Here are today’s Second Chance contestants:
- Pete Johnston, a filmmaker & educator originally from Alma, Michigan, who enters game two of the final with 0;
- Dave Widmayer, a trivia host from Portland, Oregon, also finished yesterday’s game with 0; and
- Eugene Huang, a teacher from Paramus, New Jersey, will carry over 6,000 into today’s final.
Jeopardy!
THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS IN CASH // HISTORIC AMERICANS // JOB-BREVIATIONS // BROADWAY // THAT’S (A WORD FROM THE) ITALIAN! // LANDFORM HO!
DD1 – 800 – HISTORIC AMERICANS – Mad that this pres. didn’t recognize the new USSR, diplomat William Bullitt Jr. teamed with Freud on a savage psycho-biography of him (Dave lost 1,000 on a true DD.)
Scores at first break: Pete 2,800, Dave 3,000, Eugene 4,200.
Scores entering DJ: Pete 1,400, Dave 6,600, Eugene 3,200.
Double Jeopardy!
19th CENTURY WOMEN WRITERS // VOCABULARY // IN LONDON’S NATURAL PORTRAIT GALLERY // COP ROCK // YE OLDE SCIENCE // PULLING YOUR WAIT
DD2 – 1,600 – YE OLDE SCIENCE – The ancient Romans used this 2-word farming concept with a revolving “food, feed & fallow” planting method (Dave improved by 5,000 to 14,000.)
DD3 – 1,600 – 19th CENTURY WOMEN WRITERS – An older sister wrote about this youngest one’s “Tenant of Wildfell Hall”, “The choice of subject was an entire mistake” (In second place with 11,000, Pete wagered just 2,000 and was correct.)
Dave scored on DD2, then Pete had a chance to make a big move on DD3 but went with a small wager, so Dave led into FJ at 20,000 vs. 13,400 for Pete and 11,200 for Eugene.
Final Jeopardy!
MOVIE INSPIRATIONS – A store’s mingling of displays of 2 different holidays inspired a poem and years later, a 1990s film with this name
Pete and Eugene were correct on FJ. Pete doubled up, while Eugene didn’t quite bet enough to cover twice of Pete’s score in the two-game totals. Pete won with 26,800, advanced to Champions Wild Card and won $35,000 in real money. Dave and Eugene each received $15,000.
Scores for game two: Pete 26,800, Dave 11,599, Eugene 19,800.
Final two-game scores: Pete 26,800, Dave 11,599, Eugene 25,800.
Triple Stumper of the day: For a top-row clue, no one could provide the last two words in a phrase about the footsteps of a child, “the patter of little feet”.
Correct Qs: DD1 – Who was Wilson? DD2 – What is crop rotation? DD3 – Who was Anne Brontë? FJ – What is “The Nightmare before Christmas”?