Here are today’s Champions Wildcard contestants:
– Stella Trout, a software engineer originally from Houston, Texas;
– Jonathan Hugendubler, an adjunct professor and trivia host from Baltimore, Maryland;
– Cameron Berry, a data analyst and college administrator from Brighton, Massachusetts.
Jeopardy!
AMERICAN HISTORY // KEEPING A GOOD LATITUDE // CLASSIC TOYS & GAMES // SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER // SUBWAY TAKES // WHAT IS THAT TEAM NAME CREATURE?
DD1 – 400 – AMERICAN HISTORY – This latest (1992) Constit. Amendment is partly due to a college sophomore who noticed it had sat unratified for 2 centuries (Cameron lost 1,400 on a true DD.)
Scores at first break: Cameron 2,400, Jonathan -200, Stella 2,800.
Scores entering DJ: Cameron 5,600, Jonathan 600, Stella 2,400.
Double Jeopardy!
WEIGHTY WORKS // CELEB HYPHENATES // WORLD ARTS & CULTURE // MAKING PLANS FOR NIGEL // CENSUS WORKING OVERTIME // THE ECSTASY OF “X-T-C”
DD2 – 2,000 – CENSUS WORKING OVERTIME – Officially “The Description of England”, this survey began in 1086 & is actually 2 volumes–one little & one great (Stella added 6,000 up to 10,400.)
DD3 – 1,200 – CELEB HYPHENATES – “I Am Moana” is one of the many songs written by this versatile guy for a 2016 film (With 1,800, Jonathan dropped by 2,000.)
Game one was a battle between Stella, who entered FJ at 16,800, and Cameron with 16,400. In a distant third was Jonathan at 600.
Final Jeopardy!
U.S. GEOGRAPHY -The 2 satates that border the most others, they border each other along a roughly 60-mile stretch between Kentucky & Arkansas
Only Jonathan was correct on FJ and he doubled to 1,200. Stella dropped 4,000 to enter game two with the most points at 12,800, while Cameron lost 6,400 down to 10,000.
Clue selection strategy: Late in DJ with one untouched category, only top-row clues remaining otherwise and DD3 still on the board, the players chose two $400 clues instead of shopping for the DD.
Judging the producers: After revealing the correct response to DD1, why not have Ken take a few seconds to explain what that is? Do they think the viewers already know, or that they don’t care?
Obscure reference dept.: The fourth and fifth categories are references to song titles by British band XTC (referenced in the sixth category), who peaked in the 80s and never made it big with mainstream music listeners.
Correct Qs: DD1 – What is the 27th Amendment? (It prevents Congress from giving itself a pay raise until after the next election for the House of Representatives.) DD2 – What is Domesday Book? DD3 – Who is Lin-Manuel Miranda? FJ – What are Tennessee and Missouri?