Thursday, December 14, 2023

Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Dec. 14

 Today's players in Champions Wildcard are:


- Andrew Chaikin, a musician & teacher from San Francisco, California;

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

- Garrett Marcotte, a software engineer from Boulder, Colorado.


Jeopardy! 


IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF HISTORY // TENNIS-Y WILLIAMS // LITERATURE // STATE OF THE COLLEGE // IT'S ALL RELATIVE // A PROVERBIAL MESS


DD1 (video) - 600 - IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF HISTORY - Starting at the Boston Common & ending at the Bunker Hill Monument is this 2-word path (Garrett dropped 1,800.)


Scores at first break: Garrett 1,400 Yungsheng 4,200 Andrew 0.


Scores going into DJ: Garrett 2,400 Yungsheng 5,400 Andrew 2,000.


Double Jeopardy! 


BROWNIAN NOTIONS // SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT // THE SEA'S BOUNTY // A MATTER OF "LIFE" OR "DEATH" // HELL // HIGH WATER


DD2 - 1,200 - HELL - Milton used this word for the capital of Hell; now it means wild confusion (Andrew doubled to 15,200.)


DD3 - 2,000 - BROWNIAN NOTIONS - She ran Vanity Fair and The Daily Beast but said, "I didn't see myself as an editor. I wanted to be a playwright" (Two clues after the previous DD, Andrew added 5,000.)


Scores going into FJ: Garrett 4,800 Yungsheng 18,600 Andrew 26,600.


Final Jeopardy!


BUSINESS - Of the big 4 U.S. airlines, the 4 that each have over 15% of the domestic market, it’s the youngest


Only Yungsheng was correct on FJ, doubling up to advance with 37,200.


Final scores: Garrett 0, Yungsheng 37,200, Andrew 15,999.


Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Freedom Trail? DD2 - What is pandemonium? DD3 - Who is Tina Brown? FJ - What is Southwest?

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