Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Jeopardy! recap for Tue., May 21

 Here are today's contestants:


- Chris D'Amico, a verifications specialist from Lakewood, Ohio;

- Sam Spar, a CPA originally from Burlington, Vermont; and

- Grant DeYoung, a grocery clerk from Prescott, Arizona. Grant is a four-day champ with winnings of $81,203.


Jeopardy! 


HERE COMES THE SON // THE NEW YORK TIMES // MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH // EXPENSIVE GRADUATION GIFTS // PERFECTLY UNBALANCED // DOUBLE-LETTER BROADWAY SUMMARIES


DD1 - $800 - PERFECTLY UNBALANCED - Industrial workers of the world, give us this unsteady word for a member of that group (On the first clue of the game, Grant added $1,000.)


Scores at first break: Grant $200, Sam $400, Chris $2,200.


Scores entering DJ: Grant $3,800, Sam $600, Chris $3,400.


Double Jeopardy! 


BAND BOOKS // 5-LETTER CHEMISTRY // AN ORGANIZATION WITH ALLITERATION // TV // 19th CENTURY BRITAIN // "I" IS THE ONLY VOWEL


DD2 - $1,600 - AN ORGANIZATION WITH ALLITERATION - The 7 women who founded this breastfeeding advocacy group in 1956 chose a name that combines English & Spanish (Grant dropped $4,000 from his score of $9,800.)


DD3 - $800 - BAND BOOKS - Salman Rushdie's "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" merges rock & roll with the myth of this lyre-playing hero (Grant added $3,000 to improve to $12,800 vs. $11,400 for Chris.)


Grant was in second when he found DD3 late in the round, bet enough to take the lead but not to hold it, as Chris scored on the last $400 clue to take first place into FJ at $12,600 vs. $12,400 for Grant and $3,400 for Sam.


Final Jeopardy!


THE MOVIES - Louise & Lisa Burns, twins featured in this 1980 film, told a magazine, "we're naturally spooky!"


Everyone was correct on FJ. Chris added $12,500 to win with $25,100.


Final scores: Grant $12,799, Sam $5,399, Chris $25,100.


That's before their time: No one knew the "great" 1965 event that caused the New York Times to use a New Jersey newspaper's presses, the blackout.


Undervalued clue of the day: Just $200 would have been awarded if a player knew the noun that refers to a property put up for sale, and as an adjective, describes an unsteady ship (listing).


Correct Qs: DD1 - What is a wobbly? DD2 - What is La Leche League? DD3 - Who is Orpheus? FJ -What is "The Shining"?

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