Wednesday, October 7, 2026

 Here are today's contestants:


- Anne Damtoft, a library support coordinator from Silver Spring, Maryland;

- John Edwards, an editor from Brooklyn, New York; and

- Rian Robertson, a software developer from Ottawa, Ontario. Rian is a four-day champ with winnings of $64,101.

Jeopardy!

WOMEN'S HISTORY // ____ & ____ // SIMILAR YET DIFFERENT // TRAVEL WRITING // PHOTOGRAPHED BY ANNIE LEIBOVITZ... // SPECS McKECKNEY, OLD-TIME SPORTS RADIO REPORTER

DD1 - $800 - TRAVEL WRITING - in the cross-country memoir "Travels with Charley", Steinbeck calls this West Coast landmark "the great arch hung from filaments" (Rian doubled to $2,000.)

Scores at first break: Rian $2,200, John $3,200, Anne $1,000.

Scores entering DJ: Rian $2,200, John $3,200, Anne $1,000.

Double Jeopardy!

SOUTHERN CITIES // POP CULTURE PAIRS // LAMPOONS & SUCH // SAY THE WORD // DEEP // FAKES

DD2 - $1,600 - SAY THE WORD - This word for a daring fighter comes from the sound a sword makes when it strikes a shield (On the opening clue of DJ, Anne took the lead by doubling to $6,000.)

DD3 - $1,200 - LAMPOONS & SUCH - TCM says "Airplane!" is this "(no pun intended)" on movies like "Zero Hour!" (John improved his leading score by $6,000 up to $18,800.)

John expanded his lead on DD3 and held it into FJ but didn't have it put away with $20,400 vs. $15,600 for Anne and $6,800 for Rian.

Final Jeopardy!

TELEVISION - Ronald Galotti, a publisher for Vogue & Vanity Fair in the 1990s, inspired a main love interest on this series that debuted in 1998

Everyone was correct on FJ. John added $10,801 to win with $31,201.

Final scores: Rian $10,801, John $31,201, Anne $20,401.

Wagering strategy: On FJ, Anne bet $4,801, an amount that would have beaten John if he had missed or wagered $0 on FJ. The percentage play would have been to bet less than $2,400, which would shut out Rian and give Anne the win if John made the expected cover bet and missed, without Anne having to be correct.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Golden Gate Bridge? DD2 - What is swashbuckler? DD3 - What is takeoff? FJ = What is "Sex and the City"?

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