Here are today's contestants:
- Maryl Harris, a study operations manager from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
- Natalie Miliano, a manufacturing engineering manager from Portland, Maine; and
- Drew Basile, a graduate student from Birmingham, Michigan. Drew is a five-day champ with winnings of $91,283.
Jeopardy!
AROUND THE WORLD // THEY WROTE THE BOOKS // YOU DON'T HEAR AS MUCH ABOUT... // HATS ON // GRAPPLE SAUCE // IN YOUR DREAMS!
DD1 - $800 - HATS ON - In the 1860s he designed an all-weather felt hat he called "The Boss of the Plains" (Maryl doubled to $2,000.)
Scores at first break: Drew $3,600, Natalie $2,000, Maryl $2,000.
Scores entering DJ: Drew $5,000, Natalie $2,200, Maryl $4,800.
Double Jeopardy!
HISTORIC NAMES // DOUBLE TALK // ELLIS ISLAND // FROM THE GERMAN // SCIENC"E"// ALL THAT JAZZ
DD2 - $1,200 - HISTORIC NAMES - The Pax Romana, or Roman peace, which lasted for more than 200 years, began with his reign in 27 B.C. (Drew added $3,000 to his leading total of $6,200.)
DD3 - $1,600 - FROM THE GERMAN - Meaning synthetic, artificial or fake, this German word could've been in an "ENDS WITH Z'" category (Drew improved by $3,000 to $17,800.)
Drew scored on both DDs in DJ and had just enough at the end to secure a runaway into FJ at $20,200 vs. $10,000 for Maryl and $6,200 for Natalie.
Final Jeopardy!
LITERATURE - The British library says of this 19th c. man, "one of his most famous poems... is a warning about the arrogance of great leaders"
Only Drew was correct on FJ, adding $118 to win with $20,318 for a six-day total of $111,601.
Final scores: Drew $20,318, Natalie $4,700, Maryl $6,201.
That's before their time: No one could identify a photo of the alliteratively-named scat-singing legend Cab Calloway.
Correct Qs: DD1 - Who was Stetson? DD2 - Who was (Caesar) Augustus? DD3 - What is ersatz? FJ - Who was Shelley?
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