Here are today’s contestants:
- Kristen Moreland, a school administrator from Brooklyn, New York;
- Paul Clauson, a tax analyst from Madison Heights, Michigan; and
- Stephanie Asalone, a former 401(k) processor originally from St. Marys, Pennsylvania. Stephanie is a one-day champ with winnings of $14,100.
Jeopardy!
THIS AMERICAN WIFE // TOOLING UP // I DIDN’T COME HERE TO MAKE FRIENDS // PEOPLE-NAMED HIGHWAYS // POKE AN I OUT// LAST LINES OF BOOKS
DD1 – $600 – LAST LINES OF BOOKS – “Very few castaways can claim to have survived so long at sea as Mr. Patel, and none in the company of an adult Bengal tiger” (Paul doubled to $3,400.)
Scores at first break: Stephanie $3,200, Paul $1,600, Kristen $0.
Scores entering DJ: Stephanie $3,600, Paul $7,800, Kristen $2,000.
Double Jeopardy!
ANIMALS OF THE AMAZON // SCULPTORS // “M”ISCELLANY // 4-LETTER GEOGRAPHY // BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS // FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES
DD2 – $800 – 4-LETTER GEOGRAPHY – Mount Huascarán, the highest peak of this country, rises 22,205 feet above sea level in the Cordillera Blanca (On the first clue of DJ, Kristen doubled to $4,000.)
DD3 – $1,200 – SCULPTORS – A sculpture Henry Moore did for this midwestern school & called “Atom Piece” is in the form of a mushroom cloud (With three other clues remaining, Paul lost $1,000 from his score of $17,000 vs. $7,600 for Stephanie.)
No one seemed to want to find DD3, but Paul finally did with a sizable lead, missed but made a small bet and held onto a runaway at $15,600 vs. Stephanie at $7,600 and Kristen at $6,400.
Final Jeopardy!
20th CENTURY TRANSPORTATION – A 1947 article read, its “wings were not clipped by the Senate fishermen & ghost hunters after all”
Everyone was incorrect on FJ. Paul dropped $399 to win with $15,201.
Final scores: Stephanie $11, Paul $15,201, Kristen $4,400.
Triple Stumper of the day: In what some might consider a great example of irony, for a top-row clue, three Jeopardy! contestants didn’t know the disrespectful word for a “studious bookworm” invented by Dr. Seuss, “nerd”.
Wagering strategy: Since Paul was clearly just trying to hang onto his runaway lead late, he should have considered betting the $5 minimum on DD3. His $1,000 bet dropped him to $16,000, and Stephanie could have improved to half of that score if she got the remaining $400 clue.
Correct Qs: DD1 – What is “Life of Pi”? DD2 – What is Peru? DD3 – What is University of Chicago? FJ – What is the Spruce Goose?