Monday, September 9, 2024

Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Sept. 9 (season premiere)

 Here are today's contestants:


- Amanda White, a strategy consultant from Seattle, Washington;

- Adam Reiffen, a Naval officer from San Diego, California; and

- Rachel Bradley, an ESL instructor from Greenbelt, Maryland. Rachel is a one-day champ with winnings of $23,597.


Jeopardy! 


LET'S HIT HIGHWAY 101 // POP GOES THE CULTURE // ALSO KNOWN AS // GOING TO PLANETARY EXTREMES // PARENTING // "MOM' & "DAD"


DD1 - $800 - LET'S HIT HIGHWAY 101 - Knowing this state capital is at the south end of Puget Sound is geography 101 (Amanda lost $1,000 on a true DD.)


Scores at first break: Rachel $1,200, Adam $2,200, Amanda -$800.


Scores entering DJ: Rachel $2,800, Adam $4,800, Amanda $800.


Double Jeopardy! 


HISTORIC GROUPS OF 3 // FROM THE ITALIAN // "HY" FIVE // LITERARY BIOGRAPHY // CHURCHES & CATHEDRALS // SONGS FOR THE YOUNG & OLD


DD2 - $1,600 - HISTORIC GROUPS OF 3 - The clergy, the nobility & the people were France's 3 of these representative divisions before the Revolution (Adam added $3,000 to his leading score of $6,800 vs. $2,800 for Rachel.)


DD3 - $1,600 - FROM THE ITALIAN - Medieval astrologers thought this, caused by mutating viral strains, was connected to the effect of the stars (Amanda lost $400 on a true DD.)


Adam led at every break but the game remained alive into FJ with Adam at $10,600, Rachel with $8,000 and Amanda at $4,000.


Final Jeopardy!


FAMOUS WOMEN - Before her death in 2022, she pledged her collection of more than 200 pins to the National Museum of American Diplomacy


Only Adam was correct on FJ, adding $5,401 to win with $16,001.


Final scores: Rachel $5,398, Adam $16,001, Amanda $0.


No harm no foul: Everyone took an incorrect guess on the coldest planet, Uranus.


Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Olympia? DD2 - What are estates? DD3 - What is influenza? FJ - Who was Madeleine Albright?

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