Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Jun. 13 – Today’s contestants are:

– Jim, a poker dealer from Iowa, whose family got a color TV to watch the black-and-white moon landing;
– Adrienne, an attorney from Virginia, is an experienced handbell-ringer; and
– E.J., a project manager from New York, whose mother got him a tattoo for his birthday. E.J. is a one-day champ with earnings of $28,800.

E.J. scored on both DDs in DJ to open a commanding lead, but Adrienne made a nice comeback to break up the runaway. Going into FJ it was E.J. with $22,800, Adrienne at $12,700 and Jim with $10,800.

DD1, $400 – MEXICAN GEOGRAPHY – All topping 17,000′, Mexico’s 3 highest peaks are these, & it’s what Popocatepetl signifies (Adrienne won $1,500 from her score of $3,400.)

DD2, $1,600 – ELEMENT NAMES – This alternate name for tungsten is made up of 2 animals, one known to prey on the other (E.J. won $2,000 from his total of $7,200.)

DD3, $1,600 – 5 NOBEL TRUTHS – Only 2 awardees have turned down a Nobel Prize: Peace winner Le Duc Tho & this French philosopher, for Literature (E.J. won $4,000 from his score of $14,400.)

FJ – WORD HISTORY – This word for a bug or malfunction was popularized in the 1962 book “Into Orbit” by the Mercury Astronauts

E.J. and Adrienne were correct on FJ, with E.J. adding $2,601 to win with $25,401 for a two-day total of $54,201.

This day in Trebekistan: Alex was pleased with his impression of Lil Jon (sounded more like Irene Ryan to me) and needed some off-stage finger signals to remember who had control after the interview portion.

Shameless shilling: On top of an entire category about restaurant chains, we had a sponsored clue about the upcoming “Men in Black” movie, complete with a plug by Alex.

Correct Qs:
DD1 – What are volcanoes?
DD2 – What is wolfram?
DD3 – Who was Sartre?
FJ – What is glitch?