Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Jun. 14 – Introducing today’s contestants:

– Becky a a system administrator from Colorado, saw 80s musical has-beens as a roadie for a local band;
– Eric, an executive producer from California, just doesn’t look like a Viagra smuggler; and
– E.J., a project manager from New York, whose first name causes some confusion. E.J. is a two-day champ with earnings of $54,201.

It took champ E.J. a long time to get rolling, but he finally put together a run near the end of DJ, and that combined with late misses by Eric led to a runaway for E.J. at $13,000 vs. $5,600 for Eric and $4,000 for Becky.

DD1, $400 – “O” IS FOR OPERA – Spoiler: Eurydice dies in Monteverdi’s 1607 opera named for this protagonist (Eric won the table limit of $1,000.)

DD2, $1,200 – IN & AROUND ASIA – Sights in this capital city include the lovely Silver Pagoda & the ghastly Tuol Sleng Museum (E.J. lost $3,000 from his score of $6,000.)

DD3, $1,200 – COMMUNICATION – In the debate between oralism and manualism, this 2-word type of communication, Thomas Gallaudet was a manualist (Eric lost $3,000 from his total of $9,400 vs. $8,600 for E.J.)

FJ – MEDICAL NEWS 2018 – For the first time, the FDA approved a drug for the treatment of this, though there hadn’t been a new case in 40 years

Only Eric was correct on FJ, so his late mistakes wound up costing him the game. E.J. escaped with the win, dropping $501 to finish with $12,499 for a three-day total of $66,700.

Missing the layup: For a clue about a “Red” Steinbeck novel, after E.J. was generously given two chances with “Horse” and “Stallion”, his opponents still couldn’t come up with “Pony”.

This day in Trebekistan: Alex gave us a “gentle reminder” that the latest Teen Tournament starts on Monday. Thanks for breaking it gently, it helped us prepare ourselves for the unwelcome news.

Correct Qs:
DD1 – Who is Orpheus?
DD2 – What is Phnom Penh?
DD3 – What is sign language?
FJ – What is smallpox?