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Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Oct. 18

Here are today’s contestants:

  • Kelly Gates, a librarian from Medford, Massachusetts;
  • Kyle Compton-Troesch, a civil engineer from Cincinnati, Ohio; and
  • Rishabh Wuppalapati, an undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania from Vernon Hills, Illinois. Rishabh is a three-day champ with winnings of $52,802.

Jeopardy!

PEAK EXPERIENCES // LIGHTER VERSE // SOCCER IN THE USA // EXERCISING // TOO LITTLE // “OO” LATE

DD1 – $800 – PEAK EXPERIENCES – The Rongai Route passes by the Mawenzi Peak before hitting Uhuru Peak on this mountain (On the first clue, Rishabh won $1,000.)

Scores at first break: Rishabh $5,800, Kyle $600, Kelly $2,000.

Scores entering DJ: Rishabh $6,400, Kyle $3,800, Kelly $4,000.

Double Jeopardy!

19th CENTURY PHOTOS // TWINNING // 12-LETTER WORDS // BIOLOGY // CHOREOGRAPHERS // A BIT OF CULTURE SHARK

DD2 – $800 – BIOLOGY – Similar to phototropism, it’s the phenomenon of plants turning their leaves specifically towards the Sun (Kelly added $4,000 to her total of $10,800 vs. $8,400 for Rishabh.)

DD3 – $1,600 – TWINNING – Automakers & adorable twinsies Francis & Freelan made cars in the early 20th century known by this alliterative name (Kelly dropped $4,000 from her score of $15,200 vs. $9,600 for Rishabh.)

Kelly broke even on the two DDs in DJ, and did well enough on the other clues to carry the lead into FJ at $13,200 vs. $11,600 for Rishabh and $5,800 for Kyle.

Final Jeopardy!

LITERARY GEOGRAPHY – A N.Y. Times article recognized Sands Point & Kings Point as the real “old-money” & “nouveau riche” settings in this novel

Everyone was correct on FJ. Kelly added $10,001 to win with $23,201.

Final scores: Rishabh $23,200, Kyle $11,400, Kelly $23,201.

Triple Stumper of the day: No one guessed “this spiritual about Michael & his vessel”, “Michael, Row the Boat Ashore”. Note that the correct response was announced as “Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore”, but a quick search didn’t reveal any references to the song by that title.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is Kilimanjaro? DD2 – What is heliotropism? DD3 – What is Stanley Steamer? FJ – What is “The Great Gatsby”?