Today's players in the 2024 ToC are:
- Brian Henegar, a guest services agent from LaFollette, Tennessee;
- Troy Meyer, a music executive from Tampa, Florida; and
- Luigi de Guzman, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia.
Jeopardy!
RENAISSANCE WOMEN // DOWN IN THE VALLEY // ON WHEELS // RESISTANCE IS FUTILE // DEALING WITH TV REALITY // ENIGMATIC ANAGRAMS
DD1 - 600 - DOWN IN THE VALLEY - You'll find this Scots word for a valley before "Eagles", "Mor" & "Coe", among many others (Luigi doubled to 5,200.)
Scores at first break: Luigi 8,800, Troy 1,000, Brian 200.
Scores entering DJ: Luigi 10,600, Troy 2,400, Brian 1,000.
Double Jeopardy!
THE CIVIL WAR // BEHIND THE MUSIC // NATURE // IT'S CURTAINS // WORLD OF LIT // "AI"
DD2 - 800 - THE CIVIL WAR - When the war started, this future general was helping drill a volunteer company in Galena, Illinois (Troy doubled to 13,600.)
DD3 - 2,000 - "AI" - A contemporary of Buddah, Mahavira is revered as a leader & organizer of this religion (Troy added 2,000.)
Luigi dominated round one, then Troy started hot in DJ, taking the lead on DD2 and securing it on DD3 to enter FJ at 28,400 vs. 18,600 for Luigi and 6,200 for Brian.
Final Jeopardy!
WORD ORIGINS - A radical in an 1833 failed uprising in Germany, Ludwig von Rochau coined this term for acts taken for practical reasons not ethics
Everyone was incorrect on FJ. Troy had a big enough margin for the Triple Stumper win, dropping 8,801 to advance with 19,599.
Final scores: Luigi 1, Troy 19,599, Brian 5.
Correct Qs: DD1 - What is glen? DD2 - Who was Grant? DD3 - What is Jainism? FJ - What is Realpolitik?
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