Monday, May 15, 2023

Jeopardy! recap for Mon., May 15

 Here are today's contestants:


- Wendy, a retired teacher, is the TV-taught family birthday layer cake maker; 

- Ben, a philosophy professor, brought an old love letter to an assisted living facility. Ben is a three-day champ with winnings of $69,001; and

- Hannah, a data scientist, trained for the show by watching while standing up. Hannah is an eight-day champ with winnings of $229,801.


Jeopardy! 


NEW ZEALAND GEOGRAPHY // ORDINAL NOVELS // DOG BREED RHYME TIME // SOUNDS SPOOKY // DEFENDING THE TITLE // PUTTING THE "MM" IN YUMMY


DD1 - $800 - SOUNDS SPOOKY - There are 3 species of this mammal, which uses echolocation & feeds on livestock (Ben improved his leading score by $3,000 to $7,600.)


Scores at first break: Hannah $2,600, Ben $7,600, Wendy $400.


Scores going into DJ: Hannah $4,000, Ben $11,800, Wendy $1,200.


Double Jeopardy! 


IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD // CLOSE ELECTIONS // QUICK OPERA // SCIENTISTS // WATCHING THE DETECTIVES // "SPECIAL" DELIVERY


DD2 - $1,200 - QUICK OPERA - 3 ladies give Tamino this title item, but no lessons (Ben added $7,000 to his total of $17,400 vs. $4,000 for Hannah.)


DD3 (video) - $1,600 - IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD - Acorn Street is one of the most historic in the Boston neighborhood called this Hill, named after a warning light that once stood there (Ben added $3,000 to his score of $26,400 vs. $4,000 for Hannah.)


The eagerly-awaited clash of champions between Hannah and Ben turned out to be no contest at all, as Ben swept the DDs in a sensational performance, entering FJ at $41,000 vs. $6,800 for Hannah and $4,400 for Wendy.


Final Jeopardy!


PUBLICATIONS - The co-founder of this magazine that began in 1967 said its name comes primarily from a song title but noted a band name as well


All three players were done writing quickly and were correct on FJ. Ben added $19,000 to win with $60,000 for a four-day total of $129,001.


Final scores: Hannah $13,599, Ben $60,000, Wendy $8,600.


Odds and Ends


Triple Stumper of the day: No one knew the TV detective series starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander, "Rizzoli & Isles".


One more thing: Hard to think of having worse Jeopardy! luck than showing up to the studio and discovering you're up against an eight-time champ AND a three-game champ.


Correct Qs: DD1 - What are vampire bats? DD2 - What is "The Magic Flute"? DD3 - What is Beacon? FJ - What is "Rolling Stone"?


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