Introducing today's contestants:
- Koré, an office manager, met Shaun Cassidy at the Grammys;
- Avinash, a PhD student, used the internet to become an official chess expert; and
- Amy, an engineering manager, has a big sister looking out for her. Amy is a 37-day champ with winnings of $1,253.200.
Jeopardy! round
LANDMARK OF THE CITY // WORD PAIRS // FICTIONAL PLANETS // NONSENSE // BALDERDASH // WHO "E"
DD1 - $800 - WHO "E" - He edited the second & third of the 3 volumes of "Das Kapital" (Avinash won "just $1,000" - in Ken's words - from his score of $2,800 vs. $6,800 for Amy.)
Scores going into DJ: Amy $8,400, Avinash $3,800, Koré $3,400.
Double Jeopardy!
EXPLORERS // THE PRODUCERS // PHILOSOPHIC & RELIGIOUS-ISMS // SYMPHONIES // SOME RANDOM ELEMENTS // WORDS FROM RUSSIAN
DD2 - $1,200 - EXPLORERS - Bridges over New York Bay & Narragansett Bay are named for this explorer who sailed into both bodies of water in 1524 (Amy won $2,000 from her total of $9,200 vs. $3,800 for Avinash.)
DD3 - $1,600 - PHILOSOPHIC & RELIGIOUS-ISMS - This 5-letter philosophy popular with some of the founding fathers believes in a god, but one who stays out of human affairs (Amy won $4,000 from her score of $17,600 vs. $3,800 for Avinash.)
Amy scored on both DDs in DJ before either of her opponents had even signaled in during the round, and had no trouble securing another runaway at $34,000 vs. $5,400 for Avinash and $4,200 for Koré.
Final Jeopardy!
MOUNTAINS - First scaled in 1829, this 17,000-foot mountain has caused excitement by the supposed discovery of wood high up on it
Only Amy was correct on FJ, adding $20,000 to win with $54,000. Amy has now tied Matt's second-best all-time winning streak of 38 games and has earned $1,307,200.
Odds and Ends
Triple Stumper of the day: No one guessed the creature from Winnie-the-Pooh with a nonsense word name that's not a "Wizzle" is a "Woozle."
Ken's Korner: He opened the show by giving a quick summary of the highlights from Amy's interview portions, just in case you forgot her cat is named Meep.
One more thing: The last commercial break stated off with the question "Want to be on 'Jeopardy!'?" Given that I'd just watched Amy crush two more opponents, my gut reaction was , "Eh, maybe not so much".
Correct Qs: DD1 - Who was Engels? DD2 - Who was Verrazzano? DD3 - What is deism? FJ - What is Mount Ararat?
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