Friday, December 15, 2023

Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Dec. 15

 Today's players in game one of the two-game Champions Wildcard final are:


- Gary Hollis, a chemistry professor from Roanoke, Virginia;

- Tyler Vandenberg, a Marine officer currently serving in Stuttgart, Germany; and

- Yungsheng Wang, a deputy public defender originally from Lafayette, Louisiana.


Jeopardy! 


COUNTRY ADD A LETTER // NOT REALLY MARRIED // HISTORIC DOCUMENTS // MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS // DOUBLE Y-ed // TRAILER PARK


DD1 (video) - 800 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS - Ricola ads have featured this Swiss horn (Gary added 2,600.)


Scores at first break: Yungsheng 4,400, Tyler 1,600, Gary 6,800.


Scores going into DJ: Yungsheng 6,800, Tyler 2,000, Gary 9,400.


Double Jeopardy! 


SAN FRANCISCO, NOW & FOREVER // AN "L" OF A TEAM // WATER WORLD // FLOWERS // FICTIONAL LANGUAGES // WISH I'D SAID THAT!


DD2 - 1,200 - FLOWERS - Oh, the vanity! These flowers represent egotism, as their mythological name indicates (Gary added 3,000.)


DD3 - 1,200 - WISH I'D SAID THAT! - H.L. Mencken defined Puritanism as "the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be" this word (Gary was tied at 16,400 with Yungsheng and dropped 3,000.)


Scores going into FJ: Yungsheng 16,800, Tyler 8,800, Gary 14,600.


Final Jeopardy!


THE WILD WEST - In 1888’s “Ranch Life & The Hunting-Trail” Teddy Roosevelt wrote his 2 ranch hands were “able to travel” like this animal


Only Tyler was correct on FJ, doubling up to jump from last to first with 17,600. He will carry this amount into the next game, with Yungsheng in second at 8,000 and Gary trailing with 6,000.


Correct Qs: DD1 - What is alpenhorn (alphorn)? DD2 - What is narcissus? DD3 - What is happy? FJ - What is bull moose?

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