Here are today’s contestants:
- Anise K. Strong-Morse, a history professor from Kalamazoo, Michigan;
- Joe Lancour, a quality and export compliance manager from Agawam, Massachusetts; and
- Mike Dawson, a technology manager from Portland, Oregon. Mike is a two-day champ with winnings of $35,600.
Jeopardy!
TALK O’ TUESDAY // BEGINNING WORDS // WATERFALLS // BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN // CHAPTER // VERSE
DD1 – $800 – CHAPTER – In this novel Chapter 10 is “The Shell and the Glasses” & 12, “Cry of the Hunters” (Joe lost $1,000.)
Scores at first break: Mike $4,200, Joe $2,000, Anise -$2,000.
Scores entering DJ: Mike $4,800, Joe $3,000, Anise -$1,000.
Double Jeopardy!
SCIENTIFIC LAW REVIEW // NOT GOING ANYWHERE // TV ROLES // THE NATIONAL ROAD // ANCIENT HISTORY // DITCH THE X
DD2 – $2,000 – DITCH THE X – Remove the X from within a statement of a basic principle & you do this, inflict a severe injury (Anise dropped $2,500 from her score of $4,200.)
DD3 – $1,200 – THE NATIONAL ROAD – The National Road was also called this for the Maryland city where construction began in 1811 heading west (Joe lost $6,000 from his total of $6,600 vs. $12,800 for Mike).
Mike kept building steadily while his opponents each missed a DD in DJ, so it was smooth sailing for him into FJ at $16,400 vs. $2,900 for Anise and $1,800 for Joe.
Final Jeopardy!
HONORS – Burt Lancaster and Joanne Woodward were among the first eight honored at a 1958 ceremony held on this street
Everyone was correct on FJ. Mike added $5,000 to win with $21,400 for a three-day total of $57,000.
Final scores: Mike $21,400, Joe $3,600, Anise $3,607.
Triple Stumpers of the day: No one knew the “of course, is her” chapter title following “Quasimodo” is “Esmeralda”, or the two-word phrase that starts an MLB game, “play ball”.
Correct Qs: DD1 – What is “Lord of the Flies”? DD2 – What is maim? (from maxim) DD3 – What is Cumberland Road? FJ – What is Hollywood Boulevard?