Here are today’s contestants:
– David Ley, an immersive theater director originally from Ithica, New York;
– Sinecio Morales, a student originally from Rockford, Illinois; and
– Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Jamie is a five-day champ with winnings of $131,802.
Jeopardy!
WIN SOME, LOSE SOME // GETTING DRESSED WITH EMILY POST // UP TO SNUFF // 2020s TV // ROMAN LETTERS // GREEK NUMBERS
DD1 – $400 – ROMAN LETTERS – Dearest Bo, We saw a statue of Oceanus atop a chariot pulled by sea horses while tossing a few coins at this iconic landmark (David added $3,400.)
Scores at first break: Jamie $3,600, Sinecio -$200, David $1,400.
Scores entering DJ: Jamie $5,400, Sinecio -$200, David $7,000.
Double Jeopardy!
MOTTOES & SLOGANS // SCI OP-ED // U.S. MEMORIALS & MONUMENTS // 6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF THEIR AUTHORS // STREAMING MOVIES // ____ TO ____
DD2 – $2,000 – ____ TO ____ – To Ronald Reagan, the 9 most terrifying words in English were “I’m from the government, & I’m” these 3 words (David added $3,800.)
DD3 – $1,200 – SCI OP-ED – 5 years ago Neil deGrasse Tyson wrote an op-ed that compared real-life advances to the ones featured in this film from 1968 (Jaime added $4,400.)
Scores entering FJ: Jamie $19,400, Sinecio $10,200, David $15,200.
Final Jeopardy!
JARGON – Former NFL QB Joe Theismann once joked that he had shouted this word over 10,000 times, but had no idea what it meant
Jamie and David were correct on FJ, with Jaime adding $11,001 to win with $30,401 for a six-day total of $162,203.
Final scores: Jamie $30,401, Sinecio $0, David $22,000.
Correct Qs: DD1 – What is Trevi Fountain? DD2 – What is here to help? DD3 – What is “2001: a Space Odyssey”? FJ – What is hut?
