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

• Victoria Groce, a writer & television personality from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• Sam Buttrey, a bon vivant & man about town from Pacific Grove, California; and
• Matt Jackson, a grad student in computer science & public policy originally from Washington, D.C.

Jeopardy!

EUROPEAN CAPITALS // ANATOMICAL ETYMOLOGY // QUASI-RELATED PAIRS // A CATEGORY MADE OF STEEL // CHARACTERS IN MUSICALS // YOU CAN’T SPELL…

DD1 – 800 – YOU CAN’T SPELL… – …this word meaning to belittle without “spar” (Victoria doubled to 5,200.)

Scores at first break: Matt 2,200, Sam 2,200, Victoria 2,000.

Scores entering DJ: Matt 4,800, Sam 3,800, Victoria 6,000.

Double Jeopardy!

HISTORICAL QUOTES // TRAIN TALES // A BEACON IN THE NIGHT // PHOTOGRAPHERS // 90s MOVIE FUN // “C-U” LATER

DD2 – 1,200 – TRAIN TALES – This title train was filled with children “all in their pajamas and nightgowns” as it “raced northward” (Sam doubled to 10,800.)

DD3 – 800 – A BEACON IN THE NIGHT – The Lanterna of this Italian port is the Mediterranean’s tallest lighthouse; Antonio Columbo was a keeper in 1449 of the first ones there (Victoria added 9,000 to her score of 16,800.)

Victoria found DD3 with the lead under a second-row clue, but didn’t bet enough to try and put the game away, so it was still a contest into FJ with Victoria at 27,000 vs. 16,000 for Sam and 10,400 for Matt.

Final Jeopardy!

STATE CAPITALS – It was named for a nearby river that explorer Gabriel Moraga named for one of a religious grouping of 7

Victoria and Sam were correct on FJ, with Victoria adding 5,001 to advance with 32,001.

Final scores: Matt 1, Sam 27,001, Victoria 32,001.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is disparage? DD2 – What is “Polar Express”? DD3 – What is Genoa? FJ – What is Sacramento?