Friday, October 18, 2024

Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Oct. 18

 Here are today's contestants:


- Kelly Gates, a librarian from Medford, Massachusetts;

- Kyle Compton-Troesch, a civil engineer from Cincinnati, Ohio; and

- Rishabh Wuppalapati, an undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania from Vernon Hills, Illinois. Rishabh is a three-day champ with winnings of $52,802.


Jeopardy! 


PEAK EXPERIENCES // LIGHTER VERSE // SOCCER IN THE USA // EXERCISING // TOO LITTLE // "OO" LATE


DD1 - $800 - PEAK EXPERIENCES - The Rongai Route passes by the Mawenzi Peak before hitting Uhuru Peak on this mountain (On the first clue, Rishabh won $1,000.)


Scores at first break: Rishabh $5,800, Kyle $600, Kelly $2,000.


Scores entering DJ: Rishabh $6,400, Kyle $3,800, Kelly $4,000.


Double Jeopardy! 


19th CENTURY PHOTOS // TWINNING // 12-LETTER WORDS // BIOLOGY // CHOREOGRAPHERS // A BIT OF CULTURE SHARK


DD2 - $800 - BIOLOGY - Similar to phototropism, it's the phenomenon of plants turning their leaves specifically towards the Sun (Kelly added $4,000 to her total of $10,800 vs. $8,400 for Rishabh.)


DD3 - $1,600 - TWINNING - Automakers & adorable twinsies Francis & Freelan made cars in the early 20th century known by this alliterative name (Kelly dropped $4,000 from her score of $15,200 vs. $9,600 for Rishabh.)


Kelly broke even on the two DDs in DJ, and did well enough on the other clues to carry the lead into FJ at $13,200 vs. $11,600 for Rishabh and $5,800 for Kyle.


Final Jeopardy!


LITERARY GEOGRAPHY - A N.Y. Times article recognized Sands Point & Kings Point as the real “old-money” & “nouveau riche” settings in this novel


Everyone was correct on FJ. Kelly added $10,001 to win with $23,201.


Final scores: Rishabh $23,200, Kyle $11,400, Kelly $23,201.


Triple Stumper of the day: No one guessed "this spiritual about Michael & his vessel", "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore". Note that the correct response was announced as "Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore", but a quick search didn't reveal any references to the song by that title.


Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Kilimanjaro? DD2 - What is heliotropism? DD3 - What is Stanley Steamer? FJ - What is "The Great Gatsby"?

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