Today's players in the 2024 ToC are:
- Ike Barinholtz, a producer, writer & actor from Chicago, Illinois;
- Melissa Klapper, a professor from Merion Station, Pennsylvania; and
- Ray Lalonde, a scenic artist from Toronto, Ontario.
Jeopardy!
NONFICTION // I HEARD A RUMOR // HOBBIES & PASTIMES // "V"ACATION SPOTS // COCKTAILS // HAPPY HOUR
DD1 - 600 - NONFICTION - In 1513 this Florentine civil servant knocked out a handbook for rulers of his time called "Il Principe" (Melissa added 1,600.)
Scores at first break: Ray 2,600, Melissa 3,200, Ike 2,400.
Scores entering DJ: Ray 5,400, Melissa 3,800, Ike 4,800.
Double Jeopardy!
FRENCH HISTORY // NUMERIC MOVIE TITLES // LECTURING YOU IN SCIENCE // LANGUAGES // A LI'L BALLET, A LI'L OPERA // 5-SYLLABLE WORDS
DD2 - 1,200 - NUMERIC MOVIE TITLES - Fellini felt he'd directed 7.5 film before making this 1963 gem (Ike doubled to 15,200.)
DD3 - 1,200 - LANGUAGES - Hindi & this language named for a region are the 2 most spoken first languages in India (Melissa added 8,000.)
All three players were very close in scores when Ike doubled on DD2, then Melissa took first place on DD3 and held it into FJ at 21,400 vs. 14,800 for Ike and 13,800 for Ray.
Final Jeopardy!
POETS OF ANCIENT ROME - Far from Rome, this first century poet wrote, “The leader’s anger done, grant me the right to die in my native country”
Ike and Ray were correct on FJ, with Ike adding 13,801 to advance with 28,601.
Final scores: Ray 21,800, Melissa 13,199, Ike 28,601.
Correct Qs: DD1 - Who was Machiavelli? DD2 - What is "8 1/2"? DD3 - What is Bengali? FJ - Who was Ovid?
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