Today’s players in the first-to-two final of the Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament are:

• Andrew He, a stay-at-home dad from Concord, California.
• Victoria Groce, a writer & television personality from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and
• Amy Schneider, a writer from Oakland, California.

Jeopardy!

IN THE PAST // ALLITERATIVE LIT // WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? // FARMING HISTORY // SPORTS // YOU’RE A FINAL”IST”

DD1 – 800 – IN THE PAST – In ancient Rome the conflict of the orders refers to the struggle between these 2 social classes with names that start with “P” (Victoria doubled to 8,400.)

Scores at first break: Amy 3,000, Victoria 9,200, Andrew 1,200.

Scores entering DJ: Amy 6,200, Victoria 10,600, Andrew 2,600.

Double Jeopardy!

ON THE MAP // SCULPTURE // THINGS PEOPLE SAY // IN THIS ECONOMY?! // HORROR MUSIC // 20th CENTURY LASTS

DD2 – 1,200 – ON THE MAP – Tourists can swim in Devil’s Pool adjacent to Livingstone Island & atop this natural wonder (Andrew doubled to 8,400.)

DD3 – 1,200 – IN THIS ECONOMY?! – Adam Smith called this system of semi-free labor that ended about 500 years before his time “barbarous” (Victoria doubled to 26,400.)

Victoria took a huge lead with a double-up on DD3, but Amy narrowly kept the game alive into FJ with 15,000 vs. 29,600 for Victoria and 9,600 for Andrew.

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. GOVERNMENT – The formation of the Brownell Committee out of concern over U.S. communications intelligence led to the 1952 creation of this body

Only Amy was correct on FJ and pulled off the come-from-behind victory with 30,000.

Final scores: Amy 30,000, Victoria 29,199, Andrew 9,600.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What are patricians and plebeians? DD2 – What is Victoria Falls? DD3 – What is feudalism? FJ – What is the National Security Agency (NSA)?