Thursday, May 22, 2025

Jeopardy! recap for Thur., May 22

 Here are today's contestants:


- Matt Askins, an aerospace engineer from Chandler, Arizona;

- Angela Mustapha, a library specialist from Conway, Arkansas; and

- Brendan Liaw, a recent graduate and stay-at-home son from Vancouver, British Columbia. Brendan is a two-day champ with winnings of $38,798.


Jeopardy!


TITLES // TRIPLE TALK SONGS // THE MIDDLE AGES // AROUND THE HOUSE // "B" & "B" // LAST LINES OF THE CHILDREN'S BOOK


DD1 - $800 - LAST LINES OF THE CHILDREN'S BOOK - "But he never knew that it really was his own bunny, come back to look at the child who had first helped him to be real" (Matt added $1,000.)


Scores at first break: Brendan $3,600, Angela $1,000, Matt $400.


Scores entering DJ: Brendan $5,000, Angela $1,800, Matt $1,200.


Double Jeopardy!


SUBTITLES // CREATURES OF THE EARTH // OUTDOOR ART // HISTORICAL MOVIES & TV // IN THE DICTIONARY // RUSSIAN BODIES OF WATER


DD2 - $1,200 - CREATURES OF THE EARTH - Structures called osteoderms throughout this mammal's body protect it from predators (Matt lost $4,000 on a true DD.)


DD3 - $800 - OUTDOOR ART - Shepard Fairey used a 1967 photo of this athlete to create a 7-story mural outside a Louisville YMCA (Brendan added $2,400 to his score of $15,400 vs. $5,800 for Angela.)


Once again it was a race to the finish to see if Brendan could nail down a runaway, and this time he did, entering FJ at $19,800 vs. $9,400 for Angela and $2,800 for Matt.


Final Jeopardy!


BORN & DIED - He was born in Fürth, Germany in 1923, shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973, & passed away in Connecticut in 2023


Only Brandon was correct on FJ, adding $800 to win with $20,600 for a three-day total of $59,398.


Final scores:  Brendan $20,600, Angela $8,800, Matt $2,800.


Sports stumbles: in "B" & "B", no one knew what baseball hitters can try to rub away the back line of to give them more reaction time is "batter's box".


Correct Qs: DD1 - What is "The Velveteen Rabbit"? DD2 - What is armadillo? DD3 - Who was Ali? FJ - Who was Kissinger?

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