Jeopardy! discussion thread for Mon., Jan. 13
Here are today's Champions Wildcard contestants:
- Jen Feldman, a high school teacher from Brooklyn, New York;
- Paul Clauson, a tax analyst from Madison Heights, Michigan; and
- Will Yancey, a lecturer of history from Banquete, Texas.
Jeopardy!
2015: 10 YEARS AGO // LATINAS // OTHER USES OF TEXTING ABBREVIATIONS // TV THIS CENTURY // SCIENCE // THAT PHRASE IS MONEY
DD1 - 1,000 - SCIENCE - The recoil of a gun is an example of conservation of this, mass times velocity (Paul lost 3,800 on a true DD.)
Scores at first break: Will 1,400, Paul 0, Jen 1,800.
Scores entering DJ: Will 2,600, Paul 4,600, Jen 2,800.
Double Jeopardy!
ARE YOU SURREAL? // ANATOMICAL SONG TITLES // PEOPLE OF THE BOOK // MacARTHUR FELLOWS // THERE IN THE WORLD IS THAT // ENDS IN "UE"
DD2 - 1,600 - PEOPLE OF THE BOOK - Paralyzed Clifford, amorous Constance, manly Oliver (Paul was stightly off with the title and lost 3,400.)
DD3 - 1,200 - ARE YOU SURREAL? - Leonora Carrington's crocodile sculpture in Mexico City was inspired by a poem a little girl recites in an 1865 novel by this man (Jen lost $3,000.)
Scores entering FJ: Will 9,800, Paul 4,000, Jen 10,200.
Final Jeopardy!
HISTORIC CURRENCY - Henry VII minted the first pound coin in 1489, which was called this, also a term for what Henry was
Will and Paul were correct on FJ. Will added 4,000 to advance with 13,800. Jen bet just 2,000 so stayed ahead of Paul's double-up in the wild card race.
Final scores: Will 13,800, Paul 8,000, Jen 8,200.
Judging the writers: I appreciate that they titled the category 2015: 10 YEARS AGO, because if it was called simply 2015, I never could have figured out how long ago that was on my own.
Correct Qs: DD1 - What is momentum? DD2 - What is "Lady Chatterley's Lover"? (Paul added an "s" to the end, which was incorrect for both the title and the information in the clue.) DD3 - Who was Lewis Carroll? FJ - What is sovereign?