Today’s players in Champions Wildcard are:

• Ron Cheung, an economics professor from Lakewood, Ohio;
• Erin Portman, a high school English teacher from Naperville, Illinois; and
• Michael Menkhus, a data analyst from Kansas City, Missouri.

Jeopardy!

THE ENGLISH PAST // PLATFORMING // SILENT H // A SQUARE MEAL // THE STATE’S MOST POPULOUS COUNTY // QUESTIONABLE MOVIES

DD1 – 800 – SILENT H – From the Dutch for “permission”, it’s a leave of absence granted to a member of the military (Ron dropped 3,200.)

Scores at first break: Michael 4,400, Erin 0, Ron 1,000.

Scores entering DJ: Michael 7,400, Erin 600, Ron 2,800.

Double Jeopardy!

THE ENGLISH PAST TENSE // OPERA // BUSINESS & FINANCE HISTORY // TECH TALK // AROUND THE WORLD // STARTS WITH SOFT “G”

DD2 – 1,600 – OPERA – Benjamin Britten composed the music for an opera based on this sailor who shared Ben’s initials (Michael dropped 2,000.)

DD3 – 2,000 – TECH TALK – This word, from the Greek for “life” & “measure”, enabled Apple to introduce face ID on the iPhone X (Ron dropped 3,000.)

Scores entering FJ: Michael 17,800, Erin 2,600, Ron 8,200.

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN MUSICIANS – Also an author, this singer who had 5 top 40 hits in the 1970s was called the “Pirate Laureate”

MIchael and Erin were correct on FJ, with Michael betting 0 to advance with 17,800.

Final scores: Michael 17,800, Erin 5,200, Ron 8,200.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is furlough? DD2 – Who is Billy Budd? DD3 – What is biometrics? FJ – Who was Jimmy Buffett?