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Jeopardy! recap for Wed., May 28

Here are today’s contestants:

  • Thomas Sweeney, a survey technician from Morrow, Ohio;
  • Alice Welch, an epidemiologist from Queens, New York; and
  • Tyler Griffith, a criminal forensic scientist originally from Sturgis, Michigan. Tyler is a one-day champ with winnings of $799.

Jeopardy!

FIRSTS // EUROPE // GOING TO THE DOGS // BUSINESS “&” BUSINESS // ENTERTAINING WOLVERINES// HAT CHAT

DD1 – $800 – EUROPE – This monolith is a nature reserve for about 230 Barbary macaques (On the first clue, Tyler added $1,000.)

Scores at first break: Tyler $2,000, Alice $2,800, Thomas $2,400.

Scores entering DJ: Tyler $2,600, Alice $5,400, Thomas $3,200.

Double Jeopardy!

19th CENTURY AMERICANS // DOUBLE VOWELS & DOUBLE CONSONANTS // CRIME FICTION // FESTIVALS // A TIME TO EVERY PURPOSE // NOTHING GOOD ON TV

DD2 – $1,200 – A TIME TO EVERY PURPOSE – Academic Germans were the first to use this word to mean a 6-month period (Thomas lost $2,000 from his score of $4,400 vs. $6,600 for Alice.)

DD3 – $2,000 – DOUBLE VOWELS & DOUBLE CONSONANTS – The 2 predominant cultural & linguistic groups in Belgium today are the Flemings & these people (Alice still held the lead after dropping $2,000 from her total of $10,200.)

DJ was a tough round and no one took clear command, but Thomas managed to string together enough correct responses to take first place late and lead into FJ at $8,800 vs. $8,200 for Alice and $5,400 for Tyler.

Final Jeopardy!

CARS & THE MOVIES – A fake speedometer was used in this make of car from a 1980s movie, since the actual car’s speedometer didn’t go high enough

Everyone was correct on FJ. Thomas added $7,601 to win with $16,401.

Final scores: Tyler $8,801, Alice $11,601, Thomas $16,401.

Triple Stumper of the day: No one guessed the type of music festival in Newport, R.I. that was featured in the movie “A Complete Unknown” was folk.

One more thing: Tyler might have come in third today, but at least he made $1,201 more than when he won.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is Rock of Gibraltar? DD2 – What is semester? DD3 – Who are Walloons? FJ – What is a DeLorean?