Here are today's contestants:
- Jorge, a front-end web developer, went one-on-one with Magic Johnson;
- Frances, a high school English teacher, gave birth the same day as her best friend; and
- Amy, an engineering manager, has attended various sporting events, including the World Cup. Amy is a 33-day champ with winnings of $1,111,800.
Jeopardy! round
THE LAKE SHOW
A MEMBER OF THE BANDS
WEIGHTS & MEASURES
"PRE"FIXES
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE CHARACTERS
HOLMES & WATSON
Scores going into DJ: Amy $6,400, Frances $1,000, Jorge $1,600.
DD1 - $600 - WEIGHTS & MEASURES - This unit of measure also means to come to understand(Amy lost $1,800 on a true DD.)
Double Jeopardy!
20th CENTURY AMERICA
PALACES
INTERNATIONAL FOOD & DRINK
ILLUSTRATORS
DOCUMENTARIES
6-LETTER WORDS
Amy had over four times the score over her closest opponent after getting DD2, and was never seriously challenged, heading into FJ with $26,800 vs. $7,800 for Frances and $400 for Jorge.
DD2 - $1,200 - PALACES - The Doge's Palace in Venice is connected to a prison complex by this fateful bridge constructed around 1600 (Amy won $4,000 from her total of $16,400 vs. $5,000 for Frances.)
DD3 - $1,600 - ILLUSTRATORS - British surgeon & artist Henry Vandyke Carter was the man behind the illustrations for this classic 1850s textbook (Jorge lost $4,000 from his third-place score of $4,400.)
Final Jeopardy!
SCIENTIFIC NAMES - The 1905 paper that gave this its name also referred to it as “Dynamosaurus Imperiosus”
Everyone was correct on FJ. Amy added $10,000 to win with $36,800 for a 34-day total of $1,148,600.
Odds and Ends
Triple Stumper of the day: No one knew the "lean and ferret-like" Scotland Yard inspector from the works of Doyle is Lestrade.
Clue selection strategy: After a long period in DJ of Amy having control of the board, when Frances finally got a chance to select with DD3 still available, she immediately went to the $400 clue in the same category DD2 had already been found.
Ken's Korner: He still holds a grudge against IBM Watson and claims that Arthur is the "only beloved aardvark".
Correct Qs: DD1 - What is fathom? DD2 - What is Bridge of Sighs? DD3 - What is "Gray's Anatomy"? FJ - What is Tyrannosaurus rex (T-rex)?
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