- Nipun, an investment analyst from New York, bunched his classes into two days a week so he could travel;
- Kathryn; an accounting student from Michigan, was bitten by an iguana (but no lizard powers yet); and
- Travis, a management consultant from Pennsylvania, made room for Barack Obama at a parade. Travis entered the game as a one-day champ with winnings of $14,801.
Very low-scoring affair in which all three DDs were missed and Nipun climbed out of the red to lead into FJ with $5,200 vs. $5,000 for champ Travis and $2,400 for Kathryn.
DD1, $1,000 - WHERE DOES IT HURT? - Myalgia (these parts) (Kathryn lost the table limit of $1,000.)
DD2, $1,200 - ADMIRABLE ADMIRALS - On July 30, 1588 Admiral Howard left this city's harbor to meet the armada; 32 years later, another ship set sail from there (Nipun dropped from first to third by losing $3,000 from his score of $4,200.)
DD3, $2,000 - APOSTOLIC NAMES - The Spanish Diego is the equivalent to this apostolic name (Kathryn lost $2,000 on a true DD.)
FJ - WORLD MAMMALS - A drawing of it by John Hunter, naturalist and Governor of New South Wales, published in 1802 labels it ornithorhyncus paradoxus
Once again, only Travis was correct on FJ, adding $201 to win with $5,201 for a two-day total of $20,002. This was also the second straight game in which Travis chose to defend against the remote possibility the leader would bet $0, and by doing so gave the third-place player a chance to pass him if he had missed.
That's before our time: No one knew the name of Jackie Gleason's bus driver character Ralph Kramden, or the "City" that was the setting of "Gunsmoke", Dodge City.
Vocabulary vexations: The players couldn't come up with the word for a winemaker (vintner) or the body part impacted by hepatalgia (liver).
Correct Qs:
DD1 - What are muscles?
DD2 - What is Plymouth?
DD3 - What is James?
FJ - What is the platypus?
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