Let's meet today's contestants:
- Emily, a customer service rep, is an award-winning baker;
- Charles, a geographer, hosted royalty in his tiny New York apartment; and
- Dave, a writer, has been to every state except Mississippi. Dave is a three-day champ with winnings of $69,200.
Jeopardy!
FLICK PICS // NAVAL CONFLICT // GREEK LETTERS, ROMAN NUMERALS // KID LIT // 6-LETTER ADVERBS // THE LYIN' IN WINTER
DD1 - $800 - NAVAL CONFLICT - On August 2, 1964, North Vietnamese torpedo boats fired on the Maddox, a U.S. destroyer, in this body of water (Charles added $1,200 to his leading score of $5,200.)
Scores going into DJ: Dave $4,400, Charles $6,400, Emily $3,600.
Double Jeopardy!
COUNTRIES ON THE EQUATOR // PLANETARY TALK // OUR AVIAN FRIENDS // TV MOMS // LOST // 4 WORDS
DD2 - $800 - 4 WORDS - This 4-word phrase occurs 8 times in a landmark 1963 speech (Charles won $2,500 from his total of $6,000 vs. $4,000 for Dave.
DD3 - $1,600 - LOST - John Dos Passos & Archibald MacLeish were among the 1920s writers known collectively as this (Emily, after considerable deliberation, bet $2,000 from her score of $9,200 and was correct vs. $16,500 for Charles.)
Scores going into FJ: Dave $9,200, Charles $18,500, Emily $13,200.
Final Jeopardy!
18th CENTURY HISTORY - The stated aim of this period was using violence to achieve political goals; its success aided in its demise in under a year
Everyone was incorrect on FJ. Charles dropped $8,000 to win with $10,500.
Odds and Ends
Triple Stumper of the day: No one knew the bird features the adjective "pinnate" means having the shape of are feathers.
Ken's Korner: He acknowledged that Dave had earned a mohawk-free introduction, but didn't give him one.
Correct Qs: DD1 - What is the Gulf of Tonkin? DD2 - What are "I have a dream"? DD3 - What is the Lost Generation? FJ - What was the Reign of Terror?
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