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Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Jun. 18

Here are today’s contestants:

  • Colleen Matthews, a speech-language pathologist from Portland, Oregon;
  • Mark Gagliardi, an actor & podcaster originally from Knoxville, Tennessee; and
  • Adriana Harmeyer, an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana. Adriana is a 14-day champ with winnings of $326,000.

Jeopardy!

CHURCHES & CATHEDRALS // 3-LETTER NOUNS // U.S. GOVERNMENT // ENTERTAINING AUTOBIOS // THE FAMILIAR SUM OF ITS PARTS // THE SCANDAL OF IT ALL

DD1 – $800 – U.S. GOVERNMENT – “While the National Park Service is a bureau of the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service is an agency of this department (Mark dropped $2,200 on a true DD.)

Scores at first break: Adriana $1,600, Mark $2,200, Colleen $2,400.

Scores entering DJ: Adriana $6,800, Mark $2,800, Colleen $3,400.

Double Jeopardy!

PLACE IN HISTORY // DIAMOND MINING // OSCAR-WINNING SONGS // BOTANY // BY LINES // “CC” ME

DD2 – $1,600 – PLACE IN HISTORY – Before Hannibal could cross the Alps, he had to bring his army through this other European mountain range (Colleen lost $2,000 from her score of $5,400 vs. $6,800 for Adriana.)

DD3 – $1,200 – BY LINES – “The show’s not over until the mockingjay sings” (Colleen dropped $2,000 from her total of $9,800 vs. $10,800 for Adriana.)

Adriana’s two opponents found all three DDs and missed them all, then Colleen had a chance to take first place on the last clue of DJ but missed. So it was Adriana in front into FJ at $13,600 vs. $10,600 for Colleen and $7,200 for Mark.

Final Jeopardy!

GEOGRAPHIC NAME’S ALMOST THE SAME – Legend says in 1876 a dragon built for the “Ring” cycle had its neck sent to this mideast capital, not the right German city

Adriana and Colleen were correct on FJ, with Adriana adding $10,000 to win with $23,600 for a 15-day total of $349,600.

Final scores: Adriana $23,600, Mark $5, Colleen $14,600.

Triple Stumper of the day: In DIAMOND MINING, no one knew the Hawaiian extinct volcano crater once used for worship and human sacrifice, Diamond Head.

Judging the writers: IMO, knowing the “Hunger Games” author is more pop culture than classic literature, so for that to be a Daily Double following clues about Dickens and Victor Hugo is pulling a bit of a switcheroo.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is Agriculture? DD2 – What are the Pyrenees? DD3 – Who is Collins? FJ – What is Beirut?