Friday, March 31, 2023

Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Mar. 31

 Here are today's contestants:


- Jen, a writer, has three contemporary fiction books out; 

- Brittany, a senior insurance rater, whose one-eyed rescue cat Smba  (Simba without the "i") watches the left part of Jeopardy!; and

- Sharon, a manager, runs a state program for families with children that have disabilities and developmental delays. Sharon is a one-day champ with winnings of $17,000.


Jeopardy! 


HEALTH & MEDICINE // THAT, OR A GOLF THING // VERMONT // SONGS FROM '60s MUSICALS // HEY, BIG SPENDER // SWEET CHARITY


DD1 - $600 - SONGS FROM '60s MUSICALS - With a 10-word title, "Comedy Tonight" & "The House Of Marcus Lvcus" (Sharon added to table limit of $1,000.)


Scores at first break: Sharon $2,400, Brittany -$800, Jen $3,400.


Scores going into DJ: Sharon $6,200, Brittany -$400, Jen $5,200.


Double Jeopardy! 


OH, THE LITERARY PLACES YOU DON'T WANT TO GO! // POLITICS TALK // LAST LINES OF MOVIES // TO THE, TOWER // ANCIENT VIPs // CONSECUTIVE LETTER WORD PAIRS


DD2 - $1,600 - ANCIENT VIPs - The Hanging Gardens was one of many building projects credited to this king of Babylon who also appears in the book of Daniel (Brittany moved to a closer third place by adding $2,000 to her total of $2,400.)


DD3 - $2,000 - POLITICS TALK - Sen. Robert Byrd said the survival of our constitutional system is based on "the delicate mechanism of" this pair (Sharon added $2,500 to her total of $9,400 vs. $5,600 for Jen.)


Sharon extended her lead on DD3 and kept on building to a runaway at $15,500 vs. $6,800 for Brittany and $6,400 for Jen.


Final Jeopardy!


CITY HISTORY - Over 700 years after its traditional 1252 founding date, this port city became associated with a psychological response


Only Sharon was correct on FJ, adding $1,100 to win with $16,600 for a two-day total of $33,600.


Final scores:  Sharon $16,600, Brittany $799, Jen $5,900.


Odds and ends


Triple Stumper of the day: The "beach a golfer never wants to visit" that's also a below-ground fortification isn't a sand trap, but a bunker.


Ken's Korner: After a clue about a certain scene in "Boogie Nights", he said "Sorry we couldn't show the clip". That's OK Ken, I'm sure plenty of people found that once was enough.


Correct Qs: DD1 - What is "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"? DD2 - Who was Nebuchadnezzar? DD3 - What are check and balances? FJ - What is Stockholm?


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