Today’s players in the Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament are:

• Ben Ingram, a business control specialist originally from Florence, South Carolina;
• Dhruv Gaur, a grad student from Cambridge, Massachusetts; and
• Victoria Groce, a writer & television personality from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Jeopardy!

THE ANCIENTS SPEAK // STATE FLAGS // A STANDOUT STAND-UP // PENALTIES & BONUSES // CLASSIC AD SLOGANS & JINGLES // 13-LETTER WORDS

DD1 – 800- THE ANCIENTS SPEAK – In “The Lives of the Twelve Caesars”, it’s said that his last words were “What an artist dies with me!” (Dhruv added 2,000.)

Scores at first break: Victoria 3,400, Dhruv 5,400, Ben -1,600.

Scores entering DJ: Victoria 7,600, Dhruv 5,200, Ben -200.

Double Jeopardy!

SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY // PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS // BIOLOGY “A”, “B”, “C”s // A WARMING TREND // MR. OR MRS. SONG // EPONYMS

DD2 – 800 – SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY – Simon Iturri Patiño was once Bolivia’s rey del estaño, king of this metal in which the land is rich (Ben dropped 2,000.)

DD3 – 800 – BIOLOGY “A”, “B”, “C”s – “C”: In myth, it’s a fire-breathing hybrid monster, in genetics, it’s an organism with 2 distinct sets of DNA (Dhruv doubled to 12,800 vs. 16,400 for Victoria.)

Victoria was the dominant force in DJ, but Dhruv was able to double up on DD3 and keep the game alive, with Victoria leading into FJ at 22,800 vs. 14,400 for Dhruv and 5,800 for Ben.

Final Jeopardy!

U.S.S.R.I.P.- Of the 15 countries formed by the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, this one is alphabetically last

Victoria and Ben were correct, with Victoria adding 6,001 to advance with 28,801.

Final scores: Victoria 28,801, Dhruv 5,999, Ben 7,654.

Correct Qs: DD1 – Who was Nero? DD2 – What is tin? DD3 – What is chimera? FJ – What is Uzbekistan?