Here are today's Second Chance contestants:
- Josh Moss, a craft distillery owner from Boston, Massachusetts;
- Gino Montoya, an attorney from Albuquerque, New Mexico; and
- Colleen Matthews, a speech-language pathologist from Hillsboro, Oregon.
Jeopardy!
HAPPY NEW YEAR'S DAY! // STATE PARKS // THE RACE IS ON // POTPOURRI // IT COMES IN BOTTLES // 4-LETTER WORDS WITH AN "X"
DD1 - 400 - THE RACE IS ON - Talk about a dynasty--the New York Yacht Club won this race 24 straight times from 1870 to 1980 (Gino added 2,000.)
Scores at first break: Colleen 800, Gino 4,200, Josh 3,800.
Scores entering DJ: Colleen 3,800, Gino 7,000, Josh 6,200.
Double Jeopardy!
SHAKESPEARE // TV MUSIC // PEOPLE OF AFRICA // I USE 3 INITIALS // MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY // JANE STONE, WWII LINGUIST
DD2 - 2,000 - JANE STONE, WWII LINGUIST - 17-letter German words are child's play for Jane, who tells the Navy that Unterwasserbomben are these 2-word anti-sub weapons (Josh lost 1,600.)
DD3 - 800 - SHAKESPEARE - Polonius saying "I hear him coming, let's withdraw, my lord" is the cue for this immortal line (Colleen added 2,000.)
Scores entering FJ: Colleen 18,600, Gino 11,800, Josh 12,200.
Final Jeopardy!
U.S. PRESIDENTS - According to his son Fred, this man first tried smoking just because it was against the rules at West Point
Colleen and Gino were correct on FJ. Colleen added 5,801 to advance with 24,401.
Final scores: Colleen 24,401, Gino 22,800, Josh 5,799.
Triple Stumper of the day: in SHAKESPEARE, the "item not actually in the dairy case" that Lady Macbeth thought her not-ruthless-enough husband was too full of is the "milk of human kindness".
Correct Qs: DD1 - What is the America's Cup? DD2 - What are depth charges? DD3 - What is "To be or not to be"? FJ - Who was Grant?
