“JEOPARDY!” 6/5/20

BB:
JUST DESSERTS
LITERARY HODGEPODGE
POLITICAL CONVENTIONS
CONTROL “ALT” “DEL”
SOME QUARTER GIVEN
OTHER SPORTS

HS:

Ben: $3,200/Meggie: $4,400/Will: $1,200

W/ Some Quarter Given’s $800 answer Meggie ($6400) was about to take on a DD; Ben followed her w/ five G’s & Will was down to $800. She gambled $3K.

This motto that offers two very different options adorns NH’s quarter.

“What is live free or die?”- absolutely.

SOLE TS: $1K (Political Conventions- they didn’t have time for the least-valuable clue under Other Sports)

CS:

Ben: $5,400/Meggie: $10,400/Will: $1,800

DJ!:
JUST DESERTS
PUBLISHERS
ACTORS & ACTRESSES
PHYSICS GLOSSARY
ALL ABOUT ART
WORDS COINED IN THE 1920s

Will ($6600) found DD #1 on the $800 Publisher; Meggie at $12,400 was just $200 over Ben. $3400 was what Will bet.

The name of this publisher known for its book fairs is a word meaning “related to education”.

“What is SCHOLASTIC?”- sensible. The $2K Word Coined in the 1920s was an important one for Ben ($18,600) as it was the final DD of the tourney; Meggie was 2nd w/ $11,600 & Will was 3rd w/ $11,200. The risk from Ben was $2.5K.

Right on “Q” this designation for a standard keyboard 1st developed for the typewriter came into use in ’29.

“What is QWERTY?”- boom.

ATTEMPTED LT: $1600 ($400 & $1200 Just Deserts)
UNATTEMPTED LT: $1200 (All About Art- time sounded before the $2K answer there)
TOTAL DJ! LT: $2800

Pre-Final S:

Ben: $21.5K/Meggie: $13,200/Will: $11,200

CORYATS TONIGHT:
Ben: $21K
Meggie: $11K
Will: $8,600

FINALS CORYATS:
Ben: $36K
Meggie: $32,200
Will: $18K

GEICO FJ! #185: 18th C. NOVELS

The title character of this 1726 novel reached four different lands as a result of a shipwreck, a storm at sea, pirates & a mutiny.

WILL: BLANKED (BUSTED)
MEGGIE: “What is Gulliver’s Travels? (Thanks, Mom + Dad!)” ($8200) + $7600 = $29K
BEN: SAME (w/ a smiley face; needed to have wagered even a buck tonight for the win)($5001) = $34,001

“JEOPARDY!” 6/4/20

BB:
WE MISS YOU, MISTER ROGERS
THE NATURAL WORLD
ASIA
EMMYS FOR WRITING
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES
SHORTENED SLANG

On the 3rd choice of the rd. Will ($800) chose the DD during the $1K Asia clue & had the early lead by two bills over Ben.

16ft stingrays can be found in the waters of this 2700-mile-long Indochinese river.

“What is the Yellow River?”…no, the Mekong.

HS:

Ben: $2,600/Meggie: $2K/Will: $600

SOLE TS: $800 (Shortened Slang)

CS:

Ben: $4,600/Meggie: $4,400/Will: $5,200

DJ!:
SUMMER READING
WORLD FLAGS
THROWING YOU A CURVE
FORGETFUL SEQUELS
BROTHER
CAN YOU SPARE A RHYME

While we’re Throwing You a Curve Meggie ($7600) was shown a TDD at $1600; Will was in 2nd for $8K & Ben led again w/ $11,800.

The Phillips Curve shows that wages tend to increase faster as the rate of this goes down.

“What is…inflation?”- not it; it’s employment. DD #2 was in the hands of the $800 Brother for Will ($9600); Meggie made a $5600 rebound & Ben’s 1st-place score stood at $14,200. Will bet $4400.

Elliott, brother of this 20th C. President, was also father to a First Lady.

“Who is Teddy Roosevelt?”…that Roosevelt was right.

Pre-Final S:

Ben: $15K/Meggie: $13,600/Will: $12K

CORYAT SCORES:
Meggie: $21,200
Will: $9,400

GEICO FJ! #184: NOTABLE BRITS

On this man’s death in a 1935 motorcycle accident Churchill said his “pace of life was faster & more intense than the ordinary”.

