Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Jan. 14

 Here are today's Champions Wildcard contestants:


- Evan Dorey, a data analytics director from Toronto, Ontario;

- Stevie Ruiz, an assistant front office manger from Montauk, New York; and

- Davey Morrison, an actor & filmmaker from Provo, Utah.


Jeopardy! 


MOVIE PROFESSION IN COMMON // AS THEY SAY... // LIT-POURRI // ICELANDIA // THE COLD TRUTH // 1980s MONSTER TRUCKS


DD1 - 1,000 - AS THEY SAY... - No backsies with this phrase, iacta alea est in Latin (Evan added 3,000.)


Scores at first break: Davey 3,400, Stevie 1,200, Evan 3,600.


Scores entering DJ: Davey 3,800, Stevie 2,200, Evan 9,800.


Double Jeopardy! 


WE'RE JUST GONNA CALL HIM HERCULES // FASHIONABLE NAMES // AMERICAN HISTORY // A WILD SONG FOR YOU // BOTANY // CROSSWORD CLUES "O"


DD2 - 1,600 - WE'RE JUST GONNA CALL HIM HERCULES - Hercules had a hand in the Trojan War, as his slaying of Laomedon made this man Troy's king (Davey lost 4,600.)


DD3 - 1,200 - BOTANY - The agave is this type of plant whose name comes from the Latin for "juice" (Davey added 2,800.)


Scores entering FJ: Davey 8,800, Stevie 7,000, Evan 20,000.


Final Jeopardy!


COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD - "Bilady, Bilady, Bilady," its national anthem, replaced a more militaristic one following a 1979 peace treaty


Everyone was incorrect on FJ. Even advanced with 20,000.


Final scores: Davey 0, Stevie 5,199, Evan 20,000.


Triple Stumper of the day: No one could provide the last two words in the proverb "A new broom sweeps clean".


Correct Qs: DD1 - What is the die is cast? DD2 - Who is Priam? DD3 - What is a succulent? FJ - What is Egypt?