Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Apr. 22 – Here are today’s contestants:

– Rebecca, an archivist from Michigan, is in a “terrible book club”;
– Rob, a product manager from California, is a sleepwalker; and
– James, a professional sports gambler from Nevada, whose dad cheated at “trashy” pop culture in crossword puzzles. James is a twelve-day champ with winnings of $851,926.

James was correct on all three DDs and once again was never remotely challenged, going into FJ with $52,126 vs. $4,600 for Rebecca and $2,000 for Rob.

DD1 (video), $1,000 – THE 20-TEENS – The flag called the Estelada is the symbol of the independence movement for this region of Spain (On the first clue of the game, James won “the house limit” of $1,000.)

DD2, $1,200 – NEW COUNTRY – The 2 Saudi-adjacent countries called this (Aden) & this (Saana) merged in 1990 to form a new nation (James won $9,812 from his score of $13,200.)

DD3, $2.000 – I WROTE IT – “The Social Contract”, 1762 advice on how to recover liberty (James picked up $11,914 from his total of $28,212.)

FJ – 19TH CENTURY BRITS – In a poem Lord Byron, a lover of Greece, calls this diplomat and fellow Lord “a plunderer”

James and Rob were correct on FJ, with James adding $38,686 to win with $90,812 for a 13-day total of $942,738.

Triple Stumper of the day: No one guessed the big John Denver hit for which an Earth Day concert was named is “Rocky Mountain High”.

This day in Trebekistan: As we might expect given his demonstrated prowess at rap, Alex is a big fan of “Dr. Dree”.

Correct Qs:
DD1 – What is Catalonia?
DD2 – What is (North and South) Yemen?
DD3 – Who was Rousseau?
FJ – Who was Elgin?