Here are today's contestants:
- Lauren Vincent, a grant writer from Boston, Massachusetts;
- Kevin Kodama, a software engineer from Seattle, Washington; and
- James Hirsh, a lawyer from Toronto, Ontario. James is a one-day champ with winnings of $32,418.
Jeopardy!
COUNTRY CLUBS // DISNEY MOVIES BY SONG LYRICS // EDIBLE ANAGRAMS // 1920s AMERICA // THE ANIMAL KINGDOM // SILENT-CONSONANT WORDS
DD1 - 1,000 - DISNEY MOVIES BY SONG LYRICS - "You think you own whatever land you land on, the earth is just a dead thing you can claim" (Lauren added $1,000.)
Scores at first break: James $5,200, Kevin $3,200, Lauren $1,600.
Scores entering DJ: James $5,600, Kevin $5,000, Lauren $2,400.
Double Jeopardy!
GET READY WITH ME // DEPRESSING POETRY // FACTS & FIGURES // ALLITERATIVE PEOPLE // PEACE // "OUT"
DD2 - 1,200 - ALLITERATIVE PEOPLE - In 1994 he launched a cable channel to compete with American Movie Classics (James doubled to $14,400 v. $12,600 for Kevin.)
DD3 - 800 - PEACE - 2 agreements that were frameworks for peace in the Middle East are aka these, after where they were negotiated in 1978 (Kevin lost $15,200 from his total of $19,400 vs. $15,200 for James.)
Kevin opened a lead by running a poetry category early in DJ, James regained it with a double-up on DD2, then Kevin took a big swing on DD3 but missed, leaving James with a runaway into FJ at $20,400 vs. $5,000 for Kevin and $4,000 for Lauren.
Final Jeopardy!
WORLD LANDMARKS - Henry James said its “immemorial gray pillars may serve to remind you of the enormous background of time”
Everyone was incorrect on FJ. James dropped $5,400 to win with $15,000 for a two-day total of $47,418.
Final scores: James $15,000, Kevin $0, Lauren $0.
Triple Stumper of the day: No one knew the "out" that is proverbially fair play is turnabout.
Correct Qs: DD1 - What is "Pocahontas"? DD2 - Who is Ted Turner? DD3 - What are Camp David Accords? FJ - What is Stonehenge?
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