Here are today’s contestants:
- Brian O’Shea, a gifted specialist & teacher from Winston-Salem, North Carolina;
- Adriana Harmeyer, an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana; and
- Abby Mann, a digital scholarship librarian from Normal, Illinois. Abby is a one-day champ with winnings of $5,200.
Jeopardy!
LOUISIANA PARISH NAMES // NOVELS // THIS & THAT /DON’T STOP RETRIEVIN’ // CLASSIC RAP LYRICS // CHANGE THE S TO AN N
DD1 – $800 – LOUISIANA PARISH NAMES – This 230,000-square-mile peninsula of southwestern Europe (Adriana added $1,000.)
Scores at first break: Abby $800, Adriana $800, Brian $2,200.
Scores entering DJ: Abby $4,800, Adriana $3,800, Brian $4,600.
Double Jeopardy!
WHITE HOUSE WEDDINGS // “M”USIC // SHALL WE SCIENCE? // COOKBOOKS // ALLITERATIVE TV // THIS IS FINE
DD2 – $1,600 – “M”USIC – Some say this voice ranges between the notes A3 & A5, but it’s more about the color (Adriana added $4,000 to her leading score of $8,200.)
DD3 – $1,600 – WHITE HOUSE WEDDINGS – The 1st ceremony was in 1812 when Lucy Payne Washington, this first lady’s sister, married Supreme Court justice Thomas Todd (From third place, Brian dropped $6,000 from his total of $6,200.)
Adriana scored on the first two DDs, making the difference in her leading into FJ at $16,200 vs. $12,400 for Abby. Brian made a big bet from third position on DD3 and missed, eventually ending DJ in the red.
Final Jeopardy!
HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY – This city attracted thousands of visitors even before a new shrine to a murder victim was dedicated there on July 7, 1220
Both players were correct on FJ. Adriana added $10,000 to win with $26,200.
Final scores: Abby $15,400, Adriana $26,200, Brian -$1,000.
Triple Stumper of the day: No one knew the New Jersey-connected alliterative strip club on an HBO series is the Bada Bing!
Ken’s Korner: After a clue about “Mo Money Mo Problems”, Ken commented, “So true, Biggie”. So remember, just because Ken won millions of dollars on a game show he’s now hosting, doesn’t mean he has it made.
Correct Qs: DD1 – What is Iberia? DD2 – What is mezzo-soprano? DD3 – Who was Dolley Madison? FJ -What is Canterbury?