Introducing today’s contestants:

– Laurel, a graduate student from Florida, will have her novel out in 5-10 years;
– Steve, a psychology professor from Florida, raps about anything, including Canada; and
– Gabe, a researcher from Washington, D.C., has hundreds of thousands of baseball cards and might buy Ted Williams from Alex. Gabe is a one-day champ with winnings of $22,400.

Laurel extended her lead to nearly $13K on DD2, then Gabe doubled up on DD3 to close the gap. Going into FJ it was Laurel with $18,400, Gabe at $15,600 and Steve with $12,200.

DD1, $400 – MUSEUM-PODGE – The Vasa, a warship that spent 333 years under the sea, was salvaged and turned into a museum in this capital city (Gabe won the table limit of $1,000.)

DD2 (video), $1,200 – WATER – A painting depicts this river that, in Switzerland, plummets over the Schaffhausen waterfall (Laurel won $3,000 from her leading score of $14,600.)

DD3, $2,000 – SOME STERN WORDS – Unwilling to change your opinion? You’re this, from the practice of coloring fibers before they were woven into cloth (Gabe won $6,400 on a true DD.)

FJ – EPITAPHS – From his own 1898 poem, the epitaph of this Irish-born man ends, “His mourners will be outcast men, & outcasts always mourn”

Only Laurel was correct on FJ, adding $12,801 to win with $31,201.

Language liabilities: No one knew an adjective for a stern person beginning with a rock that makes a spark is “flinty”, or the word for soap foam that also means a state of being upset is “lather”.

This day in Trebekistan: Alex is still pronouncing the name “Cartman” from South Park as if he’s some kind of wagon-based superhero.

Correct Qs:
DD1 – What is Stockholm?
DD2 – What is the Rhine?
DD3 – What is “dyed in the wool”?
FJ – Who was Wilde?