Tuesday, December 26, 2023

Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Dec. 26

 Today's players in Second Chance are:


- Myles Karp, a journalist & consultant from Weston, Florida;

- Emily Kawaler, a bioinformatician from New York City; and

- Christopher Pennant, a sports journalist & announcer from Chicago, Illinois.


Jeopardy! 


TIMES: NEW ROMAN // CHILDREN'S LITERATURE // BEST ACTRESS OSCAR WINNERS // HOMOPHONIC PAIRS // FORKS, KNIVES, SPOONS // JUST "E"AT IT


DD1 - 800 - BEST ACTRESS OSCAR WINNERS - In 1997, picking up her first of 3 Oscars for Best Actress, she thanks her son Pedro & her husband Joel (Emily dropped 4,800 on a true DD.)


Scores at first break: Christopher 1,800, Emily 4,400, Myles 2,000.


Scores going into DJ: Christopher 3,600, Emily 2,200, Myles 3,600.


Double Jeopardy! 


MUSIC TERMS // TV COMEDIES BY WORKPLACE // YELLOW STONE // COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES // LITERAL NATIONAL NAMES // ADDEND"UM"


DD2 - 1,600 - MUSIC TERMS - You can use the black notes on a keyboard to play this common 5-note scale (On the first clue of the round, Emily doubled to 4,400.)


DD3 - 1,200 - LITERAL NATIONAL NAMES - Throughout its history, it's been the "Island of Copper"  (On the second clue of the round, Emily dropped 4,400 on a true DD.)


Scores going into FJ: Christopher 10,800, Emily 7,600, Myles 10,000.


Final Jeopardy!


BOOK CHARACTERS - Early in a 1966 novel, this title character beats the protagonist in maze races; later on he bites him


Christopher and Emily were correct on FJ, with Christopher adding 10,000 to advance with 20,800.


Final scores: Christopher 20,800, Emily 10,900, Myles 4,799.


Correct Qs: DD1 - Who is Frances McDormand? DD2 - What is pentatonic?  DD3 - What is Cyprus? FJ - Who is Algernon?

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