Here are today’s contestants:
- Tristan Brown, a re-entry employment advocate from Richmond, Virginia;
- Marcus Ghiringhelli, a record store clerk from Portland, Oregon; and
- Kelly Gates, a librarian from Medford, Massachusetts. Kelly is a one-day champ with winnings of $23,201.
Jeopardy!
IRAN, SO FAR AWAY // LOSE A LETTER // A PUP QUIZ // FASHION, DEFINED // NURSERY RHYME LINES // GREAT MOVIE ROM-DRAMAS
DD1 – $1,000 – LOSE A LETTER – Lose a letter from a word meaning to declare allegiance & get a projection from a wall of rock (Marcus doubled to $2,400.)
Scores at first break: Kelly $3,000, Marcus $3,200, Tristan $1,400.
Scores entering DJ: Kelly $5,200, Marcus $3,000, Tristan $3,800.
Double Jeopardy!
GETTING INVESTED // NONFICTION // ROCK & POP FIRSTS // ASSASSINS // IN CONSEQUENTIAL // COASTING
DD2 – $1,200 – IN CONSEQUENTIAL – We rarely start a clue with “from the Anglo-Norman”, but this legal verb is from the A-N for “to exonerate” (From third place, Marcus dropped $2,500 from his score of $3,800.)
DD3 – $2,000 – NONFICTION – The epigraph to this classic 1962 book quotes Keats: “The sedge is wither’d from the lake, and no birds sing” (Kelly took first place by adding $2,500 to her total of $7,600 vs. $9,400 for Tristan.)
The lead going into FJ was in doubt down to the last clue of DJ, which went to Tristan, who ended the round with $14,600 vs. $11,300 for Kelly and $5,700 for Marcus.
Final Jeopardy!
ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES – This theme tackled in art by Bellini & Michelangelo isn’t explicitly mentioned in the Bible, but is part of the “Seven Sorrows of Mary”
Only Tristan was correct on FJ, adding $8,100 to win with $22,700.
Final scores: Kelly $10,800, Marcus $3,300, Tristan $22,700.
Tough category of the day: The players missed three in a category about nursery rhymes, including a clue about Old King Cole’s musical entertainment, his fiddlers three.
Judging the writers: I don’t get why DD2 couldn’t simply be “This legal verb is from the Anglo-Norman for ‘to exonerate'”, or what the first part of the clue adds to it other than making it longer.
Correct Qs: DD1 – What are pledge and ledge? DD2 – What is acquit? DD3 – What is “Silent Spring”? FJ – What is the Pietà?