Let's meet today's contestants:
- Anne, a farmer, has a masters in English and creative writing;
- Duncan, an ICU nurse manager, rolled his eyes when his quiz bowl coach brought up Ken's name as a role model; and
- Troy, a music executive, saw his wife for the first time when she was on Jeopardy! Troy is a two-day champ with winnings of $62,600.
Jeopardy!
CITY NAME CHANGES // THE OSCAR-WINNING FORMULA // MEDICATIONS // "SIDE" EFFECTS // CHESS PAINS // BOATING AFTER MEALS
DD1 - $600 - CITY NAME CHANGES - This Moroccan port city was built over a villa named Anfa, but that wouldn't have looked as good on a movie marquee (Troy doubled to $6,400.)
Scores at first break: Troy $9,200, Duncan $3,200, Anne -$1,000.
Scores going into DJ: Troy $13,600, Duncan $5,200, Anne -$400.
Double Jeopardy!
AFGHANISTAN & PAKISTAN // NOW THAT'S NOVEL // POTENT "P"OTABLES // TV CONNECTORS // WORDS OF PEACE // HEY...WHERE'D YA GO?
DD2 - $1,200 - WORDS OF PEACE - From a Latin word meaning "to come to a stop" it's an agreement to stop fighting & was in the original name of Veterans Day (Duncan added $5,000 to his total of $13,200 vs. $22,400 for Troy.)
DD3 - $1,200 - HEY...WHERE'D YA GO? - A shelter built by this alliterative capt. was found in the 1630s but he was never seen again after a 1611 mutiny (On the very next clue from DD2, Duncan lost $5,000 from his score of $18,200.)
Troy quickly opened a big lead, but finding back-to-back DDs in DJ gave Duncan a chance to take first place. Duncan was correct on DD2 then missed DD3, and Troy took over from there to secure a runaway at $32,000 vs. $13,600 for Duncan. Anne finished at $0 and out of FJ.
Final Jeopardy!
ASTRONOMY & GEOGRAPHY - At the winter solstice, the sun is in Sagittarius; it once appeared in this constellation, giving a geographic feature its name
Both players were correct on FJ. Troy added $3,000 to win with the same amount as on Friday's show, $35,000, for a three-day total of $97,600.
Final scores: Troy $35,000, Duncan $16,100, Anne $0.
Odds and ends
TV troubles: No one could fill in the blanks in connected TV titles "JoJo's Bizarre _____ Time" (Adventure) or "Axe _____ Rock" (Cop).
Wagering strategy: Once again on FJ today, Troy wagered to hit a certain round number if correct rather than to maximize his potential winnings while maintaining the runaway.
Reused clue subjects dept.: There was a clue about Alcatraz today, as well as on this week's Celebrity Jeopardy!, the difference being it was a top-row clue here, and used on FJ for the celebrities.
Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Casablanca? DD2 - What is armistice? DD3 - Who was Henry Hudson? FJ - What is Capricorn?
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