Today's players in the first game of the 2024 ToC are:
- Matthew Marcus, a software developer & substitute teacher from Portland, Oregon;
- Suresh Krishnan, a networking engineer from Suwanee, Georgia; and
- Emily Sands, a project manager from Chanhassen, Minnesota.
Jeopardy!
1960s FICTION // TV COMEDY // SLEEP-POURRI // CONDIMENTS // ELECTION LINGO // TRIPLE RHYME TIME
DD1 - 1,000 - TRIPLE RHYME TIME - A clever little song about any metropolis (Suresh dropped 2,400.)
Scores at first break: Emily 3,000, Suresh 0, Matthew -200.
Scores entering DJ: Emily 4,800, Suresh 200, Matthew 1,000.
Double Jeopardy!
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ERA // POP CULTURE DRAGONS // JUDGES // THAT BUILDING HAS GREAT BONES // QUICK GEO // 2020s & 1920s SLANG
DD2 (video) - 1,600 - THAT BUILDING HAS GREAT BONES - You'll think of mortality in a Rome church housing 3,500 skulls of friars in this order that makes me think of Italian coffee (Emily added 7,000.)
DD3 - 2,000 - POP CULTURE DRAGONS - Falkor the white luck dragon helps Atreyu in this epic fantasy film from Wolfgang Petersen (Suresh dropped 5,000.)
Scores entering FJ: Emily 21,800, Suresh 0, Matthew 7,400.
Final Jeopardy!
FRENCH AUTHORS - Trained as a priest & a physician, in 1532 he published his first novel under the pen name Alcofribas Nasier
Matthew was the only one of the two remaining players to get FJ. Emily wagered 0 to advance with 21,800.
Final scores: Emily 21,800, Suresh 0, Matthew 14,799.
Correct Qs: DD1 - What is witty city ditty? DD2 - Who are the Capuchins? DD3 - What is "The NeverEnding Story"? FJ - Who was François Rabelais?
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