Here are today's contestants:
- Jonelle Lonergan, a product manager from Boston, Massachusetts;
- Amy Fleenor, an attorney from Cleveland, Ohio; and
- Paul Clauson, a tax analyst from Madison Heights, Michigan. Paul is a one-day champ with winnings of $15,201.
Jeopardy!
JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD // A TURN OF LATIN PHRASE // BLACK // SIMOLEONS, MOOLAH, SCRATCH, MONEY // AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM // WICKED
DD1 - $600 - A TURN OF LATIN PHRASE - Carpe diem, yeah, yeah, we've heard it before... now, carpe vinum, meaning this, we can get behind that! (Paul doubled to 6,800.)
Scores at first break: Paul $800, Amy -$1,400, Jonelle $2,800.
Scores entering DJ: Paul $8,000, Amy $0, Jonelle $3,200.
Double Jeopardy!
COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD // TOUGH 9-LETTER WORDS // HISTORICAL "T" // R&B & SOUL // LITERARY SETTINGS // HEALTHY BODY, HEALTHY MIND
DD2 - $1,600 - HISTORICAL "T" - This fort nestled between the Adirondacks & the Green Mountains was the site of a July 1777 siege (Paul improved by $3,000 to $8,800 vs. $5,600 for Jonelle.)
DD3 - $1,200 - LITERARY SETTINGS - In a fantasy series: Dorne is in the south of it & the Haunted Forest, north of the wall (On the next clue after DD2, Paul added $3,000 to his score of $11,800.)
Paul swept the DDs, lifting him to a runaway into FJ at $21,200 vs. $8,000 for Jonelle and $6,800 for Amy.
Final Jeopardy!
AMERICAN WOMEN - In 1900 she told a Mr. Dobson, “Get out of the way. I don’t want to strike you, but I am going to break up this den of vice”
Only Jonelle was correct on FJ. Paul dropped $101 to win with $21,099 for a two-day total of $36,300.
Final scores: Paul $21,099, Amy $5,599, Jonelle $15,999.
Triple Stumper of the day: No one could identify the old ten-cent piece given the name of a Roman god, the Mercruy dime.
Overpriced clue dept.: $2,000 for a clue about holistic psychology that included the first letter and the word "whole".
This day in shilling: We got a full guest-presenter category plugging "Wicked" and wound up with two leftovers in DJ.
Correct Qs: DD1 - What is seize the wine? DD2 - What is Fort Ticonderoga? DD3 - What is Westeros? FJ - Who was Carrie Nation? (After the correct response was revealed, Ken said he thought the first name ended with a "y", but online resources say it's been spelled both ways.)
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