Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Apr. 17

 Here are today's contestants:


- Jeff Plate, an attorney from Asbury Park, New Jersey;

- Vidya Ravella, a business development executive originally from Skokie, Illinois; and

- Alison Betts, a writer & creative executive originally from San Jose, California. Alison is a four-day champ with winnings of $107,700.


Jeopardy! 


HISTORY OF YOSEMITE // THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE // PUTTING THE GORY IN A MOVIE CATEGORY // INVENTORS & INVENTIONS // CHANNEL ORANGE // ENDS WITH "B"


DD1 (video) - $1,000 - INVENTORS & INVENTIONS - Many great ships once communicated with the world from a room named for this Italian inventor (Vidya added $1,000.)


Scores at first break: Alison $1,600, Vidya $0, Jeff $600.


Scores entering DJ: Alison $3,600, Vidya $2.200, Jeff $2,200.


Double Jeopardy! 


OUR FLOUNDERING FATHERS // THINGS TO DO IN THE CITY // ANIMAL LIFE // "F" IS FOR FOOD // TV MUSIC // WORDS FROM MYTHOLOGY


DD2 - $1,600 - THINGS TO DO IN THE CITY - In June, take in the "white nights" of this city; after 19 hours of daylight, bridges across the Neva are raised at night so boats pass (Alison doubled to $9,600.)


DD3 - $1,600 - WORDS FROM MYTHOLOGY - This shield or breastplate of the gods now means the protection of any powerful entity (Vidya dropped $6,000 from her score of $6,600.)


Alison doubled to $9,600 on DD2 and Vidya lost nearly everything on DD3, after which no one really got rolling but Alison had just enough for a runaway. Going into FJ it was Alison with $12,800 and Jeff at $5,400, while Vidya was out of the money at -$1,400.


Final Jeopardy!


ORGANIZATIONS - The press called the donations received after this org.’s 1938 founding “a silver tide which actually swamped the White House”


Only Alison was correct on FJ, adding $1,000 to win with $13,800 for a five-day total of $121,500.


Final scores: Alison $13,800, Vidya -$1,400, Jeff $4,196.


Correct Qs: DD1 - Who was Marconi? DD2 - What is St. Petersburg? DD3 - What is aegis? FJ - What is the March of Dimes?

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