Let's meet today's contestants:
- Andrew, an options trader, helps students prepare to get into college;
- Zack, a contracting officer, woke up to cattle going down his street; and
- Cris, a customer success operations manager, seems to be a soccer jinx. Cris is a nine-day champ with winnings of $313,323.
Jeopardy!
WEIRD SCIENCE // THAT'S THEIR SPORT // LOOKING SHARP!// HODGEPOURRIPODGE // THE REST, AS THEY SAY... // IS HISTORY
DD1 - $800 - WEIRD SCIENCE - Some scientists think Uranus' atmosphere may compress carbon atoms into these, putting the ice in ice giant (Cris doubled up to $2,800.)
Scores going into DJ: Cris $8,600, Zack $2,400, Andrew $3,400.
Double Jeopardy!
WHERE ON EARTH? // I GOT THE PART! // TUDOR TIMES // THE AUTOMOTIVE WORLD // AFTER SCHOOL // PONY TALES
DD2 - $1,600 - TUDOR TIMES - Alas, my love, it's probably not true that Henry VIII wrote this song, which actually dates from later in the Tudor era (Cris dropped $5,000 from his total of $11,000 vs. $3,400 for Andrew.)
DD3 - $1,200 - PONY TALES - Mollie, who misses wearing ribbons in her mane & eating sugar cubes, represents the petite bourgeoisie in this novel (Cris added $4,800 to his score of $15,200 vs. $7,600 for Zack.)
Cris found all three DDs but turned in a rare miss on DD2, so the chance for a runaway came down to the very last clue, which Cris was able to secure and lead into FJ at $20,400 vs. $10,000 for Zack and $5,400 for Andrew.
Final Jeopardy!
DOCUMENTARIES - In this 1970 film, Max Yasgur says, “I’m a farmer…I don’t know how to speak to 20 people…let alone a crowd like this”
Cris and Zack were correct on FJ. Cris didn't wager anything and his $20,400 win brought him to a 10-day total of $333,723.
Odds and Ends
Triple Stumper of the day: No one knew the sharp object in Aesop's tale of Androcles is a thorn.
Clue selection strategy: After Cris missed DD2, Zack needed to find DD3 to have a major chance to pull the upset, but lost some realistic opportunities to do so by choosing top-row clues. DD3 eventually went to Cris and was crucial to building his runaway.
Ken's Korner: He opened the show by noting to that point, Cris had found 20 out of 27 DDs, and had only missed two of them.
Correct Qs: DD1 - What are diamonds? DD2 - What is "Greensleeves"? DD3 - What is "Animal Farm"? FJ - What is "Woodstock"?
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