Jeopardy Episode for 5/2/2014

On tonight's episode of Jeopardy, trend setter Julia Collins-a supply chain professional from Kenilworth, Illinois tries to once again hold onto her title, against two new components. Elissa Burr, from Annendale, New Jersey, is a childrens book author. LaWanda London is a library assistant from Brown Rock, Texas, and both ladies are hoping to unseat Julia as champion tonight.

Getting straight into the Jeopardy round of play the contestants dealt with these categories: Eye on Health, Like, Totally!, Which NYC Borough, Cohen-cidentally, Writ in Water, and Spider Man.

Julia started out with Like, Totally for $200, which no one was able to guess. It referenced the term used to most commonly describe a large woman as “Full” figured. LaWanda and Julia split the next two clues, winning $400 and $600 respectively. Julia also grabbed the $1000 dollar clue in this category and Elissa took the $800 dollar clue with an answer about 60 Minutes always using the disclaimer that the show will be seen in it's, “Entirety.”

Not particularly fond of the Like, Totally category, the three ladies moved on to Cohen-cidentally where Julia was able to grab the $200 dollar clue about Alexandra Cohen using this moniker for her public life, Sasha Cohen. Elissa grabbed the $400 dollar clue about Sacha Baron Cohen and Elissa snagged the $600 dollar clue as well. The $800 and $1000 dollar clues both went unanswered as none of the contestants felt confident enough to answer.

Moving on to Spider-Man for $200 Julia was able to grab the video about creator “Stan Lee” making cameo appearances in the films. Julia was also able to grab the $400 dollar clue about Emma Stone playing Peter Parker's girlfriend and the $800 dollar clue about Harry Osborne the heir apparent to OsCorp. Elissa missed the $600 dollar clue, which Julia was able to steal. Elissa said after hearing a quote from the moving, With Great Power Comes, This. She said responsibility and Julia was able to take the clue with What Is Great Responsibility. Elissa did come back to take the $1000 dollar clue however, with “What is the Green Goblin,” referencing the Willem Defoe character that was portrayed in all three Spider-Man movies that starred Toby McGuire.

Which NYC Burough was up next and once again the three ladies each took one or more clues here. Elissa grabbed the first clue for $200 about Manhatten and how it was purchased from the Native American's for around $24 dollars. She also got the $400 dollar clue about the home of the Yankees being the Bronx. On a miss by Elissa, LaWanda was able to grab the $600 dollar clue about Brooklyn. However, LaWanda missed the $800 dollar clue that Julia was able to grab about LaGuardia and JFK both being in Queens. Elissa snagged the $1000 dollar clue about Staten Island.

The Writ on Water category proved to be an interesting one as Elissa picked up the $200 dollar clue. Julia snagged the $400 dollar clue about the sinking of the Lexington, and no one wanted to try for the $600 dollar clue about the Mediterranean Sea. The $1000 dollar clue in this category was taken by Julia about Marc Antony following his girlfriends ship after an opening came that allowed her to slip away; and the $800 dollar clue was lost to the timer when it buzzed for the end of the round.

The last category to be covered was the Eye on Health category. Julia took the $200 dollar clue about cataracts and other eye problems being caused by diabetes, and she also got the $400 dollar clue about 20/20 vision being normal, with the first number being the number of feet away a person is from the eye chart to read clearly. Landing on the Daily Double for the $600 dollar clue, Julia wagered $1600 and took the clue about the Omega-3 fatty acids in fish that are helpful for strengthening the eyes. no one guessed the $1000 dollar clue about AMD or Age related Macular Degeneration. The $800 dollar clue for this category was lost to the time buzzer.

After the break the Double Jeopardy round got under way with these categories: Dear Diary, The 4 R's, English Literature, Aretha Franklin, Queen of, and Seoul.

LaWanda started things off with Dear Diary, which she promptly took the $400 dollar clue for with Anne Frank, who named her diary “Kitty” when it was given to her in 1942. Julia snatched up the next two clues to add $2000 to her total. Elissa missed on the $1600 dollar clue which neither Julia nor LaWanda risked answering. The $2000 dollar clue also went unanswered and referenced Joseph Gerbils who famously said, “Eleanor Roosevelt wouldn't shoot her mouth off if she were his wife.”

Moving on the Queen of for $400 LaWanda took that clue which talked about the Queen of Mean and two lovely celebrity ladies. Julia took the $800 dollar clue about the Queen of Cups being in a set of Tarot cards. Both Julia and LaWanda missed on the $1200 dollar clue about the city in Ohio being called the “Queen of the West,” by Longfellow. LaWanda came back though to grab the $1600 dollar clue about the Queen of Soap Opera and she also snagged the $2000 dollar clue about Anne Rice and her Queen of the Damned character.

English Literature was up next with Elissa snagging the $400 dollar clue about “Dracula” being about a female vampire. LaWanda came back to grab the $800 dollar drug addiction book, “Opium,” and then went on to land on the Daily Double for the $1200 dollar clue. She wagered $1000 and got the answer of Tahiti right, which referenced a man who left his wife to move there and paint. On a role now, LaWanda also got the $1600 dollar clue about Virginia Wolfe's 1922 Jacobs Room. Julia was able to swoop in for the $2000 dollar clue about “Women in Love.”

Aretha Franklin was up next with Julia grabbing the $400 dollar clue about Aretha's contribution to R.E.S.P.E.C.T., and “Sock it to me.” She also grabbed the $800 clue about Aretha being inducted into the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame. When the $1200 dollar clue went unanswered, the contestants moved on to The 4 R's.

Julia snagged the $400 dollar clue for that category with Harper's Ferry, where you can visit John Brown's Fort. Elissa took the $800 dollar clue about Australia's “Great” 'Barrier Reef.' She also took the $1200 dollar clue about SOP or Standard Operating Procedures. On a roll she also grabbed the $1600 dollar clue about the SETI Institute researching the existence of Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Julia came back to grab the $2000 dollar clue about the cause of stroke where blood vessels in the brain leak into the brain itself, which is called Cerebral Hemorrhage.

Going back to Aretha Franklin for $1600 LaWanda picked this clue up with Jumping Jack Flash, which Aretha Franklin worked on the Title Track for. And Julia grabbed the $2000 dollar clue to finish this category with Chain of Fools.

The last category was all about Seoul, South Korea. Elissa missed on this $400 dollar clue, which Julia grabbed with 1988, which is the year that Seoul hosted the Olympics in which Greg Louganis won 2 Gold Medals. Julia was also able to grab the $800 dollar clue about Japan, who once owned South Korea. LaWanda snuck in to grab the $1200 dollar clue about Hyundai being headquartered in Seoul. The $1600 dollar clue went to LaWanda as well with Gangum, which is both a type of song and a trendy district in Seoul. Elissa took a try at the $2000 dollar clue, but missed it. Neither Julia nor LaWanda wanted to risk it.

The Final Jeopardy round was all about Business History. The clue read as follows: In 1945 this product added a plaid design to it's “Snail” dispenser. All three contestants got the correct answer of Scotch Tape, and Julia added another $21,900 to her 10 day total making her earnings an impressive, $220, 610 dollars.