Here are today’s contestants:
– Dominic Lloyd, a finance consultant from New Orleans, Louisiana;
– Jareesa Tucker McClure, an entrepreneur & program manager from Atlanta, Georgia; and
– Justin Robbins, a graduate student from Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. Justin is a one-day champ with winnings of $20,001.
Jeopardy!
GLUTEN TAG! // A MONTH OF HISTORY // I AM THE ONE WHO KNOCKS // A MEDICAL “DR” // THINGS PEOPLE SAY // THE GOLF STREAM (CREEK, POND…)
DD1 – $600 – THINGS PEOPLE SAY – A traditional hotel service, it’s something that snaps you into a new awareness; good morning, this is yours (Justin added $1,200 on a true DD.)
Scores at first break: Justin $4,800, Jareesa $800, Dominic -$1,000.
Scores entering DJ: Justin $8,000, Jareesa $600, Dominic $1,400.
Double Jeopardy!
CELLO FAME // TV EATERIES AND HANGOUTS // CHARACTERS IN POETRY // WORD ORIGINS // RECEDING AIRLINES // GOING TO TURKEY
DD2 – $1,200 – CHARACTERS IN POETRY – This title talker in a T.S. Eliot poem seems to be named after a St. Louis furniture dealer (Dominic added $2,000 up to $4,600 vs. $6,400 for Justin.)
DD3 – $1,200 – RECEDING AIRLINES – A defunct airline with yellow airplanes named for this aviator & filmmaker called itself “the top banana in the West” (Dominic added another $2,000 to take the lead at $8,600 vs. $8,000 for Justin.)
Dominic scored on both DDs in DJ to take first, but Justin was able to regain the lead and hold it into FJ at $14,000 vs. $9,400 for Dominic and $5,000 for Jareesa.
Final Jeopardy!
PRE-CIVIL WAR AMERICA – In charge of the U.S. Capitol’s construction, in 1856 this secretary of war vetoed an emancipation symbol atop the dome
Only Justin was correct on FJ, adding $4,801 to win with $18,801 for a two-day total of $38,802.
Final scores: Justin $18,801, Jareesa $2,000, Dominic $0.
Wagering strategy: By betting just $3,000 on FJ, Jareesa had no chance to win if Justin made the standard cover wager from first, which he did.
Correct Qs: DD1 – What is wakeup call? DD2 – Who is J. Alfred Prufrock? DD3 – Who was Hughes? FJ – Who was Jefferson Davis?