Here are today’s Tournament of Champions contestants:

– Ben Ganger, an analytics engineer from Goshen, Indiana;
– Cameron Berry, a data analyst and college administrator from Brighton, Massachusetts; and
– Bryce Wargin, a product surveillance coordinator from Kansas City, Missouri.

Jeopardy!

19th CENTURY AMERICA // MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER // NOW SEE HERE! // FICTIONAL FEMALES // OLD HARD CASH // “FUL” START

DD1 – 800 – 19th CENTURY AMERICA – Deposits of this mineral were discovered around 1815 in Ticonderoga, New York, leading to a whole new industry (Bryce lost 1,000.)

Scores at first break: Bryce 1,000, Cameron 1,000, Ben 600.

Scores entering DJ: Bryce 2,800, Cameron 2,800, Ben 800.

Double Jeopardy!

LET’S GO TO THE SCIENCE MUSEUM // ISLAND COUNTRIES // PLAYING SOME CLASSICAL PIANO // DOCUMENTARIES // FIRST OF ALL // HOW DARE YOU

DD2 – 1,200 – FIRST OF ALL – In 1868 this company named for 2 men made the first Swiss wristwatch, for a countess; men preferred to keep White-Rabbiting (Cameron dropped 4,400 from his leading score of 7,600.)

DD3 – 1,600 – HOW DARE YOU – Though no one knows the origin of this 3-syllable word for “fool”, one theory involves a familiar Latin phrase meaning “not of sound mind” (Ben lost 4,800 on a true DD.)

Tough game in which all three DDs were missed, and Cameron was close to a runaway but couldn’t quite hold it into FJ at 8,800 vs. 5,200 for Bryce and 2,000 for Ben.

Final Jeopardy!

OLD BOOKS – This 1653 work includes information on the care & use of proper equipment including lines, floats & rods

Surprisingly, everyone was incorrect on FJ. Cameron dropped 1,601 to advance with 7,199.

Final scores: Bryce 201, Cameron 7,199, Ben 2,000.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is graphite? DD2 – What is Patek Philippe? DD3 – What is nincompoop? FJ – What is “The Compleat Angler”?