Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Jul. 23

 Here are today's contestants:


- Andrew Crowley, a freelance writer from Henderson, Nevada;

- Gerri Budd, an adjunct professor and small business owner from Nutley, New Jersey; and

- Scott Riccardi, an engineer from Somerville, New Jersey. Scott is a 14-day champ with winnings of $390,902.


Jeopardy!


TRY ME A RIVER // BLANK CANVAS // NO LONGER IN PRINT // POTPOURRI // WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS // A JAVIER BARDEM RETROSPECTIVE


DD1 - $800 - WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS - It's the 1714 document regarding insurgents that's a phrase sometimes used in an angry confrontation (Gerri added $1,000.)


Scores at first break: Scott $4,000, Gerri -$400, Andrew $4,000.


Scores entering DJ: Scott $7,600, Gerri -$800, Andrew $5,800.


Double Jeopardy!


RUSSIAN HISTORY // GREAT LITERATURE BEFORE 2000 // ALL ABOUT ANIMALS // HERE COMES TRUFFLE // NOT OUR WEDDING SONG // 3 "O"s


DD2 - $1,600 - GREAT LITERATURE BEFORE 2000 - A man makes numerous failed attempts to gain access to a the title edifice to improve his situation in this Franz Kafka novel (Scott improved by $5,000 to $17,000 vs. $5,800 for Andrew.)


DD3 - $1,200 - ALL ABOUT ANIMALS - The nine-spotted species of this beetle is the state insect of New York (Scott added $4,000 for a leading score of $22,600.)


Another textbook runaway for Scott, who hit both DDs in DJ and was never seriously challenged into FJ at $32,200 vs. $9,400 for Andrew and $3,200 for Gerri.


Final Jeopardy!


FAMOUS BUILDINGS - Opened in 1902, it's 87 feet in width on the 22nd Street side and less than 7 feet wide at its narrowest point on 23rd Street


Scott and Gerri were correct on FJ. Scott added $7,808 to win with $40,008 for a 15-day total of $430,910.


Final scores: Scott $40,008, Gerri $6,300, Andrew $9,000.


That's before their time: No one guessed the "N.Y. troupe puts the tallest members in the center, giving an illusion of equal height" are the Rockettes.


Valuation station: A clue about the obscure origin of the term "round robin" was worth $200, while "This St. Louis landmark in a national park of the same name represents a door to the Western United States", Gateway Arch, was in the bottom row.


Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Riot Act? DD2 - Who is "The Castle"? DD3 - What is ladybug? FJ - What is the Flatiron Building?

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