Thursday, October 26, 2023

Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Oct. 26

 Today's players in Champions Wildcard are:


- Tony Freitas, a director of project engineering from Claremont, California;

- Mason Maggio, a songwriter from Los Angeles, California; and

- Yoshie Hill, a program support specialist from Colma, California.


Jeopardy! 


SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY // MOB HITS // TAKE THE "A" TRAINING // MAP HAPPY // THE CAMERA MAN // FASHION STATEMENTS


DD1 (video) - $1,000 - SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY- This biologist first gained acclaim for writing in 1937 with her article, "Undersea" in the "Atlantic Monthly" (Tony dropped $2,800.)


Scores at first break: Yoshie $1,200, Mason $4,200, Tony $2,000.


Scores going into DJ: Yoshie $1,200, Mason $9,600, Tony $2,800.


Double Jeopardy! 


BOOKS & AUTHORS // HALL OF FAMER BY POSITION // JACQUES OF ALL TRADES // LET'S GO LOBSTERING // "HOUSE"// OF REPRESENTITIVES


DD2 - $1,200 - BOOKS & AUTHORS - To Ian McEwan, there is no redemption, no amends, no this, the title of his novel made into a 2007 movie with Saoirse Ronan (Yoshie dropped $2,000.)


DD3 (video) - $1,600 - OF REPRESENTITIVES - The only Speaker of the House to become president was this Tennessee representative & 11th president (Mason dropped $6,000.)


Scores going into FJ: Yoshie $5,600, Mason $7,600, Tony $2,400.


Final Jeopardy!


FAMOUS FAMILIES - In 2020 a former U.S. ambassador to Ireland, the last of 9 siblings in this dynastic family, died at 92


Yoshie and Tony were correct on FJ, with Yoshie doubling up to advance with $11,200.


Final scores: Yoshie $11,200, Mason $3,999, Tony $4,800.


Correct Qs: DD1 - Who was Rachel Carson? DD2 - What is "Atonement"? DD3 - Who was Polk? FJ - What is Kennedy?

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