Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Jan. 15

 Here are today's Champions Wildcard contestants:


- Aiden Orzech, a teacher from from Thornhill, Ontario;

- Jay Fisher, a government relations manager from Lisle, Illinois; and

- Drew Goins, a journalist from Honolulu, Hawai'i.


Jeopardy! 


NOT ON MY WATCH // FICTIONAL FEMALES // ____ & ____ // POP CULTURE PEOPLE // SPITTIN' SCIENCE FACTS // DIRECTION TO PERFECTION


DD1 - 1,000 - POP CULTURE PEOPLE - In 2024 she made news by using her voice to question OpenAI's practices after a new ChatGPT voice sounded an awful lot like her (Drew added 600.)


Scores at first break: Drew 2,200, Jay 200, Aiden -200.


Scores entering DJ: Drew 5,000, Jay 2,400, Aiden 400.


Double Jeopardy! 


THE 19th CENTURY // SHADES OF RED // TEARJERKERS // STATE CAPITALS // FIDDLIN' AROUND // EVERYTHING FROM B TO Y


DD2 - 1,600 - STATE CAPITALS - This state capital lies where the Severn River flows into Chesapeake Bay (Jay added 2,000.)


DD3 - 1,600 - FIDDLIN' AROUND  - You need violins to represent this human part of a 1936 Prokofiev title duo (Jay added 1,800.)


Scores entering FJ: Drew 23,400, Jay 15,400, Aiden -2,400.


Final Jeopardy!


BOOKS OF THE 1960s - In 1962, the New York Times said the release of this controversial book "presages a noisy fall"


Only Drew was correct on a very anticlimactic FJ on which both players wagered 0 as anticipated. Drew advances with 23,400.


Final scores: Drew 23,400, Jay 15,400, Aiden -2,400.


Triple Stumper of the day: No one knew the company that got rid of their allegedly satanic "man in the moon" logo is Procter & Gamble.


Correct Qs: DD1 - Who is Scarlett Johansson? DD2 - What is Annapolis? DD3 - Who is Peter? FJ - What is "Silent Spring"?

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