Introducing today's contestants:
- Gautham, a journalist, was the FCC reporter for the Wall Street Journal;
- Jennifer, an associate professor, is a big David Bowie fan; and
- Lucy, an illustrator, has a prized collection of letters from her grandparents. Lucy is a three-day champ with winnings of $79,499.
Lucy controlled the action for much of DJ, but she missed DD2, which kept the game relatively close into FJ with Lucy at $18,200, Jennifer with $12,400 and Gautham at $1,201.
DD1 - $600 - FORTIFY YOURSELF - n 1835 Mexican General Martin Perfecto de Cos fortified this mission in San Antonio, but soon had to surrender it (Lucy won $2,000 from her leading total of $4,400.)
DD2 - $1,600 - ALONG FOR THE RIDE - This cartographer set out to explore the Mississippi in birchbark canoes with Jacques Marquette in 1673 (Lucy lost $4,000 from her score of $14,600 vs. $8,000 for Jennifer.)
DD3 - $1,600 - VOCABULARY - The Cambridge Dictionary insists, "We imply something by what we say. We" do this "from what somebody else says." (Gautham lost $3,199 from his third-place total of $3,200.)
FJ - QUEEN ELIZABETH II - Of the last 12 sitting U.S. pres., the only one Elizabeth never met; she had her youngest child 3 months into his presidency
Only Jennifer was correct on FJ, as Lucy missed the last clue for the third straight game. Jennifer doubled up to win with $24,800.
TV troubles: No one knew the series "not set in fairy tale Germany but in Portland" is "Grimm". There was also a Triple Stumper about an Apple TV+ show called "Ted Lasso", the inclusion of which may or may not be related to Apple TV+ sponsoring a category earlier this week.
Ken's Corner: Jennings opened the show by thinking the audience "for your kindness and your understanding as I do my little part to keep the greatest quiz show in the world going."
Correct Qs: DD1 - What is the Alamo? DD2 - Who was Jolliet? DD3 - What is infer? FJ - Who was LBJ?
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