Here are today’s contestants:
– Tanya Iyer, a student originally from Lisle, Illinois;
– Brent Wilson, a manager research analyst from Toronto, Ontario; and
– Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Jamie is a 10-day champ with winnings of $272,810.
Jeopardy!
MOVIE OPENING SCENES // A TUNNEL OF FUN // LET’S CHECK OUT THE LIBRARY // BIG DOG // AH, “SPRING” TIME // THAT’S A PRICEY CAR WASH
DD1 – $800 – LET’S CHECK OUT THE LIBRARY – In 1550 Marcello Cervini became Bibliothecarius I, or first librarian of this; Giovanni Pagazzi is now Bibliothecarius L (On the opening clue, Jamie added $1,000.)
Scores at first break: Jamie $4,600, Brent $400, Tanya $600.
Scores entering DJ: Jamie $4,600, Brent $3,800, Tanya $600.
Double Jeopardy!
DEBUT NOVELS // WORDS FOR THE WISE // AN ESCAPIST CATEGORY // REPPING THE CITY // KNIGHTS // HOSPITAL-ERS
DD2 – $1,200 – DEBUT NOVELS – Themes of class & the individual fill her first novel, 1902’s “The Valley of Decision”, though it’s set not in NYC but 18th c. Italy (Jamie added $2,800.)
DD3 – $800 – WORDS FOR THE WISE – “To know how to do”, this French phrase is the ability to say or do the right thing in any social gathering (Jamie dropped $4,400.)
Scores entering FJ: Jamie $19,800, Brent $9,400, Tanya $6,200.
Final Jeopardy!
CELEBRITY MEMOIRS – In the title of a 2023 memoir, Dame Judi Dench calls him, “The Man Who Pays The Rent”
Everyone was incorrect on FJ. Jamie dropped $790 to win with $19,101 for a eleven-day total of $291,820.
Final scores: Jamie $19,010, Brent $9,143, Tanya $0.
Tough category of the day: The players missed four out of five in a category about car washes, including one about “this type of vapor cleaning” of the engine, steam cleaning.
Correct Qs: DD1 – What is the Vatican library? DD2 – Who was Wharton? DD3 – What is savoir faire? FJ – Who is Shakespeare?