Let's meet today's contestants:
- Saya, a barista and gardening assistant, is "obsessed" with orchids;
- Amanda, a middle school teacher, slept on a museum floor weekly for a year; and
- Matt, a Ph.D. student, didn't know as much Spanish as he thought. Matt is a five-day champ with winnings of $147,800.
Matt took a massive lead in round one after doubling up to $12,800 and never looked back, scoring an easy runaway at $29,000 vs. $5,200 for Saya and $600 for Amanda.
DD1 - $800 - DO YOU REMEMBER? - It became a battle cry after it appeared in a cartoon caption in the Washington Post April 3, 1898 (Matt won $6,400 on a true DD.)
DD2 - $1,600 - CHILDREN IN THE BIBLE - Later to lend his name to a free bible donation society, this judge & hero had 70 sons (Matt won $2,000 from his score of $17,000 vs. $1,000 for Amanda.)
DD3 - $1,200 - GEOGRAPHIC AKAs - Monte Cervino is what the Italians call this mountain that they share with the Swiss (Matt lost $2,000 from his score of $21,800 vs. $3,000 for Amanda.)
FJ - SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS - “Let’s all sink with the king” is a line from the opening scene of this play
Matt and Amanda were correct, with Matt adding $18,000 to win with $47,000 for a six-day total of $194,800.
Movie miscues: The players couldn't identify the final word in "Apocalypse Now" ("horror") or 1933's "King Kong" ("beast").
Correct Qs: DD1 - What is "Remember the Maine"? DD2 - Who is Gideon? DD3 - What is the Matterhorn? FJ - What is "The Tempest"?
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