Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Jun. 14 – Today’s contestants are:
– Katherine, a verbal identity consultant from New York, who understands how words impact the corporate big picture;
– Adam, a senior sales manager from Colorado, who was a five-year spiteful vegetarian; and
– Diana, a legal records assistant from Massachusetts, who will be a sci-fi convention chair. Diana is a one-day champ with winnings of $24,001.
Pure domination by Diana, who hit all three DDs and was correct every time on her way to a runaway into FJ with $29,600 vs. $10,800 for Katherine and $8,600 for Adam.
DD1 – PEOPLE OF THE WORLD – Afrikaners were once called by this name meaning “farmer” (Diana won $1,200)
DD2 – COLORS – This color obtained from a plant dye is also known as blue-violet (Diana won $4,200)
DD3 – POLAR EXPLORATION – The first nuclear sub to visit the North Pole was this one that shared a name with a fictional submersible (Diana won $7,000)
FJ – CONSTELLATIONS – This zodiac constellation includes 2 lines (or strings) that terminate in a star called Alrescha, the knot
Everyone missed FJ and Diana pulled a Clavin, betting $9,000, which could have gotten her defeated had Katherine made a big bet and been correct. Diana held on with $20,600 for a two-day total of $44,601.
Musical miscues: In the “Combat Rock” category, the players couldn’t provide the city in Pere Ubu’s “30 Seconds Over Tokyo” (also a classic war movie title), or the first word in Elvis Costello’s “Armed Forces”.
This day in Trebekistan: Alex isn’t a member of the Illuminati and might just be inside that Chewbacca costume.
Correct Qs:
DD1 – What is Boer?
DD2 – What is indigo?
DD3 – What is Nautilus?
FJ – What is Pisces?