Today's players in Champions Wildcard are:
- Brian Adams, a retired public educator from Big Bear Lake, California;
- Jilana Cotter, a senior data analyst from from Dade City, Florida; and
- Dave Pai, a field application scientist originally from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.
Jeopardy!
IT'S GONNA BLOW! // CALL OUT THE BOB SQUAD // MESSAGE IN A BATTLE // HAIKU ABOUT THE POET // HIGH-SCORING SCRABBLE WORDS // KISS MY GRITS!
DD1 - $800 - MESSAGE IN A BATTLE - The English crushed the Highland clans at Culloden Moor in 1746; message to this would-be king: Stop pretending! (Dave dropped $1,000.)
Scores at first break: Dave $3,800, Jilana $1,000, Brian $800.
Scores going into DJ: Dave $5,600, Jilana $1,800, Brian $1,600.
Double Jeopardy!
TO THE EXOPLANETS! // AT THE ANCIENT ROMAN CINEPLEX // A "LA" CARTE // WHAT A BODY // POTPOURRI // ODD 4-LETTER WORDS
DD2 - $2,000 - TO THE EXOPLANETS! - In 1995 astronomers confirmed the first exoplanet orbiting a sunlike star, in this "equine" constellation (Dave dropped $3,200.)
DD3 (video) - $2,000 - A "LA" CARTE - It's the celebrated region in Spain that's shown here (pictured is a landscape featuring three windmills - Jilana added $2,900.)
Scores going into FJ: Dave $11,200, Jilana $11,500, Brian $5,200.
Final Jeopardy!
MUSIC & LITERATURE - John Steinbeck called this “one of the great songs of the world” & wanted the music & lyrics printed in one of his novels
Only Jilana was correct on FJ, adding $10,900 to advance with $22,400. Note that Brian missed because he left out a letter in the last word that changed the pronunciation, and that if Dave had been correct and bet everything, there would have been a tiebreaker clue.
Final scores: Dave $10,800, Jilana $22,400, Brian $0.
Correct Qs: DD1 - Who was Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles Edward, the Pretender)? DD2 - What is Pegasus? DD3 - What is La Mancha? FJ - What is “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”?
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