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Jeopardy! recap for Mon., May 26

Here are today’s contestants:

  • Miles Tepper, a graduate student from Pacific Grove, California;
  • Judith Friedman, a software engineer from Los Angeles, California; and
  • Jim Carpenter, a retired music professor and conductor from Charlotte, Vermont. Jim is a one-day champ with winnings of $25,601.

Jeopardy!

IN THE STARS // NAME CHANGERS // YOU GET A P+ // CULTURE, IN THE POPULAR SENSE // SOUND // ADVICE

DD1 – $800 – NAME CHANGERS – This U.S. president was born with the surname Blythe; he later took the name of his stepfather (Judith lost $1,600 on a true DD.)

Scores at first break: Jim $3,400, Judith $4,400, Miles $400.

Scores entering DJ: Jim $6,600, Judith $5,000, Miles $2,800.

Double Jeopardy!

IT HAPPENED ONE LEAP YEAR // GERMAN NOBEL LITERATURE LAUREATES // ONE VOWEL, 3 TIMES // YOU SEEM DISTANT // FROM THE MOVIE SOUNDTRACK // GUYS NAMED RICHARD

DD2 – $800 – YOU SEEM DISTANT – In July 1846 the Mormon Battalion was formed for this war, but they were in Iowa, so they marched about 2,000 miles to San Diego (Judith added $5,000 to her score of $9,400 vs. $9,600 for Miles.)

DD3 – $1,600 – IT HAPPENED ONE LEAP YEAR – The USA’s first public telegraph line opened for business in 1844 with the dispatch of this 4-word biblical message (On the next clue after DD2, Judith added another $5,000 to improve to $19,400.)

Solid game in which Judith found all three DDs and made a combined $10K on back-to-back ones in DJ, helping her lead into FJ at $23,000 vs. $16,000 for Miles and $13,000 for Jim.

Final Jeopardy!

UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES – The first 12 sites added to the list in 1978 included Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado & this site 500 miles to the north

Judith and Jim were correct on FJ, with Judith adding $9,001 to win with $32,001.

Final scores: Jim $25,000, Judith $32,001, Miles $5,999.

Triple Stumper of the day: No one knew the movie soundtrack featuring “Hungry Eyes” and “Be My Baby” is “Dirty Dancing”.

Correct Qs: DD1 – Who is Clinton? DD2 – What is Mexican-American War? DD3 – What is “What hath God wrought”? FJ – What is Yellowstone National Park?