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Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Nov. 11

Here are today’s contestants:

  • Chris Spencer, a medical writer from Washington, D.C.;
  • Joey DeSena, a development engineer from Raleigh, North Carolina; and
  • Rachel Marcus, a writer & consultant from New York City. Rachel is a one-day champ with winnings of $20,600.

Jeopardy!

TIME MAGAZINE’S PERSON OF THE YEAR // ALL A BOARD! // SKY ROCKETS IN FLIGHT // LAWN & GARDEN // SPORTS NICKNAMES // ALLITERATIVE PHRASES

DD1 – $800 – SPORTS NICKNAMES – A world record-holding sprinter recently trademarked this famous victory pose, also his nickname (Joey improved his leading score by $3,000 to $6,400.)

Scores at first break: Rachel $1,800, Joey $6,800, Chris $600.

Scores entering DJ: Rachel $2,600, Joey $9,200, Chris $2,000.

Double Jeopardy!

MEXICAN STATE CAPITALS // A NO. 1 BESTSELLER THAT YEAR // 3-LETTER RESPONSES // IN THE ARCHIVES // BEASTIE BOYS // ETYMOLOGY

DD2 – $1,600 – A NO. 1 BESTSELLER THAT YEAR – 1974, fiction: This book about espionage with 4 professions in the title worked its way to No. 1 (Joey added $3,200 to his first place total of $13,200.)

DD3 – $1,200 – MEXICAN STATE CAPITALS – Mérida is the capital of this southeastern peninsular state (On the very next clue after DD2, Joey bet just $1,000 of his $16,400 and was correct.)

Joey scored on all three DDs, but still didn’t have quite enough to put the game away, leading into FJ at $18,200 vs. $9,400 for Rachel and $8,000 for Chris.

Final Jeopardy!

19th CENTURY AMERICA – It caused rich amusement that the name of this President, whose wife didn’t allow dancing, was similar to that of a dance

Everyone was incorrect on FJ. Joey dropped $703 to win with $17,497.

Final scores: Rachel $1, Joey $17,497, Chris $1. Rachel earned second money as she was ahead of Chris going into FJ.

Historical hiccups: No one knew the city involved in the landmark 1954 case banning school segregation was Topeka, or could figure out the former first lady who had a 1989 bestseller was Nancy Reagan.

One more thing: We had yet another Triple Stumper clue about a Netflix series. For the current version of Jeopardy!, hopeful contestants might be well-served brushing up on their Netflix as well as their Shakespeare.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is lightning bolt? DD2 – What is “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”? DD3 – What is Yucatán? FJ – Who was Polk?