Here are today’s contestants:
- Graham Hicks, a lighting designer from Ottawa, Ontario;
- Erin Buker, a stay-at-home-mom from San Pedro, California; and
- Drew Basile, a graduate student from Birmingham, Michigan. Drew is a three-day champ with winnings of $53,282.
Jeopardy!
POETRY TEST // PREHISTORIC ANIMALS // LET HIM COOK // I’M FEELING POSITIVE // THE DIRECTOR’S CUT // A ONE E & A 2 E
DD1 – $400 – PREHISTORIC ANIMALS – Around 10 feet tall, a tusked mammal had hair that could get to be more than 2 feet long, hence this descriptive name (Graham doubled to $3,200 on a true DD.)
Scores at first break: Drew $3,400, Erin $1,000, Graham $2,800.
Scores entering DJ: Drew $9,800, Erin -$400, Graham $4,600.
Double Jeopardy!
PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES // AROUND ITALY // WHERE’S THE MEETING? // OLDE CARS // NOTHING LIKE LIVE MUSIC // 14-LETTER RESPONSES
DD2 – $1,600 – NOTHING LIKE LIVE MUSIC – This tour name had to be NINJA when these 2 bands from the first Lollapalooza joined forces again in 2009 (Drew added $2,000 to his score of $15,400 vs. $7,000 for Graham.)
DD3 – $1,600 – OLDE CARS – Studebaker, maker of an electric car around 1900, was based in this town; Knute Rockne worked part-time in sales (Drew dropped just $200 from his total of $24,200 vs. $10,200 for Graham.)
Drew began pulling away in the latter part of round one, and found both DDs in DJ to lock it up into FJ at $26,400 vs. $11,000 for Graham. It was a day to forget for Erin, who finished DJ at -$7,200.
Final Jeopardy!
NAMES IN THE HEAVENS – When this body was discovered in 1978, Persephone was suggested as its name
Both players were incorrect on FJ. Drew dropped $4,000 to win with $22,400 for a four-day total of $75,682.
Final scores: Drew $26,400, Erin -$7,200, Graham $11,000.
Triple Stumper of the day: No one knew the “Teflon President” was Reagan.
Overpriced clue of the day: $2,000 for knowing the presidential nickname of Coolidge, known for his “frugality with words”, was “Silent Cal”.
Correct Qs: DD1 – What is woolly mammoth? DD2 – Who are Nine Inch Nails and Jane’s Addiction? DD3 – What is South Bend? FJ – What is Charon?