Today’s players in Champions Wildcard are:
- Mira Hayward, a podcast host from Portland, Oregon;
- Jesse Matheny, a customer success specialist originally from Huntington, Indiana; and
- Deb Bilodeau, a restaurant server from San Francisco, California.
Jeopardy!
SCIENCE QUIZ // 1990s MUSIC // FUN & GAMES // BOOZY // IT’S REIGNING MEN! // HALLELUHAH!
DD1 – 1,000 – HALLELUHAH! – As an interjection, it means freakin’ awesome, dude! As a noun, a less freakin’ awesome unit of scientific measurement (Jesse added 1,800.)
Scores at first break: Deb 5,200, Jesse 3,800, Mira 2,800.
Scores entering DJ: Deb 7,200, Jesse 6,800, Mira 3,800.
Double Jeopardy!
PLACES TO VISIT // AMERICAN AUTHORS // ART & ARTISTS // ENDS IN “IR” // EXTREMELY RANDOM CALCULATIONS // MR. STEVE MARTIN
DD2 – 1,200 – PLACES TO VISIT – Tourists who make their way to these islands 600 miles off South America often miss the fur seals, which love rocky & shady areas (Jesse dropped 8,800.)
DD3 – 800 – ART & ARTISTS – Picasso liked to draw this bird, also his daughter’s name translated from Spanish (Jesse added 1,000.)
Scores entering FJ: Deb 13,600, Jesse 5,400, Mira 9,800.
Final Jeopardy!
19th CENTURY AMERICANS – In 1896, 15 years after a famous showdown, this man was accused of fixing a championship boxing match
Only Deb was correct on FJ, bet the most and will maintain the advantage into game two.
Final scores for game one: Deb 21,600, Jesse 2,800, Mira 2,800.
Correct Qs: DD1 – What is rad? DD2 – What are the Galápagos? DD3 – What is dove? FJ – Who was Wyatt Earp?