Monday, June 16, 2025

Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Jun. 16

 Here are today's contestants:


- Sarah Cox, a chief of staff from Austin, Texas;

- Tom Thriveni, a writer from Los Angeles, California; and

- Katie Kornacki, a professor of English from Hartford, Connecticut. Katie is a one-day champ with winnings of $20,000.


Jeopardy!


THE SPACE BETWEEN US // NOVEL PLOT POINTS // 3-LETTER BODY PARTS? // RARE // MEDIUM // WELL DONE!


DD1 - $1,000 - THE SPACE BETWEEN US - A spacecraft sent to study Saturn is named for this Italian-born astronomer who discovered 4 of Saturn's moons (Tom lost $1,000.)


Scores at first break: Katie $1,400, Tom -$1,800, Sarah $2,400.


Scores entering DJ: Katie $3,600, Tom -$800, Sarah $5,200.


Double Jeopardy!


HISTORIC OBJECTS // ALLITERATION // WE'RE BUSSIN' // WORLD GEOGRAPHY // PARENTHETICAL SONG TITLES // VIKING LORE


DD2 - $1,600 - HISTORIC OBJECTS - The rocking chair that Lincoln was shot in was claimed by the government but returned to the widow of a man with this last name (Katie dropped $2,000 from her score of $4,800 vs. $8,400 for Sarah.)


DD3 - $1,200 - WORLD GEOGRAPHY - With about 2,070 miles of coastline, this Horn of Africa nation has the most of any nation on the continent (Sarah improved her leading total by $3,000 to $12,600.)


Every player had a DD opportunity, but only Sarah was correct, helping her to a runaway at $15,000 vs. $5,600 for Katie and $4,000 for Tom.


Final Jeopardy!


BOOK COVERS - In 1974 Allison Maher Stern posed horizontally on stools & pretended to swim for a cover of this book


Only Sarah was correct on FJ, adding $50 to win with $15,050.


Final scores: Katie $2,600 Tom $3,200, Sarah $15,050.


Triple Stumper of the day: For a top-row clue in ALLITERATION, no one knew the object that you might see a doctor carry in an old-time movie or TV show is a black bag.


Correct Qs: DD1 - Who was Cassini? DD2 - What is Ford? DD3 - What is Somalia? FJ - What is "Jaws"?

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