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Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Jul. 23

Here are today’s contestants:

  • Andrew Crowley, a freelance writer from Henderson, Nevada;
  • Gerri Budd, an adjunct professor and small business owner from Nutley, New Jersey; and
  • Scott Riccardi, an engineer from Somerville, New Jersey. Scott is a 14-day champ with winnings of $390,902.

Jeopardy!

TRY ME A RIVER // BLANK CANVAS // NO LONGER IN PRINT // POTPOURRI // WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS // A JAVIER BARDEM RETROSPECTIVE

DD1 – $800 – WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS – It’s the 1714 document regarding insurgents that’s a phrase sometimes used in an angry confrontation (Gerri added $1,000.)

Scores at first break: Scott $4,000, Gerri -$400, Andrew $4,000.

Scores entering DJ: Scott $7,600, Gerri -$800, Andrew $5,800.

Double Jeopardy!

RUSSIAN HISTORY // GREAT LITERATURE BEFORE 2000 // ALL ABOUT ANIMALS // HERE COMES TRUFFLE // NOT OUR WEDDING SONG // 3 “O”s

DD2 – $1,600 – GREAT LITERATURE BEFORE 2000 – A man makes numerous failed attempts to gain access to a the title edifice to improve his situation in this Franz Kafka novel (Scott improved by $5,000 to $17,000 vs. $5,800 for Andrew.)

DD3 – $1,200 – ALL ABOUT ANIMALS – The nine-spotted species of this beetle is the state insect of New York (Scott added $4,000 for a leading score of $22,600.)

Another textbook runaway for Scott, who hit both DDs in DJ and was never seriously challenged into FJ at $32,200 vs. $9,400 for Andrew and $3,200 for Gerri.

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS BUILDINGS – Opened in 1902, it’s 87 feet in width on the 22nd Street side and less than 7 feet wide at its narrowest point on 23rd Street

Scott and Gerri were correct on FJ. Scott added $7,808 to win with $40,008 for a 15-day total of $430,910.

Final scores: Scott $40,008, Gerri $6,300, Andrew $9,000.

That’s before their time: No one guessed the “N.Y. troupe puts the tallest members in the center, giving an illusion of equal height” are the Rockettes.

Valuation station: A clue about the obscure origin of the term “round robin” was worth $200, while “This St. Louis landmark in a national park of the same name represents a door to the Western United States”, Gateway Arch, was in the bottom row.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is Riot Act? DD2 – Who is “The Castle”? DD3 – What is ladybug? FJ – What is the Flatiron Building?