Here are the players for day three of Jeopardy! Second Chance: Jeopardy! A PLACE IN HISTORY // TV // WRITERS’ MIDDLE NAMES // HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES // HOME COMPUTING // DEVOURING EATING IDIOMS DD1 – $1,000 – HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES – Alaska celebrates the last Monday in March as this onetime U.S. Secretary of State’s day (On the first clue of the game, James won the window maximum of $1,000.) Scores going into DJ: James $8,800, Renée $1,000, Pam $4,600. Double Jeopardy! WHAT A BUTTE! // THE PARENT COMPANY // SCIENCE & NATURE // ADJECTIVES // FAITH, HOPE & CHARITY … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Oct. 19

Day two of Jeopardy! Second Chance features these contestants: Jeopardy! 5-LETTER PLACES // CELEBRITIES // AMERICANA // _ & _ // ASTRONOMY // “LEFT”, “RIGHT” OR “CENTER” DD1 – $800 – AMERICANA – This 1943 song helped give an iconic female factory worker her name (Erica added $800 to her score of $1,000.) Scores going into DJ: Erica $2,800, Tracy $5,400, Molly $4,600. Double Jeopardy! NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TREASURES OF EGYPT // BROADWAY // PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHES // FRENCH LITERATURE // MEASURING UP// PHRASES OF HELLO AND GOODBYE DD2 – $1,600 – PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHES – “We have now lived almost 50 years … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Oct. 18

Here are today’s contestants for the first game of Jeopardy! Second Chance: Jeopardy! LITERARY FIRST LINES // AN IMPRESSIVE VOCABULARY // WORLD FACTS // COMMON BONDS // LYRICALLY YOURS // SKIN CARE FROM A TO Z WITH MICHAEL STRAHAN DD1 – $1,000 – WORLD FACTS – Much of this tiny country that’s surrounded by another is located on Mount Titano (Cindy lost $2,800 on a true DD.) Scores going into DJ: Cindy $2,000, Aaron $3,000, Jessica $5,400. Double Jeopardy! ACTORS GET THEIR ROLES MIXED UP // “IF” AT FIRST… // ANAGRAMS // HERE’S YOUR SCIENCE PRIZE // TRYING TO GET … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Oct. 17

Introducing today’s contestants: Jeopardy! THE BODY HUMAN // ALL EARS // STORIES WITH HEART // 2 “I”s // POKER HANDS // THAT MOVIE’S GOT LEGS DD1 – $1,000 – 2 “I”s – Fats, waxes & oils are classified as these (Rhianan won $400 on a true DD.) Scores going into DJ: Cris $10,800, Rhianan $1,200, Marianne $2,800. Double Jeopardy! ISLAND COUNTRIES // 9-LETTER WORDS // AVANT-GARDE ART // “P”OTPOURRI // THE 7th CENTURY// TV AS OF LATE DD2 – $2,000 – ISLAND COUNTRIES – The Sinhalese people make up about 3/4 of its population (With a lead of over $12,000, … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Oct. 14

Let’s meet today’s contestants: Jeopardy! WEIRD SCIENCE // THAT’S THEIR SPORT // LOOKING SHARP!// HODGEPOURRIPODGE // THE REST, AS THEY SAY… // IS HISTORY DD1 – $800 – WEIRD SCIENCE – Some scientists think Uranus’ atmosphere may compress carbon atoms into these, putting the ice in ice giant (Cris doubled up to $2,800.) Scores going into DJ: Cris $8,600, Zack $2,400, Andrew $3,400. Double Jeopardy! WHERE ON EARTH? // I GOT THE PART! // TUDOR TIMES // THE AUTOMOTIVE WORLD // AFTER SCHOOL // PONY TALES DD2 – $1,600 – TUDOR TIMES – Alas, my love, it’s probably not true … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Oct. 13

