Introducing today's contestants:
- Odessa, a retail manager, watched Jeopardy! with her grandparents;
- Samit, a journalist, had his honeymoon extended by a typhoon; and
- Matt, a Ph.D. student, got pushed by Bill de Blasio's bodyguard at "Hamilton". Matt is a 22-day champ with winnings of $775,401.
Matt turned in a textbook performance, scoring on all three DDs and never facing a serious challenge, entering FJ at $38,400 vs. $11,400 for Samit and $3,200 for Odessa.
DD1 - $800 - THE COMMON DEFENSE - He just left a relationship? He doesn't want to ruin a friendship? Nope, this title of a "no excuses" bestseller (Matt doubled to $9,200.)
DD2 - $1,600 - LET'S VISIT MARS - Visits by the Mariner probes in the 1960s disproved the existence of these, first "observed" in 1877, on Mars' surface (Matt won $8,000 from his score of $14,000 vs. $7,800 for Samit.)
DD3 - $2,000 - BROADWAY ON THE POP CHARTS - Ariana Grande's "7 Rings" riffed on "My Favorite Things" by this pair, so 90% of the royalties go to the rights holders for that song (Matt won $2,000 from his total of $34,400 vs. $10,600 for Samit.)
FJ - 19TH CENTURY U.S. POLITICS - Named after a U.K. political party that helped depose a king, the U.S. Whig Party was formed to oppose this man
Matt and Odessa were correct on FJ. Matt added $12,000 to win with $50,400 for a 23-day total of $825,801.
Clue selection strategy: In obvious need of DD3 to close the gap between himself and Matt, Samit twice chose from the category where DD2 had previously been found.
One-week host corner: Richards closed the show with "We'll see you Monday". They might see us on Monday, but we won't see him.
Correct Qs: DD1 - What is "He's Just Not That Into You"? DD2 - What are canals? DD3 - Who were Rodgers and Hammerstein? FJ - Who was Jackson?
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