Here are today’s contestants:
- Brian O’Heron, a graduate student from St. Louis, Missouri;
- Elizabeth Hawkins, a software engineer from Oakland, California; and
- Nikhil Joshi, a veterinarian originally from Montville, New Jersey. Nikhil is a one-day champ with winnings of $5,400.
Jeopardy!
LONDON LITERARY LANDMARKS // HODGEPODGE // CYBERCRIME // HITS ACROSS THE DECADES // COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES // SHAPED LIKE
DD1 – $800 – LONDON LITERARY LANDMARKS – In this Twain tale Tom Canty is welcomed to the splendor of the Guildhall while the real royal is mocked trying to get in (Elizabeth lost $1,000.)
Scores at first break: Nikhil $2,000, Elizabeth $1,200, Brian $200.
Scores entering DJ: Nikhil $4,200, Elizabeth $1,200, Brian $800.
Double Jeopardy!
VOLCANOES ARE SO HOT RIGHT NOW // MYTHOLOGY // WEIGHTS & MEASURES // TV CREATORS // AMERICA IN THE 1920s // WE’D LIKE A SHORT WORD WITH “U”
DD2 – $2,000 – WE’D LIKE A SHORT WORD WITH “U” – 3 letters: It follows “grand” to designate the ritziest bottles in a wine appellation(Brian dropped $4,000 from his score of $5,600 vs. $14,200 for Nikhil.)
DD3 – $1,600 – WEIGHTS & MEASURES – A French scientist is honored in the name of this unit of pressure that’s equal to one Newton per square meter (Brian improved by $3,200 to $6,800 vs. $14,200 for Nikhil.)
Nikhil was well in front most of the way, but a correct response good for $2,000 on the last clue of DJ by Brian kept the game alive into FJ, with Nikhil at $16,200, Brian with $8,800 and Elizabeth at $1,200.
Final Jeopardy!
NAME THAT -ISM – This word first appears in English in a letter explaining that “Candide” is meant to ridicule the philosopher Leibniz
Only Elizabeth was correct on FJ. Nikhil dropped $1,401 to win with $14,799 for a two-day total of $20,199.
Final scores: Nikhil $14,799, Elizabeth $1,200, Brian $1,399.
Triple Stumper of the day: No one knew the grandson of Methuselah lived to the age of 950 is Noah.
Wagering strategy: Elizabeth wagered $0 on FJ, but a better play would have been to bet at least $200, in the event that she was correct while Brian wagered to pass Nikhil’s score entering FJ by $1 and missed. This is exactly what happened, so a $200 bet would have earned Elizabeth second money by $1.
Correct Qs: DD1 – What is “The Prince and the Pauper”? DD2 – What is cru? DD3 – What is pascal? FJ – What is optimism?