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Jeopardy! recap for Mon., May 6

Here are today’s contestants:

  • Carrie Klaus, a French professor from Greencastle, Indiana;
  • Matthew Smith, a paramedic from New York, New York; and
  • Weckiai Rannila, an engineer from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Weckiai is a three-day champ with winnings of $35,200.

Jeopardy!

IN THE 19th CENTURY // STATE MOTTOES // A FLORAL CATEGORY // EMBRACE THE DARK SIDE // RECORDED AT ABBEY ROAD // HOMOPHONES

DD1 – $800 – IN THE 19th CENTURY – Spain’s second queen of this name ruled from 1833 until 1868, when a revolution forced her into exile (With $200, Weckiai added $1,000.)

Scores at first break: Weckiai $5,800, Matthew $1,000, Carrie $2,000.

Scores entering DJ: Weckiai $10,000, Matthew $2,800, Carrie $3,000.

Double Jeopardy!

COMBAT PILOTS // THE PLOT SICKENS // KNOWN BY THEIR INITIALS // 4-LETTER VERBS // U.S. COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES // TIME FOR SOME TV “AD”s

DD2 – $1,600 – U.S. COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES – This university was founded in Philadelphia, after “night owls” studied in founder Russell Conwell’s church (Weckiai lost $2,000 from her leading score of $16,400.)

DD3 – $800 – COMBAT PILOTS – In 1944 he became one of the first to shoot down a jet fighter & 3 years later, he reached Mach 1.06 (With two other top-row clues remaining, Matthew moved into second place by adding $4,000 to his total of $8,800.)

Weckiai controlled the action most of the way but couldn’t put away her two opponents, leading into FJ at $19,600 vs. $13,200 for Matthew and $10,600 for Carrie.

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC GROUPS – Like their uniform, the flag of this group created in 1506 has stripes of red, blue & yellow, the colors of the Medici family

Only Matthew was correct on FJ, doubling to win with $26,400.

Final scores: Weckiai $12,799, Matthew $26,400, Carrie $1,600.

TV troubles: No one knew the 2010 series in which Téa Leoni starred as a State Department chief is “Madam Secretary”, or the “bumbling aminated detective” who fights Dr. Claw is Inspector Gadget.

Clue selection strategy: In DJ, four top-row clues were chosen while at least one DD remained on the board.

Correct Qs: DD1 – Who was Isabel (Isabella II)? DD2 – What is Temple? DD3 – Who was Yeager? FJ – What is the Swiss Guard?