Jeopardy! discussion thread for Mon., Feb. 24
Here are today's Invitational Tournament contestants:
- Luigi de Guzman, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia;
- Amy Schneider, a writer from Oakland, California; and
- Avi Gupta, a law student originally from Portland, Oregon.
Jeopardy!
SOME ART, SOME SCIENCE // QUOTABLE 21st CENTURY FILMS // ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS // I CAN BUY MYSELF FLOUR // SPORT A PHRASE// SEVERANCE
DD1 - 600 - QUOTABLE 21st CENTURY FILMS - Alan Arkin: "If I'm doing a fake movie, it's gonna be a fake hit" (Luigi added 1.200 to his leading score of 6,800.)
Scores at first break: Avi 1,400, Amy 3,600, Luigi 3,800.
Scores entering DJ: Avi 2,600, Amy 5,200, Luigi 9,600.
Double Jeopardy!
FORESTS // SMALL, MEDIUM, LARGE // PORTMANTEAUS // LOOK MA, NO WHEELS! // CELEBRITIES // HISTORY TO A "T"
DD2 - 1,200 - HISTORY TO A "T" - The forces of Leonidas & Xerxes faced off at this 480 B.C. battle (Amy improved by 5,000 to 12,200 vs. 9,600 for Luigi.)
DD3 - 1,200 - FORESTS - The Bohemian forest is mainly along Germany's border with this country to the east (Avi doubled to a closer third with 9,200.)
Amy took the lead on DD2, but Luigi was fastest on the signaling device and convincingly regained first place into FJ at 23,600 vs. 14,200 for Amy and 11,600 for Avi.
Final Jeopardy!
AMERICAN AUTHORS - Enlisting in the Army in 1917, he was sent to Camp Sheridan in Montgomery, where he met the woman who became his wife
Surprisingly, everyone was incorrect on FJ. Luigi dropped the least and held on to advance with 18,799.
Final scores: Avi 4,367, Amy 4,200, Luigi 18,799.
Triple Stumper of the day: in SMALL, MEDIUM, LARGE, no one guessed the two-word English geographic nickname translated from Moku O Keawe, "Big Island".
Correct Qs: DD1 - What is "Argo"? DD2 - What is Thermopylae? DD3 - What is Czechia (the Czech Republic)? FJ - Who was F. Scott Fitzgerald?