Jeopardy! recap for Wed., May 8 – Here are the contestants for day 3 of the 2019 Teachers Tournament:
– Vicki, high school English from Kentucky, analyzes song lyrics in class;
– Alexandra, high school ESL from Massachusetts, teaches foreign students in a boarding school; and
– Francois, 11th grade physics from New York, celebrated Nov. 1 dressed as a viking.
Despite missing both DDs in DJ, Francois was never seriously threatened, leading comfortably into FJ with $20,600 vs. $7,400 for Alexandra and $4,800 for Vicki.
DD1, $600 – RECENT BESTSELLERS – Both Michael Wolff “Fire and Fury” & Bob Woodward’s “Fear” mention this building in their subtitles (Alexandra won the house limit of $1,000)
DD2, $800 – THEM’S THE RULES – Versions of this precept show up in the “analects” of Confucius & Matthew 7:12 (Francois lost $3,000 from his score of $10,600.)
DD3, $1,600 – “C” WHO SALUTES – He fought under King Henry of Navarre before joining a 1603 expedition to Canada (Francois lost $3,000 from his total of $17,600.)
FJ – WORDS FROM THE COMICS – Used to describe secrecy during WWII, this 2-word term had its psychological meaning popularized by Charles Schulz
Everyone missed FJ, with Francois betting $0 to advance with $20,600. Alexandra dropped $2,201 to keep her remote wild card hopes alive at $5,199, while Vicki lost $3,800 and is eliminated from the tournament at $1,000.
Triple Stumper of the day: In the “C” Who Salutes category, no one knew the last-in-his-class military man from the late 1800s was Custer.
Judging the writers: “None of your bismuth” would be an acceptable piece of wordplay. So would “Mind your own bismuth”. On the contrary, “Some of your bismuth” doesn’t mean anything.
This day in shilling: Alexa was called on to play the FJ thinking music. How did the show get along without her for 55 years?
Correct Qs:
DD1 – What is the White House?
DD2 – What is the Golden Rule?
DD3 – Who was Champlain?
FJ – What is security blanket?