Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Jul. 15

 Here are today's contestants:


- Armando Marin, an attorney from Queens, New York;

- Marisa Rizzuti, a director of planned giving originally from Centerport, New York; and

- Caleb Groen, a law and policy student originally from Thousand Oaks, California. Caleb is a nine-day champ with winnings of $240,500.


Jeopardy!


HISTORIC SHIPS // GARDENING // MOVIE SEQUEL SUBTITLES // RELIGION // BARBER SHOP // QUORTETS


DD1 - $800 - BARBER SHOP - This London street that was the epicenter of British journalism is also the site of some barber-ous murders in a classic musical (Caleb improved by $1,000 to $4,400.)


Scores at first break: Caleb $6,200, Marisa -$400, Armando $1,600.


Scores entering DJ: Caleb $8,600, Marisa -$800, Armando $4,400.


Double Jeopardy!


DOCTORS // BRITISH SONGSTRESSES // NOTORIOUS // U.S. MOUNTAINS // POEMS // REAL & METAPHORICAL ROADS


DD2 - $1,600 -  NOTORIOUS - Robert Stroud, who became a self-taught ornithologist during his years in solitary, is best known by this nickname (Caleb added $4,000 up to $13,800.)


DD3 - $1,200 - POEMS - Milton's poem this man "Agonistes", meaning enduring struggle, describes him as "eyeless in Gaza at the mill with slaves" (On the next clue after DD2, Caleb improved by $5,000 to $18,800.)


Celeb displayed pinpoint accuracy with his DD hunting, finding both in DJ with his first two selections of the round. He was correct on both and the rout was on, as he entered FJ at $38,000 vs. $4,400 for Armando and $3,200 for Marisa.


Final Jeopardy!


20th CENTURY HISTORY - The U.N. Conference of April 25, 1945 opened with a speech that said this man “gave his life while trying to perpetuate these high ideals”


Caleb and Armando were correct on FJ, with Caleb adding $22,067 to win with $60,067 for a 10-day total of $300,567.


Final scores: Caleb $60,067, Marisa $1,999, Armando $6,401.


Triple Stumper of the day: No one knew the disease also known as rubeola for which a vaccine was developed in 1963 to protect children is measles. In fact, the three top-row Triple Stumpers were more than any other row in DJ, which really shouldn't happen.


Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Fleet Street? DD2 - What is Birdman of Alcatraz? DD3 - What is Samson? FJ - Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt? 

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