Please welcome today's contestants:
- Mara, a conference & events manager, was a college mascot;
- Shannon, an attorney, makes fermented pepper sauces; and
- Tim, a storytelling coach, is an eighth generation Californian. Tim is a one-day champ with winnings of $14,400.
Shannon found DD3 on the next-to-last clue of DJ, missed and lost the lead, then got it back on the last clue of the round to enter FJ at $15,200 vs. $13,800 for Mara and $7,600 for Tim.
DD1 - $800 - THE WIRE - On HBO's "The Wire", this state's governor Robert Ehrlich had a cameo as a security guard (Shannon won $1,600 from her total of $3,600.)
DD2 - $1,600 - PEOPLE FROM THAT STATE - 2 of the 3 states whose final "s" becomes an "n" to describe their residents (Mara lost $2,600 from her score of $6,800 vs. $8,200 for Shannon.)
DD3 - $1,600 - POETIC BOOK TITLES - From sonnet 30 by Shakespeare: "When to the sessions of sweet silent thought/I summon up" this Marcel Proust title (Shannon lost $1,000 from her total of $14,200 vs. $13,800 for Mara.)
FJ - 1960s SINGERS - In 2002 Macon, Ga., where he grew up, unveiled a statue of this man who sits overlooking the water, a nod to his posthumous No. 1 hit
Only Mara was correct on FJ. By betting everything, Mara gave Tim a chance to win if she missed, but the gamble paid off to the tune of $27,600.
Wagering strategy: On DD3, Shannon would have been better served to bet less than $400 or just over $1,600. The smaller bet would have ensured the lead going into the last clue of DJ, while the larger wager, if correct, would have given a lead of more than the value of the remaining clue, while still keeping her in range of first place if she missed.
That's before our time: Even with being spotted the first name, no one could identify a photo of Tony Randall.
Judging the writers: They thought Niles Crane would be a more difficult TV character name to come up with than Chip Baskets.
Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Maryland? DD2 - What are (two of) Texas, Kansas and Arkansas? DD3 - What is "Remembrance of Things Past"? FJ - Who was Otis Redding?
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