Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Mar. 20 – Let’s meet today’s contestants:
– John, a retired high school English teacher from Scottsdale, AZ, who has over 100 baseball books;
– AJ, a customer solutions adviser from Boise, ID, who carried the Olympic flame (but unlike Alex didn’t keep his); and
– Lisa, a technical service librarian from Naperville, IL, who is lucky to be on the show after disrespecting Big Bird. Lisa is a one-day champ with winnings of $16,800.
John trailed after round one, but was very impressive in DJ, scoring on both DDs in the round on the way to a strong $22,400 going into FJ vs. Lisa with $14,200 and AJ at $8,000.
DD1 – INSIDE THE PARK – The Serpentine and Speakers’ Corner (Lisa won $2,800 on a true DD.)
DD2 – BOOKS ABOUT ASIA – An early 2000s bestseller was a memoir about a secret book club in this city that discussed works like “Lolita” (John won $2,000)
DD3 – ELECTORAL COLLEGE SILVER MEDALISTS – In 1864 Lincoln gave him a General beatdown, 212-21 (John won $3,000)
FJ – ROMAN HISTORY – Of this battle in 31 B.C., Virgil wrote, “Neptune’s fields grow red with fresh slaughter”
Only Lisa was correct on FJ and she appeared stunned about pulling off the win by $1 over John. Her victory was good for $16,400 and Lisa now has a two-day total of $33,200.
Triple Stumper of the day: No one knew that the universe in which Cardassians are an alien culture is that of Star Trek.
“The Other One” dept.: According to Alex, “the other one” to Benjamin Britten is Edward Elgar.
This day in Trebekistan: Alex didn’t get a letter from Lisa when she wrote to the show before, but he knows he won’t escape the wrath of her missives forever.
Correct Qs:
DD1 – What is Hyde Park?
DD2 – What is Tehran?
DD3 – Who was McClellan?
FJ – What is the Battle of Actium?