WILL: “Who is Chamberlain?” (½) = $6K
MEGGIE: “Who was Astin-Martin” ($6K) = $7,600
BEN: “Who was Davidson?” (Correct: Who was Lawrence of Arabia?)(½) = $7.5K

“JEOPARDY!” 6/3/20

BB:
POLITICS: WHO SAID IT?
BOULDER DASH
MYSTERIES & THRILLERS
MUSTARD OR MAYO
IS IT BIGGER THAN A CHICKEN?
“DE” PLUS 3

Lauren (600) found the 1st DD tonight too soon w/ the 2nd selected answer of the 800 number from Politics: Who Said It?.

1950: “I have here in my hand a list of 205 that were known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist party.”

“Who is McCarthy?”…correct to add a one in front of that 600.

HS:

Ben: 1,800/Sam: 1,400/Lauren: 3,200

LT: 2K

CS:

Ben: 8,400/Sam: 2,400/Lauren: 5K

DJ!:
LET’S LOOK AT SOME MATH
ABBREVIATIONS
OPERA & BALLET
BACK IN THE 20th C.
HOT STUFF!
FOUNTAINS

DD #1 right away because Sam chose the 800 Back in the 20th C. clue.

In Apr. ’46 this international org. formally gave up the ghost, though it did give a lot of its stuff to its replacement.

“What is the League of Nations?”…that was a successful doubler. Lauren (17K) saved DD #2 until the penultimate clue of Fountains; leader Ben was only 1800 ahead of her & Sam was still in it w/ 7200. This was to give her the lead by 200.

Fittingly the Latona fountain built by Louis XIV in Versailles was named for the mother of this Roman god.

“Who is Jupiter?”…this god wasn’t named after a planet- who was Apollo? Ben added 2K to finish things out for DJ!.

SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: 400 (Hot Stuff!)
UNATTEMPTED LT: 3600
TOTAL DJ! LT: 4K

CORYAT SCORES:
Sam: 5,600
Lauren: 16,800

GEICO FJ! #183: EUROPEAN LANDMARKS

As described in an 1831 book it has “three recessed and pointed doorways…immense central rose window…two dark and massive towers”.

SAM: “What is Notre Dame?” (7199) = 14,399
LAUREN: DUPLICATED (DOUBLE) = 30K
BEN: TRIFECTA = 30,001

“JEOPARDY!” 6/2/20

BB:
HALL MONITOR
HEAVEN OR HELL
BIRDS OF PREY
WORDS FROM OLD ENGLISH
GOING ON VACATION?
I’M FULL OF “N.V.”

From Heaven or Hell for 800 was Meggie’s (3K) TDD; Amanda (1200) & Jenna (600) followed.

The line “better to reign in hell than serve in heaven” was from this 17th C. poem.

“What is…’Paradise Lost’?”…not a loss there.

HS:

Meggie: 7,400/Amanda: 1,200/Jenna: 1K

ATTEMPTED LT: 2K
SOLE UNATTEMPTED TS: 800 (Hall Monitor)
TOTAL LT: 2800

CS:

Meggie: 11K/Amanda: 2K/Jenna: 1K

DJ!:
WOMEN AUTHORS
GREATEST HITS OF THE SUPREMES
THE HUMAN BODY
DOCUMENTARIES
THE OLD UNIVERSITY TRY
BEFORE & AFTER

For the 1200 entry in Greatest Hits of the Supremes distant 2nd-placer Jenna (5800) got a much-needed DD; Amanda was well in last for 3600 & Meggie was all but sitting pretty w/ 24,200. Jenna bet 2K.

In Marbury v. Madison John Marshall criticized this sitting President for flouting the law.

“Who is Taft?”…not him- Jefferson. Meggie (27,400) wrapped this semifinal up w/ her DD #2 hit at the end of the clues on Documentaries; Amanda was in 2nd at 4800. Meggie tried for a 5K addition.

This 1994 documentary followed two inner-city Chicago kids who aspired to become pro basketball players.

“What is ‘Love and Basketball’?”- oh no, that didn’t come until 2000. The actual title was “Hoop Dreams”; she picked back up 2K to finish the board up.

DJ! LT: 5600

CORYAT SCORES:
Meggie: 27,200
Jenna: 5,800

GEICO FJ! #182: AMERICAN FIRSTS

John Ledyard, sailing on Captain Cook’s last voyage in search of the NW Passage, was the 1st American to land at what are now these two states.

JENNA: “What are Hawaii and Alaska?” (DOUBLE) = 7,600
AMANDA: SAME = 7,022
MEGGIE: “What are California + Oregon?” = 24,382

“JEOPARDY!” 6/1/20

BB:
KINDER GARDEN
GENERATIONS OF LITTLE WOMEN
CONSTELLATIONS
HOMOPHONIC PAIRS
CHECK YOUR CALENDAR
IN THE YEAR 2000

W/ 800 Jong Ho got to the DD on the Constellation of the same value; Katie was also on the board w/ 400.

