Here are today’s contestants:
– J.R. Scott, an economist from Dana Point, California;
– Rachel Hoke, an instructional technologist from Wilmington, Delaware; and
– Chris D’Angelo, a content manager from Washington, D.C. Chris is a five-day champ with winnings of $97,000.
Jeopardy!
A BIG COUNTRY // TV SHOWS BY CHARACTERS // CANADIAN TERMINOLOGY // THE PLANET WITH… // BRANDS BY LETTER // ROOMMATES
DD1 – $1,000 – CANADIAN TERMINOLOGY – When the Globe & Mail uses “GTA”, it likely doesn’t mean Grand Theft Auto but this region, home to 7 million Canadian (J.R. lost $1,000 from his score of $2,000.)
Scores at first break: Chris $4,400, Rachel $0, J.R. $1,000.
Scores entering DJ: Chris $5,800, Rachel $1,800, J.R. $2,400.
Double Jeopardy!
HEATED RIVALRIES // ADVENTUROUS READING // WHERE WE LIVE // WORLD RELIGIONS // NATONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS // THANK YOU, ROB REINER…
DD2 – $1,600 – HEATED RIVALRIES – During a March 4, 1861 inaugural speech, this wily debater held his onetime rival’s hat (J.R. doubled to $5,600 vs. $5,800 for Chris.)
DD3 – $1,600 – NATONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS – From Greek for “word” & “flow”, this noun meaning pathologically excessive speech was the winning word in 1999 (With $11,600 vs. $9,400 for Chris, J.R. added $2,000.)
J.R. got close to Chris with a double-up on DD2, had a short lead when he found DD3 and was correct after making a small wager, then Chris took over in the later stages to hold first into FJ at $19,800 vs. $13,600 for J.R. and $4,200 for Rachel.
Final Jeopardy!
SCIENTIFIC BOOKS – Published in 1868, “Etudes Sur Le Vinaigre” was one of this man’s groundbreaking works
Only Chris was correct on FJ, adding $7,401 to win with $27,201 for a six-day total of $124,201.
Final scores: Chris $27,401, Rachel $2,000, J.R. $1.
Wagering strategy: By betting nearly everything on FJ, J.R. forced himself to be correct on FJ to have a chance to win, while with a tiny bet, he could have won if Chris missed without having to be correct himself.
Judging the judges: For the Spinal Tap clue, while none of the three responses was precisely correct, all contained the essential information, but only one was accepted in a display of judging pendantry that’s impressive even for this show.
Correct Qs: DD1 – What is Greater Toronto Area? DD2 – Who was Stephen Douglas? DD3 – What is logorrhea? FJ – Who was Louis Pasteur?