Here are today's contestants:
- Benjy Malings, an attorney from Los Angeles, California;
- Sue Barndt, a professor from Claremont, California; and
- Adam Remsen, an attorney and theater producer from Memphis, Tennessee. Adam is a one-day champ with winnings of $20,000.
Jeopardy!
BEGINS LIKE A MONTH // THE 1930s // TV: WHO SAID IT? // CLASSICAL MUSIC // TRAVELING ACROSS THE USA // TOYS OLD & NEW
DD1 - $800 - THE 1930s - Marguerite Perey discovered this element in 1939 but had to wait a little while to name it for her homeland (Benjy lost $1,400 down to $2,200.)
Scores at first break: Adam $4,000, Sue $600, Benjy $1,200.
Scores entering DJ: Adam $7,400, Sue $1,000, Benjy $1,600.
Double Jeopardy!
AN ADVERSARIAL RELATIONSHIP // MOVIES BY CHARACTERS // YOU'RE GETTING SLEEPY // 8-LETTER CITIES // CLASSIC LIT PAGE-BAIT // BEFORE & AFTER
DD2 - $1,600 - 8-LETTER CITIES - Check out the nightclub MECA for dancehall music in this world capital (On the first clue of DJ, Sue lost $2,000.)
DD3 - $1,600 - MOVIES BY CHARACTERS - A musical from 2017: Jenny Lind, Chang & Eng (Benjy dropped $2,500 down to $300 vs. $8,600 for Adam.)
Adam had a solid lead after Benjy missed DD3, but Benjy recovered well enough to prevent the runaway into FJ, with Adam at $14,600 vs. Benjy with $7,900. Sue fell into the red on the first clue of DJ and wound up in the minus.
Final Jeopardy!
UNLIKELY AUTHORS - Set around Tikrit, "Zabibah & the King" is a historical romance novel from 2000 attributed to this man
Only Adam was correct on FJ, adding $1,201 to win with $15,801 for a two-day total of $35,801.
Final scores: Adam $15,801, Sue -$1,000, Benjy $300.
Triple Stumper of the day: I guess the players aren't fans of Westerns, as they didn't know the kind of open area "war" between the farmer & the cowman is a range war.
Correct Qs: DD1 - What is francium? DD2 - What is Kingston? DD3 - What is "The Greatest Showman"? FJ - Who was Saddam Hussein?
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