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Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Jul. 4

Here are today’s contestants:

  • Josh Martin, a corporate pilot from Springfield, Missouri;
  • Christine Roberts, a digital marketing coordinator originally from Holland, Pennsylvania; and
  • Isaac Hirsch, a customer support team lead from Burbank, California. Isaac is a one-day champ with winnings of $19.185.

Jeopardy!

HISTORY, AMERICAN STYLE // SAME ROLE IN THE FRANCHISE // WORDS WITH SILENT CONSONANTS // HIT THE GRID-Y // GAME-POURRI // PLAY TIME

DD1 – $600 – PLAY TIME – TV’s “Hollywood Game Night” had an episode punningly called “50” these “of Grey” (Issac dropped $3,400 on a true DD.)

Scores at first break: Isaac $800, Christine $2,000, Josh $2,400.

Scores entering DJ: Isaac $3,400, Christine $2,000, Josh $4,200.

Double Jeopardy!

SEE YOU IN THE FUNNY PAPYRUS // 3 E’s ONLY// PACIFIC ISLANDS // LATIN MUSIC // KNOWN BY THEIR INITIALS // WELL, WE’VE NEVER HAD THAT RESPONSE

DD2 – $1,600 – SEE YOU IN THE FUNNY PAPYRUS – Written more than 4,000 years ago, the Diary of Merer found near the Suez gulf is called this, rhyming with mss. from around Qumran (Isaac added $3,000 to his leading score of $10,600.)

DD3 – $1,600 – PACIFIC ISLANDS – 1,332-foot Mount Lamlam is the highest point on this U.S. island, the largest of the Marianas (Josh improved by $5,000 to $11,200 vs. $13,600 for Isaac.)

Isaac began pulling away in the first part of DJ, but Josh gained ground on DD3 to make a game of it, entering FJ at $14,400 vs. $21,200 for Isaac and $6,400 for Christine.

Final Jeopardy!

TECH TALK – In 1992, Jean Polly told new web users to do this & later explained they “need some skill … never know if there are going to be sharks”

Isaac and Josh were correct on FJ, with Isaac adding $7,601 to win with $28,801 for a two-day total of $47,986.

Final scores: Isaac $28,801, Christine $4,400, Josh $15,199.

Triple Stumper of the Day: No one knew the “Mission: Impossible” role played by Jon Voight and Peter Graves is Jim Phelps.

Ken’s Korner: After no one knew a clue related to “a role-playing game in Roblox”, Ken said, “No Roblox players here?”, as if he was surprised that three people he had never met before didn’t play a particular game.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is charades? DD2 – What is Red Sea Scrolls? DD3 – What is Guam? FJ – What is surf the web?