Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Apr. 28

 Here are today's contestants:


- Chris Argento, a high school teacher originally from Bayonne, New Jersey;

- Alice Jiang, a student originally from Redwood City, California; and

- Greg Shahade, a chess player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Greg is a one-day champ with winnings of $33,000.


Jeopardy!


INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL PARKS // 2025 BESTSELLERS // SITCOMS // LAST NAMES // REPETITIVE STRESS // RHYME TIME


DD1 - $800 - REPETITIVE STRESS - Anaphora is the repetition of the start of a clause ending in different ways, like these 4 words in an Aug. 28, 1963 speech in D.C. (Greg doubled to $4,400.)


Scores at first break: Greg $5,400, Alice $2,200, Chris $0.


Scores entering DJ: Greg $7,800, Alice $2,800, Chris $3,600.


Double Jeopardy!


MEDICAL AKAs // NEARER MY POD TO THEE // BUSINESS HISTORY // HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY, ROUTE 66! // O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN // I'LL STAY WITH THE "SHIP"


DD2 - $1,600 - O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN - A national hero as an Austrian sub captain during WWI, he'd later gain more fame after marrying a woman named Maria (Greg dropped $6,000 down to $2,200 vs. $3,600 for Chris.)


DD3 - $1,600 - BUSINESS HISTORY - This co. was born in 1911, after 4 years of talks among the Intl. Time Recording Co., Computing Scale Co. & Tabulating Machine Co. (Greg doubled to $8,400 vs. $5,200 for Chris.)


Greg continued his excellent ability to quickly find the DDs in DJ, but this time suffered a net loss on them and the game was close into FJ with Greg at $12,400 vs. $10,800 for Chris and $6,000 for Alice.

Final Jeopardy!


PLAYWRIGHTS - When she was 7, her family moved to the mostly white Chicago neighborhood of Woodlawn, leading to attacks and a Supreme Court case


Everyone was correct on FJ. Greg added $9,201 to win with $21,601 for a two-day total of $54,601.


Final scores: Greg $21,601, Alice $9,200, Chris $12,401.


Correct Qs: DD1 - What is "I have a dream?" DD2 - Who was von Trapp? DD3 - What is IBM? FJ - Who was Lorraine Hansberry?


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