Lepus, “the hare”, is the quarry of this nearby constellation.

“What is…Leo?”…no to drop him 200 in the negative; should’ve thought of the movie co.- ORION.

HS:

Jong Ho: 1,400/Will: 2,600/Katie: 1,800

SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: 1K (In the Yr. 2000)
SOLE UNATTEMPTED TS: 1K (Homophonic Pairs)

CS:

Jong Ho: 2K/Will: 4,600/Katie: 4,400

DJ!:
U.S. GOVERNMENT
THE A.V. CLUB
POP MUSIC
A CONTAINER FULL OF WORDS
19th C. ENGLISH LITERATURE
NATIONS’ SECOND-LARGEST CITIES

Will (6200) joined The A.V. Club for 1200 & DD #1; he lead each opponent by 600. Will would either crack 10K or lose his lead.

Almost 500 concerti from this Venetian survive today.

“Who is (Antonio) Vivaldi?”…good enough. Did Will choose DD #2 in the 1600 U.S. Government box…he did w/ 14,800; Jong Ho was in 2nd w/ 10,400 & Katie was 3rd w/ 8400. Will’s next wager was 5630.

One task of this government commission opened in 1915 is to protect consumers from con games.

“What is the SEC?”…uh-uh- the FTC.

DJ! LT: 6400

Pre-Final S:

Jong Ho: 11,200/Will: 13,170/Katie: 11,600

MALE CORYATS:
Jong Ho: 12,200
Will: 16,200

GEICO FJ! #181: EUROPEAN HISTORY

Once Europe’s leading military powder & later the largest state in Germany, it was abolished by the allies in 1947.

JONG HO: “What is Prussia?” (8K) = 19,200
KATIE: “What is Bavaria?” (10,801) = 799
WILL: BOTH MEN CORRECT = 23,201

“JEOPARDY!” 5/29/20

Allison Thomas (Port St. Lucie): 7th grade civics
Anne Pulju (Sandy Spring, MD): HS English
Jong Ho Kim (Lombard, IL): HS math

BB:
PICTURE THE MOVIE
COOL NEWS
LAB PARTNERS
I HAVE MY DOUBTS
MUSICAL THEATRE
MULTIPLE “CHOICE” QUIZ

HS:

Jong Ho: 4,800/Ladies: 1,400 EACH

Jong Ho (6600) finally reeled in that DD, the 1K Lab Partner; Allison was in 2nd by herself w/ 2400 & Anne was last w/ 1600. He made a bet of 3456.

In 1942 at the Univ. of Chicago Leo Szilard helped this Italian create the 1st nuclear reactor.

“Who is Enrico Fermi?”…yep.

SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: 1K (Cool News)
SOLE UNATTEMPTED TS: 1K (“Choice”)

CS:

Jong Ho: 9,656/Anne: 3,400/Allison: 1,600

DJ!:
RUSSIAN TO THE BOOKSHELF
DESCRIBING THE ADJECTIVE
AMERICAN HISTORY
ATHLETES WHO TEACH
SAILING THE 5 SEAS
“Mc”PEOPLE

On the 3rd choice from this board Allison (2800) was Sailing the 5 Seas for DD #1; 2K was her wager.

The Germans call this bordering sea Ostsee; the Swedes, Ostersjon.

“What is the North Sea?”…incorrect- the Baltic. In the middle of Describing the Adjective was DD #2 & Jong Ho (20,456) had it w/ a chance to firmly run away w/ this game; Anne was 2nd w/ 8600 & Allison was still at the back of this trio w/ 2800. He re-bet 3456.

Desolate & raw, or a title description of a novel “house” w/ Ada Clare.

“What is bleak?”…it sure wasn’t looking that way for Jong Ho.

DJ! LT: 6400

Pre-Final S:

Jong Ho: 25,512/Anne: 13,800/Allison: 3,200

CORYAT SCORES:
Jong Ho: 20,800
Allison: 5,200

GEICO FJ! #180: PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES & MUSEUMS

Of the 15 U.S. Presidential libraries or museums three are in this state, more than any other.

