Here are the contestants for day five of the 2022 ToC:
- Jackie Kelly, a pension calculation developer, whose Philly family found her wins more exciting than the Phillies and Eagles championships;
- Jaskaran Singh, a consultant, got a hug from his favorite restauranteur; and
- Eric Ahasic, a meteorologist, did early morning radio at the Minnesota State Fair.
Jeopardy!
CHAMPIONS OF TOURNAMENTS // SOUTH AMERICA // A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY // GIVE US SOME DIRECTION // DINOSAUR NAMES // HOMOPHONES
DD1 (video) - $800 - DINOSAUR NAMES - Because of its longer front legs, this tall dinosaur was given a name meaning "arm lizard" (Jackie doubled to $6,000.)
Scores at first break: Eric $2,200, Jaskaran $3,400, Jackie $6,000.
Scores going into DJ: Eric $2,600, Jaskaran $5,800, Jackie $6,000.
Double Jeopardy!
HISTORY // TRIPLE RHYME TIME // MUSICAL INSTUMENTS // THE TANGLED WEB // ON BROADWAY // THE OED QUOTES
DD2 - $1,200 - THE OED QUOTES - You'll find this 1719 work quoted under "goatskin", "rescue" & "wreck" (Eric, in third place with $5,800, doubled to $11,600.)
DD3 - $800 - HISTORY - Post-WWII British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin said this Secretary of State threw "a lifeline to sinking men" (On the next clue from the previous DD, Eric doubled again to $23,200.)
Eric doubled up twice on back-to-back DDs, improving from a third-place $5,800 all the way up to $23,200 in two clues. Then Jackie did an excellent job of keeping the game competitive, entering FJ at $19,600 vs. $26,000 for Eric and $11,000 for Jaskaran.
Final Jeopardy!
WORLD CITIES - The name of this city may come from “dur”, meaning water, a reference to the Helvetian people’s settlement on a lake
Eric and Jaskaran were correct on FJ, with Eric adding $13,201 to advance with $39,201.
Odds and Ends
Triple Stumper of the day: No one was able to come up with the homophone for slothful & a graven image as idle/idol.
Clue selection strategy: Eric did a fantastic job in realizing that HISTORY was the most likely category where DD3 would be found, and taking the higher-value clue remaining there immediately after he was correct on DD2.
DD wagering strategy: I hope the future contestants watching at home took note of how Eric and Jackie leveraged their DD opportunities with all-in wagers. These are powerful tools when used to their greatest advantage.
Correct Qs: DD1 - What is brachiosaurus? DD2 - What is "Robinson Crusoe"? DD3 - Who was Marshall? FJ - What is Zurich?
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