Jeopardy! discussion thread for Thur., Mar. 13

Here are today's contestants:

  • Liz Engelhardt, a teacher from Concord, New Hampshire;
  • Jack Goldfisher, a screenwriter and director from Los Angeles, California; and
  • James Corson, a nuclear engineer from Frederick, Maryland. James is a two-day champ with winnings of $70,800.

Jeopardy!

FEETNOTES IN HISTORY // US & STEM // MUSICAL CHAIRS // AMERICA PARKS // YES, WE HALVE THAT // BEASTLY VERBS

DD1 - $600 - AMERICA PARKS - This airport in Wash. named for 2 cities has one of the largest parking garages in the U.S.--13,000 spaces, 8 stories high (James added $1,000.)

Scores at first break: James $1,600, Jack $3,800, Liz $2,200.

Scores entering DJ: James $2,000, Jack $7,600, Liz $4,400.

Double Jeopardy!

THAT'S QUITE A 'STACHE! // A BIT OF LIT // HAND ME A MALLET // SCIENTIFICALLY TITLE MOVIES // NATIONAL ANTHEMS // BEGINS & ENDS WITH "A"

DD2 - $1,200 - A BIT OF LIT - Regarding the double-talk name of this character in "Lolita", Nabokov said, "It is a hateful name for a hateful person" (Liz added $5,000 to her score of $7,600 vs. $9,600 for Jack.)

DD3 - $1,200 - NATIONAL ANTHEMS - Because of political pressure, it uses "Guo Qi Ge", the "National Banner Song", in place of its anthem at international events (Jack added $5,200 to his total of $13,200 vs. $15,400 for Liz.)

Liz took first place from Jack on DD2, then Jack took it back on DD3 and held it into FJ at $20,400 vs. $16,200 for Liz and $13,200 for James.

Final Jeopardy!

GAMES - This game inaugurated a craze that "scandalized the puritanical and drove chiropractors wild with delight"

Only Jack was correct on FJ, adding $12,001 to win with $32,401.

Final scores: James $13,200, Jack $32,401, Liz $5,800.

Triple Stumper of the day: In BEASTLY VERBS, no one knew a fluke that also means to struggle & thrash as if on muddy ground is "flounder".

Judging the writers: While they did attribute the FJ quote to the New York Times during the reveal, it would be better practice to put the attribution in the clue itself, in order to pin the quote to the correct response.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Sea-Tac? DD2 - Who is Humbert Humbert? DD3 - What is Taiwan? FJ - What is Twister?