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Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Apr. 29

Here are today’s contestants:

  • Rahel Zubairi, a physician from Scottsdale, Arizona;
  • Ben Ganger, a data analyst from Goshen, Indiana; and
  • Erin Morin, a digital pre-press specialist from Aldie, Virginia. Erin is a one-day champ with winnings of $29,600.

Jeopardy!

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK // SCIENTISTS // ONE-TEAM PLAYERS // SUFFIXES // GOOD EATS // LEFTOVERS

DD1 – $600 – SCIENTISTS – The paper he published on lactic fermentation is considered a foundational work of microbiology (Ben doubled to $5,200.)

Scores at first break: Erin -$1,000, Ben $11,600, Rahel $600.

Scores entering DJ: Erin -$1,000, Ben $15,600, Rahel $1,400.

Double Jeopardy!

AROUND THE WORLD // HER FIRST PUBLISHED NOVEL // ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE // “C.S.”, I // NOT-QUITE-GRAMMY-WINNING SONGS OF THE YEAR // 6-LETTER WORDS WITH 4 VOWELS

DD2 – $1,200 – AROUND THE WORLD – The Europa Point Lighthouse on this territory overlooks the spot where the Atlantic Ocean & Mediterranean Sea meet (Ben added $3,500 to his score of $17,200 vs. $3,000 for Rahel.)

DD3 – $800 – 6-LETTER WORDS WITH 4 VOWELS – In the Galápagos, a marine variety of this reptile, basks on lava rocks & feeds on algae in the sea (Ben added $2,000 to his total of $23,500 vs. $11,400 for Rahel.)

Before the first break, Ben had $10K while both opponents were in the red. But Rahel made steady progress while Ben made small bets on both DDs in DJ, coming up short of a runaway at $25,900 vs. $13,400 for Rahel and $2,600 Erin.

Final Jeopardy!

20TH CENTURY FIGURES – After studying business in Chicago in the 1920s, this man obsessed with Sherlock Holmes was an investigator for a credit company

Surprisingly, everyone was incorrect on FJ. Ben dropped $901 to win with $24,999.

Final scores: Erin $600, Ben $24,999, Rahel $1,799.

Clue selection strategy: Both of Ben’s opponents chose top-row clues with DDs available, and Rahel did this late in DJ while well behind and with a limited number of remaining clues where DD3 would likely be found. Ben regained control on the top-row clue, wisely avoided the pop music category and quickly found DD3 in the vocabulary category.

Wagering strategy: Ben should have considered a bet in the $4,000 range on DD3. That would have given him an excellent chance to maintain the runway into FJ, while not putting him in significantly worse shape with a miss than his $2,000 bet would have.

Correct Qs: DD1 – Who was Pasteur? DD2 – What is Gibraltar? DD3 – What is iguana? FJ – Who was Eliot Ness?