Introducing today contestants:
- Theresa, an inventory planning analyst, was a teaching assistant in a French area where they once put a pig on trial;
- Max, a creative director, hosted the home version of the game as “Almax Trebek”; and
- Christine, piano teacher & church organist, whose wishes for a home organ are less ambitious than Ken’s. Christine is a two-day champ with winnings of $44,600.
Jeopardy!
BIG TEN GEOGRAPHY // COMMON COMMODITIES // THE DISNEY LADY SINGS // KINDS OF CARE // A FEW COLORFUL WORDS // LAST LINE OF A SHAKESPEARE ACT
DD1 – $400 – LAST LINE OF A SHAKESPEARE ACT – This title character declares, “He shall have every day a several greeting, or I’ll unpeople Egypt” (Christine still led narrowly after losing $2,500 from her total of $5,200.)
Scores going into DJ: Christine $3,100, Max $3,400, Theresa $600.
Double Jeopardy!
AFRICAN EMPIRES // THAT INVENTION IS ELECTRIC // BEFORE SHE WAS FIRST LADY // HOW PUNGENT! // TV CATCHPHRASES // 3-SYLLABLE VERBS
DD2 – $800 – BEFORE SHE WAS FIRST LADY – She appeared on Broadway in “Lute Song” with Yul Brenner & Mary Martin (Christine lost $2,000 from her total of $8,300 vs. $4,200 for Max.)
DD3 – $1,200 – THAT INVENTION IS ELECTRIC – The advocacy of John Counsell, who suffered a spinal cord injury in the 1942 Dieppe Raid, led to the 1st electric one in the 1950s (Max won $4,000 from his total of $5,400 vs. $6,300 for Christine.)
Scores going into FJ: Christine $11,500, Max $15,000, Theresa $7,400.
Final Jeopardy!
AWARDS – These awards have a retro version & winners include the novel “The Sword in the Stone” & “The War of the Worlds” radio broadcast
Christine and Theresa were correct on FJ. Christine added $3,501 to win with $15,001 for a three-day total of $59,601.
Triple Stumper of the day: No one knew the legumes produced by Brazil that are a top commodity exported to China are soybeans.
Correct Qs: DD1 – Who was Cleopatra? DD2 – Who was Nancy Davis (Reagan)? DD3 – What is wheelchair? FJ – What are the Hugo Awards?