Here are today’s contestants:
- Justin Ames, an employment attorney from Jersey City, New Jersey;
- Hester Bass, a writer from Santa Fe, New Mexico; and
- Steven Olson, a band director from Princeton, Illinois. Steven is a two-day champ with winnings of $46,406.
Jeopardy!
THE ANSWER IS 42! // ____ING BOOK TITLES // “G” TO “G” // THE PRE-FAME CELEBRITY AT WORK // AROUND ALABAMA // NAVY SEALS
DD1 – $1,000 – THE ANSWER IS 42! – The first of their kind, they were printed in Mainz, Germany in the 15th century with Latin text in 42-line columns (Steven doubled to $7,200.)
Scores at first break: Steven $7,200, Hester $3,400, Justin $1,600.
Scores entering DJ: Steven $11,200, Hester $3,200, Justin $2,400.
Double Jeopardy!
ANCIENT HISTORY // COMPOSERS // EW, DAVID! // 9-LETTER WORDS // DISCOVERY // A SONG ON YOUR LIPS
DD2 – $2,000 – COMPOSERS – Plaques on neighboring London houses honor Jimi Hendrix & this German-born composer, a much earlier resident (Steven improved by $8,000 to $20,400.)
DD3 – $1,600 – DISCOVERY – Since its discovery by James Clark Ross in 1831, this location has migrated steadily toward Russia (With an $18K lead at $22,000, Steven added $1,000.)
This was a breeze for Steven, who put this away with a strong bet on DD2 and entered FJ at $27,800 vs. $4,000 for Justin and $3,200 for Hester.
Final Jeopardy!
CHILDREN’S BOOKS – Realizing he couldn’t draw horses, the man behind this 1963 book drew the title characters purely from his imagination
Everyone was incorrect on FJ. Steven went big, dropping $17,117 to win with $10,683 for a three-day total of $57,089.
Final scores: Steven $10,683, Hester $700, Justin $1,599.
That’s before their time: In the category about musical lips, no one guessed the song co-written by Jane Wiedlen of The Go-Go’s about a clandestine romance, “Our Lips Are Sealed”.
This day in shilling: I skipped today’s first round, I don’t need to sit through a long commercial for some streaming show I’m never going to watch.
Correct Qs: DD1 – What is Gutenberg Bible? DD2 – Who was Handel? DD3 – What is magnetic north pole? (Note: just north pole was not enough) FJ – What is “Where the Wild Things Are”?