Here are today’s Champions Wildcard contestants:

– Geoff Barnes, an analyst from Washington, D.C.;
– Dave Bond, an art student from Rochester, New York; and
– Michelle Tsai, a tutor originally from Honolulu, Hawaii

Jeopardy!

WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME // SHAKESPEARE GETS WILD // THE COUNTRY THAT BORDERS… // AT THE AIRPORT // THAT’S KEY // COMEDY GETS PERSONAL

DD1 – 600 – SHAKESPEARE GETS WILD – This king’s horses “turned wild in nature, broke their stalls… ’tis said they eat each other” after his murder by Macbeth (Michelle added 2,000 on a true DD.)

Scores at first break: Michelle 6,400, Dave 3,800, Geoff 0.

Scores entering DJ: Michelle 7,200, Dave 6,200, Geoff 1,600.

Double Jeopardy!

I’M THE PROBLEM // SECOND LETTER “Q” // DISEASES // NAME, MYTH & MODEL // LINGUISTICS // SO LONG, FAREWELL, JUST KIDDING

DD2 – 1,600 – DISEASES – 2025 saw an outbreak in New York of this form of pneumonia first identified in 1976 (Michelle lost 2,000.)

DD3 – 2,000 – LINGUISTICS – If you see “PIE” as part of the etymology of a word, it stands for this reconstructed parent language (Once again, Michelle lost 2,000.)

Michelle found all three DDs, bet 2,000 each time and missed two of them, but still held the lead into FJ at 16,000 vs. 11,800 for Dave and 8,800 or Geoff.

Final Jeopardy!

TYPOGRAPHY – Inspired by Port Authority Bus Terminal signage, it was adopted as a font by N.Y.U. & the Tribeca Film Festival

Everyone was incorrect on a FJ clue that offered no realistic way to figure it out. Michelle went with a small bet and advances with 14,398. Dave also went small and remains in the wild card running at 10,000, while Geoff dropped to 800.

Correct Qs: DD1 – Who is Duncan? DD2 – What is legionnaires’ disease? DD3 – What is Proto-Indo-European? FJ – What is Gotham?