Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Mar. 12

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


- Ben Chan, a philosophy professor from Green Bay, Wisconsin;

- Troy Meyer, a music executive from Tampa, Florida; and

- Yogesh Raut, a social and personality psychologist from Vancouver, Washington.


Jeopardy! 


FROM THE NEWSPAPERS // INVESTING & BUSINESS TERMS // ONE-WORD BEATLES SONG TITLES // SOUP'S ON // IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS // LITERARY TITLE ADJECTIVES


DD1 - 1,000 - FROM THE NEWSPAPERS - n 1921: "Italian radicals make issue of" this pair's case (Troy doubled to 3,200.)


Scores at first break: Yogesh 0, Troy 4,600, Ben 5,400.


Scores entering DJ: Yogesh 3,600, Troy 5,800, Ben 6,000.


Double Jeopardy! 


PLAIN GEOGRAPHY // PROSE & CONGRESS // UNMANNED SPACE EXPLORATION // THE KNIGHTLY NEWS // WHO'S THE BIOPIC SUBJECT? // STARTS WITH "P"


DD2 - 1,600 - PROSE & CONGRESS - In 2011 this Senator published his "The Speech: A Historic Filibuster on Corporate Greed & the Decline of Our Middle Class" (Troy doubled to 18,000.)


DD3 - 2,000 - STARTS WITH "P" - Part of this word for a long, rambling journey nearly spells out a type of falcon (Troy dropped 6,000.)


Troy went from a close third to a big lead by doubling on DD2, and despite missing DD3, Troy held first place into FJ at 22,000 vs. 15,600 for Yogesh and 10,000 for Ben.

 

Final Jeopardy!


WORLD THEATER - This 1867 play has a reindeer hunt & a king dwelling in snowy mountains but its title character also spends time in Morocco & Egypt


Yogesh and Ben were correct on FJ. Very surprisingly, Yogesh wagered 0, which allowed Ben to take the victory when Troy missed. Ben recorded win no. 1 in the final with a score of 15,601.


Final scores: Yogesh 15,600, Troy 12,799, Ben 15,601.


Correct Qs: DD1 - Who were Sacco & Vanzetti? DD2 - Who is Bernie Sanders? DD3 - What is peregrination? FJ - What is "Peer Gynt"?

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