Friday, September 22, 2023

Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Sept. 22

 Today's contestants for the second game of the weekly two-game finals are:


- Deanna Bolio, a community outreach supervisor from Campbell, California, who earned $16,200 in game one;

- Rob Kim, an attorney from Portland, Oregon, carries over $3,400 from yesterday; and

- Pam Sung, a physician-scientist from Amherst, New York, enters this game with $10,000.


Jeopardy! 


SCOTLAND // TV // "C" IN LITERATURE // THAT'S JUST OFFAL // ALL'S WHALE THAT ENDS WHALE // SCHOOL RHYME TIME


DD1 - $1,000 - SCOTLAND - The highest point in Edinburgh's Holyrood Park is an ancient volcano that shares its name with this legendary king (Pam dropped $1,000.)


Scores at first break: Deanna $2,000, Rob $2,800, Pam $200.


Scores going into DJ: Deanna $2,800, Rob $4,600, Pam $4,000.


Double Jeopardy! 


THINKING OF UKRAINE // A CAPITAL OFFENSE // STARS & STRIPES IN ART // DO I WANT THAT NAMED FOR ME? // MAY WE QUOTE YOU? // COMPOUND ADJECTIVES


DD2 - $1,600 - DO I WANT THAT NAMED FOR ME? - Ambrose Philips' sentimental poems inspired a fellow writer to coin this rhyming insult word, using the Amb in Ambrose (Deanna added $2,400)


DD3 - $800 - THINKING OF UKRAINE - This major Ukrainian port city was named for an ancient Greek colony thought to have existed nearby (Rob added $4,000.)


Scores going into FJ: Deanna $12,400, Rob $11,400, Pam $9,200.


Final Jeopardy!


COMPOSERS - A fireworks display followed the April 27, 1749 premiere of a work by this man that had been commissioned by George II


Only Deanna missed FJ, but she didn't have to bet anything to win the two-day contest. She ended this game with $12,400, which carried her to a total of $28,600. good enough for first place and $35,000 in cash. Pam was second and won $20,000 while Rob was third and gets $10,000.


Scores for game two: Deanna $12,400, Rob $13,400, Pam $16,201.


Scores for the two-game finals: Deanna $28,600, Rob $16,800, Pam $26,201.


Correct Qs: DD1 - Who is King Arthur? DD2 - What is namby-pamby? DD3 - What is Odessa? FJ - Who was Handel?

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