Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Jun. 4

 Here are today's contestants:


- Travis Kissire, a deputy public works director from Boise, Idaho;

- Christina Paul, a foreign service officer from Davie, Florida; and

- Adriana Harmeyer, an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana. Adriana is a three-day champ with winnings of $91,800.


Jeopardy! 


TREE-VIA // COMMON BONDS // OTHER GOOD BOOKS // 21st CENTURY SPORTS // EUROFOOD // WHAT "IZ" IT?


DD1 - $800 - EUROFOOD - Colcannon is a traditional Irish dish made with potatoes & this veggie that puts the "col" in the name (Christina lost $1,000 on a true DD.)


Scores at first break: Adriana $4,000, Christina $600, Travis $2,600.


Scores entering DJ: Adriana $6,200, Christina $600, Travis $3,000.


Double Jeopardy! 


JUNE 4 EVER MORE // IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS // MODERN POTPOURRI // FEELING A LITTLE ART "C" // ANY PORT // IN A STORM


DD2 - $1,600 - IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS  - Sticky foot pads called pulvilli are needed if you want to literally be this & listen to others' conversations while unseen (Travis dropped $3,800 from his score of $6,200 vs. $9,400 for Adriana.)


DD3 - $800 - FEELING A LITTLE ART "C" - Picasso called this Post-Impressionist known for his "Bathers" series the "father of us all" (From a distant third, Christina added $1,000 to her total of $1,800.)


Adriana didn't find any DDs, but she didn't need to as both opponents missed on at least one DD while Adriana kept drawing away, entering FJ at $17,400 vs. $4,800 for Travis and $2,400 for Christina.


Final Jeopardy!


FICTIONAL CHARACTERS - This character in a series of popular books begun in 1934 promises, “I’ll stay till the wind changes”


Adriana and Travis were correct on FJ, with Adriana adding $7,000 to win with $24,400 for a five-day total of $116,200.


Final scores: Adriana $24,400, Christina $0, Travis $9,599.


Clue selection strategy: Christina broke a 14-category streak of top-down play going back to yesterday, and immediately found the first-round DD in the fourth row.


Overpriced clue of the day: $1,000 in the MORE GOOD BOOKS category for knowing Pearl Buck's "The Good Earth", which has been referenced on the show over 30 times.


Correct Qs: DD1 - What is cabbage? DD2 - What is a fly on the wall? DD3 - Who was Cézanne? FJ -Who is Mary Poppins?

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