Here are today's contestants:
- Amanda Prusila, a communications advisor from Ottawa, Ontario;
- Daniel Gately, a teacher from Tucson, Arizona; and
- Mark Fitzpatrick, a content manager from Riverside, Connecticut. Mark is a one-day champ with winnings of $30.401.
Jeopardy!
STUNTING AT THE GYM // THE MIDDLE EAST // NFL TEAM ADDRESSES // YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SHARE // OPERA // PLURAL-ONLY NOUNS
DD1 - $1,000 - OPERA - At age 37, Rossini composed his last opera, this one set in medieval Switzerland (Amanda added $1,000.)
Scores at first break: Mark $6,000, Daniel -$1,200, Amanda $2,400.
Scores entering DJ: Mark $6,800, Daniel $1,000, Amanda $3,000.
Double Jeopardy!
NATIONAL HISTORIC PARKS // THE FOREIGN-BORN DIRECTOR // COOKING TERMS // SPY NOVELS // LAW // DIMINISHING RETURNS
DD2 - $1,200 - SPY NOVELS - Goldfinger tells James Bond he calls his chauffeur this "because that describes his functions on my staff" (With $10,400 and a lead of nearly $10,000, Mark added $5,000.)
DD3 - $800 - LAW - If you're a company officer, director or 10% stockholder, you're this type of person--no trading its stock based on secret info (Daniel dropped $800 from his score of $3,800.)
Mark was spotted a $3,000 lead by running a pro football category to start the game and kept on building to a big runaway into FJ at $23,400 v. $4,200 for Daniel and $600 for Amanda.
Final Jeopardy!
BRAND NAMES - In 1886 this brand’s bookkeeper came up with its name & flowing script logo, saying, “the two Cs would look well in advertising”
Astonishingly, FJ was a Triple Stumper. Mark dropped $3,400 to win with $20,000 for a two-day total of $50,401.
Final scores: Mark $20,000, Daniel $4,200, Amanda $0.
Tough category of the day: The players went 1-for-5 in COOKING TERMS, but for whatever reason, decided to stick with it until completion to open DJ rather than try their luck elsewhere.
Clue selection strategy: Mark scored three-in-a-row in a movie category working bottom-up, smartly switched categories before picking the top-row clue and immediately found DD2. However, Mark later returned to that same category while DD3 was still on the board.
Correct Qs: DD1 - What is "William Tell"? DD2 - Who was Oddjob? DD3 - What is insider? FJ - What is Coca-Cola?
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