Here are today's contestants:
- Paul Wenzel, a songwriter/musician from Lancaster, Pennsylvania;
- Nicole Haase, a freelance journalist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and
- Harrison Whitaker, a researcher originally from Terre Haute, Indiana. Harrison is a 12-day champ with winnings of $330,000.
Jeopardy!
THE ALWAYS RELIABLE UNRELIABLE NARRATOR // MILITARY GLOSSARY // NEWS IN 2025 // NFL GRAB BAG // PRIDE // BEFORE FALL
DD1 - $800 - MILITARY GLOSSARY - The Iraq War that began in 2003 brought this initialism for a homemade bomb into common usage (Harrison added $1,000 to his leading score of $5,800.)
Scores at first break: Harrison $5,800, Nicole $1,400, Paul $800.
Scores entering DJ: Harrison $8,800, Nicole $4,000, Paul $1,600.
Double Jeopardy!
19th CENTURY AMERICANS // AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN // LOVE IT & LEAF IT // QUOTES FROM THE MAGAZINE // A-HUNTING WE WILL GO // WEIRD WORDS
DD2 - $1,200 - 19th CENTURY AMERICANS - In her final decade, she spent time in a sanitarium, lived briefly in Europe, then returned to Springfield, where she died in 1882 (From third place, Paul dropped $2,500.)
DD3 - $1,600 - WEIRD WORDS - This word for a big burial place such as Giza can become plural when you take away the "S" at the end (With a lead of $9,200, Harrison dropped $3,200 to $10,000.)
In what has become a trend, Harrison found DD3 with a big lead, missed but it didn't prevent him from recording another runaway into FJ at $18,800 vs. $7,200 for Nicole and $2,700 for Paul.
Final Jeopardy!
NAME'S THE SAME - The title of an absurdist play from 1957, it's also in the title of Marvel's highest-grossing film
Harrison and Paul were correct on FJ, with Harrison adding $3,200 to win with $22,000 for a 13-day total of $352,000.
Final scores: Harrison $22,000, Nicole $5,401, Paul $3,603.
Triple Stumpers of the day: No one guessed the three-letter title of a movie with Nicolas Cage as a truffle hunter is "Pig", or the "outdoorsy Michigan musician" and hunting enthusiast, Ted Nugent.
Correct Qs: DD1 - What is IED? DD2 - Who was Mary Todd Lincoln? DD3 - What is necropolis? FJ - What is "Endgame"?
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