Here are today's contestants:
- Rachel Marcus, a writer & consultant from New York City;
- Ross Dickson, a research consultant from Halifax, Nova Scotia; and
- Susan Stumme, a journalist from Arlington, Virginia. Susan is a one-day champ with winnings of $12,600.
Jeopardy!
SURROUNDED BY WATER // SHOE BIZ // "I"-FAN // THROWBACK TECHNOLOGY // HISTORICAL FICTION // MAY I HAVE YOUR HOMOGRAPH?
DD1 - $800 - SHOE BIZ - In "Shoe Dog", he wrote, "I liked that Nike was the goddess of victory. What's more important... than victory? (Susan added $1,000.)
Scores at first break: Susan $6,000, Ross $200, Rachel $1,200.
Scores entering DJ: Susan $10,200, Ross $1,000, Rachel $3,400.
Double Jeopardy!
BALLET & OPERA // 4-SYLLABLE WORDS // LEGAL BRIEFS // THE HISTORIC 1950s // I SING... // THE BODY ELECTRIC
DD2 - $1,200 - BALLET & OPERA - In this 1787 opera, a famous seducer is said to have had 1,003 lovers in Spain alone (Susan lost $4,000 from her leading score of $14,200.)
DD3 - $1,600 - THE HISTORIC 1950s - In 1958 Charles de Gaulle was elected the first president of the French government known by this ordinal name (After some scoring changes were made, Ross added $6,400 to his total of $6,600 vs. $14,600 for Susan and $8,200 for Rachel.)
Susan ran the opening category about shoes and dominated the first round. But it tightened up after she missed DD2 and Ross was correct on DD3, and they wound up in a tie into FJ at $14,600 vs, $12,200 for Rachel.
Final Jeopardy!
RENAISSANCE MEN - In a letter he wrote, “On August 7, 1501 …we determined that the new land was not an island but a continent”
Surprisingly, only Rachel was correct on FJ, adding $8,400 to win with $20,600.
Final scores: Susan $0, Ross $10, Rachel $20,600.
Wagering strategy: Ross held back $10 from his FJ wager, which was not the optimal way to maximize his winning chances, as it was very unlikely he could win the game with $10. Either go for for it all (as Susan predictably did) or bet $0 and force an opponent to get FJ correct to beat you. Also, if Ross had not held back $200 on his DD3 wager, he would have had the lead to himself going into FJ.
Judging the writers: They apparently didn't anticipate that someone might respond to the clue about a four-syllable word for a tightrope walker as "aerialist", a much more commonly-known word than the one they wanted, "funambulist".
Correct Qs: DD1 - Who is Knight? DD2 - What is "Don Giovanni"? (Susan's response of "Don Juan" was not acceptable.) DD3 - What is Fifth Republic? FJ - Who was Amerigo Vespucci?
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