Today’s contestants are:

– Lisa, a grant writer from Michigan, did a choir piece narrated by Jeremy Irons;
– Jeanne, an administrator from California. could perform surgery; and
– Jennifer, a wine-tasting consultant from Michigan, has seen the original Star Wars trilogy about 200 times. Jennifer is a seven-day champ with winnings of $198,400.

No end-of-week slump for Jennifer, who dominated every step of the way and led into FJ with $27,400 vs. $9,200 for Jeanne and $3,600 for Lisa.

DD1, $600 – NELLIE BLY – While famously going around the world in 72 days, Bly met this author who told her how her route differed from Phileas Fogg’s (Jennifer won $2,000 from her score of $8,000.)

DD2, $1,200 – PLACE NAME ETYMOLOGY – From Indio-Iranian for “place”, these 4 letters at the end of a place name mean “land of” (Lisa won $2,200 on a true DD vs. $13,000 for Jennifer.)

DD3, $2,000 – BY POPE-ULAR DEMAND – On Jan. 25, 1959 John XXIII called for this, the 21st Ecumenical Council of the Church, but it sounds more like the 1st sequel (Jennifer won $2,000 from her total of $18,200.)

FJ – BUSINESS NAMESAKES – It’s the last name of the man who said, “Our whole concept was based on speed, lower prices & volume…my God, the carhops were slow”

All three players were ruled to be correct on FJ. Jennifer added $3,000 to win with $30,400 for an eight-day total of $228,800.

Pop culture problems: No one could name “Matrix” character Morpheus and there were stand-and-stares on three straight clues related to TV’s “Justified”, “Bosch” and “You”.

Correct Qs:
DD1 – Who was Jules Verne?
DD2 – What is stan?
DD3 – What is Vatican II?
FJ – What is McDonald? (Lisa was generously given credit for her response of “McDonald’s”.)