Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Apr. 3 – Let’s meet today’s contestants:

– Jack, a journalist from New York, NY, who pitched a cover story about Taylor Swift to Time Magazine;
– Ashley, a history teacher from West Roxbury, MA, who was born in Hawaii and returned there to get married; and
– Daniel, a newspaper reporter from Indianapolis, IN, who visited the USS Maine captain’s bathtub on a roadside in Ohio. Daniel is a one-day champ with winnings of $25,600.

Ashley opened a big lead by running an entertainment category early in DJ, but Jack completed his sweep of all three DDs to show the way into FJ with $21,500 vs. $15,200 for Ashley and $7,000 for Daniel.

DD1 – DOLL COLLECTING – For a collectable doll, “NM” stands for this almost perfect condition (Jack won $1,000)

DD2 – LYDIA, OH LYDIA – Being of this pacifist faith didn’t stop Lydia Darragh from spying for Washington’s army (Jack won $3,500)

DD3 – OPPOSITES – Grammatically, English has these two voices (Jack won $4,000)

FJ – AMERICAN HISTORY – In 1899, a reunion of this alliterative squad took place with this Governor of New York fittingly on horseback (photo of Teddy Roosevelt is shown)

Everyone was correct on this very easy FJ, with Jack adding $8,901 to win with $30,401.

Note that the FJ percentage play for Ashley would have been to make a tiny bet to shut out Daniel and hope for Jack to miss. However, given that she’s a history teacher, in this category going for the big bet to win much more if Jack was incorrect was understandable.

That’s Too Obvious dept.: In the doll category, no one guessed that a doll made before 1930 is considered “antique”, or that Funko dolls of current characters represent “pop” culture.

This day in Trebekistan: According to Alex, aside from Hoboken, “the other” New Jersey city starting with an H is Hackensack. He should expect plenty of angry letters from Haddonfield, Hammonton and Hopatcong.

Correct Qs:

DD1 – What is near mint?
DD2 – What is Quaker?
DD3 – What are active and passive?
FJ – Who were the Rough Riders?