Jeopardy Episode for 4/22/2014

On tonight's episode of Jeopardy, two new contestants hoped to unseat, Julia Collins-a supply chain coordinator from, Kenilworth, Illinois, as the Jeopardy champion. Donna Innes-a criminal defense attorney from Kalamazoo, Michigan; and Dilip Rajagopalan-a data scientist from, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.

The contestants started out the Jeopardy round with these categories: I've Got Time, On My Hands, Food Titled Books, Top 40 Debuts, Robotics, and D Minus-each answer contains two words which are identical, except for one of them is lacking the letter D.

As returning champion, Julia got to choose first, and picked Food Titled Books, for $200. Julia went on to get the $600 and $800 dollar clues about The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck, and “What are the fish,” a popular quote from some dolphins. Donna swooped in to get the $800 dollar clue. Julia grabbed the $1000 dollar clue, about James and The Giant Peach, to finish out the category.

Picking the Top 40 Debuts next, Julia snagged both the $200 and $400 dollar clues, while Donna was able to get the $600 dollar clue about “Taking It Easy,” by the Eagles. Julia came back to grab the $800 and $1000 dollar clues about the popular 80's duo; Salt and Peppa, and Adele respectively.

Julia and Donna once again split the clues on the On My Hands category, with Julia getting the $200 dollar clue about gauntlets which are hand coverings worn by knights, and Donna giving an answer about hand puppets. Donna took the $600 dollar clue as well. No one was able to answer the $800 dollar clue about Japanese archery gloves, and after a slip up by Donna; Julia was able to answer the $1000 dollar clue about the “chalk” substance that gymnasts use on their hands.

Julia scored first in the I've Got Time category with, “Daylight Savings Time,” for $200. No one was able to correctly guess the $400 dollar clue, but Julia did come back to get the $600 dollar clue about, July and August being named after certain Romans. Dilip was able to grab the $800 dollar clue about the Almanac, and he also got the Daily Double for the $1000 clue. Risking $500, Dilip wasn't able to get the correct answer about nanoseconds.

Moving on to Robotics, Dilip took the $200 dollar clue about robots not allowing harm to come to humans. Julia took the $400 dollar clue about vr, or voice recognition. Dilip came back to get the $600 dollar clue about Rumba-a robotic vacuum, and Donna took the $800 dollar clue about the use of robots by the Bomb squads of police departments. The $1000 dollar clue eluded all three contestants, and referred to the Survo prefix to mechanism, that allows robots to “self-correct.”

With less than a minute Donna attacked the D-Minus category claiming both the $200 and $400 dollar clues. Julia took the $600 dollar clue, and Donna came back to snag the $800 and $1000 dollar clues. This moved her nicely into second place behind Julia.

The Double Jeopardy round started out with clues in these categories: South African Wildlife, Crossword Clues “O”, U.S. Bodies of Water, Changing White House Towel Monograms (the monogram for the president is given-contestants must give the monogram of the successor.), Colleges, Not Universities, and finally, The Wit and Wisdom of W.C. Fields.

Dilip started out with the $400 dollar clue for South African Wildlife, and scored with the correct answer of Simba-the Swahili word for “Lion.” Julia nabbed the $800 dollar clue about the African “Savannah.” Julia chose to switch to the Changing White House Towel Monograms. After misses by Donna and Dilip in the $400 and $800 dollar clues, Julia was able to get both answers correct to further her lead. Julia also took the $1200 dollar clue about FDR and HST or Harry Truman; but no one was able to guess the $1600 dollar clue about, WJC to George W. Bush or GWB. Julia stayed with it and landed on one of two Daily Doubles. Having a large lead, Julia wagered $2000, on the last Monograms clue and wasn't able to come up with the correct answer, RBH to JAG, Rutherford B. Hayes to James A. Garfield.

Moving on to Colleges, Not Universities, Dilip scored the $400 dollar clue with, William and Mary. The $1200 dollar clue of the South African Wildlife category proved an elusive one, as no one was able to guess the “Salivary” glands of termites as the glands that secret saliva to hold termite mounds together. The $1600 dollar clue was also hard to solve, and none of the contestants tried. However, Julia was able to score on the $2000 dollar clue about Natural Selection.

Going back to the Colleges category, none of the contestants were able to nab either the $800 or $1200 dollar clues. Julia did score on the $1600 dollar clue about Williams College, but the $2000 dollar clue remained unanswered.

Donna scored first for $400 in the U.S. Bodies of Water category. Julia grabbed the $800 dollar clue about the Bering Sea being a protected habitat for the Northern Pacific Right Whale, and then landed on the Daily Double for the $1200 dollar clue. Risking $2000, again, this time Julia got the answer right about Crater Lake in Oregon. Donna scored next on the $1600 dollar clue about Lake Okeechobee, in Southern Florida. Dilip even got into the game, grabbing the $2000 dollar clue.

Dilip moved on to the Crossword Clues “O” category for $400, which Julia grabbed. Dilip came back to get the $800 dollar clue with Odyssey. Donna grabbed the $1200 dollar clue, but the $1600 dollar clue didn't go to anyone, but was a 12 letter beast of a word, Onomatopoeia. Julia finished out the category with a clue about the “seeing” lobe of the brain, the Occipital Lobe.

Moving on to the last category about the Wit and Wisdom of W. C. Fields, the $400 dollar clue went to know one, but was about a stolen, Cork. Julia was the last to score in the Double Jeopardy round with the $800 dollar clue about “90 'proof' buttermilk.”

The Final Jeopardy round dealt with Baseball. Starting with Dilip, who risked $3501; he wasn't able to answer the clue about the Vine Line baseball team and ended with $399. Donna also wasn't able to come up with the right answer, but only lost $600 dollars to land in second with $6800. Julia, who played phenomenally today, got the answer correct with the Chicago Cubs. She wagered $2600 to end at an even $21000, making her 2-day total, $36,605.