Let’s meet today’s contestants: Jeopardy! THE 17th CENTURY // HAIR // THEY MAKE THAT // WAIST UP, NECK DOWN // WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME // IDINA MENZEL ACTS & SINGS DD1 – $800 – THE 17th CENTURY – In 1642 this explorer made landfall at the Australian island now named for him (On the first clue of the game, Cris won the table limit of $1,000.) Scores going into DJ: Cris $6,000, Elizabeth $1,000, Fernando -$200. Double Jeopardy! BIRTH OF AN ARTIST // MOVIE STUFF // STEP UP TO THE PLATE // QUICK! NOVELS! // 6-SYLLABLE WORDS // “GO”ING PLACES … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Oct. 12

Please welcome today’s contestants: Jeopardy! CLASSIC SITCOMS BY EPISODE TITLE // POLISH HISTORY // THE WAIT OF THE WORLD // SUBTITLED NONFICTION // WHERE IN THE HOUSE? // IT’S JUST A GEOMETRIC FIGURE OF SPEECH DD1 – $600 – WHERE IN THE HOUSE? – In 2020 the socially conscious Houston Assoc. of Realtors dropped this 2-word term for where the head of the house sleeps (Cris doubled up to $9,600.) Scores going into DJ: Cris $12,000, Marsha -$400, Mike $4,800. Double Jeopardy! SCIENCE GRAB BAG // BABY NAMES: TOP 25 OF 1922 // OLD WORDS // IT’S A “BIG” PLACE … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Oct. 11

Here are today’s contestants: Jeopardy! A VIEW TO THE BRIDGE // REMEMBERING PAST LIVES // THE BARTENDER’S TOOLBOX // CRITICAL “MASS” // SPORTY BOOKS // AROUND THE HORN DD1 – $1,000 – REMEMBERING PAST LIVES – After.a life as a political wife, she co-founded an addiction treatment center & chaired the board of directors until 2005 (Cris doubled up to $12,400.) Scores going into DJ: Cris $14,200, Eugene $2,000, Allie $6,200. Double Jeopardy! PEN NAMES // SPINELESS CREATURES // HOW DID THEY DIE? // NATIONALLY MONUMENTAL // PLACES IN MOVIE TITLES // ONLY ONE CONSONANT WORDS (that consonant can appear … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Oct. 10

Introducing today’s contestants: Jeopardy! PLAZA, SWEET! // ANAGRAMMED BIBLE PEOPLE // BLACK BUSINESS // 2022 SPORTS NEWS // LIONS, TIGERS & BEARS // “O” MY DD1 – $800 – LIONS, TIGERS & BEARS – The Leone d’oro, or the Golden Lion, is the top prize awarded at this Italian city’s film festival, the world’s oldest (Cris doubled up to $4,800.) Scores going into DJ: Cris $8,400, Kate $2,000, Dan $7,000. Double Jeopardy! THE ANCIENT WORLD // 2-LETTER SPELLING BEE // RECENT LITERARY BIOGRAPHY // ECOLOGY // EUROPEAN EATS // GIBSON GIRLS & BOYS DD2 – $800 – RECENT LITERARY BIOGRAPHY … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Oct. 7

Introducing today’s contestants: Jeopardy! WORD PUZZLES // BOOKS & AUTHORS // MUSICAL ALTER EGOS // U.S. DIPLOMACY // ALL HANDS // PRETTY CRAFTY DD1 – $1,000 – BOOKS & AUTHORS – In “The Family Chao”, author Lan Samantha Chang reimagined this Dostoyevsky classic using a Chinese-American family (Cris doubled up to $6,800.) Scores going into DJ: Cris $10,800, Jo $1,800, Jeff $1,600. Double Jeopardy! U.K. GEOGRAPHY // WOMEN IN THE ARTS // PHYSICS // UNION PEOPLE // HISTORICAL TV ROLES // INSIGNIFICANT IDIOMS DD2 – $1,600 – HISTORICAL TV ROLES – Tom Beringer as Theodore Roosevelt in the 1997 miniseries … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Oct. 6

