Friday, December 22, 2023

Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Dec. 22

 Today's players in Second Chance are:


- Iris Masucci, a pharmacist from Rockville, Maryland;

- Jason Carpenter, a stand-up comic from Santa Rosa Valley, California; and

- Juveria Zaheer, a psychiatrist from Whitby, Ontario.


Jeopardy! 


CHICAGO // WEATHER IN THE BOOKSTORE // FOLLOW THE "MONEY" // HISTORICAL AMERICAN GOVERNORS // GOING SOFT // CAROLS


DD1 - 1,000 - CHICAGO - Nearly 250,000 gathered to see Obama's 2008 victory speech in Chicago's front yard, this park named for another president (Iris added 1,000.)


Scores at first break: Juveria 5,200, Jason 2,000, Iris 2,200.


Scores going into DJ: Juveria 8,800, Jason 2,600, Iris 4,400.


Double Jeopardy! 


BODIES OF WATER // MOVIE INSPIRATIONS // CONTEMPORARIES // NEW TO THE OED // BIOLOGY // CAROLS 


DD2 - 1,600 - BIOLOGY - This adjective for the organ that gives nutrients to the fetus describes all mammals except marsupials & a few even weirder ones (Juveria added 10,000.)


DD3 - 1,200 - CONTEMPORARIES - J.S. Bach and this great German-British composer were born a few weeks & a few dozen miles apart in 1685 (Juveria again added 10,000.)


Scores going into FJ: Juveria 45,600, Jason 10,600, Iris 6,400.


Final Jeopardy!


THE 20th CENTURY - On July 19, 1940 Hitler called this man a warmonger & wrongly predicted he would flee to Canada


Juveria and Jason were correct on FJ, with Juveria adding 5,600 to carry a massive advantage into the last game of the two-game final on Monday.


Final scores for game one: Juveria 51,200, Jason 16,200, Iris 2,400.


Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Grant Park? DD2 - What is placental? DD3 - Who was Handel? FJ - Who was Winston Churchill?

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