Here are today’s contestants as regular play resumes:
– Katie Pach, a marketing coordinator from Chicago, Illinois;
– Zach Johnson-Dunlop, a lighting technician originally from St. Charles, Illinois; and
– Trey Hart, a grant writer from Petaluma, California. Trey is a one-day champ with winnings of $24,100.
Jeopardy!
MAKES // WORDS IN 20th CENTURY HISTORY // NO STONE UNTURNED // FROM THE GREEK // JUMP THROUGH THESE HOOPS // BOSTON SPACE
DD1 – 1,000 – FROM THE GREEK – This word for a release of emotions comes from Greek for “to purge” or “to cleanse” (Katie lost $1,200.)
Scores at first break: Trey $1,800, Zach $1,600, Katie $1,600.
Scores entering DJ: Trey $1,400, Zach $2,000, Katie $600.
Double Jeopardy!
REMAKES // LINES FROM CLASSIC LIT // AIRPORTS // THE RELIGIOUS RITE // SCIENCE // TOUGH VOCAB
DD2 – 800 – THE RELIGIOUS RITE – Omiki is this, imbibed at Shinto ceremonies after it has been offered to the gods (Zach added $3,000 into a closer second with $6,600 vs. $7,800 for Trey.)
DD3 – 1,600 – AIRPORTS – Her name is on the world’s busiest airport named for a woman (Katie won $1,000 on a true DD.)
Zach edged closer to Trey with a correct response to DD2 and held a narrow margin into FJ with 10,600 vs. 10,200 for Trey and 4,000 for Katie.
Final Jeopardy!
18th CENTURY AMERICA – South Carolina’s 2nd-biggest cash crop in the mid-to-late 1700s was this inedible one named for a land far to the east
Everyone was incorrect on FJ, as Katie began to write the correct response but didn’t complete it. Trey bet $0 to win with $10,200 for a two-day total of $34,300.
Final scores: Trey $10,200, Zach $600, Katie $0.
Sports stumbles: From a photo in his team uniform and given his initials, no one could identify NBA MVP and league championship winner Shaivonte Aician Gilgeous-Alexander.
Judging the judges: They gave Zach credit for a response, then several clues later, Ken said he should have asked him to BMS, and they took the winnings away. Let’s assume for a moment that Zach’s response wasn’t flat-out incorrect and was worthy of a BMS. If this mistake on the show’s part of not giving Zach a fair chance to give a complete correct response had made the difference in the outcome, it would have warranted bringing him back.
One more thing: It’s nice that the contestants are back playing for dollars instead of points, and that the dollar signs in front of the clues and scores are now there for a reason.
Correct Qs: DD1 – Who is catharsis? DD2 – What is sake? DD3 – Who was Indira Gandhi? FJ – What is indigo?