Today's players in Second Chance are:
- Xanni Brown, a post-doc researcher originally from Cincinnati, Ohio;
- Mitch Cutter, a salmon conservation associate from Boise, Idaho; and
- Raquel Matta, a copy editor from San Pablo, California.
Jeopardy!
NBA NICKNAMES // HEY, WHERE'S THAT? // FOR THE GRAM // SPEED DATING // TOUCH TYPE // HUNT & PECK
DD1 - 800 - TOUCH TYPE - This word means a limited search of your person & the cop is supposed to be looking only for weapons (Mitch dropped 1800.)
Scores at first break: Raquel 1,800, Mitch 0, Xanni 800.
Scores entering DJ: Raquel 3,200, Mitch 3,000, Xanni 2,800.
Double Jeopardy!
WORLD CAPITALS // WOMEN ON TRIAL // TRIPLE INITIAL WRITERS // MEASUREMENT // AMAZING ARMENIANS // I'D LIKE TO CHANGE A VOWEL, PAT
DD2 - 2,000 - WORLD CAPITALS - These 2 capitals of Sierra Leone & Gabon have similar meanings, though one's in English & one's in French (Xanni added 2,800.)
DD3 - 1,600 - TRIPLE INITIAL WRITERS - From 1910 to 1934 this writer & activist edited the NAACP's magazine The Crisis (Xanni added 5,000.)
Scores entering FJ: Raquel 11,600, Mitch 5,800, Xanni 17,400.
Final Jeopardy!
THOSE ZANY ANCIENT ROMANS - In the 20s B.C. the Emperor’s sister Octavia had a sitcom-worthy home including the boy & girl twin children of this man & woman
Everyone was ruled to be correct on FJ, even though Xanni added an "h" to her response. Xanni added 6,000 to advance with 23,400.
Final scores: Raquel 11,600, Mitch 11,600, Xanni 23,400.
Correct Qs: DD1 - What is frisk? DD2 - What are Freetown & Libreville? DD3 - Who was W.E.B. Du Bois? FJ - Who were Antony & Cleopatra?
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