Friday, March 8, 2024

Jeopardy! recap Fri., Mar. 8

 Today's players in the 2024 ToC are:


- Emily Sands, a project manager from Chanhassen, Minnesota

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

- David Sibley, an Episcopal priest from Walla Walla, Washington.


Jeopardy! 


LITERARY AWARDS // SUFFIXES // LEFTOVERS // WE'RE GOIN' TO BROADWAY! // PAPER // TRAIL


DD1 - 800 - TRAIL - Surname of settler John, who blazed a trail to Montana & left his name on a city there (Yogesh doubled to 3,600.)


Scores at first break: David 200, Yogesh 3,600, Emily 4,000.


Scores entering DJ: David 600, Yogesh 7,400, Emily 5,600.


Double Jeopardy! 


THE MIDDLE AGES // 13-LETTER WORDS // SHADES OF BLUE // SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR // FILM BROS // 150 YEARS OF THE 92nd STREET Y


DD2 (video) - 1,600 - SHADES OF BLUE - In his "Great Waves" print, Hokusai used this imported blue pigment first made in Germany (Emily dropped 7,600 on a true DD.)


DD3 - 1,200 - 150 YEARS OF THE 92nd STREET Y - In his U.S. reading debut, in June 1966, this S. Amer. poet said his country was in full winter but his welcome was like spring (Emily doubled to 5,600.)


Emily made a bid to try and take first place from Yogesh on DD2 but lost everything, leaving Yogesh too far ahead to be caught, entering FJ at 21,400 vs. 6,800 for Emily and 6,200 for David. 

 

Final Jeopardy!


LITERATURE & RELIGION - This city now in Turkey is the addressee of one of the New Testament epistles & the setting for “The Comedy of Errors”


Only Yogesh was correct on FJ, wagering 0 to advance with 21,400.


Final scores: David 2,479, Yogesh 21,400, Emily 6,800.


Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Bozeman? DD2 - What is Prussian blue? DD3 - Who was Neruda? FJ - What is Ephesus?

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