Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Feb. 2

 Today's players in the second game of this two-game Champions Wildcard final are:

- Michael Menkhus, a data analyst from Kansas City, Missouri, dropped to 0 in game one;

- Andy Tirrell, a political science & international relations professor from San Diego, California, ended yesterday at 14,800; and

- Juveria Zaheer, a psychiatrist from Whitby, Ontario, finished Thursday with the lead at 20,000.

Jeopardy! 

JUST PLAYING // A LONG SESSION OF MONOPOLY // ETCH & SKETCH // A SUCCESSFUL OPERATION // THE GAME OF LIFE // BUILDING IN LAGOS

DD1 - 1,000 - A SUCCESSFUL OPERATION - Part of biliary surgery, the operation to remove this, now one of the most common, was first done by Dr. Langenbuch in 1882 (Juveria dropped 1,000.)

Scores at first break: Juveria 3,600, Andy 600, Michael 0.

Scores entering DJ: Juveria 6,200, Andy 2,000, Michael 2,800.

Double Jeopardy! 

TALKING ABOUT TOLKIEN // WE'VE GOT HISTORY // BILLBOARD'S 500 BEST POP SONGS // WEIGHTS & MEASURES // EXPLORING U.S. CITIES // DELICIOUS BEFORE & AFTER

DD2 - 1,600 - EXPLORING U.S. CITIES - Area 15 in Las Vegas houses art installations originally built for this annual festival held in the Black Rock Desert (Andy added 2,000.)

DD3 - 1,600 - WEIGHTS & MEASURES - This unit of force named for a 17th century man is equal to about .225 pound-force (Michael added 3,600.)

Scores entering FJ: Juveria 11,800, Andy 4,400, Michael 13,200.

Final Jeopardy!

ARMY TECHNOLOGY  - Bearing the name of a man who died in Iowa in 1838, these began service in 1979 & today number in the thousands

Everyone was incorrect on FJ. Even though Juveria didn't have the lead into FJ in game two, based on two-game combined scores, she could not be caught. Juveria wins $100,000 in real money and moves on to the ToC. Andy bet it all but still held onto second place ($50,000), while Michael won $25,000 for third.

Final scores for game two: Juveria 11,800, Andy 4,400, Michael 2,799.

Two-game combined scores: Juveria 31,800, Andy 14,800, Michael 2,799.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is gallbladder? DD2 - What is Burning Man? DD3 - What is Newton? FJ - What are Black Hawk helicopters?