Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Nov. 22

 Today's players in Champions Wildcard are:


- Kit Sekelsky, a freelance graphic designer from Kent, Ohio;

- Deanna Bolio, a community outreach supervisor from Campbell, California; and

- Nick Cascone, an orthopedic physician assistant originally from Queens, New York.


Jeopardy! 


"B"OOKS // SPORTSTALK // THE INSTRUMENT OF DEATH // PASTA SHAPES // BUILDING TERMS // ONAMATOPOEIA


DD1 - 800 - "B"OOKS - The title of this bestseller by Ann Patchett refers to a smooth style of opera singing (Nick dropped 1,000.)


Scores at first break: Nick 0, Deanna 2,200, Kit 2,800.


Scores going into DJ: Nick 5,000, Deanna 3,800, Kit 2,400.


Double Jeopardy! 


BELGIUM // SORRY ABOUT THAT // TITLE ROLE ACTORS // 18th CENTURY TECHNOLOGY // COMPANY NAME ORIGINS // "TAG", YOU'RE IT


DD2 - 1,600 - COMPANY NAME ORIGINS  - James Church chose this name for his product because the symbols of the god Vulcan represented power (Kit dropped 4,000.)


DD3 - 1,600 - BELGIUM - This large cultural and linguistic group lives in southern Belgium & speaks predominantly French (Nick added 1,000.)


Scores going into FJ: Nick 23,200, Deanna 3,000, Kit 1,200.


Final Jeopardy!


MUSICIANS - An Esquire profile said, “The most distinguishing thing” about the face of this singer “are his eyes, clear blue & alert”


Only Kit was correct on FJ, with Nick standing pat to advance with $23,200,


Final scores: Nick 23,200, Deanna 0, Kit 1,221.


Correct Qs: DD1 - What is "Bel Canto"? DD2 - What is Arm & Hammer? DD3 - Who are the Walloons? FJ - Who was Frank Sinatra? (Nick and Deanna both went with David Bowie.)

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