Here are today’s contestants:
– Dave Keder, a tutor from Durham, North Carolina;
– Cindy del Rosario, a hospice and palliative nurse from Denver, Colorado; and
– Delaney O’Dea, an undergraduate student from Santa Monica, California. Delaney is a one-day champ with winnings of $18,600.
Jeopardy!
THAT GUY’S THE WORST // AROUND THE BATHROOM // MISSING LINKS // BIBLE BITES // THEY CALL HIM BOSS // INTERNET CELEBRITIES
DD1 – $600 – THAT GUY’S THE WORST – This fifteenth century Walachian prince was such a thug that his nickname refers to his favorite way of killing people (Dave added $2,000 on a true DD.)
Scores at first break: Delaney $2,600, Cindy $2,800, Dave $4,800.
Scores after round one: Delaney $4,400, Cindy $5,400, Dave $6,000.
Double Jeopardy!
BODIES OF WATER // 19TH CENTURY DRAMA // THE DOCTOR WILL SEE YOU NOW // FIENDISH ENTERTAINMENT // PLEAS // THANK YOU
DD2 – $1,200 – PLEAS – After 62 mos. in prison, Wikileaks’ Julian Assange pled guilty and was sentenced to 62 mos., in prison, aka these two words (Dave dropped $2,500 from his score of $8,400.)
DD3 – $800 – 19TH CENTURY DRAMA – Robert Montgomery Bird noted that his own “The Gladiator” about this revolt leader was from the same year as Nat Turner’s revolt (Cindy improved by $4,000 to $15,000 vs. $11,200 for Delaney.)
Dave fell back on DD2, then it was extremely close between Cindy and Delaney when Cindy was correct on DD3, giving her the lead into FJ at $16,600 vs. $11,600 for Delaney and $6,700 for Dave.
Final Jeopardy!
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS – The worst showing by an incumbent candidate in an election was when this man came in third with just 8 electoral votes
Only Cindy was correct on FJ, adding $6,601 to win with $23,201.
Final scores: Delaney $1,600, Cindy $23,201, Dave $700.
Triple Stumper of the day: No one guessed the play “The Colleen Bawn” is set in Ireland.
Ken’s Korner: After INTERNET CELEBRITIES, the host said, “If you didn’t know who those were, ask your kids.” Well Ken, I don’t have kids, but if I did I’d hope they wouldn’t waste their time with that nonsense the way the show just wasted our time with that category.
Correct Qs: DD1 – Who was Vlad the Impaler? DD2 – What is time served? DD3 – Who was Spartacus? FJ – Who was Taft?