Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Jun. 4 – Please welcome today’s contestants:

– Liz, a graphic designer from New York, raises money for homeless people in medical need;
– Matthew, a graduate student from California, taught himself flamenco guitar; and
– Emma, a user experience librarian from Illinois, wasn’t intimidated by James going into yesterday’s game. Emma is a one-day champ with earnings of $46,801.

In round one it was almost like James never left, as Emma ran a Bible category and dominated with a score of $14,200 going into DJ. Matthew then made a nice rally but missed DD3, as Emma had a runaway at $24,600 vs. $11,000 for Matthew and $9,600 for Liz.

DD1, $800 – WE BORDER GERMANY – A peninsula, 406 nearby islands & other possessions make up this nation (Emma “bet the farm” for $4,600 and was correct.)

DD2, $1,200 – LITERARY GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES – In this novel by Cormac McCarthy, a man finds $2 million in cash (Matthew won $6,000 from his total of $7,000 vs. $20.600 for Emma.)

DD3, $2,000 – PARASITIC PLANTS – Trifolium is the genus of this plant grown as livestock feed & sometimes damaged by the parasitic plant dodder (Matthew lost $6,000 from his score of $15,000 vs. $20,600 for Emma.)

FJ – WORLD TIME ZONES – This European country is still an hour ahead of GMT, a move made in 1940 to be on the same time as Nazi Germany

Only Matthew was correct on FJ while Emma bet $0 to win with $24,600 for a two-day total of $71,401.

Musical miscues: In a category about nautical songs, the players couldn’t identify the performers associated with “Sailing” and “Arthur’s Theme” (Christopher Cross) or “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” (Gordon Lightfoot).

Correct Qs:
DD1 – What is Denmark?
DD2 – What is “No Country for Old Men”?
DD3 – What is clover?
FJ – What is Spain?