Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Dec. 12

 Today's players in Champions Wildcard are:


- Henry Baer, a software engineer from San Francisco, California;

- Julia Markham Cameron, an attorney from Brooklyn, New York; and

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


Jeopardy! 


HAVE YOU 8? // AUTO RACING // BLACK MYSTERY & CRIME FICTION // ANIMALS // SOUNDS KINDA "IFF"-Y // I'M ABSOLUTELY SURE


DD1 - 600 - HAVE YOU 8? - The 8 ranks in this 8-letter biological classification system start with domain & end with species (Gary added 600.)


Scores at first break: Gary 800, Julia 2,800, Henry 2,000.


Scores going into DJ: Gary 3,800, Julia 4,400, Henry 4,800.


Double Jeopardy! 


YES, I'VE ETON // SEINFELD BEFORE & AFTER // ANATOM"E" // STICKY STUFF // McPEOPLE // WORDS OF PEACE


DD2 - 1,600 - McPEOPLE - Tcday an asteroid bears the name of this New Hampshire teacher (Julia dropped 4,000.)


DD3 - 2,000 - WORDS OF PEACE - When the Eagle landed in 1969, this 11-letter word of peace was mentioned (Gary added 3,000.)


Scores going into FJ: Gary 20,800, Julia 800, Henry 9,600.


Final Jeopardy!


AMERICAN LITERATURE - Chapter 100 of this novel introduces the one-armed Captain Boomer of the Samuel Enderby


Everyone was correct on FJ. with Gary adding 12 to advance with 20,812.


Final scores: Gary 20,812, Julia 1,600, Henry 10,834.


Correct Qs: DD1 - What is taxonomy? DD2 - Who was Christa McAuliffe? DD3 - What is tranquility? FJ - What is "Moby-Dick"?

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