Here are today's contestants:
- Carolyn Langton, an application developer from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin;
- Nikolas Polsinelli, a student from Winter Park, Florida; and
- Emily Burnham, a writer and editor from Bangor, Maine. Emily is a one-day champ with winnings of $17,201.
Jeopardy!
D.C.'S BLACK HERITAGE // J.LO, J-LAW & JHUD // WORLD GEOGRAPHY // WHERE DID I LEAVE MY WALLET?! // ORGANIZATIONS // WORD PUZZLES
DD1 - $800 - ORGANIZATIONS - Rex Stoudt, Mary Higgins Clark & Lisa Scottoline have all been president of this, the MWA (Nikolas lost $3,200 on a true DD.)
Scores at first break: Emily $1,000, Nikolas $600, Carolyn $1,600.
Scores entering DJ: Emily $2,400, Nikolas $1,400, Carolyn $3,200.
Double Jeopardy!
ANCIENT "H"ISTORY // QUASI-RELATED PAIRS // I SPEAK FOR THE TREES // LITERATURE: REVISITED // MOVIE ROLE, TV ROLE // 7-LETTER WORDS
DD2 - $1,600 - ANCIENT "H"ISTORY - One in London & one in NYC, the obelisks known as Cleopatra's Needles once stood in this Egyptian "city of the sun" (Nikolas improved by $1,800 to $4,400.)
DD3 - $1,600 - QUASI-RELATED PAIRS - Acronym for nuke-limiting agreements from the 1970s & to beat with repeated punches (Emily dropped $3,400 down to $6,200 vs. $10,800 for Nikolas.)
Emily missed DD3 with a chance to take the lead, which helped Nikolas show the way into FJ at $13,200 vs. $8,800 for Carolyn and $8,200 for Emily.
Final Jeopardy!
U.S. GEOGRAPHY - Meaning "endless" & "grassy open place", this name for a region of thousands of square miles first appeared on a map in 1823
Only Nikolas was correct on FJ, adding $4,401 to win with $17,601.
Final scores: Emily $3,199, Nikolas $17,601, Carolyn $0.
Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Mystery Writers of America? DD2 - What is Heliopolis? DD3 - What are salt and pepper? FJ - What is the Everglades?
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