Here are today’s Invitational Tournament contestants:

– Veronica Vichit-Vadakan, a librarian from Portland, Oregon;
– Roger Craig, an applied scientist originally from Johnstown, Pennsylvania; and
– Eric Ahasic, a meteorologist from Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Jeopardy!

ORTS OF CALL // NONFICTION // MODERN TECH // ____ & ____ // THE HAND I’VE BEEN DEALT // PHIL ‘ER UP!

DD1 – 800 – ____ & ____ – Involving 2 elements of the magician’s art, this idiom is used to describe a situation of deception (Roger lost 2,800 on a true DD.)

Scores at first break: Eric 1,400, Roger 0, Veronica 1,200.

Scores entering DJ: Eric 2,800, Roger 2,400, Veronica 2,800.

Double Jeopardy!

FRANCE IN THE 1600s // CREATURES FROM MYTH // NOTABLE NAMES // A PERFECT 10 // THEIR LAST FILM // WE’RE BUILDING WORDS OVER HERE

DD2 – 1,600 – FRANCE IN THE 1600s – Found on the Left Bank of the Seine, this veterans’ hospital was built by architect Libéral Bruant in Baroque style (Roger doubled to 8,800.)

DD3 – 2,000 – WE’RE BUILDING WORDS OVER HERE – Location of a eustachian tube + a biblical evangelist = this targeted sort of funding (Roger improved his leading score by 4,000 up to 16,800.)

Another day, another runaway as Roger found all three DDs and was correct on both in DJ to enter FJ at 24,000. Hoping to be right on FJ and stay in the wild card chase were Veronica with 7,200 and Eric at 5,600.

Final Jeopardy!

ART & ARTISTS – He entered the priory of San Marco in Florence in the 1430s & was commissioned to paint its altarpiece by the Medicis

Everyone was incorrect on FJ. Roger dropped 9,000 to advance with 15,000, while both Veronica and Eric bet it all and ended at 0.

Final scores: Eric 0, Roger 15,000, Veronica 0.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is smoke & mirrors? DD2 – What is Invalides? DD3 – What is earmark? FJ – Who was Fra Angelico?