Today's players in the the 2024 ToC are:
- Yungsheng Wang, a deputy public defender originally from Lafayette, Louisiana;
- David Sibley, an Episcopal priest from Walla Walla, Washington; and
- Hannah Wilson, a puzzle designer from Chicago, Illinois.
Jeopardy!
INAUGURAL ADDRESSES // CLOTHES // CLASSICAL MUSIC // TELEVISION // ANTONYMIC PAIRS // LITTLE GNOME FACTS
DD1 - 600 - INAUGURAL ADDRESSES - Taft talked of the building of this "controlled by Colonel Goethals & his fellow Army engineers" (David added 2,800.)
Scores at first break: Hannah 1,400, David 6,000, Yungsheng 1,400.
Scores entering DJ: Hannah 3,800, David 7,600, Yungsheng 2,400.
Double Jeopardy!
"B"EGINNINGS // WHERE IS THAT? // ARTISTS ON FILM // A WORLD OF DEPRESSIONS // AWARDS & HONORS // A NICE SHORT STORY SPOILED
DD2 - 1,200 - "B"EGINNINGS - A Norse god begins this word that means a nonsensical jumble of words (Hannah added 7,000.)
DD3 - 2,000 - WHERE IS THAT? - A research center established by Jane Goodall: a national park in Tanzania named for this stream (On the very next clue from DD2, Hannah dropped 10,000.)
Hannah found back-to-back DDs in DJ, bet big from the lead on DD3 and missed, helping David show the way into FJ at 18,800 vs. 13,200 for Hannah and 3,200 for Yungsheng.
Final Jeopardy!
MILITARY HISTORY - A prototype of this craft was deployed in August 1955; it made headlines in May 1960
All three players were correct on FJ, with David adding 7,601 to advance with 26,401.
Final scores: Hannah 26,395, David 26,401, Yungsheng 6,400.
Correct Qs: DD1 - What is the Panama Canal? DD2 - What is balderdash? DD3 - What is Gombe? FJ - What is the U-2?
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