Let's meet today's contestants:
- Adam, an airline planning analyst, got a traffic ticket when attempting to get on Jeopardy!;
- Rachel, a bookseller, saw Liza and a UFO at the Hollywood Bowl; and
- Mattea, a tutor, aka "Porcelain Gorilla". Mattea is a six-day champ with winnings of $148,000.
Jeopardy!
A REIGN OF ERROR // HOUSEHOLD INITIALS // A NUMBER BETWEEN 2 AND 115 // BOOK 'EM // AT THE MOVIES // ENDS IN DOUBLE LETTERS
DD1 - $800 - A NUMBER BETWEEN 2 AND 115 - Feb. 6, 2022 began Elizabeth II's platinum jubilee, marking this many years on the throne (Adam passed on Ken's offer to wager up to $1,000 and won $400 on a true DD.)
Scores going into DJ: Mattea $7,200, Rachel $4,000, Adam $2,000.
Double Jeopardy!
AROUND THE USA // OH ME OF LITTLE FAITH // CATCH THE MUSICAL TV ACT // BAT QUIZ // WHAT THE LETTER SAYS // SINCERELY YOURS
DD2 (video) - $2,000 - AROUND THE USA - Southwest of Tallahassee, this community got the same name as a Central American capital in 1909 when its people were excited about possible trade (From third place with $1,600, this time Adam did bet the table limit of $2,000 and was correct.)
DD3 - $800 - WHAT THE LETTER SAYS - in 1855 she wrote a friend in England apologizing for not writing sooner but the Crimean War wounded were keeping her busy (Adam won $5,000 from his score of $6,000 and was correct.)
Scores going into FJ: Mattea $20,400, Rachel $8,000, Adam $10,200.
Final Jeopardy!
HISTORY - Intimately familiar with World War I, Churchill considered this war from some 150 years before the “first World War”
Only Mattea was correct on FJ, adding $1 to win with $20,401 for a six-day total of $168,401.
Odds and ends
Wagering strategy: If Adam had wagered the maximum on DD1, or went all-in on DD3 instead of holding $1,000 back, he wouldn't have needed the very last clue of DJ to get within one-half of Mattea's score going into FJ.
That's before our time: No one knew the number of pounds that the proverbial "weakling" weighs is 98.
Correct Qs: DD1 - What is 70? DD2 - What is Panama City? DD3 - Who was Florence Nightingale? FJ - What is the Seven Years' War?
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