Campbell's tomato soup & 2 cans of milk


Everyone was correct on FJ. Justin added $823 to advance with $23,223.


Final scores: Justin $23,223, Shriya $21,601, Teagan $11,602.


Odds and ends


Vocabulary vexations: No one knew the word from the Latin for "to put in motion" & used to describe patients in a disturbed state (agitated) or the word used to describe someone who leaves in a bad mood and also is a verb meaning "to blow" (huff).


Judging the writers: Jeopardy! viewers didn't have to wait over 70 years for Halley's Comet to come around again, as it was used for DD3 just over a week after it appeared for a FJ clue.


Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Marathon? DD2 - Who were the Mongols? DD3 - What is Halley's Comet? FJ - Who was Andy Warhol?


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