Here are today’s contestants:
– Kevin Iannone, a trivia host from Flagstaff, Arizona;
– Divya Srijay, a student originally from Spartanburg, South Carolina; and
– Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Jamie is a 17-day champ with winnings of $494,012.
Jeopardy!
ANDREW JACKSON, THIS IS YOUR LIFE // NAME THE THEME PARK // NONFICTION // GOOD SCENTS // ONE LETTER DIFFERENT // GO AHEAD…MAKE MY DAY
DD1 – $800 – GOOD SCENTS – When launched in the ’70s, this spicy fragrance from Yves Saint Laurent was controversial because of its name (Jamie lost $1,600.)
Scores at first break: Jamie $1,800, Divya $800, Kevin $2,200.
Scores entering DJ: Jamie $7,600, Divya $1,000, Kevin $2,600.
Double Jeopardy!
BEGINNINGS // FABULOUS FURNITURE // TELEVISION // BIBLICAL BOTANY // VACATION DESTINATION // I’LL USE MY “P-T-O”
DD2 – $1,600 – FABULOUS FURNITURE – Sofas go by many names, like chesterfield & this name of a maker from Massachusetts, not Iowa (Jamie dropped $3,200.)
DD3 – $2,000 – I’LL USE MY “P-T-O” – The Rosetta Stone really got this field of study rolling (Jamie added $3,200 up to $22,000 vs. $6,600 for Kevin.)
Jamie missed the first two DDs but it hardly mattered as he was never in serious danger, entering FJ with $28,000 vs. $5,000 for Kevin. Finishing in the red was Divya at -$1,000.
Final Jeopardy!
MUSEUM PIECES – A piece of mountaineering equipment at the International Spy Museum in D.C. was used to kill this man in 1940
Only Jamie was correct on FJ, adding $8,360 to win with $36,360 for an 18-day total of $530,372.
Final scores: Jamie $36,360, Divya -$1,000, Kevin $0.
Correct Qs: DD1 – What is Opium? DD2 – What is Davenport? DD3 – What is Egyptology? FJ – Who was Trotsky?
