Here are today’s contestants:
– Ruey Yen, a baseball usher, sports blogger and physicist from Los Angeles, California;
– Suzanne Perla Blank, a retired stay-at-home mom originally from Queens, New York; and
– Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Jamie is a 28-day champ with winnings of $774,601.
Jeopardy!
AMAZING ANDREWS // FAMILIAR PHRASES // DO I LOOK FAD IN THIS? // PRIMER // FOUNDATION // LIP GLOSS
DD1 – $1,000 – FAMILIAR PHRASES – This phrase meaning a commotion over something little predates the Shakespeare title (Jamie doubled to $2,800.)
Scores at first break: Jamie $6,400, Suzanne $800, Ruey $2,000.
Scores entering DJ: Jamie $9,800, Suzanne $1,400, Ruey $4,400.
Double Jeopardy!
VICTORIAN TIMES // SONG STORY // SIBLINGS // POST-APOCALYPTIC PAGE-TURNERS // RIVER CITIES & TOWNS // DO NOT PICK THIS CATEGORY
DD2 – $1,200 – VICTORIAN TIMES – Around 1867 this British surgeon developed an antiseptic to kill bacteria, dropping surgical mortality from 45 to 15% (On the first clue of the round, Suzanne added $2,000.)
DD3 – $2,000 – DO NOT PICK THIS CATEGORY – Your behavior is this 3-word phrase meaning unacceptable; it originally referred to a type of fenced-in area (With $5,000 vs. $19,400 for Jamie, Suzanne lost $4,900.)
Suzanne finally found DD3 very late with a chance to get into the game but missed, so Jamie was home free again into FJ at $20,200 vs. $7,600 for Ruey and $100 for Suzanne.
Final Jeopardy!
20th CENTURY PHRASES – Before this 2-word term came to mean a type of mysterious object, trapshooters used it to refer to their targets
Everyone was incorrect on FJ. Jamie dropped $1,199 to win with $19,001 for a 29-day total of $793,602.
Final scores: Jamie $19,001, Suzanne $0, Ruey $5,200.
Clue selection strategy: With DD3 remaining late and just one category left with larger-value clues, all three players chose top-row clues from other categories. I can’t explain this unless they all forgot the DD was still in play.
Correct Qs: DD1 – What is much ado about nothing? DD2 – Who was Lister? DD3 – What is beyond the pale? FJ – What is a flying saucer?