Today's contestants are:
- Eric, an operations director, was able to draw a crowd with his accordion;
- Rebecca, a reference librarian, whose daughter wants her to win, but not too much; and
- Jesse, a customer success implementation manager, was a high school sports announcer. Jesse is a one-day champ with winnings of $2,600.
Jeopardy!
SPOT THE MAMMAL // HISTORIC WIVES // TV DRAMA // READY TO WEAR // TAKE A TOUR // "A_B_C_D"
DD1 - $600 - HISTORIC WIVES - Kasturba, who married him when both were under 15, became a leader in India's struggle for independence from British rule (Jesse won the table limit of $1,000.)
Scores at first break: Jesse $2,400, Rebecca $1,000, Eric -$600.
Scores going into DJ: Jesse $4,400, Rebecca $4,600, Eric $0.
Double Jeopardy!
WHERE THE "H" IS THAT? // A FINE WINE FILM // TANKS FOR THE MEMORIES // PRODUCE: WE HAVE NAMES // RECENT LITERARY BIOGRAPHY // 4-LETTER BEFORE & AFTER
DD2 - $1,200 - A FINE WINE FILM - This 2-word term for disparagement of something you can't have is the title of a 2016 documentary about counterfeit wine (Jesse dropped $3,000 from his total of $8,400 vs. $7,400 for Rebecca.)
DD3 - $800 - TANKS FOR THE MEMORIES - Built in England in 1916, a prototype of the first operational tank was nicknamed "Big Willie" in mockery of this man (Jesse lost $2,000 from his score of $4,600 vs. $7,400 for Rebecca.)
Jesse found all three DDs but missed both in DJ, so in a low-scoring contest Rebecca showed the way into FJ at $9,800 vs. $6,800 for Eric and $3,000 for Jesse.
Final Jeopardy!
HISTORIC FIGURES - Dante gives him, born to a Kurdish family in the 12th century, a place of honor in limbo along with the war heroes of Rome & Troy
Only Eric was correct on FJ, adding $800 to win with $7,600.
Final scores: Jesse $0, Rebecca $5,999, Eric $7,600.
Odds and ends
Tough category of the day: The players missed three clues in RECENT LITERARY BIOGRAPHY, including "Biography of a Poem" being about this culture-spanning one by T.S. Eliot, "The Waste Land".
FJ wagering strategy: With his wager of $800, Eric risked falling into a tie with Jesse if he had missed and Jesse was correct. Any bet by Eric of less than $800 would have been preferable.
Clue selection strategy: With five untouched categories in DJ and both DDs on the board, the contestants chose to complete 4-LETTER BEFORE & AFTER. Since it was less likely for a DD to be located in such a gimmicky category, probably better to leave that alone until after the DDs had been found.
Judging the writers: The $400 clue in 4-LETTER BEFORE & AFTER should have been given to the players as an example of the category, rather than throwing them in cold.
Correct Qs: DD1 - Who was (Mahatma) Gandhi? DD2 - What is "Sour Grapes"? DD3 - Who was Kaiser Wilhelm? FJ - Who was Saladin?
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