Let’s meet today’s contestants:

– Ellen, a librarian from Massachusetts, didn’t punch Godzilla in the face;
– Ben, a medical student from New York, wants to communicate to patients in Mandarin Chinese; and
– Beth, a receptionist from Illinois, makes prayer shawls. Beth is a two-day champ with winnings of $53,601.

Ellen led at every commercial break, and after both opponents missed their DD in DJ, she was able to secure a runaway at $14,200 vs. $5,400 for Beth and $5,100 for Ben.

DD1 (video), $800 – ON THE GROUND FLOOR – The massive underwriting room occupies the ground floor of the London headquarters of this company (Ellen added $1,600 to her leading score of $5,600.)

DD2, $1,600 – WORDS, WORDS, WORDS – This adjective once indicated craftsmanship; now it means “fake” (Ben lost $3,500 from his total of $7,000 vs. $7,400 for Ellen.)

DD3, $1,600 – WE SHARE THAT WATER – Lake Powell — 2 of the Four Corners states (Beth lost $4,800 from her score of $7,800 vs. $13,400 for Ellen.)

FJ – MOVIE QUOTES – The 2 single-word quotes on AFI’s list of the top 100 movie quotes; 1 is from 1941, the other from 1967

Everyone missed FJ, which even Alex admitted was brutal. Ellen dropped $3,000 to win with $11,200.

Triple Stumpers of the day: No one knew the dark German sandwich bread pumpernickel or the name of Lando Calrissian actor Billy Dee Williams.

One more thing: We were given a rare on-camera glimpse of executive producer and Hollywood Walk of Fame honoree Harry Friedman.

Correct Qs:
DD1 – What is Lloyd’s of London?
DD2 – What is artificial?
DD3 – What are Arizona and Utah?
FJ – What are “Rosebud” and “Plastics”?