Introducing today's contestants:
- Matt, an aerospace engineer, is a volunteer scuba diver;
- Justin, a high school history teacher, visited 30 major league ballparks; and
- Laura, an author-editor, recreated a Simon and Garfunkel album cover for her "save the date". Laura is a one-day champ with winnings of $19,400.
Laura held first place after round one, lost it to Matt during DJ but Laura had the strongest finish, regaining the lead into FJ with $15,600 vs. $11,600 for Matt and $10,200 for Justin.
DD1 - $600 - HISTORY ACCORDING TO HERODOTUS - Skeptical for once, Herodotus doubted the accuracy of this poem, questioning why Greeks would fight for so long over one woman (Laura won $2,000 from her leading total of $6,000.)
DD2 (video) - $1,600 - PORT "L" - (Shown is map of France with a red dot midway on the northern coast) Meeting the harbor, this French port was the seat of the Belgian government for a time during World War I (Matt lost $4,000 from his score of $15,400 vs. $11,600 for Laura.)
DD3 (video) - $1,600 - COMPOSERS - Nicknamed Papa, this 18th century man composed more than 100 symphonies (Matt lost $3,000 from his total of $13,400 vs. $11,600 for Matt.)
FJ - RADIO HISTORY - A 1949 broadcast in Spanish of this drama from 11 years before caused mass panic in Ecuador & the destruction of the radio station
Laura and Matt were correct on FJ (Justin left off the last letter). Laura added $7,601 to win with $23,201 for a two-day total of $42,601.
Triple Stumper of the day: For a top-row clue, no one guessed the sport for which a professor thought the curve was cheating when it was introduced is baseball.
Judging the judges: They seemed to have an issue with Matt's pronunciation of "quark", which sounded a lot like "quork" and having him repeat it. I was almost expecting Katie to ask him to spell it.
Guest host corner: Katie informed us that all winnings from the episodes she's hosting will be matched with a donation by the show to Stand Up to Cancer. She closed the show by stating the total charitable donation ($26,201) and saying "We'll see you tomorrow everyone."
Correct Qs: DD1 - What is "The Iliad"? DD2 - What is Le Havre? DD3 - Who was Haydn? FJ - What is "War of the Worlds"?
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