Here are today’s contestants:
– Taotao Zhang, a statistician from South River, New Jersey;
– Tini Howard, a comic book writer from Van Nuys, California; and
– Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Jamie is a 25-day champ with winnings of $702,000.
Jeopardy!
FELLAS FROM HISTORY // FINANCIAL ANAGRAMS // OLD WIVES’ TALES // WHO DISS TRACK // RETRONYMS // SIBLING REVELRY
DD1 – $800 – SIBLING REVELRY – In mythology this sister of Castor & Pollux was first carried off by Theseus; the brothers rescued her (Taotao doubled to $6,400 vs. $6,000 for Jamie.)
Scores at first break: Jamie $4,600, Tini -$200, Taotao $2,200.
Scores entering DJ: Jamie $6,400, Tini $1,600, Taotao $6,000.
Double Jeopardy!
GEOGRAPHY // SCRUBS // CELEBRITIES’ BOOK CLUBS // HEALTH & MEDICINE // BRIT BITS // CATCHING SOME “ZZ”s
DD2 – $1,200 – GEOGRAPHY – Mainland France has 12 metropolitan regions that are further divided into 94 of these, like Hautes-Alpes (Taotao lost $7,600 on a true DD vs. $6,400 for Jamie.)
DD3 – $1,600 – HEALTH & MEDICINE – Fast, slow or fluttering, it’s the 10-letter term for an irregular heartbeat (Jamie improved by $2,600 to $11,000.)
Taotao doubled to a small lead late in round one, found DD2 while still in front and tried to double again, but missed. Then when Jamie scored on DD3 his upset hopes were dashed as Jamie led into FJ at $23,800 vs. $8,400 for Taotao and $2,800 for Tini.
Final Jeopardy!
OPERA – The name of this opera means “faithful”; it’s used as an alias by a character who implores a prisoner not to lose faith
Everyone was correct on FJ. Jamie added $6,200 to win with $30,000 for a 26-day total of $732,000.
Final scores: Jamie $30,000, Tini $5,499, Taotao $11,022.
Wagering strategy: Taotao made the right plays on the DDs to give himself the best chance, it just didn’t work out. Even if Taotao had been correct on DD2, Jamie would presumably have made a large bet on DD3 and still would have come out on top in the end.
Ken’s Korner: On a Triple Stumper about a one-season TV flop from 10 years ago about the music industry in the 70s called “Vinyl”, he said we’ve “forgotten” it. And by “forgotten”, I assume he means that at least 90% of people have never heard of it.
Correct Qs: DD1 – Who is Helen? DD2 – What are departments? DD3 – What is arrhythmia ? FJ – What is Fidelio?