Thursday, January 2, 2025

Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Jan. 2

 Here are today's Second Chance contestants:


- Kaitlin Tarr, a ceramic artist from Denver, Colorado;

- Colleen Matthews, a speech-language pathologist from Hillsboro, Oregon; and

- Will Yancey, a lecturer of history from Banquete, Texas.


Jeopardy! 


SO SAYETH THE KING JAMES BIBLE // SECONDS // IDIOT IDIOMS // NAME DROPPS KEEP FALLIN' ON MY HEAD // CLASSY CREATURES // YOU SAY TOBAGO, I SAY TOBAGO


DD1 - 800 - SO SAYETH THE KING JAMES BIBLE - "And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with" this group, "and slew them with a great slaughter" (Will added 1,000.)


Scores at first break: Will 2,600, Colleen -200, Kaitlin 1,200.


Scores entering DJ: Will 6,400, Colleen 1,800, Kaitlin 2,800.


Double Jeopardy! 


THAT'S SOME OPENING ACT // NOVEL TITLE DROP A LETTER // WHISKEY, & KEEP 'EM COMIN' // ANTONYMS: THE ANTI-SYNONYMS // TRIALS // TRIBUTARIES


DD2 - 1,200 - TRIBUTARIES - A sheepish response is perhaps best for this, the largest tributary of the Yellowstone (Will added 2,500.)


DD3 - 2,000 - NOVEL TITLE DROP A LETTER - An Edith Wharton title drops a letter & laughter spews from a tube (On the last clue of DJ, Will lost 3,700.)


Scores entering FJ: Will 20,000, Colleen 4,200, Kaitlin 6,800.


Final Jeopardy!


SCIENCE: THE ____ OF ____ -  Four of these discovered in the early 1600s were given the names of lovers of a mythological deity


Only Colleen was correct on FJ. Will wagered 0 to finish with 20,000.


Final scores: Will 20,000, Colleen 8,400, Kaitlin 1.


Triple Stumper of the day: In IDIOT IDIOMS, no one knew the "5 words of advice from his mama quoted often by Tom Hanks in a 1994 movie", stupid is as stupid does.


Correct Qs: DD1 - Who are the Philistines? DD2 - What is the Big Horn? DD3 - What is "The Hose of Mirth"? FJ - What are the moons of Jupiter?

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