Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Mar. 11 – Introducing today’s contestants:

– Scott, an engineer from Oregon, finally learned to ride a bike – without training wheels;
– Elaine, a layout artist from Virginia, shares a birthday with The Boss; and
– Conor, a graduate student from New Jersey, was an accomplished rower. Conor is a one-day champ with winnings of $9,600.

Scott was in a tie for the lead with Elaine when he missed DD3, but was able to bounce back and take a clear first place into FJ with $11,400 vs. $10,200 for Elaine and $8,600 for Conor.

DD1, $800 – NONFICTION – A book about this body is subtitled “The Rise & Fall of America’s Favorite Planet” (Conor lost $1,200)

DD2, $1,200 (video) – CHANNEL SURFING – Dusky dolphins surf this South American channel named for a 19th century science ship (Conor won $3,000)

DD3, $1,600 – ART & ARTISTS – Born on Crete, Domenikos Theotokopoulos moved to Spain, where he became better known by this name (Scott lost $2,000)

FJ – PLAYWRIGHTS – Before his death in 2018 at age 91, he received 4 Tony Awards, a Pulitzer Prize & was nominated for 4 Oscars

Elaine thought in terms of comedy rather than drama was the only player correct on FJ, adding $4,900 to win with $15,100.

Triple Stumpers of the day: An illustration of a book and a club didn’t lead the contestants to the movie “Book Club”, and they apparently are unfamiliar with the long-used logo for deviled ham made by Underwood.

That’s before our time: No one knew the TV character created by Norman Lear that most shares his politics, Maude.

Correct Qs:
DD1 – What is Pluto?
DD2 – What is the Beagle?
DD3 – Who was El Greco?
FJ – Who was Neil Simon?