Thursday, January 4, 2024

Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Jan. 4

 Today's players in Second Chance are:


- Kelly Shannon-Henderson, a classics professor from Cincinnati, Ohio;

- Max Davison, a writer from Studio City, California; and

- Matt Harvey, a healthcare administrator from Providence, Rhode Island.


Jeopardy! 


ALL ABOUT AUTHORS // WHICH CABINET DEPARTMENT?// LANGUAGES & THEIR FORMS // I SENSE SOME NEGATIVITY // GAME SHOW // OF THRONES


DD1 - 800 - ALL ABOUT AUTHORS - This 19th century author of adventure novels suffered from tuberculosis & moved to the South Seas for his health, dying in Samoa (Max dropped 1,200.)


Scores at first break: Matt 4,000, Max 800, Kelly 3,200.


Scores entering DJ: Matt 6,400, Max 3,000, Kelly 5,600.


Double Jeopardy! 


STATE CAPITALS OF INDIA // 5-SYLLABLE VERBS // PUT ON YOUR HELMET! // MYTHOLOGY // EARTH SCIENCE // NEW JAZZ


DD2 (video) - 2,000 - PUT ON YOUR HELMET! - Seen here is this ruler rocking a helmet while inspecting World War I troops (Max added 2,000.)


DD3 - 1,200 - EARTH SCIENCE - This word for a landmass that's large but still part of a larger one has been around since 1845 & is often applied to India (Kelly added 4,400.)


Scores entering FJ: Matt 16,400, Max 9,000, Kelly 12,400.


Final Jeopardy!


HISTORIC AMERICANS - They went their separate ways in 1806 & both became territorial governors: one of Upper Louisiana, the other of Missouri


Matt and Kelly were correct on FJ. Matt added 13,000 to advance with 29,400.


Final scores: Matt 29,400, Max 9,000, Kelly 18,001.


Correct Qs: DD1 - Who was Robert Louis Stevenson? DD2 - Who was Kaiser Wilhelm (II) ?  DD3 - What is a subcontinent? FJ - Who were Lewis & Clark?

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