Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Jan. 21

 Here are today's Tournament of Champions contestants:


- Ben Ganger, an analytics engineer from Goshen, Indiana;

- Cameron Berry, a data analyst and college administrator from Brighton, Massachusetts; and

- Bryce Wargin, a product surveillance coordinator from Kansas City, Missouri.


Jeopardy!


19th CENTURY AMERICA // MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER // NOW SEE HERE! // FICTIONAL FEMALES // OLD HARD CASH // "FUL" START


DD1 - 800 - 19th CENTURY AMERICA - Deposits of this mineral were discovered around 1815 in Ticonderoga, New York, leading to a whole new industry (Bryce lost 1,000.)


Scores at first break: Bryce 1,000, Cameron 1,000, Ben 600.


Scores entering DJ: Bryce 2,800, Cameron 2,800, Ben 800.


Double Jeopardy!


LET'S GO TO THE SCIENCE MUSEUM // ISLAND COUNTRIES // PLAYING SOME CLASSICAL PIANO // DOCUMENTARIES // FIRST OF ALL // HOW DARE YOU


DD2 - 1,200 - FIRST OF ALL - In 1868 this company named for 2 men made the first Swiss wristwatch, for a countess; men preferred to keep White-Rabbiting (Cameron dropped 4,400 from his leading score of 7,600.)


DD3 - 1,600 - HOW DARE YOU - Though no one knows the origin of this 3-syllable word for "fool", one theory involves a familiar Latin phrase meaning "not of sound mind" (Ben lost 4,800 on a true DD.)


Tough game in which all three DDs were missed, and Cameron was close to a runaway but couldn't quite hold it into FJ at 8,800 vs. 5,200 for Bryce and 2,000 for Ben.


Final Jeopardy!


OLD BOOKS - This 1653 work includes information on the care & use of proper equipment including lines, floats & rods


Surprisingly, everyone was incorrect on FJ. Cameron dropped 1,601 to advance with 7,199.


Final scores: Bryce 201, Cameron 7,199, Ben 2,000.


Correct Qs: DD1 - What is graphite? DD2 - What is Patek Philippe? DD3 - What is nincompoop? FJ - What is "The Compleat Angler"?

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