Let’s meet today’s contestants:

– Roey, a journalist from Virginia, is a 23-year-old “grandpa”;
– Jennifer, a graduate student from British Columbia, had a choice word for the Jeopardy! buzzer; and
– Sam, a teacher from Minnesota, is always prepared for the worst. Sam is a five-day champ with winnings of $156,202.

Roey fell behind after missing DD1, but bounced back very impressively in DJ, scoring on both DDs and dominating the round to build a runaway at $24,600 vs. $10,200 for Jennifer and $6,000 for Sam.

DD1, $1,000 – NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN – This future President was elected sheriff of Erie County in 1870 (Roey lost $4,000 from his leading score of $5,600 and fell to third place.)

DD2, $1,600 – AWARDS & HONORS – The first Millennium Technology Prize went to this Brit for his work on HTTP, HTML and the World Wide Web (Roey won $4,000 from his leading total of $9,400.)

DD3, $1,600 – A STAR IS BORN – Amanda Rogers used a first name from “The Merchant of Venice” and an Italian last name to get this stage name (Roey won $4,000 from his leading score of $14,200.)

FJ – 17th CENTURY NAMES – In the 1670s English author Charles Cotton built a fishing cabin on the banks of the River Dove to honor this friend and author

Only Jennifer was correct on FJ. Roey dropped $1,000 to win with $23,600.

Triple Stumper of the day: No one guessed the current mountain-adjacent city in a location where de Soto might have “had a soak” is Hot Springs, Arkansas.

This day in Trebekistan: In regard to Roey’s girlfriend, Alex recommended that he “dump her” and offered a “boo hiss” to the inconsistent weather in Vancouver.

Correct Qs:
DD1 – Who was Cleveland?
DD2 – Who is Berners-Lee?
DD3 – Who is Portia de Rossi?
FJ – Who was Walton?