Thursday, December 7, 2023

Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Dec. 7

 Today's players in Champions Wildcard are:


- Robin Lozano, a technology chief of staff from Shavertown, Pennsylvania;

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

- Scott Shewfelt, a writer originally from Tavistock, Ontario.


Jeopardy! 


OKLAHOMA! // SUPER BOWL STARS // FIRE PLACE // ON THE "T"ABLE // 4 YOUR CONSIDERATION // A DONUT SHOP DICTIONARY


DD1 - 800 - FIRE PLACE - Circa 50 B.C.: This city's library is torched (by Julius Caesar, some say) (Robin added 1,000.)


Scores at first break: Scott 2,400, Yungsheng 2,200, Robin 3,200.


Scores going into DJ: Scott 2,000, Yungsheng 4,800, Robin 5,000.


Double Jeopardy! 


GREEK ALPHABET PUZZLERS // AMPHIBIANS // DURING LOU GEHRIG'S CONSECUTIVE GAME STREAK // LABOR UNIONS // IT'S RAINING MENSA // STAR WARS BEFORE & AFTER


DD2 - 1,200 - AMPHIBIANS - Although this "biblical" frog is the world's largest at around 12 inches long, its tadpoles are the same size as other frogs (Robin dropped 3,000.)


DD3 - 1,600 - DURING LOU GEHRIG'S CONSECUTIVE GAME STREAK - He became the Cook County Jail's most famous inmate on Oct. 24, 1931 (Scott added 6,400.)


Scores going into FJ: Scott 14,400, Yungsheng 12,000, Robin 4,800.


Final Jeopardy!


LANGUAGES - Since it can make someone "Japanese laugh as heartily as a Dane", Lillian Gish saw film as an aesthetic this, the name of a language


Only Yungsheng was correct on FJ, adding 11,000 to advance with 23,000.


Final scores: Scott 4,400, Yungsheng 23,000, Robin 0.


Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Alexandria? DD2 - What is goliath frog? DD3 - Who was Al Capone? FJ - What is Esperanto?

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