Today’s players in Champions Wildcard are:
- Greg Marrero, a school administrator from Huntington Beach, California;
- Katrina Hill, a program officer from Alexandria, Virginia; and
- Lawrence Long, a nursing student & stay-at-home uncle from East Bend, North Carolina.
Jeopardy!
THIS IS MY COUNTRY // NAME THE CLASSIC SONG // HEY, LAD-“E” // SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ATTRACTIONS // FOOD FOR THOUGHT // 2 VOWELS, ONE CONSONANT
DD1 (video) – $800 – THIS IS MY COUNTRY – 1935-1944–Manuel Quezon (Lawrence added $1,000.)
Scores at first break: Lawrence $2,600, Katrina $1,200, Greg $4,000.
Scores going into DJ: Lawrence $7.800, Katrina $4,400, Greg $4,600.
Double Jeopardy!
LITERARY BIOGRAPHY // 20th CENTURY FOX HISTORY // WEAVE GOT SEWING CLUES // THE CONGO RIVER // MEN OF MICHIGAN // 4, 4
DD2 – $1,200 – LITERARY BIOGRAPHY – Taken from the title of one of her poems, “Mad Girl’s Love Song” is a biography about this 20th-century woman & her “Life Before Ted” (Lawrence doubled to $15,600.)
DD3 – $2,000 – THE CONGO RIVER – These 2 capital cities, of the R.O.C. & the D.R.O.C., lie across from each other on opposite banks of the Congo River (Lawrence added $1,000.)
Scores going into FJ: Lawrence $22,600, Katrina $6,400, Greg $8,600.
Final Jeopardy!
THE 1500s – In the early 1500s he produced a codex in words & pictures on the flight of birds, one of many subjects that interested him
Only Greg was correct on FJ, as Lawrence didn’t quite complete his response. Lawrence wagered $0 to advance with $22,600.
Final scores: Lawrence $22,600, Katrina $6,284, Greg $17,199.
Correct Qs: DD1 – What is the Philippines? DD2 – Who was Sylvia Plath? DD3 – What are Kinshasa & Brazzaville? FJ – Who was Leonardo da Vinci?