Today’s players in the Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament are:

• Amy Schneider, a writer from Oakland, California;
• Austin Rogers, a bar owner & author from New York, New York; and
• Celeste DiNucci, an arts strategist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Jeopardy!

THINKING ABOUT THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE // THE THEATER // LET’S GET A DRINK // SO NICE, WE NEED THE ANSWER TWICE // NAME THAT TOON // WORDS READ BACKWARDS

DD1 – 600 – LET’S GET A DRINK – One origin story of this cocktail involves the early morning hours after a long night in Sausalito (Austin doubled to 3,200.)

Scores at first break: Celeste 600, Austin 4,000, Amy 4,800.

Scores entering DJ: Celeste 2,400, Austin 5,600, Amy 7,600.

Double Jeopardy!

PANHANDLE STATES // THE GRAMMYS’ GREAT MOMENTS // MARINE BIOLOGY // IAMB A POET // FIVE GUYS // SAY IT IN LATIN

DD2 – 1,600 – PANHANDLE STATES – West Virginia’s northern panhandle is bordered on the north & west by this river (Amy added 6,000, improving to 16,800.)

DD3 – 1,200 – MARINE BIOLOGY – The heaviest bony fish at a weight of more than 6,050 pounds, it has a celestial name & dines mainly on jellyfish (With a massive lead, Amy dropped just 1,000.)

Amy led at every break and drew off with complete authority in DJ, breezing into FJ at 28,600 vs. 9,600 for Austin and 800 for Celeste.

Final Jeopardy!

NOTORIOUS FIGURES – Never even a soldier, this man lied that his nickname came from a shrapnel wound while fighting in the Argonne

Everyone was incorrect on FJ, although it’s hard to know how seriously the players were taking this since nothing was at stake. Amy wagered 0 to advance with 28,600.

Final scores: Celeste 0, Austin 7,904, Amy 28,600.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is tequila sunrise? DD2 – What is the Ohio? DD3 – What is sunfish? FJ – Who was Al Capone?