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Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Dec. 26

Here are today’s Second Chance contestants:

  • Guy Branum, a writer and comedian from West Hollywood, California, carries over 16,000 from game one;
  • Michelle Tsai, a tutor originally from Honolulu, Hawaii, finished with 19,200 yesterday; and
  • Melanie Hirsch, an attorney from Silver Spring, Maryland, brings 12,000 over to today’s contest.

Jeopardy!

HISTORY “P”s & “Q”s // SOIL BREEZE & CONFLAGRATION // 4-LETTER BUSINESSES // WHY SO BLUE? // ALL KINDS OF SPORTS // ONE MORE TIME

DD1 – 1,000 – HISTORY “P”s & “Q”s – Surname of General Grigory, wooer of Catherine the Great; he was said to have fabricated fake villages to win her favor (Melanie added 1,000.)

Scores at first break: Melanie 5,400, Michelle 2,800, Guy 0.

Scores entering DJ: Melanie 6,200, Michelle 5,400, Guy 800.

Double Jeopardy!

ALPHABETICALLY FIRST // AROUND THE WORLD // A RIDDLE // RAPPED // IN A MYSTERY // INSIDE AN ENIGMA

DD2 – 1,600 – ALPHABETICALLY FIRST – Of the traditional birthstones (Guy lost 3,600 on a true DD.)

DD3 – 1,600 – IN A MYSTERY – In this short story by Edgar Allan Poe, C. Auguste Dupin solves the mystery of an apparently stolen item being used for blackmail (With a score of 1,600, Guy added 2,000.)

Michelle didn’t find any DDs, and both opponents did well enough to stay in contention into FJ with Michelle at 14,600, Melanie with 10,600 and Guy at 9,200.

Final Jeopardy!

THE 21ST CENTURY – In 2015 a foreign govt. said this would be abolished to “increase labor supply & ease pressures from an aging population”

Everyone was correct on FJ. Michelle added 601 to finish first in the two-game scores with 34,401, advancing to the next tournament and winning $35,000 in real money. Melanie and Guy each win $15,000.

Scores for game two: Melanie 21,100, Michelle 15,201, Guy 13,001.

Two-game comnined scores: Melanie 33,100, Michelle 34,401, Guy 29,001.

Wagering strategy: Both Melanie and Guy were close enough that they could still be in the running with a correct response to FJ and a miss by Michelle. However, both of them simply didn’t bet enough and elminated themselves before the clue was revealed if Michelle made the most likely wager (which she did).

Overvalued clue dept.: 2,000 for knowing the “extravagant pianist” one wearing shiny diamonds might look like they robbed is Liberace.

Correct Qs: DD1 – Who was Potemkin? DD2 – What is amethyst? DD3 – What is “The Purloined Letter”? FJ – What is the one child policy?