Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Jun. 19

 Here are today's contestants:


- Tekla Sauter, a nonprofit strategist from Chicago, Illinois;

- Drew Basile, a graduate student from Birmingham, Michigan; and

- Adriana Harmeyer, an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana. Adriana is a 15-day champ with winnings of $349,600.


Jeopardy! 


POETIC OBJECTS // ROPED IN // MOVIE REFRESHMENTS // OPRAH-POURRI // THE WHITE HOUSE // TAKE TO TASK


DD1 - $800 - POETIC OBJECTS - The last stanza of John Keats' poem about this title object mentions its "attic shape" (Adriana added $1,500.)


Scores at first break: Adriana $4,500, Drew $4,400, Tekla $800.


Scores entering DJ: Adriana $8,100, Drew $5,600, Tekla $3,200.


Double Jeopardy! 


HISTORIC SHIPS // TV TIDBITS // IT WAS ONCE THE CAPITAL // "G"-MEN // GENERAL SCIENCE // RUSSIAN LINGO


DD2 - $1,200 - HISTORIC SHIPS - The world's largest aircraft carrier for 10 years, it was built starting in 1943 & named for a battle 16 months before (Drew added $10,000 to his score of $12,800 vs. $12,900 for Adriana.)


DD3 - $2,000 - RUSSIAN LINGO - This 14-letter word now referring to elite artistic thinkers had a more socialistic bent back in Russia (From third position, Tekla added $3,000 to her total of $6,400 vs. $22,000 for Drew.)


Just $100 separated Drew and Adriana wnen Drew found DD2, made a big wager and was correct, going on to a runaway into FJ at $23,600 vs. $10,600 for Tekla and $9,300 for Adriana.


Final Jeopardy!


BRANDS - In 1978, a new cologne for men came out called this, what's being played in the company's iconic logo


Only Tekla was correct on FJ (Drew wrote a joke response and made a small wager, so hard to say if he actually might have known it). Drew dropped $118 to win with $23,482.


Final scores: Adriana $7,900, Drew $23,482, Tekla $18,601.


That's before their time: No one knew the defensive boxing strategy previously called "the turtle shell" was renamed by Muhammad Ali as "rope-a-dope".


Wagering strategy: If Tekla had wagered her entire $6,400 on DD3 she would have kept the game alive into FJ, while with the $3,000 she bet, she would have been virtually eliminated with a miss anyway.


Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Grecian Urn? DD2 - What is Midway? DD3 - What is intelligentsia? FJ - What is Polo?

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