Here are today’s contestants:
– Sunil Hebbar, a physician from Redondo Beach, California;
– Rose Sloan, a computer science professor from Boston, Massachusetts; and
– Tristan Williams, a data scientist originally from Lincoln, Nebraska. Tristan is a nine-day champ with winnings of $188,501.
Jeopardy!
WHAT’S YOUR ANGLE? // TV SHOWS BY COUPLE // IT’S A “BOY” // CATCH YOU LATER, HOMES // A GAME OF NUMBERS // KEVIN & KAREN PATRA OF ANCIENT EGYPT
DD1 – $1,000 – WHAT’S YOUR ANGLE? – The first word in the name of this simple machine implies an angle; the steeper the slope, the more force required (Rose, in a tie for the lead with Tristan $4,800, added $3,500.)
Scores at first break: Tristan $4,800, Rose $8,300, Sunil $0.
Scores entering DJ: Tristan $6,400, Rose $9,900, Sunil -$1,000.
Double Jeopardy!
AMERICAN LITERATURE // ON YOUR MERRY WAY // SCIENCE // THERE’S A WORD FOR THAT // COUNTRY FACTS // 1 HISTORICAL FIGURE, 2 PLAYS
DD2 – $1,600 – COUNTRY FACTS – The Mau Escarpment is a rampart along the western rim of The Great Rift Valley in this country (Sunil, at -$200, added $2,000.)
DD3 – $1,200 – ON YOUR MERRY WAY – There’s lively debate over whether the title of this 18th century Christmas carol takes a comma & where (Sunil lost $2,600 on a true DD.)
Rose broke a tie with Tristan on DD1, then after Sunil found both DDs in DJ and remained far back. it was a race to the finish with Tristan coming out with the lead into FJ at $21,200 vs. $16,700 for Rose and $800 for Sunil.
Final Jeopardy!
20th CENTURY NAMES – Shunned by his religion when he went to study law in England, he met Christians who helped him awaken a “religious quest”
Tristan needed to be correct on FJ and he was the only player to do so, adding $12,201 to win with $33,401 for a 10-day total of $221,902.
Final scores: Tristan $33,401, Rose $12,199, Sunil $1.
Triple Stumper of the day: No one knew the “slangy” four-letter word for when an animal has its tongue partway out is blep.
One more thing: The alleged “lively debate” over the comma referred to in DD3 revolves around its placement. I’m not finding anything suggesting a debate over if a comma is necessary at all, which it certainly is.
Correct Qs: DD1 – What is inclined plane? DD2 – What is Kenya? DD3 – What is “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen”? (Note that “God rest ye merry” is a phrase meaning “may God grant you peace and happiness”, and the title is not suggesting the “Gentlemen” themselves are “Merry”.) FJ – Who was Gandhi?