ALLISON: “What is Virginia?” (BUSTED)
ANNE: AGREED W/ HER (2201) = 11,599
JONG HO: “What is Ohio California?” (Correct: What is Ohio?) = 23,370

“JEOPARDY!” 5/28/20

Mary Kate Trausch (Vernon Hills, IL): HS science
Matt Joyal (Hampstead, NH): HS history
Ben Henri (St. Clair Shores, MI): 7th-12th grade vocal music

BB:
AMERICAN HEALTHCARE
MYTHOLOGY
CHOIR PRACTICE
IN THE STATE CAPITAL
TEACHING THE SPORT
THE LANGUAGE OF DE-FEET

The 1st TDD of this game was under the 800 In the State Capital answer for Ben (2K), 200 behind leader Matt.

Hernando de Soto state archaeological site

All he said was “What is Florida?”; the city was Tallahassee.

HS:

Ben: 800/Matt: 1,600/Mary Kate: 800

SOLE TS: 1K (In the State Capital)

CS:

Ben: 5,200/Matt: 4,200/Mary Kate: 2,400

DJ!:
ANCIENT HISTORY
A POTPOURRI OF PICTURES
10-LETTER WORDS
POEMS
I’M A CHICK
MAGNET

Ben ran Ancient History. Mary Kate (5600) uncovered DD #1 w/ the 2K Magnet; Matt was in 2nd at 9400 & 1st-placer Ben’s score was 12,800. Next clue for her was for 4K.

An 1845 letter from the 21-yr.-old future Lord Kelvin inspired this British scientist to show how magnetism & light are related.

“Who is…(Henry) Cavendish?”…no banana at all- who was Michael Faraday? Ben (24K) was home free when he got to DD #2 on the penultimate clue of the rd. worth 800 in Poems; Matt was 2nd w/ 10,200 & Mary Kate only had 1600. Just a hundred was bet.

Maya Angelou wrote that it “…sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still”.

“What is a caged bird?”…right & he finished this board w/ 24.5K.

DJ! LT: 4K

CORYAT SCORES:
Ben: 27,200
Mary Kate: 5,600

GEICO FJ! #179: WORD ORIGINS

P.T. Barnum, whose traveling shows carried magicians, coined this word that now represents something growing in popularity.

MARY KATE: “What is the bandwagon?” = 3,199
MATT: “What is up” = 9,400
BEN: “What is a fad?” = 23,678

“JEOPARDY!” 5/27/20

Lauren Schneider-Lipton (SEA): HS health
Will Satterwhite (Vinton, VA): 8th-12th grade band & choir
Jenna Hall (Seaside, CA): HS English

BB:
GEOGRAPHY
SAY IT IN FRENCH
A HIT RECENTLY
YO HO HO
A WRITER’S LIFE
FORM “E”

HS:

Jenna: 0/Will: 2,800/Lauren: 400

Just after jumping off the 0 mark (at least temporarily) Jenna (200) chose A Writer’s Life for 400 to take the DD.

Born 1898, taught at Oxford & Cambridge, chronicled big cats, enchantresses & closets, died 1963.

“Who is T.S. Eliot?”…no- his name was instead C.S. Lewis.

ATTEMPTED LT: 2K
UNATTEMPTED LT: 5600
TOTAL LT: 7600

CS:

Jenna: 1K/Will: 5,400/Lauren: -400

DJ!:
WE HAVE A SITUATION
TV PERSONALITIES
SCIENCE NOW!
THE RENAISSANCE
CHANGE A LETTER
OF TEACHERS & TESTS

In the middle of the answers on The Renaissance Will (6200) found one of the DDs; Lauren was back to square one. A correct response would bump him to 10K.

Erasmus was the “prince of” this -ism that used classical learning to gain knowledge of man’s nature.

“What is humanism?”…he padded his runaway gap. Will (14,800) chose the other DD this rd. from the 1200 Of Teachers & Tests square; Lauren was back in 2nd for 2800. He made the face value bet.

We’ll gamble you know that this word for an exam supervisor once meant a Roman governor.

“What is a proctor?”…check that one off.

DJ! LT: 4800

Pre-Final S:

Jenna: 9K/Will: 22,400 (LOCK)/Lauren: 7,600

CORYAT SCORES:
Jenna: 10K
Will: 19,800

GEICO FJ! #178: FAIRY TALES

A familiar chant in this fairy tale continued “Be he alive or be he dead, I’ll grind his bones to make my bread”.

