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Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Jun. 18

Here are today’s contestants:

  • Sunny Hwang, a textbook editor from Brooklyn, New York;
  • Jacob Hale, a nonprofit finance director from Anchorage, Alaska; and
  • Dan Hopkins, a teacher from Hanover, New Hampshire. Dan is a one-day champ with winnings of $10,799.

Jeopardy!

ACTION PHRASES // CLOTHES TIME // “YO”! // REV UP FOR NASCAR // A RIVER RUNS TO IT // GETTING INVENTIVE WITH PHINEAS & FERB

DD1 – $1,000 – ACTION PHRASES – In a cliché, these 3 words are yelled to remake a newspaper; a 2014 N.Y. Times article not at least 6 such events in 14 years (Dan lost $1,500.)

Scores at first break: Dan $1,700, Jacob $4,400, Sunny $600.

Scores entering DJ: Dan $4,700, Jacob $5,400, Sunny $2,600.

Double Jeopardy!

IT WAS THE 1970s // INFRASTRUCTURE // EARLY BLOOMERS // CROSSWORD CLUES “F” // TIGERS BY THE TALE // POP CULTURE ON THE AUCTION BLOCK

DD2 – $1,600 – TIGERS BY THE TALE – This villain’s name in an 1894 book suggests he is chief among tigers (Dan dropped $3,000 from his score of $10,700 vs. $5,000 for Jacob.)

DD3 – $800 – IT WAS THE 1970s – A 6-day bank takeover in a European capital led to this term for an unexpected psychological phenomenon (Dan lost $3,000 from his total of $12,100 vs. $6,200 for Jacob.)

Dan missed all three DDs but still managed to maintain a slim lead into FJ at $9,900 vs. $9,000 for Jacob and $6,200 for Sunny.

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS AMERICAN HOMES – The name of this residence completed in 1895 combines part of the owner’s Dutch name with an English word for an open expanse

Everyone was incorrect on FJ. Jacob dropped $4,200 to win with $4,800.

Final scores: Dan $1,799, Jacob $4,800, Sunny $2,200.

That’s before their time: No one knew the famous scene of Marilyn Monroe standing above a subway grate came from “The Seven Year Itch”.

History corner: Given that there was a clue about Radio Shack today, let us acknowledge that it was a little over 10 years ago that we saw what some regard as the worst FJ clue ever, about this 2-word small room “called up the tube that the steamer… was torpedoed”.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is stop the presses? DD2 – Who is Shere Khan? DD3 – What is Stockholm Syndrome? FJ – What is Biltmore?