Jeopardy! discussion thread for Wed., Feb. 19

Here are today's Invitational Tournament contestants:

  • Jonathan Fisher, an actor originally from Coral Gables, Florida;
  • Rachael Schwartz, a scientist from Berkeley, California; and
  • Emily Sands, a benefits consultant from Chanhassen, Minnesota.

Jeopardy!

AUTHORS NOT AUTHORING // LET'S PLAY SPORTS // CLASSICAL MUSIC // LIQUOR IS QUICKER // LACK OF ENERGY // I'M "DRAGON" TODAY

DD1 - 600 - I'M "DRAGON" TODAY - This book's title character is "Armansky's star researcher... a pale, anorexic young woman who had hair as short as a fuse" (Rachael added 1,000.)

Scores at first break: Emily 2,000, Rachael 2,400, Jonathan 2,400.

Scores entering DJ: Emily 2,200, Rachael 3,200, Jonathan 2,800.

Double Jeopardy!

THE ABCs OF ARCHITECTURE // BROADWAY // RECEDING HEIR-LINES // TOUGH VOCAB // THE ELEMENTS // ISLAND MOUNTAINS

DD2 - 1,600 - THE ELEMENTS - The Og of elements is oganesson--though we don't know for sure it's a gas, it's part of group 18, this septet (Emily doubled to 4,400.)

DD3 - 1,200 - RECEDING HEIR-LINES - This heir, a valuable pawn after his mom & dad got the guillotine in 1793, was determined to have died in a prison (Jonathan added 2,400.)

Scores entering FJ: Emily 14,000, Rachael 6,000, Jonathan 12,400.

Final Jeopardy!

THE ANCIENTS SPEAK - He wrote, "I must make the founder of lovely & famous Athens the counterpart ... to the father of ... glorious Rome"

Everyone was incorrect on FJ. Emily wagered 0 to advance with 14,000.

Final scores: Emily 14,000, Rachael 1,000, Jonathan 12,001.

Wagering strategy: This was the ideal situation for a 0 wager from the lead by Emily. Jonathan had just more than double of Rachael's score, so if he wanted to shut her out, he would have to make a bet small enough that he couldn't pass Emily with a correct response. Given that Emily knew Johathan was an experienced, winning player, she made the right read about how he would bet.

Triple Stumper of the day: For a top-row clue, no one guessed the author named Arthur who was also a knight was Arthur Conan Doyle.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"? DD2 - What are the noble gases? DD3 - Who was Louis XVII? FJ - Who was Plutarch?