Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Apr. 28

Here are today’s contestants:

– Chris Argento, a high school teacher originally from Bayonne, New Jersey;
– Alice Jiang, a student originally from Redwood City, California; and
– Greg Shahade, a chess player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Greg is a one-day champ with winnings of $33,000.

Jeopardy!

INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL PARKS // 2025 BESTSELLERS // SITCOMS // LAST NAMES // REPETITIVE STRESS // RHYME TIME

DD1 – $800 – REPETITIVE STRESS – Anaphora is the repetition of the start of a clause ending in different ways, like these 4 words in an Aug. 28, 1963 speech in D.C. (Greg doubled to $4,400.)

Scores at first break: Greg $5,400, Alice $2,200, Chris $0.

Scores entering DJ: Greg $7,800, Alice $2,800, Chris $3,600.

Double Jeopardy!

MEDICAL AKAs // NEARER MY POD TO THEE // BUSINESS HISTORY // HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY, ROUTE 66! // O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN // I’LL STAY WITH THE “SHIP”

DD2 – $1,600 – O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN – A national hero as an Austrian sub captain during WWI, he’d later gain more fame after marrying a woman named Maria (Greg dropped $6,000 down to $2,200 vs. $3,600 for Chris.)

DD3 – $1,600 – BUSINESS HISTORY – This co. was born in 1911, after 4 years of talks among the Intl. Time Recording Co., Computing Scale Co. & Tabulating Machine Co. (Greg doubled to $8,400 vs. $5,200 for Chris.)

Greg continued his excellent ability to quickly find the DDs in DJ, but this time suffered a net loss on them and the game was close into FJ with Greg at $12,400 vs. $10,800 for Chris and $6,000 for Alice.
Final Jeopardy!

PLAYWRIGHTS – When she was 7, her family moved to the mostly white Chicago neighborhood of Woodlawn, leading to attacks and a Supreme Court case

Everyone was correct on FJ. Greg added $9,201 to win with $21,601 for a two-day total of $54,601.

Final scores: Greg $21,601, Alice $9,200, Chris $12,401.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is “I have a dream?” DD2 – Who was von Trapp? DD3 – What is IBM? FJ – Who was Lorraine Hansberry?