Here are today's contestants:
- Alfred Wallace, a librarian from Grand Forks, North Dakota;
- Mary Walheim, a retired risk manager from Berwyn, Pennsylvania; and
- Bryce Wargin, a post market surveillance coordinator from Kansas City, Missouri. Bryce is a three-day champ with winnings of $59,400.
Jeopardy!
'ALLO GUV'NAH // COMPLETE THE BRITISH TV PROGRAMME TITLE // ANATOMY CLASS // JAVA FACTS // 5-SYLLABLE WORDS // TELL ME A STORY, QUICKLY
DD1 - $800 - TELL ME A STORY, QUICKLY - Families gather, slips of paper are chosen, a black spot's on one, Tessie Hutchinson has a very bad day (Bryce doubled to $8,800.)
Scores at first break: Bryce $1,800, Mary $3,800, Alfred $1,600.
Scores entering DJ: Bryce $11,600, Mary $4,800, Alfred $2,800.
Double Jeopardy!
HISTORY IN THE MAKING // STRAIT EDGE // KNOWN BY THEIR INITIALS // TAKE THE LONG WAY // MOVIE MUSICALS // RISING FROM THE "GRAVE"
DD2 - $1,200 - HISTORY IN THE MAKING - Thankfully, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka overturned this unfortunate decision of 1896 (On the first clue of DJ, Alfred doubled to $5,600, moving into second.)
DD3 - $2,000 - STRAIT EDGE - The Strait of Hormuz connects the Persian Gulf & this other gulf with a national name (Alfred dropped $3,000 from his score of $9,200 vs. $10,400 for Bryce.)
Alfred doubled up to start DJ and had a chance to take the lead from Bryce on DD3 but missed. Going into FJ it was Bryce with $16,000, Alfred at $10,600 and Mary with $6,000.
Final Jeopardy!
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS - Boq is one of these fictional people, “not as big as the grown folk… but neither were they very small”
Everyone was incorrect on FJ. Bryce dropped $5,201 to win with $10,799 for a four-day total of $70,199
Final scores: Bryce $10,799, Mary $1, Alfred $600.
Clue selection strategy: In round one, four full categories were completed and five top-row clues were selected with DD1 still remaining.
That's before their time: No one knew the co-star with Elvis in the movie "Viva Las Vegas" is Ann-Margret.
Correct Qs: DD1 - What is "The Lottery"? DD2 - What is Plessy v. Ferguson? DD3 - What is Gulf of Oman? FJ - Who are Munchkins?
