Friday, March 22, 2024

Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Mar. 22

 Today's players in the Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament are:


- Alan Lin, a software engineer from Los Angeles, California;

- Matt Jackson, a grad student in computer science & public policy originally from Washington, D.C.; and

- Terry O’Shea, a software engineer from Brooklyn, New York.


Jeopardy! 


THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, BY THE NUMBERS // NONFICTION // TURNING 60 IN 2024 // WORDS IN INVITATIONAL // THE LYRICAL STYLINGS OF JOHNNY GILBERT // TIME FOR DESSERT


DD1 - 600 - THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, BY THE NUMBERS - Though he won the popular vote, he flunked out of the Electoral College by 5 votes (Matt doubled to 6,400.)


Scores at first break: Terry 2,600, Matt 8,200, Alan 1,400.


Scores entering DJ: Terry 4,200, Matt 9,600, Alan 2,800.


Double Jeopardy! 


THE OLD TESTAMENT // "HOUSE" OF ENTERTAINMENT // IN THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME // ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES // COMPOSERS // TIME FOR DESERT


DD2 - 1,600 - TIME FOR DESERT - Parts of Texas are covered by this vast desert named for Mexico's largest state (Alan doubled to 8,000.)


DD3 - 1,200 - THE OLD TESTAMENT - This name of the first minor prophet in book order often comes before "can you see" in punny sermon titles (Matt added 12,000 to improve to 32,000.)


Matt led early, Alan was able to move a bit closer by doubling on DD2, then Matt put it away with a strong wager on DD3 and led into FJ at 41,200 vs. 14,000 for Alan and 5,800 for Terry.


Final Jeopardy!


FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD - “Captured in Egypt by the British Army 1801” is painted on the side of this artifact named for the city where it was found


Matt and Alan were correct (Terry left off a word and was ruled incorrect). Matt bet 121 to advance with 41,321.


Final scores: Terry 0, Matt 41,321, Alan 14,001.


Correct Qs: DD1 - Who is Gore? DD2 - What is the Chihuahuan Desert? DD3 - Who is Hosea? FJ - What is the Rosetta Stone?

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