Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Mar. 21

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

- Larissa Kelly, an editor from Richmond, California;

- Jason Zuffranieri, a n upper school mathematics faculty member from Carrollton, Texas; and

- Leonard Cooper, a doctoral student from Little Rock, Arkansas.

Jeopardy! 

HISTORIC FIRSTS // CHARACTERS IN BOOK SERIES // TRANSPORTATION // THERE WILL BE A TEST ON THIS // THE CINEMA IN 2023 // 4-LETTER HOMOPHONES

DD1 - 800 - THERE WILL BE A TEST ON THIS - Used to determine if a computer can "think", the Turing test was originally known as this, also the name of a 2014 movie about Turing (Larissa doubled to 9,200.)

Scores at first break: Leonard 600, Jason 1,200, Larissa 10,800.

Scores entering DJ: Leonard 1,200, Jason 4,200, Larissa 12,000.

Double Jeopardy! 

THE LOCALS // IN YOUR ELEMENT // NOTABLE NAMES // ON THE NOSE // CLASSIC TV // IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS

DD2 - 1,600 - IN YOUR ELEMENT (word hidden in the element name for the symbol given) - P: This solar deity (Leonard doubled to 2,400.)

DD3 - 2,000 - NOTABLE NAMES - His 1936 "General Theory" suggesting government spending to lower unemployment influenced economic policy for decades (Jason doubled to 18,800.)

Larissa took command in round one with a DD1 double-up, Jason grabbed the lead by doubling on DD3, but Larissa came right back and retook the advantage into FJ at 25,200 vs. 19,600 for Jason and 9,600 for Leonard.

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY NOVELS - Virginia Woolf disliked this book that was “cutting out the explanations and putting in the thoughts between dashes”

Larissa and Leonard were correct on FJ, with Larissa adding 15,000 to advance with 40,200.

Final scores: Leonard 14,300, Jason 13,600, Larissa 40,200.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is imitation game? DD2 - What is Horus (in phosphorus)? DD3 - Who was Keynes? FJ - What is "Ulysses"?