Monday, February 12, 2024

Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Feb. 12

 Today's players in Champions Wildcard are:


- Dan Wohl, a high school history teacher from Brooklyn, New York;

- Donna Matturri, a librarian from Columbus, Ohio; and

- Sriram Krishnan, a consultant from Falls Church, Virginia.


Jeopardy! 


POP CULTURE VS.// AIRLINE LOGOS // INITIALS OF HISTORIC PEOPLE // SOME VERY MOVING WORDS // LIFE IN THE 1920s // GENIUS: MLK/X


DD1 - 1,000 - LIFE IN THE 1920s - In a 1925 speech she said, "We have got to free women from enforced, enslaved maternity" (Donna dropped 2,500.)


Scores at first break: Sriram 2,000, Donna 4,400, Dan 1,400.


Scores entering DJ: Sriram 4,800, Donna 4,900, Dan 2,200.


Double Jeopardy! 


FICTIONAL CHARACTERS // OCEANOGRAPHY // MUSICIANS OF THE 1960s // HOMES // INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS // RHYMING SYNONYMS


DD2 - 1,200 - FICTIONAL CHARACTERS - Michael Connelly named this LAPD detective after a 15th century Dutch painter (Donna added 5,000.)


DD3 - 1,600 - INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS - Founded in 1831 to support the conquest of Algeria, this organization requires members to use assumed names (Dan added 4,200.)


Scores entering FJ: Sriram 13,200, Donna 20,700, Dan 6,000.


Final Jeopardy!


U.S. STAMPS - This Roman numeral appeared on stamps in a 2022 series for the 50th anniversary of an anti-discrimination law


Sriram and Dan were correct on FJ, with Sriram doubling up to advance with 26,400..


Final scores: Sriram 26,400, Donna 14,900, Dan 7,000.


Correct Qs: DD1 - Who was Margaret Sanger? DD2 - Who is Harry Bosch? DD3 - What is the French Foreign Legion? FJ - What is IX?

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