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Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Jan. 21

Here are today’s Champions Wildcard contestants:

  • Will Yancey, a lecturer of history from Banquete, Texas;
  • Jay Fisher, a government relations manager from Lisle, Illinois; and
  • Evan Dorey, a data analytics director from Toronto, Ontario.

Jeopardy!

AUTHORS// STATE ANIMALS // FOUND ON TEMU // WILD CARD WINNERS // THE SHAPE OF THINGS // FROM THE DUTCH

DD1 – 600 – STATE ANIMALS – It’s the state animal of Montana & California, but the California one is extinct (Will lost 1,000.)

Scores at first break: Evan 4,200, Jay -1,000, Will 3,000.

Scores entering DJ: Evan 7,800, Jay -400, Will 5,200.

Double Jeopardy!

1925 // BEFORE & AFTER // THE BIBLE // SCI-FI ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS // SOME WEAR… // “B” ON THE SEA

DD2 – 800 – THE BIBLE – In the NT we learn Peter’s brother Andrew, who also became an apostle, had previously been a disciple of this religious figure (Will added 10,000 and went on to run the category.)

DD3 – 1,600 – “B” ON THE SEA – The name of this small Middle Eastern kingdom means “the 2 seas” in Arabic (Evan won 13,400 on a true DD.)

Scores entering FJ: Evan 32,400, Jay 2,800, Will 26,000.

Final Jeopardy!

MYTHOLOGY – Some myths say the treasure of the Nibelung was hidden under a promontory called this, on the Rhine near St. Goarshausen

Only Will was correct on FJ, doubling to advance with 52,000.

Final scores: Evan 12,400, Jay 2,800, Will 52,000.

Wagering strategy: While 52,000 points is an impressive final score, all Will really needed to bet on FJ was 6,401 to force Evan to be correct with a non-zero wager to beat him. By going all-in he forced himself to be correct on FJ to have a chance to advance. And of course, in the tournament format he doesn’t even win more money by winning with a higher score.

Triple Stumper of the day: No one knew the author who set several of his novels in New Hampshire is John Irving.

Overvalued clue dept.: 2,000 for knowing ALF stands for Alien Life Form.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is grizzly bear? DD2 – Who is John the Baptist? DD3 – What is Bahrain? FJ – What is Lorelei Rock?