“JEOPARDY!” 5/23/24

Challengers:
Liz Capouch (Blaine, MN): Knowledgebase specialist
Brendan Gilfillan (Alexandria, VA): Consultant

JR:
LIT TITLES BY THE NUMBERS
IT’S A PLANE
THE REAL TAGLINES OF “THE REAL HOUSEWIVES”
“STOP” THE PRESSES!
1 FOR THE MONEY
2 FOR THE SHOW

Amar ($2800) sees the TDD when taking the $1K end of 1 for the Money for the 13th selection; he’s tied for 1st early w/ Brendan; 3rd-place Liz has ½ that.

Named for a city in Italy it was a gold coin of Austria, the Netherlands or Great Britain.

“Um…what is a plastre?”…nope- what’s the florin? And those are the current scores at the 1st break.

ATTEMPTED LT: $2200
UNATTEMPTED LT: $3800
TOTAL LT: $6K

CS:
Amar: $400/Brendan: $3800/Liz: $1800

DJ!:
CONGRESS ACTED UP
MEN OF SCIENCE
NAME, THE EXPRESSION
SIGNATURE SONGS
MISTAKEN IDENTITY
WHERE IN “THE” WORLD?

Liz’s pick of the $1200 Name, the Expression is the 2nd TDD of the day & again we have a between 2 people- in this case, both challengers have $3K, while Amar’s slipped to -$1200.

A nickname for Friedrich is in this expression used of broken electronics.

“What is fried?”…down to $0 she goes- what’s on the fritz? 2 clues later Amar ($800) unveils DD #2 assigned to the $1600 Congress Acted Up & will wager $1200.

The Helms-Burton Act notes “Radio Marti” was 1 of the “effective vehicles for providing the people of” this nation “with news”.

“Uh…what is Nicaragua?”…no- what’s Cuba?

ATTEMPTED LT: $4400
UNATTEMPTED LT: $7600
TOTAL DJ! LT: $12K

Pre-Final S:
Amar: $9200/Brendan: $3K (NON-FACTOR)/Liz: $5200

CORYAT SCORES:
Amar: $13,200/Liz: $8200

FJ!: ARTWORK

Rembrandt’s only seascape was set here where the main figure once said “Why are ye faithful, O ye of little faith?”.

BRENDAN: “What is the red sea?” ($2900) = $100
LIZ: “What is the Sea of Galilee?” ($0)
AMAR: SAME AS BRENDAN = $7999