Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Apr. 8

 Here are today's contestants:

- Anise K. Strong-Morse, a history professor from Kalamazoo, Michigan;

- Joe Lancour, a quality and export compliance manager from Agawam, Massachusetts; and

- Mike Dawson, a technology manager from Portland, Oregon. Mike is a two-day champ with winnings of $35,600.

Jeopardy!

TALK O' TUESDAY // BEGINNING WORDS // WATERFALLS // BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN // CHAPTER // VERSE

DD1 - $800 - CHAPTER -  In this novel Chapter 10 is "The Shell and the Glasses" & 12, "Cry of the Hunters" (Joe lost $1,000.)

Scores at first break: Mike $4,200, Joe $2,000, Anise -$2,000.

Scores entering DJ: Mike $4,800, Joe $3,000, Anise -$1,000.

Double Jeopardy!

SCIENTIFIC LAW REVIEW // NOT GOING ANYWHERE // TV ROLES // THE NATIONAL ROAD // ANCIENT HISTORY // DITCH THE X

DD2 - $2,000 - DITCH THE X - Remove the X from within a statement of a basic principle & you do this, inflict a severe injury (Anise dropped $2,500 from her score of $4,200.)

DD3 - $1,200 - THE NATIONAL ROAD - The National Road was also called this for the Maryland city where construction began in 1811 heading west (Joe lost $6,000 from his total of $6,600 vs. $12,800 for Mike).

Mike kept building steadily while his opponents each missed a DD in DJ, so it was smooth sailing for him into FJ at $16,400 vs. $2,900 for Anise and $1,800 for Joe.

Final Jeopardy!

HONORS - Burt Lancaster and Joanne Woodward were among the first eight honored at a 1958 ceremony held on this street

Everyone was correct on FJ. Mike added $5,000 to win with $21,400 for a three-day total of $57,000.

Final scores: Mike $21,400, Joe $3,600, Anise $3,607.

Triple Stumpers of the day: No one knew the "of course, is her" chapter title following "Quasimodo" is "Esmeralda", or the two-word phrase that starts an MLB game, "play ball".

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is "Lord of the Flies"? DD2 - What is maim? (from maxim) DD3 - What is Cumberland Road? FJ - What is Hollywood Boulevard?