Here are today’s contestants: Jeopardy! HELPFUL HISTORIC FIGURES // DAM: NATION (give the nation where the dam is located) // BARTENDING 101 // FIRST EPISODES // IT’S A VERB & A NOUN // YOUR’E ON A ROLL DD1 – $800 – DAM: NATION – Dez, formerly Pahlavi, but things… changed (On the game’s third clue, Cris doubled up to $3,600.) Scores going into DJ: Cris $12,200, Tory $1,000, Francis $3,400. Double Jeopardy! WE RECOGNIZE THE SENATOR // SCIENCE & NATURE // SHORT STORIES & NOVELLAS // WORDS FROM GERMAN // COMPANY TOWNS // YOU’RE IN A ROLE DD2 (video) – … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Oct. 5

Introducing today’s contestants: Jeopardy! THE 50 STATES // A “C” IN LITERATURE // SHIPS & BOATS // TOYING WITH YOU // THEIR FIRST U.S. NO. 1 HIT // IT’S A MYSTERY DD1 – $600 – TOYING WITH YOU – In the ’60s, seeing this toy car for the first time, its company co-founder said, “Those are some…!” (Cris, who ran the category, doubled up to $9,200.) Scores going into DJ: Cris $12,600, Sean $3,400, Jacqueline $2,800. Double Jeopardy! CENTRAL AMERICAN HISTORY // SEE ‘EM AT THE MUSEUM // WAIT JUST A MINERAL! // ALL THAT GLITTERS // FILMS BY CHARACTERS … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Oct. 4

Here are today’s contestants: Jeopardy! WHAT’S IN THE BOX? // 20th CENTURY POP MUSIC // PLANE TALK // MEDICAL SPECIALTIES // CHAPTER (name the novel) // “VERSE” DD1 – $800 – PLANE TALK – Great flying weather with no major clouds or haze is CAVU, “ceiling and” this “unlimited” (Cris doubled up to $6,000.) Scores going into DJ: Cris $9,600, Scott $4,000, Jenny $800. Double Jeopardy! WHEN POLK WAS PRESIDENT // GEOGRAPHY // THE TITANS // A COMMON CATEGORY // FILM NOIR // ALLITERATION DD2 – $1,600 – GEOGRAPHY – Of the 3 longest rivers in Africa, the 2 that … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Oct. 3

Here are today’s contestants: Jeopardy! SUPERNATURAL STORIES // OFFICIAL STATE STUFF // SANDWICHES // A PRO TEAM IN THAT SPORT // POPES UNDER THE SCOPE // IT’S “OVER” DD1 – $800 – SUPERNATURAL STORIES – A swan dive into this saga of books tells us in 2007, the third one in the series sold 150,000 copies in one day (Cris won the window maximum of $1,000.) Scores going into DJ: David $2,000, Pam $4,800, Cris $6,800. Double Jeopardy! BODIES OF WATER // AS CREDITED ON THEIR IMDb PAGE // SAME FIRST AND LAST CONSONANT// BEG // BORROW // STEEL DD2 … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Sept. 30

Today’s contestants are: Jeopardy! THE EX-COUNTRY // STAY HEALTHY // MAKING THE ROUNDS // RELIGION // CHARACTERS ON THE TV SHOW // BEASTLY TALK DD1 – $1,000 – THE EX-COUNTRY – This Central European dual state got divided into 2 new countries in 1918, each keeping half of the original name (Moira won $1,000 on a true DD.) Scores going into DJ: David $6,400, Moira $4,400, Sonalee $2,000. Double Jeopardy! READING RAINBOW // THE BEATLE’S NON-BEATLES SONG // U.S. COUNTIES // FROM DAWN TO DUSK (between those words in the dictionary) // PIRATES! // THERE’S A PRICE ON MY HEAD … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Sept. 29

Let’s meet today’s contestants: Jeopardy! OFF TO NEW ENGLAND // HATCHET MAN // HISTORY // ONE-NAMED ROCK STARS // MATERIAL // I LONG FOR LONG “U” DD1 – $800 – MATERIAL – Portugal is the world’s leading producer of this material that makes a whopper of a stopper (Emily won $3,000 on a true DD.) Scores going into DJ: David $2,200, Sam $2,600, Emily $7,600. Double Jeopardy! CLIFF NOTES // A LETTER, THEN A WORD // THE RIGHT BROTHERS // THE ACTOR’S STUDIO // NATURALISTS // AND THE STATE GOES TO… (state won by the presidential candidate) DD2 – $2,000 … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Sept. 28

