Today's contestants are:
- Pete, a math teacher, hosts a trivia game for the faculty;
- Rekha, a stay-at-home parent, was an extra in "Weird Science"; and
- Matt, a Ph.D. student, didn't get his founding father musical idea off the ground. Matt is a one-day champ with winnings of $40,400.
Matt scored on both DDs in DJ, and continued to increase his advantage in an impressive performance, entering FJ at $31,000 vs. $9,600 for Rekha. Pete ended in the red at -$400.
DD1 - $600 - HOWARD'S END - Some cried fowl when this Marvel comic book hero flew away in 1979, but he would return (Rekha lost $2,000 from her score of $5,000 vs. $7,400 for Matt.)
DD2 - $1,200 - MARK YOUR CALENDAR - Many of the days of the week bear the name of Germanic gods, but this one is from the name of a Roman deity (Matt won $4,000 from his total of $18,600 vs. $8,000 for Rekha.)
DD3 - $2,000 - ANCIENT HISTORY - This queen of Egypt, Akhenaton's wife, was a symbol of fertility, bolstered by the 6 daughters she bore (Matt won $2,000 from his score of $24,600 vs. $11,600 for Rekha.)
FJ - 70s MOVIE SCENES - Writer Dan O’Bannon based a scene in this film on his own Crohn’s disease, which felt like things inside him fighting to get out
Only Matt was correct on FJ, adding $10,000 to win with $41,000 for a big two-day total of $81,400.
Wagering strategy: On DD3, this was a case where a modest wager by the leader was clearly the right move. Matt had every reason to believe that he could outfinish his opponents on the remaining clues and secure a runaway, so there was no reason to take a major risk on an unseen clue.
Cluereader corner: Robin informed us that today would have been Alex's 81st birthday, which explains why on "Classic Concentration", he would often refer to 22 as his "lucky number".
Correct Qs: DD1 - Who is Howard the Duck? DD2 - What is Saturday? DD3 - Who was Nefertiti? FJ - What is "Alien"?
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