Today’s contestants for game one of the two-game weekly finals are:
- Barb Fecteau, a high school librarian from Beverly, Massachusetts;
- Jilana Cotter, a senior data analyst from Dade City, Florida; and
- Michalle Gould, a librarian from Laguna Beach, California.
Jeopardy!
BEASTLY LITERARY CHARACTERS // MARVEL VILLAINS // NATURAL BIOLOGY // SEOUL FOOD // PEOPLE WHO KNEAD PEOPLE // NEW WORDS IN THE 1600s
DD1 – $1,000 – BEASTLY LITERARY CHARACTERS – The title character of this 19th c. tale had “a pretty white star on my forehead. I was thought very handsome” (Jilana added $1,200.)
Scores at first break: Machalle $1,600, Jilana $5,000, Barb -$200.
Scores going into DJ: Machalle $3,400, Jilana $6,400, Barb $3,400.
Double Jeopardy!
WE’VE GOT TO STOP MEETING LIKE THIS // GAMES PEOPLE PLAY // INVEST // AROUND THE HORN // FASHION HISTORY // FROM THE GREEK
DD2 – $1,600 – AROUND THE HORN – An around-the-world yacht race that requires sailors to round Cape Horn awards a trophy named for this author (Barb dropped $5,400.)
DD3 (video) – $1,600 – WE’VE GOT TO STOP MEETING LIKE THIS – In February, 1945, FDR, Churchill & Stalin met at the Livadia Palace near this Black Sea resort (Barb dropped $2,000.)
Scores going into FJ: Machalle $11,400, Jilana $19,200, Barb $3,200.
Final Jeopardy!
SYMPHONIES – Debuting at Carnegie Hall in 1893, it was written by a European living in New York & partly inspired by “The Song of Hiawatha”
Everyone was correct on FJ. Barb doubled up while Jilana and Machalle both added $10,000.
Scores that will be carried over into game two: Machalle $21,400, Jilana $29,200, Barb $6,400.
Correct Qs: DD1 – What is Black Beauty? DD2 – Who is Verne? DD3 – What is Yalta? FJ – What is “New World Symphony”?