Thursday, September 18, 2025

Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Sept. 18

 Here are today's contestants:


- Kelly Anneken, a content designer from Alameda, California;

- Greg Shipman, a geoscience cartographer from Houston, Texas; and

- Paolo Pasco, a puzzle writer originally from San Diego, California. Paolo is a six-day champ with winnings of $162,117.


Jeopardy!


KENTUCKY HISTORY // '80s WORDS IN THE OED // COMMUNICATION INFORMATION // "LITTLE" "BLACK" BOOKS // A BASKET OF CLUES // SKETCHY CHARACTERS


DD1 - $400 - KENTUCKY HISTORY - Last name of the man of Scottish ancestry who moved to Eastern Kentucky in 1804 & whose descendants were part of a nasty feud (Greg doubled to $9,200 on a true DD vs. $5,600 for Paolo.)


Scores at first break: Paolo $5,600, Greg $3,000, Kelly $0.


Scores entering DJ: Paolo $7,800, Greg $9,600, Kelly $1,400.


Double Jeopardy!


WORLD CAPITALS // FIRST NAMES // IN THEORY // SAX TRACKS // GENDERED LANGUAGE? // SKETCHY CHARACTERS


DD2 - $1,600 - FIRST NAMES - It's the first name of literature's Dr. Van Helsing, as well as the full first name of his creator (On the first clue of DJ, Kelly added the table limit of $2,000.)


DD3 - $1,200 -  WORLD CAPITALS - They're the world capital & its country whose names both end with the Spanish word for water (Paolo improved by $5,100 to $14,900 vs. $9,600 for Greg.)


Greg used a double-up on DD1 to carry the lead into DJ, but from that point it was all Paolo, who built an impressive runaway into FJ at $29,300 vs. $12,400 for Greg and $8,600 for Kelly.


Final Jeopardy!


AWARD WINNERS - He became the first person to win both an Olympic medal and an Academy Award thanks to a short film he made about his sport


Paolo and Greg were correct on FJ. Paolo added $4,300 to win with $33,600 for a seven-day total of $195,717.


Final scores: Paolo $33,600, Greg $17,201, Kelly $3,799.


That's before their time: No one knew the "forbidden dance" that became famous in the 80s, the Lambada.


Correct Qs: DD1 - Who was McCoy? DD2 - What is Abraham? DD3 - What are Managua and Nicaragua? FJ - Who was Kobe Bryant?

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