Thursday, March 14, 2024

Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Mar. 14

 The players in the third game of the first-to-three 2024 ToC final are:


- Ben Chan, a philosophy professor from Green Bay, Wisconsin, who won the first game of the final;

- Troy Meyer, a music executive from Tampa, Florida, who took his first victory yesterday; and

- Yogesh Raut, a social and personality psychologist from Vancouver, Washington, still seeking his initial win.


Jeopardy! 


LOOK AT THE MAP // HEALTH & MEDICINE // KHAN YOU DIG IT? // FESTIVALS // SONGS OF YOUTH // CROSSWORD CLUES "R"


DD1 - 1,000 - KHAN YOU DIG IT? - The Aga Khans hold this title as leaders of the Shiite Nizari Ismaili sect (Troy dropped 2,600 on a true DD.)


Scores at first break: Yogesh 3,200, Troy 0, Ben 4,600.


Scores entering DJ: Yogesh 4,600, Troy 2,800, Ben 5,800.


Double Jeopardy! 


ANCIENT HISTORY // BOOKS BY REPORTERS // MEMORIALS & MONUMENTS // IT'S A FACT! // THE NAME ON THE OSCAR // ENDS IN "IX"


DD2 - 1,200 - MEMORIALS & MONUMENTS - Dedicated to the memory of great Frenchmen, it's the final resting place of women too, including Marie Curie & Simone Veil (Troy doubled to 11,200.)


DD3 - 1,200 - ENDS IN "IX" - This town at the foot of Mont Blanc hosted the first Winter Olympics in 1924 (Yogesh doubled to 24,400.)


First place going into FJ all came down to who would find DD3, and it went to Yogesh, who doubled to 24,400 and led into FJ at 29,600 vs. 17,800 for Ben and 15,200 for Troy.

 

Final Jeopardy!


THE UNITED NATIONS - Of the 9 countries that have produced a U.N. Secretary-General, this nation is the only one from its hemisphere


Everyone was correct on FJ. Yogesh added 6,001 to take his first win in the final with 35,601.


Final scores: Yogesh 35,601, Troy 30,400, Ben 30,401.


Correct Qs: DD1 - What are imams? DD2 - What is the Pantheon? DD3 - What is Chamonix? FJ - What is Peru?

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