Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Oct. 17

 Today's players in the third Champions Wildcard semifinal are:


- Lucy Ricketts, a book designer & freelance illustrator from Atlanta, Georgia;

- Daniel Nguyen, a high school math teacher & doctoral student from San Jose, California; and

- Joe Feldmann, a technology professional from Bethesda, Maryland.


Jeopardy! 


THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS // "B" GIRLS // DUST TO DUST // COUNTDOWN // SORT THROUGH THE WORD PROBLEM // ANIMALS IN ITALIAN


DD1 - $800 - DUST TO DUST - In a poem named for him, Rudyard Kipling calls this man a "limpin' lump o' brick-dust" (Lucy dropped $2,400.)


Scores at first break: Joe $400, Daniel $800, Lucy $3,000.


Scores going into DJ: Joe $2,800, Daniel $3,200, Lucy $3,200.


Double Jeopardy! 


THE MOUNTAIN WEST // SUMMER OLYMPIC CITIES // WORLD WRITERS // WEEDER'S DIGEST // ASTROLOGY TIME // 3-LETTER WORDS


DD2 - $1,600- SUMMER OLYMPIC CITIES - This city between Lake Mälaren & the Baltic Sea hosted the 1912 Olympics (On the first clue of the round, Joe dropped $2,800.)


DD3 - $2,000 - ASTROLOGY TIME - According to astrology, we are influenced not only by the planets but also by these objects, like Pallas & Vesta (Lucy dropped $6,000.)


Scores going into FJ: Joe $400, Daniel $4,800, Lucy $11,600.


Final Jeopardy!


MILITARY HISTORY - A 1918 article titled “Do Not Shoot At” these said hunters were interfering with the U.S. Signal Corps’ training of them


Only Lucy was correct on FJ, betting $0 to advance with $11,600. Lucy will face Sam and Josh in the finals.


Final scores: Joe $0, Daniel $4,800, Lucy $11,600.


Correct Qs: DD1 - Who is Gunga Din? DD2 - What is Stockholm? DD3 - What are asteroids? FJ - What are pigeons?

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