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Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Nov. 12

Here are today’s contestants:

  • Lynette Perloff, an assessment specialist originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
  • Greg Sounders, an insurance reinspector from Bridgeport, Connecticut; and
  • Harrison Whitaker, a researcher originally from Terre Haute, Indiana. Harrison is a one-day champ with winnings of $34,801.

Jeopardy!

PLAYING A CLASSICAL NUMBER // THE NAACP IMAGE AWARDS // 3 OF A KIND // I’M A SWOLE MAN // ABOVE DECK // AMERICAN REVOLUTION

DD1 – $1,000 – PLAYING A CLASSICAL NUMBER – This composer who raised the profile of English music made his Opus 33 in 1897 the patriotic-sounding “Banner of St. George” (Harrison lost $1,400 on a true DD.)

Scores at first break: Harrison $6,600, Greg $1,400, Lynette $0.

Scores entering DJ: Harrison $11,000, Greg $2,200, Lynette $400.

Double Jeopardy!

WORLD GEOGRAPHY // MASHED-UP PLAY TITLES // I’M INSIDE YOUR HEAD // SPILL THE “T” // MOVIE SETTINGS // COLORFUL LANGUAGE

DD2 – $1,200 – MASHED-UP PLAY TITLES (give the full titles of the two plays referenced) – “The Piano’s Black Bottom” (Harrison improved his leading score by $4,600 up to $16,000.)

DD3 – $1,600 – WORLD GEOGRAPHY – The borders of this capital city, the birthplace of Simón Bolívar, spill into the state of Miranda (With a big lead, Harrison dropped by $5,400 down to $14,200.)

Harrison found all three DDs and missed two of them, but it didn’t matter as he stayed in complete command into FJ at $23,800 vs. $5,800 for Greg and $4,000 for Lynette.

Final Jeopardy!

BUSINESSES – A 2018 book about this company once valued at $9 billion was titled “Bad Blood”

Everyone was correct on FJ. Harrison added $1,200 to win with $25,000 for a two-day total of $59,801.

Final scores: Harrison $25,000, Greg $8,001, Lynette $7,995.

Triple Stumper of the day: In COLORFUL LANGUAGE, no one figured out that upon discovering the brutal killing of Papa Smurf, one might scream “blue murder”.

Judging the writers: “Mashed-up titles” might be the laziest recurring category type in the rotation.

Correct Qs: DD1 – Who was Elgar? DD2 – What are “The Piano Lesson” and “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”? DD3 – What is Caracas? FJ – What is Theranos?