LAUREN: “What is Jack and the Beanstalk“ (6401) = 14,001
JENNA: RIGHT ALSO (7.5K) = 16.5K
WILL: SWEEP (0)

“JEOPARDY!” 5/26/20

Sam Matson (Cookeville, TN): HS English
Katie Labarge (Cambridge): HS science
Meggie Kwait (NY): MS humanities

BB:
FROM PAGE TO SCREEN
21st C. ROYALTY
THE PROPER NAME IS THE VERB
STUDY GROUPS
BUY YOUR OWN
ACCORD

HS:

Meggie: 2,800/Katie: 1K/Sam: 800

Sam (1600) checked out the 800 Accord for the TDD; Katie was in 3rd w/ 1400 & Maggie as early leader owned twice as much pointage as her.

The 1985 Plaza Accord devalued the dollar in relation to this, the currency of the only Asian G-5 member.

“What is the yen?”…is correct.

SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: 600 (From Page to Screen)
SOLE UNATTEMPTED TS: 200 (The Proper Name’s the Verb)

CS:

Meggie: 7,800/Katie: 1,600/Sam: 3,600

DJ!:
CANADIAN PLACES
WOMEN’S FIRSTS
SONG SUNG BLUE
SHAKESPEARE
SCHOOLHOUSE ROCKS
E_I_E_I UH OH!

Meggie (11,800) looked to the 2K Canadian Place for DD #1; Katie wasn’t too far behind w/ 7200 & Sam was still in there at 5200. Meggie’s risk was 4K.

Look above the Arctic Circle to find most of this largest Canadian island which shares its name w/ a large bay.

“What is Baffin Island?”…that didn’t baffle her. She (16,200) also got DD #2 during the 800 Shakespeare clue; her opponents each stood w/ 7200. 5K was risked.

In “Henry IV, Part 2” Doll Tearsheet called this knight a “sweet little rogue”.

She didn’t know Falstaff so this game wasn’t a runaway at this time.

SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: 800 (E_I_E_I Uh Oh!)
UNATTEMPTED LT: 5200
TOTAL DJ! LT: 6K

Pre-Final S:

Meggie: 16,400/Katie: 9,200/Sam: 10,800

CORYAT SCORES:
Meggie: 19,400
Sam: 10K

GEICO FJ! #177: 20th C. METAPHORS

If it had physically existed it would’ve stretched some 500 miles from the Baltic Sea to the Adriatic Sea.

KATIE: “What is the iron curtain?” (DOUBLE) = 18,400
SAM: HAD IT (5602) = 16,402
MEGGIE: TRIPLE-GET = 21,601

“JEOPARDY!” 5/25/20

Ivory Johnson (Hollandale, MS): HS social studies
Peter Gouveia (Rye, NY): 7th grade English
Amanda Baltimore (Cocoa Beach, FL): 7th grade science

BB:
SAYETH THE BIBLE
ANAGRAMS
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
WORLD HISTORY
THE ARCHIES
SUGAR, SUGAR

HS:

Amanda: 3,400/Peter: 600/Ivory: 3,200

This tourney’s 1st TDD was saved to the end of the rd. under Sayeth the Bible by Ivory & both men had 3400, 2200 behind early leader Amanda.

In Exodus “It is the sacrifice of the Lord’s…” this “…when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses”.

“What is chosen?”…not it- what was Passover?

ATTEMPTED LT: 1400 (600 & 800 clues in Sayeth the Bible)
SOLE UNATTEMPTED TS: 1K (Anagrams)
TOTAL LT: 2400

DJ!:
TV TEACHER APPRECIATION
“C” IN SCIENCE
RECENT BESTSELLERS
IT’S A FACT
ALL AROUND NEW YORK
USE YOUR WORDS

The 1200 “C” was hit by Amanda (10,800) for DD #1; Peter was in 2nd w/ 7K & Ivory was back in it w/ 3600. She wagered two.

This element, atomic number 27, is used to make blue pigment for pottery & glass.

“What is copper?”…incorrect- it’s cobalt. Ivory (4400) picked TDD #2 in the 1600 Recent Bestseller; Amanda was ahead of Peter 15,600-11K.

Donna Tartt wrote The Goldfinch; Kristin Hannah wrote this bestseller that also had an avian title.

“What is The Birdcage?”…sorry- what was The Nightingale? And he was out.

SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: 2K (Use Your Words)
UNATTEMPTED LT: 4400
TOTAL DJ! LT: 6400

CORYAT SCORES:
Amanda: 17,600
Ivory: 7,800

GEICO FJ! #176: U.S. GEOGRAPHY

Touching Canada at Boundary County the northern part of this state’s panhandle has been referred to as “the chimney”.

PETER: “What is Minnesota?” (4601) = 6,399
AMANDA: “What is Idaho?” = 17,600