Today's contestants are:
- Reagan, a college student, named her less-than-attractive car after Starla of "Regular Show";
- Mike, an associate professor of English, visited the set years ago to present Alex with a hosting award; and
- Mattea, a tutor, has been a lot of places after starting in Halifax. Mattea is a two-day champ with winnings of $70,801.
Jeopardy!
WORLD WAR II // LITERATURE FOR YOUNGER READERS // COMPUTERS & THE INTERNET // PALINDROMIC WORDS // BALLPARK // FIGURE
DD1 - $600 - COMPUTERS & THE INTERNET - Old monitors needed a screensaver, which moved so it wouldn't burn in; today you can use this static image, also a home decorating item (Mike lost $2,200 on a true DD.)
Scores going into DJ: Mattea $6,600, Mike -$600, Reagan $2,400.
Double Jeopardy!
THAT PAINTING HAS A TITLE // IN THE CITY // QUOTE-POURRI // THE AWFUL SOUND OF MUSIC // DOCUMENTARIES // WHO WANTS DESSERT?
DD2 - $1,600 - THAT PAINTING HAS A TITLE - Turns out Gainsborough originally put a dog in this 1770 portrait of a young lad clad in shades of indigo (Reagan lost $2,000 from her total of $12,000 vs. $12,200 for Mattea.)
DD3 - $1,600 - QUOTE-POURRI - Providing a later history book title, Stephen Vincent Benet wrote, "Bury my tongue at Champmedy... bury my heart at" this place (Mattea won $3,000 from her score of $13,400 vs. $10,000 for Reagan.)
Scores going into FJ: Mattea $16,400, Reagan $11,600, Mike $1,800.
Final Jeopardy!
INVENTIONS - Patented in 1955, it did not go over well in the high-end fashion world but the then-new aerospace industry found it very useful
Everyone was incorrect on FJ. Reagan was close enough to Mattea that she could have won with a small wager, but instead she bet it all, so Mattea took the victory, dropping $6,801 to prevail with $9,599 for a three-day total of $80,400.
Odds and ends
Strategy corner: Mattea showed some flexibility in hunting for DD3 late in the game, as she bypassed some top-row clues to shop in the $1,600 row.
That's before our time: No one could name the classic 1977 bodybuilding film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, "Pumping Iron".
Mayim's musings: Because no one else would say it, Mayim got to say "poop" on national television.
Correct Qs: DD1 - What is wallpaper? DD2 - What is "The Blue Boy"? DD3 - What is "Wounded Knee"? FJ - What is Velcro?
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