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Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Nov. 12

Here are today’s contestants:

  • Jonathan Fox, a staffing capacity manager from Plymouth, Massachusetts;
  • Kathleen Clark, an English teacher originally from Stamford, Connecticut; and
  • Joey DeSena, a development engineer from Raleigh, North Carolina. Joey is a one-day champ with winnings of $17,497.

Jeopardy!

WORLD OF LEADERS // ENGLISH LITERATURE // NICE WHEELS // MUSIC MISCELLANEA // WE’RE SALUTIN’ GLUTEN // RHYME TIME

DD1 – $800 – ENGLISH LITERATURE – In the first chapter of this E.M. Forster book, Lucy comments, “I want so to see the Arno” (Kathleen, an English teacher who shopped for this clue, went for a true DD of $800 instead of betting the maximum.)

Scores at first break: Joey $3,600, Kathleen $1,400, Jonathan $600.

Scores entering DJ: Joey $4,000, Kathleen $2,800, Jonathan $4,600.

Double Jeopardy!

U.S. HISTORY // RIVERS OF THE WHIRLED // LET’S DABBLE IN SCIENCE // TRANSPORTATION // HEIST FILMS // ENDS IN “CH”

DD2 – $2,000 – U.S. HISTORY – A December 2, 1954 resolution said the conduct of this man “is contrary to Senatorial traditions and is hereby condemned” (Joey doubled to $8,000.)

DD3 – $1,200 – TRANSPORTATION – Disneyland opened one of these in 1959; Seattle, in 1962 & Las Vegas, in 1995 (Jonathan added $5,000 to his score of $9,400 vs. $14,400 for Joey.)

Jonathan bet enough on DD3 to move into a tie for first with Joey, but despite Joey not signaling in first the rest of the game, Jonathan’s mistakes down the stretch left Joey with the lead into FJ at $14,400 vs. $13,600 for Jonathan and $7,600 for Kathleen.

Final Jeopardy!

LITERARY MONUMENTS – A 112-foot-tall monument in a Madrid plaza depicts a writer seated above bronze statues of these 2 characters

Everyone was correct on FJ. Joey added $12,801 to win with $27,201 for a two-day total of $44,698. Note that if Jonathan had gone all-in for $9,400 on DD3, he would have had the lead going into FJ and very likely would have won the game.

Final scores: Joey $27,201, Kathleen $15,200, Jonathan $18,000.

Triple Stumper of the day: No one knew the heist movie about a plan to rob Las Vegas casinos, “Ocean’s Eleven”.

Judging the writers: They apparently think knowing one of the most famous names in 1950s politics should be worth ten times more than “immortal portal”.

Ken’s Korner: The host informed us of his name when signing off, in case the home viewers forgot who he is in the 27 minutes since the introduction at the top of the show.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is “A Room with a View”? DD2 – Who was McCarthy? DD3 – What is monorail? FJ – Who are Don Quixote & Sancho Panza?