Jeopardy! discussion thread for Fri., Feb. 21
Here are today's Invitational Tournament contestants:
- John Focht, a baseball software team lead originally from El Paso, Texas;
- Roger Craig, an applied scientist from Arlington, Virginia; and
- Maya Wright, a graduate student from Atlanta, Georgia.
Jeopardy!
SAYETH THE BIBLE BOOK // A.P. HISTORY // HOBBIES & PASTIMES // ARE YOU INTO ASTROLOGY? // IT'S COUNTRY MUSIC, Y'ALL // IDIOMS
DD1 - 400 - ARE YOU INTO ASTROLOGY? - Think of the 4-letter acronym describing Muhammad Ali & it makes sense this was his sign (Roger added 1,000.)
Scores at first break: Maya 600, Roger 400, John 5,400.
Scores entering DJ: Maya 2,200, Roger 2,600, John 7,800.
Double Jeopardy!
PROLOGUES // MOVING WORDS // FLOWERS // OLD STUFF // THEIR OSCAR-WINNING ROLE // "G"EOGRAPHY
DD2 - 1,600 - MOVING WORDS - 12-letter word for the group of people walking down the aisle at the start of a wedding (Roger doubled to 18,000 vs. 14,200 for John.)
DD3 - 1,600 - PROLOGUES - His intro to "Nobody knows my name": "In America, the color of my skin had stood between myself & me; in Europe, that barrier was down" (Two clues after DD2, Roger improved by 12,000 to 30,000 vs. 13,000 for John.)
John dominated round one, but Roger completely flipped the script in DJ, maintaining firm control of the board and scoring on big bets on both DDs in the round. Going into FJ it was Roger with 36,000, John at 13,800 and Maya with 1,400.
Final Jeopardy!
COMPOSERS - Yale takes credit for starting a commencement tradition when it gave this composer an honorary doctorate in 1905
Everyone was correct on FJ. Roger added 0 to advance with 36,000.
Final scores: Maya 1,447, Roger 36,000, John 14,715.
Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Capricorn? DD2 - What is a processional? DD3 - Who was James Baldwin? FJ - Who was Elgar?