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Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Nov. 24

Here are today’s contestants:

  • Michael Kavanagh, a school principal originally from Woodhaven, New York;
  • Shannon Lawinger, a publishing editor from West Newton, Massachusetts; and
  • Harrison Whitaker, a researcher originally from Terre Haute, Indiana. Harrison is a nine-day champ with winnings of $268,600.

Jeopardy!

THE BISHOP // MOUNTAINS // TURTLE TALK // SOMEBODY’S BUSINESS // THIS CATEGORY STINKS // GERMAN HUMOR

DD1 – $600 – MOUNTAINS – Jenny Lake near Jackson Hole is presided over by 3 peaks named South, Middle & Grand this (Harrison doubled to $3,600.)

Scores at first break: Harrison $7,200, Shannon $800, Michael $2,000.

Scores entering DJ: Harrison $11,200, Shannon $1,400, Michael $3,800.

Double Jeopardy!

IN THE YEAR 2000… // CLASSIC LITERATURE REIMAGININGS // WORLD LANGUAGES // ICONIC EYEWEAR // FILIPINO-AMERICAN MUSICIANS // CHANGE THE LAST LETTER

DD2 – $1,600 – CLASSIC LITERATURE REIMAGININGS – With this novel as a starting point, “the madman’s daughter” seeks the truth of her father’s experiments on animals (Harrison dropped by $4,400 to $8,000.)

DD3 – $1,600 – WORLD LANGUAGES – Bosnia’s official languages are Bosnian, Serbian & this; it’s not Herzegovinian (Harrison again fell to a score of $8,000, down from $10,800.)

Harrison retained the lead despite missing both DDs in DJ, and was able to rebuild to a runaway into FJ at $22,000 vs. $8,600 for Michael and $6,200 for Shannon.

Final Jeopardy!

SPORTS HISTORY – He wasn’t yet a U.S. citizen when he was named an All-American & won 2 Olympic gold medals for the country

Only Michael was correct on FJ. Harrison dropped just $1,000 to win with $21,000 for a 10-day total of $289,600.

Final scores: Harrison $21,000, Shannon $3,200, Michael $12,600.

Clue valuation station: It wasn’t very groovy, cool or outtasight to put a clue about the word “funky” in the top row.

Historical footnote: A clue about TV series “Hogan’s Heroes” expressed surprise that the show’s premise was given the green light, but it wasn’t a completely original idea; it borrowed from the successful early 50s play and movie that also had humorous elements, “Stalag 17”, which resulted in a lawsuit.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What it Teton? DD2 – What is “The Island of Dr. Moreau”? DD3 – Croatian? FJ – Who was Jim Thorpe?