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Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Nov. 18

Here are today’s contestants:

  • Jonelle Lonergan, a product manager from Boston, Massachusetts;
  • Amy Fleenor, an attorney from Cleveland, Ohio; and
  • Paul Clauson, a tax analyst from Madison Heights, Michigan. Paul is a one-day champ with winnings of $15,201.

Jeopardy!

JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD // A TURN OF LATIN PHRASE // BLACK // SIMOLEONS, MOOLAH, SCRATCH, MONEY // AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM // WICKED

DD1 – $600 – A TURN OF LATIN PHRASE – Carpe diem, yeah, yeah, we’ve heard it before… now, carpe vinum, meaning this, we can get behind that! (Paul doubled to 6,800.)

Scores at first break: Paul $800, Amy -$1,400, Jonelle $2,800.

Scores entering DJ: Paul $8,000, Amy $0, Jonelle $3,200.

Double Jeopardy!

COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD // TOUGH 9-LETTER WORDS // HISTORICAL “T” // R&B & SOUL // LITERARY SETTINGS // HEALTHY BODY, HEALTHY MIND

DD2 – $1,600 – HISTORICAL “T” – This fort nestled between the Adirondacks & the Green Mountains was the site of a July 1777 siege (Paul improved by $3,000 to $8,800 vs. $5,600 for Jonelle.)

DD3 – $1,200 – LITERARY SETTINGS – In a fantasy series: Dorne is in the south of it & the Haunted Forest, north of the wall (On the next clue after DD2, Paul added $3,000 to his score of $11,800.)

Paul swept the DDs, lifting him to a runaway into FJ at $21,200 vs. $8,000 for Jonelle and $6,800 for Amy.

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN WOMEN – In 1900 she told a Mr. Dobson, “Get out of the way. I don’t want to strike you, but I am going to break up this den of vice”

Only Jonelle was correct on FJ. Paul dropped $101 to win with $21,099 for a two-day total of $36,300.

Final scores: Paul $21,099, Amy $5,599, Jonelle $15,999.

Triple Stumper of the day: No one could identify the old ten-cent piece given the name of a Roman god, the Mercruy dime.

Overpriced clue dept.: $2,000 for a clue about holistic psychology that included the first letter and the word “whole”.

This day in shilling: We got a full guest-presenter category plugging “Wicked” and wound up with two leftovers in DJ.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is seize the wine? DD2 – What is Fort Ticonderoga? DD3 – What is Westeros? FJ – Who was Carrie Nation? (After the correct response was revealed, Ken said he thought the first name ended with a “y”, but online resources say it’s been spelled both ways.)