Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Oct. 24

 Today's players in Champions Wildcard are:


- John Vigna, a writer from Los Angeles, California;

- Jilana Cotter, a senior data analyst from Dade City, Florida; and

- Steve Crupi, a retired police information supervisor from Las Vegas, Nevada.


Jeopardy! 


WAR & PEAS // THE USTA // WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLINER? // NOVEL IDEAS // INVENTED FIRST // "POUND" KEY


DD1 - $800 - NOVEL IDEAS - "Cleanliness is next to Fordliness" is a line from this 1932 novel (Jilana added $1,200.)


Scores at first break: Steve $3,800, Jilana $4,400, John $0.


Scores going into DJ: Steve $6,400, Jilana $4,600, John -$400.


Double Jeopardy! 


GARDENS // GO SEE A MOVIE ABOUT A HORSE // THE METROPOLITAN OPERA // COUNTRIES THAT BORDER INDIA // A CATEGORY FULL OF COR(E)YS // CONTRONYMS


DD2 - $800 - THE METROPOLITAN OPERA - Emma Calvé might have tired of the habanera when she set a Met record singing this role 138 times (Jilana added $4,000.)


DD3 - $1,200 - COUNTRIES THAT BORDER INDIA - In 1967 India & this nation had a military clash along the border of Sikkim, then an Indian protectorate & today a state (John  dropped $700.)


Scores going into FJ: Steve $9,600, Jilana $19,000, John $900.


Final Jeopardy!


AWARDS & HONORS - As of 2023 the only 2 to win a Nobel Prize in Literature & an Academy Award were George Bernard Shaw & this singer-songwriter


Only Jilana was correct on FJ, adding $801 to advance with $19,801.


Final scores: Steve $0, Jilana $19,801, John $2.


Correct Qs: DD1 - What is "Brave New World"? DD2 - What is Carmen? DD3 - What is China? FJ - Who is Bob Dylan?

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