Let’s meet today’s contestants:

– Katie, a retail supervisor from New York, used to figure skate (not that well);
– Claire, a corporate recruiter from Illinois, doesn’t remember her husband’s proposal; and
– Lisa, a community volunteer from Texas, got caught outside in a heavy Illinois snowfall. Lisa entered the game as a two-day champ with winnings of $24,500.

Lisa started strongly in DJ but missed her DD opportunity was Katie was correct on hers, helping Katie lead into FJ with $20,000 vs. $18,000 for Lisa and $4,400 for Claire.

DD1, $800 – MAGAZINE COLLECTION – Founded in 1922, this magazine sold longer versions of its condensed articles to other magazines (Lisa won $1,600 on a true DD.)

DD2, $2,000 – AMERICAN “CITY” – Midwest news: In 1886 Wyandotte changed its name to this city; across the border, what was once Westport did the same in 1889 (Lisa lost $2,000 from her score of $12,600 vs. $6,600 for Katie.)

DD3, $1,200 – ORGANIZATIONS – After stopping a carriage driver from beating his horse, Henry Bergh founded the org. known by these 5 letters for short (Katie won $3,000 from her total of $11,000 vs. $16,000 for Lisa.)

FJ – LAW ENFORCEMENT – In 1892 Francisca Rojas became the world’s first person convicted on the basis of this kind of evidence

Katie and Lisa were correct, with Katie adding $16,001 to win with $36,001.

Triple Stumper of the day: No one guessed “this body’s” historical society founded by Warren E. Burger was that of the Supreme Court.

Judging the writers: I’m not always crazy about punny category titles, but I must say that “It’s the Gielgud Movie of the Year” is pretty good.

Correct Qs:
DD1 – What is Reader’s Digest?
DD2 – What is Kansas City?
DD3 – What is the ASPCA?
FJ – Who is a fingerprint?