- Kristin, an attorney from Florida, had an interesting lunar eclipse moment;
- Sayeed, a student from Virginia, got a non-football-related concussion; and
- Karen, a political consultant from Virginia and today's winner, loves basset hounds. Karen entered the game as a seven-day champ with winnings of $139,803.
Karen recovered quickly from a surprising miss on DD1 and had matters well in hand, scoring on both DDs in DJ and earning a runaway at $19,800 vs. $9,600 for Kristin and $2,000 for Sayeed.
DD1, $1,000 - TALES OF THE CITY - "Anna Karenina": these 2 cities about 400 miles apart (Very early in the game, Karen named one but not the other very famous city, losing the table limit of $1,000.)
DD2, $1,200 - THE AGE OF EXPLORATION - Stories of cannibals & courtesans, Kublai Khan & Prester John abound in this explorer's circa 1300 "Travels" (Karen won $2,000 from her score of $9,600 vs. $6,400 for Kristin.)
DD3, $2,000 - 3-NAMED PEOPLE - This inventor was one of the founders of the National Geographic Society & succeeded his father-in-law as its president in 1898 (Karen won $3,000 from her total of $14,000 vs. $8,000 for Kristin.)
FJ - 1960s NOVELS - This book defines its own title as "concern for one's safety in the face of dangers...was the process of a rational mind"
Only Karen was correct on FJ, winning with $19,800 for an eight-day total of $159,603.
Triple Stumpers of the day: The players couldn't attribute a witty quote from an Irish dramatist to Shaw, and didn't know the 1609 explorer whose name is on a lake between Vermont and New York is Champlain.
Correct Qs:
DD1 - What are St. Petersburg and Moscow?
DD2 - Who was Marco Polo?
DD3 - Who was Alexander Graham Bell?
FJ - What is "Catch-22"?
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