Here are today’s contestants:
– Noah Hamilton, a marketing manager from Saint Paul, Minnesota;
– Marissa Klein, a teacher from San Francisco, California; and
– Diana Miller, an attorney from Richmond, Virginia. Diana is a one-day champ with winnings of $16,399.
Jeopardy!
IN THE BEGINNING // BOOKS & AUTHORS // FIRST NAME FLOWERS // U.S. GEOGRAPHY // MOVIES BY SEQUEL // COIN OF THE REALM
DD1 – $800 – FIRST NAME FLOWERS – Aurelian or trumpet is one type of this that you might grow in your garden (Marissa lost $3,200 on a true DD.)
Scores at first break: Diana $1,200, Marissa $0, Noah $3,600.
Scores entering DJ: Diana $1,600, Marissa $1,200, Noah $5,400.
Double Jeopardy!
HISTORY // ON THE LAMB // PHYSICS // POLITICAL BOOKS // MUSIC-POURRI // ____ & ____
DD2 – $1,200 – PHYSICS – The Greek letter mu represents the coefficient of this force that resists the motion of surfaces in contact (Marissa lost $2,400 on a true DD.)
DD3 – $1,200 – ON THE LAMB – In a novel by this man, a psychiatrist asks the protagonist, “Will you let me know if ever the lambs stop screaming?” (Marissa lost $4,000 on a true DD.)
Marissa wiped out on all three DDs, while Diana held the lead into FJ at $12,200 vs. $8,600 for Noah and $2,000 for Marissa.
Final Jeopardy!
RANKS AND TITLES – Still in use today, this title may come from the idea that Roman priests made bridges between men & the gods
Only Noah was correct on FJ, adding $1,390 to win with $9,990.
Final scores: Diana $7,199, Marissa $2,000, Noah $9,990.
That’s before their time: No one could the movie for which “Day of the Dead” was the sequel, “Night of the Living Dead”.
Overvalued clue dept.: $2,000 for Stanley and Livingstone.
Judging the writers: Again, if it’s a single-subject category, you don’t need to put -POURRI in the title. It’s just dumb.
Correct Qs: DD1 – What is lily? DD2 – What is friction? DD3 – Who is Harris? FJ – What is Pontifex (pontiff)?