Friday, January 19, 2024

Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Jan. 19

 Today's players in Champions Wildcard are:


- Rachel Clark, a director of client strategy from Washington, D.C.;

- Erin Portman, a high school English teacher from Naperville, Illinois; and

- Bryan White, a senior regulatory compliance analyst originally from Santa Maria, California.


Jeopardy! 


AMERICA BEFORE 1800// THE BOOK TITLE ANIMAL // LET'S PLAY A GAME // BRITISH TV // MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS // FROM S TO Y


DD1 (video) - 600 - AMERICA BEFORE 1800 - Reconstructed in the 1930s, the original Governor's Palace in this colonial capital was built from 1706 to 1722 (Erin doubled to 6,400.)


Scores at first break: Bryan 1,000, Erin 2,200, Rachel 3,600.


Scores entering DJ: Bryan 1,800, Erin 8,600, Rachel 5,400.


Double Jeopardy! 


ASIAN CAPITAL CITIES // MUSICAL THEATER // AGRICULTURE // NEWER WORDS & PHRASES // EXISTENTIALISM // FAMOUS FORGERIES


DD2 - 1,200 - MUSICAL THEATER - Of course it features the title song that says, "Come and meet those dancing feet on the avenue I'm taking you to..." (Rachel dropped 1,400.)


DD3 - 1,200 - FAMOUS FORGERIES - Clifford Irving gambled (wrongly) that this reclusive billionaire wouldn't step forward to debunk a forged 1971 "autobiography" (Erin dropped 5,000.)


Scores entering FJ: Bryan 12,200, Erin 11,200, Rachel 10,000.


Final Jeopardy!


AMERICAN ARTISTS - In the 1920s he used wire, string & other materials to fabricate “models in motion” for a miniature circus scene


Bryan was the only player to miss on FJ, so Erin took the win, adding 9,000 to advance with 20,200.


Final scores: Bryan 1,900, Erin 20,200, Rachel 11,201.


Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Williamsburg? DD2 - What is "42nd Street"? DD3 - Who was Howard Hughes? FJ - Who was Alexander Calder?

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