Introducing today’s contestants:

– Jason, a math teacher from New Mexico, strikes out on purpose;
– Kathleen, a P.R. content manager from Illinois, knows about civic technology; and
– Nathan, a math professor from California, as a child had Magic Johnson admire his chess trophy in an airport. Nathan is a one-day champ with winnings of $19,600.

Jason led at every break and scored on the last two DDs in a runaway performance at $25,600 vs. $9,600 for Nathan and -$1,000 for Kathleen.

DD1 (video), $1,000 – THE APOLLO MISSIONS – The Apollo missions brought back more than 800 pounds of moon rocks and showed that the dark, flat lunar areas knows as seas are not water but this common volcanic rock that also makes up most of the oceanic crust here on Earth (Nathan lost $2,200 on “a doubling one”.)

DD2, $1,600 – ENTRANCE MUSIC – An authentic Japanese song was adapted into “Miya Sama”, sung at the entrance of this Gilbert & Sullivan title character (Jason won $4,000 from his total of $8,400.)

DD3, $800 – NEW WORDS – Digital finance can be confusing, hence the addition of this word for bitcoin and the like (Jason earned $2,000 from his score of $21,200.)

FJ – STATES’ GOVERNORS – It’s the only state to have had 4 female governors, 3 of whom served consecutively between 1997 & 2015

Jason was the only player to be correct, adding $1,000 to win with $26,600.

Triple Stumper of the day: In the category “BB” in the Middle, no one knew those who consider themselves superior to others are snobbish.

Pavlov: “Native Son” = Richard Wright.

Correct Qs:
DD1 – What is basalt?
DD2 – Who is Mikado?
DD3 – What is cryptocurrency?
FJ – What is Arizona?