Please welcome today’s contestants: Jeopardy! THE MAP OF INDIA // HOBBIES & PASTIMES // A FRIENDLY WORD // LITERARY PROFESSIONS // CASH // CREDITS DD1 – $400 – LITERARY PROFESSIONS – Wang Lung, when we meet him in “The Good Earth” (David won the window maximum of $1,000.) Scores going into DJ: David $8,000, Nick -$200, Charlotte $6,600. Double Jeopardy! THE 19th CENTURY // JAZZ NICKNAMES // POLITICAL WRITING // ALPHANUMERICS // NON-NYE SCIENCE GUYS // ALSO IN THE CIRCUS DD2 – $2,000 – THE 19th CENTURY – Born almost with the century in 1800, he was executed in 1859 … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Sept. 27

Here are today’s contestants: Jeopardy! THE “GIST” OF THE JOB // SMALL MAMMALS // HYPHENATED WORDS // FRIENDS (the TV show) // ROMANS // COUNTRY MEN & WOMEN DD1 – $800 – SMALL MAMMALS – This spiny creature is native to England, where people love tight rows of bushes in their gardens (David won $1,800 on a true DD.) Scores going into DJ: Michael $6,000, Sue $200, David $9,400. Double Jeopardy! HISTORIC NICKNAMES // WRITING IMPLEMENTS // MOUNTAIN WORLD // POP MUSIC // SHAKESPEARE’S KINGS & QUEENS// “S” WORDS DD2 – $1,600 – WRITING IMPLEMENTS – A line of fountain … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Sept. 26

Introducing today’s contestants: Jeopardy! GOING HOME // TAKE ME TO THE PILOT // NEW HARLEQUIN ROMANCES IN 2022 // CUTTING BACK ON THE BRAND // SO GALLANTLY STREAMING // TINY 3-LETTER WORDS DD1 – $800 – TAKE ME TO THE PILOT – This wealthy man of many interests designed & flew his own planes, circled Earth in a record 91+ hours in 1938 & owned an airline (Michael added the table limit of $1,000.) Scores going into DJ: Michael $3,600, Jenny $4,600, Navid $4,200. Double Jeopardy! AMERICAN HISTORY // BIBLE STUDY // IT’S ONLY “A” COUNTRY (“A” will be the … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Sept. 23

Introducing today’s contestants: Jeopardy! BETTER MOMENTS IN HISTORY // CHILDREN’S BOOKS // FARMING // MUST BE NICE // MOVIE TITLE REFERENCES // CHANGE ONE LETTER WORD PAIRS DD1 – $800 – CHILDREN’S BOOKS – A.A. Milne adapted this children’s book for the stage & renamed it “Toad of Toad Hall” (Martha added $1,200 on a true DD.) Scores going into DJ: Martha $7,200, Lynda $2,000, Michael $5,000. Double Jeopardy! GEOGRAPHY VIA KOKOMO // IN MY AUTOBIOGRPAHY // HUMANS IN SPACE // OLD FASHIONED // BEYONCE SONGS // SOUNDS JUST LIKE AN ANIMAL DD2 – $2,000 – IN MY AUTOBIOGRPAHY – … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Sept. 22

Here are today’s contestants: Jeopardy! LAKES & RIVERS // IF IT QUACKS LIKE A DOC // SHOES! // CROSSWORD CLUES “J” // GREAT AMERICAN PAIRS // BUDWEISER & SPORTS DD1 (video) – $800 – LAKES & RIVERS – The pre-Incan Uros people still inhabit floating islands high in the Andes in this lake (Martha added $1,000 on a true DD.) Scores going into DJ: Emmett $2,400, Christopher $6,800, Martha $5,600. Double Jeopardy! EMPERORS // 2 BOOKS IN 1 // PEOPLE & PLACES // BELIEF SYSTEMS // MODERN WESTERNS // 4 CONSONANTS IN A ROW DD2 – $1,200 – 4 CONSONANTS … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Sept. 21