Today’s players in Champions Wildcard are:
- Mira Hayward, a podcast host from Portland, Oregon;
- Vince Bacani, a risk manager from Montreal, Quebec; and
- Sriram Krishnan, a consultant from Falls Church, Virginia.
Jeopardy!
PRESIDENTIAL TV // FICTION & NONFICTION // A DOG’S LIFE // THAT’S GOT 2 HYPHENS // TRANSPORTATION // I’M CUBAN
DD1 – 600 – THAT’S GOT 2 HYPHENS – Charles V chose to put 3 of these floral symbols on France’s royal emblem (Vince added 1,600.)
Scores at first break: Sriram 4,000, Vince 3,200, Mira 5,200.
Scores entering DJ: Sriram 4,600, Vince 4,600, Mira 8,000.
Double Jeopardy!
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY // MYTHOLOGY // SCIENCE STUFF // NOTABLE NAMES // DESCRIBING THE SONG // OH, “MY” WORD!
DD2 – 1,600 – MYTHOLOGY – The names of these 2 goddesses, Zeus’ wife & Zeus’ mother, are anagrams of each other (Mira added 4,000.)
DD3 – 1,200 – NOTABLE NAMES – In 1919 this American scientist published “A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes” (Vince dropped 5,000.)
Scores entering FJ: Sriram 9,000, Vince 3,200, Mira 18,400.
Final Jeopardy!
THEATER – A 1955 play review noted “restless Delta folk” & “lives as uncomfortable & insecure as the proverbial” this title
Mira and Vince were correct on FJ, but it didn’t mean anything and no one bet anything. Mira advanced with 18,400.
Final scores: Sriram 9,000, Vince 3,200, Mira 18,400.
Correct Qs: DD1 – What is fleur-de-lis? DD2 – Who are Hera & Rhea? DD3 – Who was Goddard? FJ – What is “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”?