Here are today’s contestants:
- Dan Sand, a law student originally from Kennett Square, Pennsylvania;
- Sara Walker, a family & sports medicine physician originally from Brighton, Michigan; and
- Bill McKinney, a VP of restaurants & bars originally from Boston, Massachusetts. Bill is a one-day champ with winnings of $22,000.
Jeopardy!
LIFE IMITATES POP CULTURE // WHO WANTS HISTORY? // GALLERIES // A MEAT & POTATOES CATEGORY // GRAB BAG // KING ARTHUR’S VERY PUNNY KNIGHTS
DD1 – $800 – WHO WANTS HISTORY? – Last name of Gonzalo, who as governor of Peru took up arms against Spain after his half-brother Francisco’s death (Dan dropped $1,000.)
Scores at first break: Bill $3,400, Sara $3,200, Dan $400.
Scores entering DJ: Bill $4,000, Sara $4,800, Dan $2,000.
Double Jeopardy!
ISLANDS // WOMEN WRITERS // A “W” FOR SCIENCE // ADJECTIVES // BROADWAY MUSICALS // HOW’S YOUR LEGALESE?
DD2 – $1,200 – ADJECTIVES – Related to the word “diamond”, it means unyielding or inflexible, perhaps in your opinion (Dan lost $3,000 from his score of $6,800 vs. 9,600 for Bill.)
DD3 – $1,200 – A “W” FOR SCIENCE – It’s the distance between 2 crests of sound or light that are next to each other (Dan moved into second by adding $2,000 to his total of $5,000 vs. $9,600 for Bill.)
Dan found all three DDs and missed two of them in a game where no one really established control. Bill came out on top into FJ at $12,000 vs. $8,800 for Sara and $7,800 for Dan.
Final Jeopardy!
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES – The running mates of this candidate included John Kern, Arthur Sewall, and Adlai Stevenson I
Everyone was incorrect on FJ. Dan chose to go big from third place, so Bill was able to hang on, dropping half his score to win with $6,000 for a two-day total of $28,000.
Final scores: Bill $6,000, Sara $5,602, Dan $1.
Wagering strategy: Given how close Sara’s score was to Bill’s, a better strategy for Dan would have been a bet of no more than $1,400, which would likely give him the win on a Triple Stumper.
Triple Stumpers of the day: No one knew the “colorful” potato dish that’s pressed into flat cakes is hash browns, or the mid-20th century American artist who made a “splash” was Jackson Pollock.
Judging the writers: A clue that covered similar territory to today’s FJ was a DD just three months ago, although in the DD they gave the subject’s first name in the clue.
Correct Qs: DD1 – Who was Pizarro? DD2 – What is adamant?DD3 – What are wavelengths? FJ – Who was William Jennings Bryan?