Here are today’s contestants:
– Pranit Nanda, a commodity trader from Houston, Texas;
– Abigail Marcolini, a book store clerk originally from Scottsdale, Arizona; and
– Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Jamie is a seven-day champ with winnings of $195,203.
Jeopardy!
ENDANGERED SPECIES // PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES // THE SOUNDS OF NON-SILENCE // THEY PLAY ONE ON TV // IT’S A PLANE // PHRASE IT IN THE FORM OF SOME LATIN
DD1 – $800 – IT’S A PLANE – Despite this rhyming nickname, the Hughes aircraft H-4 Hercules flying boat was built almost entirely of birch (Pranit doubled to $4,000.)
Scores at first break: Jamie $7,600, Abigail $0, Pranit $4,800.
Scores entering DJ: Jamie $10,800, Abigail -$200, Pranit $6,200.
Double Jeopardy!
ENDANGERED THESES // POST-BREAKUP PLAYLIST SONGS // BOOKS OF THE 1990s // THE GREAT WEALTH TRANSFER // CITIES ON ISLANDS // JEOPORTMANTEAU!
DD2 – $1,200 – THE GREAT WEALTH TRANSFER – The corporation of this immigrant who died in 1919 says his fortune has supported insulin’s discovery & “Sesame Street” (Jamie dropped $6,000 down to $14,000 vs. $8,200 for Pranit.)
DD3 – $1,600 – ENDANGERED THESES – The so-called “interaction problem” is a classic objection to this French guy’s theory that mind & body are separate (Jamie added $3,000 up to $19,000 vs. $8,200 for Pranit.)
It looked like Pranit was going to keep the game alive into FJ, but Jamie finished very impressively on the lower-value clues to secure a runaway at $27,000 vs. $13,000 for Pranit and $1,000 for Abigail.
Final Jeopardy!
HOMOPHONES – A 2008 Best Picture Oscar nominee & a Roman goddess both have names that are homophones of this state capital
Jamie and Pranit were correct on FJ. Jamie wagered $0 to win with $27,000 for an eight-day total of $222,203.
Final scores: Jamie $27,000, Abigail $1, Pranit $16,000.
That’s before their time: No one knew the title of the big hit breakup song by Boyz II Men, “The End of the Road”.
Correct Qs: DD1 – What is Spruce Goose? DD2 – Who was Carnegie? DD3 – Who was Descartes? FJ – What is Juneau?