Here are today’s contestants:
- Isabella Dawis, a writer, actor & musician from Minneapolis, Minnesota;
- Jennifer Trofa, a talent manager from Los Angeles, California; and
- Allison Gross, a data scientist from Cleveland, Ohio. Allison is a two-day champ with winnings of $19,598.
Jeopardy!
LET’S GO TO THE GEOPARK // MUSIC, MUSIC EVERYWHERE //DOWNLOADING SOME APPS // WHAT’S THAT SONG? // FROM RIDICULOUS TO SUBLIME// MORE THAN 2 EYES
DD1 – $1,000 – LET’S GO TO THE GEOPARK – A geopark named for these people is located on the north coast of Spain near the French border (With a sizeable lead, Isabella lost $8,000 on a true DD.)
Scores at first break: Allison $2,000, Jennifer -$800, Isabella $6,600.
Scores entering DJ: Allison $4,400, Jennifer -$1,000, Isabella $600.
Double Jeopardy!
HISTORY’S MYSTERIES // SHAKESPEARE BEFORE & AFTER // 18th CENTURY SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY // PRISONS // POP CULTURE LICENSE PLATES // MORE THAN 2 I’s
DD2 – $1,600 – 18th CENTURY SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY – While a professor of astronomy at Uppsala University, he came up with his famous temperature scale (Allison added $4,000.)
DD3 – $2,000 – HISTORY’S MYSTERIES – Menelik, a son of Solomon, is said to have brought this lost artifact to Aksum in Ethiopia; tradition maintains it’s still there (Allison added $2,000.)
Isabella got off to a very fast start, but that came to a screeching halt when she lost $8,000 on a round one true DD. In DJ it was all Allison, who scored on both DDs and secured a runaway at $19,600 vs. $4,200 for Isabella and $200 for Jennifer.
Final Jeopardy!
1980s FADS – A November 29, 1983 N.Y. Times article about these used “near-riot”, “adoptable”, “waiting for 8 hours” & “my life (is) in danger”
Only Allison was correct on FJ, adding to win with $5,400 to win with $25,000 for a three-day total of $44,598.
Final scores: Allison $25,000, Jennifer $1, Isabella $500.
That’s before their time: No one knew the 1991 Emmy-winning legal drama on which the five-letter title appeared on a license plate in the show’s opening is “L.A. Law”.
Correct Qs: DD1 – Who are the Basques? DD2 – Who was Celsius? DD3 – What is Ark of the Covenant? FJ – What are Cabbage Patch Kids?