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Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Jan. 2

Here are today’s Second Chance contestants:

  • Kaitlin Tarr, a ceramic artist from Denver, Colorado;
  • Colleen Matthews, a speech-language pathologist from Hillsboro, Oregon; and
  • Will Yancey, a lecturer of history from Banquete, Texas.

Jeopardy!

SO SAYETH THE KING JAMES BIBLE // SECONDS // IDIOT IDIOMS // NAME DROPPS KEEP FALLIN’ ON MY HEAD // CLASSY CREATURES // YOU SAY TOBAGO, I SAY TOBAGO

DD1 – 800 – SO SAYETH THE KING JAMES BIBLE – “And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with” this group, “and slew them with a great slaughter” (Will added 1,000.)

Scores at first break: Will 2,600, Colleen -200, Kaitlin 1,200.

Scores entering DJ: Will 6,400, Colleen 1,800, Kaitlin 2,800.

Double Jeopardy!

THAT’S SOME OPENING ACT // NOVEL TITLE DROP A LETTER // WHISKEY, & KEEP ‘EM COMIN’ // ANTONYMS: THE ANTI-SYNONYMS // TRIALS // TRIBUTARIES

DD2 – 1,200 – TRIBUTARIES – A sheepish response is perhaps best for this, the largest tributary of the Yellowstone (Will added 2,500.)

DD3 – 2,000 – NOVEL TITLE DROP A LETTER – An Edith Wharton title drops a letter & laughter spews from a tube (On the last clue of DJ, Will lost 3,700.)

Scores entering FJ: Will 20,000, Colleen 4,200, Kaitlin 6,800.

Final Jeopardy!

SCIENCE: THE _ OF _ – Four of these discovered in the early 1600s were given the names of lovers of a mythological deity

Only Colleen was correct on FJ. Will wagered 0 to finish with 20,000.

Final scores: Will 20,000, Colleen 8,400, Kaitlin 1.

Triple Stumper of the day: In IDIOT IDIOMS, no one knew the “5 words of advice from his mama quoted often by Tom Hanks in a 1994 movie”, stupid is as stupid does.

Correct Qs: DD1 – Who are the Philistines? DD2 – What is the Big Horn? DD3 – What is “The Hose of Mirth”? FJ – What are the moons of Jupiter?