Here are today's contestants:
- Elly Trickett, a blog & podcast editor from Danbury, Connecticut;
- Nam Nguyen, a playwright from Mississauga, Ontario; and
- Marko Saric, a math professor from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Marko is a two-day champ with winnings of $26,600.
Jeopardy!
TAKE ME TO THE BRIDGE! // BOOKED IN BOOKS // LAST NAME'S THE SAME // AN EMMY-WINNING ROLE // ALSO A BASKETBALL TERM // THE SUNDAY SCARIES
DD1 (video) - $600 - TAKE ME TO THE BRIDGE! - The world's longest rotating metal bridge, El Ferdan, spans the Western shipping lane of this Egyptian waterway, dating to 1869 (Marko doubled to $7,200.)
Scores at first break: Marko $9,000, Nam $2,400, Elly $1,000.
Scores entering DJ: Marko $12,800, Nam $5,200, Elly -$400.
Double Jeopardy!
SECRETS OF THE OCTOPUS // HISTORICAL FIGURES // ZIMBABWE // LIBRARIES // AND THE ROLE ALMOST GOES TO... // 6-SYLLABLE WORDS
DD2 - $1,200 - HISTORICAL FIGURES - In the 1850s Congress awarded $20,000 to this man for negotiating the Kanagawa Treaty (Nam moved to the lead by adding $5,000 to his score of $8,000 vs. $12,800 for Marko.)
DD3 - $800 - 6-SYLLABLE WORDS - 19th C. liberation fighter José de San Martín got about as high in the military as possible, named this of the Republic of Peru (Marko dropped $3,300 from his total of $16,400 vs. $17,000 for Nam.)
Marko had a solid lead after round one, then Nam exploded to the front in DJ before Marko even rang in. Nam fell just short of a runaway into FJ at $28,200 vs. $14,700 for Marko. Elly was out of the running at -$800.
Final Jeopardy!
20th CENTURY AUTHORS - Best known for a novel, she wrote at least 6 full-length plays & collaborated with Moms Mabley on a 1931 Broadway revue
Both players were incorrect on FJ. Nam dropped just $1,201 to win with $26,999.
Final scores: Marko $1,199, Nam $26,999, Elly -$800.
Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Suez Canal? DD2 - Who was Perry? DD3 - What is Generalissimo? FJ - Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
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