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Jeopardy! recap for Fri., May 31

Here are today’s contestants:

  • Josh Moss, a new small business owner from Boston, Massachusetts;
  • Amy Yao, a plastic surgery resident from New York, New York; and
  • Adriana Harmeyer, an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana. Adriana is a two-day champ with winnings of $46,200.

Jeopardy!

IT WAS THE ’60s, MAN // TO THE BALLET! // FAIR & SQUARE // IN THE FRUIT BASKET // ROLE WITH THE PUNCHES // _ & _

DD1 – $600 – IT WAS THE ’60s, MAN – In 1965 it became a criminal offense to burn, destroy or mutilate one of these (Josh lost $3,200 on a true DD.)

Scores at first break: Adriana $2,600, Amy $2,000, Josh $0.

Scores entering DJ: Adriana $4,000, Amy $5,400, Josh $1,000.

Double Jeopardy!

THE HILL YOU SAY // SCIENCE-Y BOOKS // DID YOU STUDY THE “J” ARCHIVE? // NOTABLE BLACK AMERICANS // PRODUCER TAGS // STARTS WITH A COLOR

DD2 – $2,000 – SCIENCE-Y BOOKS – A 19th c. word for a psychiatrist is the title of this Caleb Carr novel in which Dr. Laszlo Kreizler investigates a murder (Adriana dropped $2,000 from her leading score of $14,000.)

DD3 – $1,200 – NOTABLE BLACK AMERICANS – In 1936 he became the first male African-Am. athlete with a sponsorship when Adolf Dassler convinced him to wear his shoes (From a distant third place, Josh added $2,000 to his total of $4,200.)

Adriana ran the “J” ARCHIVE category early in DJ to build a substantial lead, then Josh suddenly caught fire in the latter part of the round to make it close. Going into FJ it was Adriana with $14,400, Josh at $12,200 and Amy with $6,200. Note that if Josh had bet it all on DD3 and the game played out the exact same way, there would have been a tie for first going into FJ.

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC PEOPLE – An island near Cebu city has a statue of Lapulapu & a monument to this man that Lapulapu is said to have killed in 1521

Only Adriana was correct on FJ, adding $11,000 to win with $25,400 for a three-day total of $71,600.

Final scores: Adriana $25,400, Amy $3,700, Josh $9,999.

Triple Stumper of the day: No one knew the common “Hill” name for a cemetery in the Old West is Boot Hill.

Ken’s Korner: Did Ken pronounce “Newfoundland” correctly this time? Please discuss.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is draft card? DD2 – What is “The Alienist”? DD3 – Who was Jesse Owens? FJ -Who was Magellan?