Thursday, October 12, 2023

Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Oct. 12

 Today's players in Champions Wildcard are:


- Josh Saak, a traffic engineer from Boise, Idaho;

- Valerie Castelo, a legal training & development manager from San Leandro, California; and

- Steve Clarke, an attorney from Chesapeake, Virginia.


Jeopardy! 


SPOOKY LITERATURE // LET'S PLAY SPORTSBALL // WORDS FROM 2 LETTERS // AARON BURR // GOT MILK? // THE JEOPARDY WORLD ORCHESTRA


DD1 - $600 - LET'S PLAY SPORTSBALL - The guy who invented this sport in 1895 called it mintonette, but the over-the-net exchanges soon got it a new name (Steve dropped $1,000.)


Scores at first break: Steve $1,400, Valerie $1,000, Josh $3,600.


Scores going into DJ: Steve $5,400, Valerie -$400, Josh $5,200.


Double Jeopardy! 


PRESIDENTS' EXECUTIVE ORDERS // HAPPIER MOVIE ENDINGS // "L" ON EARTH // GEOMETRY // RANK-LY SPEAKING // YOU NEED TO CLEAR THAT UP


DD2 - $1,200 - GEOMETRY - Between 2 & 2:50 p.m., the minute hand on your watch covers this many degrees (Valerie dropped $2,000.)


DD3 - $2,000 - PRESIDENTS' EXECUTIVE ORDERS - "Providing assistance for the removal of an obstruction of justice within the state of Arkansas" (Steve added $2,500.)


Scores going into FJ: Steve $19,100, Valerie $5,200, Josh $16,400.


Final Jeopardy!


WORD ORIGINS - Though it meant “seasickness” in Latin, this 6-letter word now refers to a more general feeling of sickness


Josh and Valerie were correct on FJ, with Josh adding $2,701 to advance with $19,105.


Final scores: Steve $5,399, Valerie $5,200, Josh $19,105.


Correct Qs: DD1 - What is volleyball? DD2 - What is 300? DD3 - Who was Eisenhower? FJ - What is nausea?

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