Please welcome today’s contestants:
- Gundeep, an analyst, “ruins” everyone’s favorite movie by making his own;
- Miranda, an occupational therapist, works out to inner tube water polo; and
- Maureen, an executive assistant, provided a world capital as a concierge. Maureen is a one-day champ with winnings of $2,200.
Jeopardy!
ANTHROPOLOGIST’S DICTIONARY // THE AT LEAST 5 LABORS OF HERCULES // REALITY SHOW SPIN-OFFS // MORE THAN ONE MEANING // OCEANS // 11
DD1 – $800 – OCEANS – These islands off Florida have ocean cliffs a mile deep–don’t know about that theory that the name is from Spanish for “shallow sea” (Gundeep lost $600 on a true DD.)
Scores going into DJ: Maureen $4,200, Miranda $3,800, Gundeep $2,600.
Double Jeopardy!
ANCIENT WARFARE // POETRY FILL IN THE BLANK // 14-LETTER WORDS // FIRST & LAST ALPHABETICALLY // PEOPLE IN SCIENCE // THE OSCA”R”s
DD2 – $1,200 – FIRST & LAST ALPHABETICALLY – Argon, xenon (Gundeep lost $2,000 from his total of $6,200 vs. $8,200 for Maureen.)
DD3 – $2,000 – POETRY FILL IN THE BLANK – Kipling: “Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it, and — which is more — you’ll be a , _!” (Miranda, from a close third place with $6,600, lost $2,400.)
Scores going into FJ: Maureen $9,400, Gundeep $8,600, Miranda $6,200.
Final Jeopardy!
BROADWAY MUSICALS – Characters Mark, Roger & Maureen in this musical were inspired by Marcello, Rodolfo & Musetta in another work
Maureen and Miranda were correct on FJ. Maureen doubled to win with $18,800 for a two-day total of $21,000.
Odds and ends
Reality bites: No one knew TV reality show “Vanderpump Rules” is a spinoff of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”, or that MTV’s “The Hills” was spun off from “Laguna Beach”.
Ken’s Korner: He revived the phrase “no harm no foul” for a clue about the Arctic Ocean’s bearded seal on which everyone took an incorrect guess (otter, walrus, polar bear).
Correct Qs: DD1 – What are the Bahamas? DD2 – What are noble gases? DD3 – What is “man, my son”? FJ – What is “Rent”?