Today's contestants are:
- Becky, a health care researcher, was a White House Easter Bunny wrangler;
- Ankit, a product manager, hopped and rolled rather than crawled; and
- Mara, a conference & events manager, attended a reception at Élysée Palace. Mara is a one-day champ with winnings of $27,600.
Mara was correct on DD2 and gradually extended her lead but couldn't quite put it out of reach, entering FJ with $13,800 vs. $7,600 for Ankit and $1,400 for Becky.
DD1 - $1,000 - SET - This type of diagram that uses overlapping circles to illustrate set relationships is named for a 19th century Englishman (On the last clue of the round, Becky won $800 from her score of $5,000.)
DD2 - $2,000 - BIBLICAL BROADWAY - John the Baptist & Judas are played by the same actor in this 1970s Broadway musical with a one-word title (Mara won $2,400 from her total of $6,600 vs. $4,200 for Ankit.)
DD3 - $1,600 - RAILWAY & SUBWAY STATIONS - Among Eliel Saarinen's prominent works is the railway station in this capital (Ankit lost $1,000 from his score of $5,400 vs. $8,200 for Mara.)
FJ - THE SUPREME COURT - The 1st justice directly succeeded by his former clerk was Rehnquist by Roberts; the 2nd time was the other alliterative pair
Only Ankit was correct, adding $6,000 to win with $13,600.
Wagering strategy: This was a case where cautious DD wagering paid off, as on DD3 Ankit acknowledged his lack of confidence in the category and only wagered $1,000. If he had been just a little more aggressive and went with the typical default wager of $2,000, Mara would have had a runaway.
That's before our time: No one knew the clothing line introduced in 1972 with creatures such as a tiger on the tags to help "mix & match" are Garanimals.
Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Venn? DD2 - What is "Godspell"? DD3 - What is Helsinki? FJ - Who are Kennedy and Kavanaugh?
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