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Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Sept. 20

Here are today’s contestants:

  • Sarah Preisinger, a family law attorney from Bellevue, Nebraska;
  • Santhosh Sastry, an information technology executive from Austin, Texas; and
  • Jen Feldman, a high school teacher from Brooklyn, New York. Jen is a one-day champ with winnings of $13,800.

Jeopardy!

ON THE MAP // POWERS THAT “B” // FOOD // MISSING MOVIE TITLE ADJECTIVES // SPOKE // HUB

DD1 – $1,000 – SPOKE – In an 1863 speech before the Prussian parliament, he claimed, “Politics is not an exact science” (Santhosh added $2,000.)

Scores at first break: Jen $1,400, Santhosh $4,200, Sarah $1,000.

Scores entering DJ: Jen $3,400, Santhosh $7,800, Sarah $3,400.

Double Jeopardy!

TREES & FLOWERS // LITERARY TITLE MATH // MUSIC // TV PETS // LATIN LOVERS NEEDED // 20th CENTURY WOMEN

DD2 – $1,200 – 20th CENTURY WOMEN – Discouraged by health issues, she painted herself as a wounded deer in 1946 (On the first clue of DJ, Jen added $2,000 to her score of $3,400 vs. $7,800 for Santhosh.)

DD3 – $1,200 – LITERARY TITLE MATH – Dodie Smith’s spotted pooches plus Bradbury’s pyrometric threshold (Jen completed the response after time expired and dropped $1,500 from her total of $9,000 vs. $9,400 for Santhosh.)

Santhosh looked strong in round one, then in DJ Jen stated to take over and carried the lead into FJ at $15,100 vs. $9,400 for Santhosh and $7,000 for Sarah.

Final Jeopardy!

ISLAND CHAINS – Named for a Spanish queen, this Pacific island chain was a starting point for famous explorations of 1960 & 2012

Everyone was incorrect on FJ. For the second straight game, Jen didn’t bet enough from the lead to cover a possible double-up from second place (and this time second did go all-in), but it didn’t matter as Jen dropped $1,050 to win with $14,050 for a two-day total of $27,850.

Final scores: Jen $14,050, Santhosh $0, Sarah $6,000.

TV troubles: No one knew the pet greyhound of The Simpsons is Santa’s Little Helper, or the android with a cat named Spot is Data.

Clue selection strategy: After Jen selected DD2 on the first clue of DJ, the players completed the category before moving on to find DD3.

Correct Qs: DD1 – Who was Bismarck? DD2 – Who was Kahlo? DD3 – What is 552? FJ – What are the Mariana Islands?