Here are today’s contestants:
– Will Thornton, a teacher from Worthington, Ohio;
– Laurel Gilmer, a music events director from Ithaca, New York; and
– Tristan Williams, a data scientist originally from Lincoln, Nebraska. Tristan is a four-day champ with winnings of $76,199.
Jeopardy!
GREENLAND // HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES OF THE MONTH // POTPOURRI // GONE WITH THE WIN // GAME OF BONES // “INTER” IS COMING
DD1 – $800 – “INTER” IS COMING – From German, it’s the “back” country behind a port or, more figuratively, someplace out in the sticks (Lauren doubled to $2,400.)
Scores at first break: Tristan $4,800, Laurel $200, Will $2,000.
Scores entering DJ: Tristan $8,600, Laurel $2,400, Will $2,800.
Double Jeopardy!
COLD WAR HISTORY // ARTY SUPREME // MEETING IN THE MIDDLE // 4 OF THE SAME VOWEL // GETTING LIT // STAGE NAMES
DD2 – $800 – ARTY SUPREME – Igor Stravinsky worked with Russian mystic Nicholas Roerich on this ballet originally called “The Great Sacrifice” (Lauren dropped $3,000 down to $1,800.)
DD3 – $1,600 – 4 OF THE SAME VOWEL – Vasily Andreyev brought this 3-stringed folk instrument to the concert stage (With mostly low-value clues remaining, Tristan added $1,500 up to $20,500 vs $8,400 for Will.)
Tristan led at every break, found DD3 very late to protect his position and scored another runaway into FJ at $23,700 vs. $9,200 for Will and $4,600 for Laurel.
Final Jeopardy!
U.S. LAKES – This big lake named for a French marine minister begins its name with a way that official might conceivably cross the body of water
Only Tristan was correct on FJ, adding $3,600 to win with $27,300 for a five-day total of $103,499.
Final scores: Tristan $27,300, Laurel $0, Will $9,200. Note that even if Laurel had doubled-up on FJ, Will still would have gotten second money as he had the higher score between the two entering the round.
Overvalued clue of the day: a bottom-row one about naming the most famous Georgia golf tournament, the Masters.
Correct Qs: DD1 – What is hinterland? DD2 – What is “The Rite of Spring”? DD3 – What is balalaika? FJ – What is Lake Pontchartrain?