Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Mar. 28

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

- Monica Thieu, a postdoctoral scientist from Atlanta, Georgia;

- Chuck Forrest, a lawyer from Marino, Italy; and

- Sam Kavanaugh, an educator from Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Jeopardy! 

LGBTQ+ WRITERS & THEIR WORKS // HOP ON THE INTERSTATE // FREE FOR ALL // 2-WORD POP CULTURE // ALPHANUMERICS // DEFINITIONS FROM THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY

DD1 - 600- HOP ON THE INTERSTATE - Columbia is about midway between these 2 same-state Midwest cities that squared off in the I-70 World Series in 1985 (Sam dropped 1,000.)

Scores at first break: Sam 200, Chuck 1,000, Monica 3,800.

Scores entering DJ: Sam 200, Chuck 2,600, Monica 8,200.

Double Jeopardy! 

BRITISH EXPLORERS // ART TERMS // SCIENCE // ROUND HERE // TOUGH VOCAB // HIP-POP

DD2 - 1,600 - ART TERMS - Jean Arp coined this term for Alexander Calder's inert sculptures, often made from sheet metal (On the second clue of the round, Sam added 2,000.)

DD3 - 1,200 - SCIENCE - Devised by a 19th century German scientist, this scale measures a mineral's resistance to abrasion (On the very next clue from DD2, Sam doubled to 4,400.)

Sam quickly found and was correct on both DDs in DJ, but didn't have a lot of points to wager on them, so Monica was able to maintain first place at every commercial break, leading into FJ at 15,800 vs. 12,000 for Sam and 11,000 for Chuck.

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY BOOKS - TIME mentioned “cruelty & enforced conformity” when summing up this novel with a “stonily silent narrator”

Everyone was incorrect on FJ. Sam made the smallest wager, so he was able to stay one point ahead of Monica at the finish and advance with 7,600.

Final scores: Sam 7,600, Chuck 6,199, Monica 7,599.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What are Kansas City and St. Louis? DD2 - What are stabiles? DD3 - What is Mohs hardness scale? FJ - What is "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest"?