Thursday, May 30, 2024

Jeopardy! recap for Thur., May 30

 Here are today's contestants:


- Sandee Baker, a real estate broker from Lake Tapps, Washington;

- Brad Miller, an IT director from Wentzville, Missouri; and

- Adriana Harmeyer, an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana. Adriana is a one-day champ with winnings of $26,200.


Jeopardy! 


...BUT WHO'S COUNTYING? // GIVING YOU THE THIRD DEGREE // FIRST NAME'S THE SAME // SLANGUAGE // WE HAVE FOOD AT HOME // CANON EVENTS


DD1 - $600 - ...BUT WHO'S COUNTYING? - Lyon, Sac & Sioux are 3 of the 99 counties that presidential candidates try to visit in this state (Adriana lost $2,000.)


Scores at first break: Adriana $4,600, Brad $800, Sandee $800.


Scores entering DJ: Adriana $9,000, Brad $1,600, Sandee $1,800.


Double Jeopardy! 


PLAY CHARACTERS // THANKS A "MILL"-ION! // GLASS // NATIONAL COATS OF ARMS // SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE // CANNON EVENTS


DD2 - $1,600 - PLAY CHARACTERS - In a shocking play of the 1960s, asylum inmates re-enact the death of Jean-Paul Marat, directed by this mad, bad Frenchman (Adriana added $4,000 to her leading score of $13,000.)


DD3 - $1,600 - NATIONAL COATS OF ARMS - 4 red bars representing Catalonia & 2 red cows of Béarn, France adorn its coat of arms (From a distant third place and apparently playing for second, Brad added $500.)


Despite missing DD1, Adriana never faced an anxious moment, leading at every break and cruising to a runaway at $22,200 vs. $3,700 for Brad and $3,000 for Sandee.


Final Jeopardy!


AMERICAN BANKING - Around 1930 a bank named for this N.Y.C. area known as a slum was the USA’s largest savings bank by total deposits


Only Brad was correct on FJ. Adriana dropped $2,200 to win with $20,000 for a two-day total of $46,200.


Final scores: Adriana $20,000, Brad $6,001, Sandee $1,800.


Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Iowa? DD2 - Who is Marquis de Sade? DD3 - What is Andorra? FJ -What is the Bowery?

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