The players in game five of the first-to-three 2024 ToC final are:

• Ben Chan, a philosophy professor from Green Bay, Wisconsin, who with two victories, is one win away from taking the championship;
• Troy Meyer, a music executive from Tampa, Florida, has one win to his credit; and
• Yogesh Raut, a social and personality psychologist from Vancouver, Washington, also has one victory.

Jeopardy!

“K”-TOWN // ANNUAL EVENTS // MUSICAL FILMS // 21st CENTURY WORDS // CHOOSE A PROTEIN // & 5 SIDES

DD1 – 1,000 – “K”-TOWN – It’s the capital city on the Nile that fits the category (Troy doubled to 3,600.)

Scores at first break: Yogesh 6,600, Troy 3,600, Ben 2,400.

Scores entering DJ: Yogesh 8,800, Troy 3,600, Ben 4,800.

Double Jeopardy!

VICE PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES // INTRODUCTORY WORDS // THE BOOK OF MORMONS // STATUES OF THE WORLD // BUSINESS PARTNERS // HORRORS!

DD2 – 1,200 – VICE PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES – In 1948 Hubert Humphrey said the Democrats must “get out of the shadow of” these “rights” often used to counter civil rights (Troy doubled to 10,400.)

DD3 – 2,000 – HORRORS! – The title of this 1962 Ray Bradbury novel is a Shakespeare line that rhymes with “by the pricking of my thumbs” (Yogesh doubled to 30,400.)

Yogesh won the all-important search for DD3, doubled to 30,400 and maintained a runaway into FJ at 38,800 vs. 16,800 for Troy and 9,200 for Ben.

Final Jeopardy!

EURASIUA – Zvartnots International Airport serves this capital & has the code EVN, all letters found in the city’s name

Troy and Ben were correct on FJ while Yogesh wrote a joke response because FJ didn’t matter for first place. Yogesh wagered 0 and picked up his second win of the final.

Final scores: Yogesh 38,800, Troy 18,401, Ben 16,801.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is Khartoum? DD2 – What are states’ rights? DD3 – What is “Something Wicked This Way Comes”? FJ – What is Yerevan, Armenia?