Here are today’s contestants:
– Anne Damtoft, a library support coordinator from Silver Spring, Maryland;
– John Edwards, an editor from Brooklyn, New York; and
– Rian Robertson, a software developer from Ottawa, Ontario. Rian is a four-day champ with winnings of $64,101.
Jeopardy!
WOMEN’S HISTORY // ____ & ____ // SIMILAR YET DIFFERENT // TRAVEL WRITING // PHOTOGRAPHED BY ANNIE LEIBOVITZ… // SPECS McKECKNEY, OLD-TIME SPORTS RADIO REPORTER
DD1 – $800 – TRAVEL WRITING – in the cross-country memoir “Travels with Charley”, Steinbeck calls this West Coast landmark “the great arch hung from filaments” (Rian doubled to $2,000.)
Scores at first break: Rian $2,200, John $3,200, Anne $1,000.
Scores entering DJ: Rian $2,200, John $3,200, Anne $1,000.
Double Jeopardy!
SOUTHERN CITIES // POP CULTURE PAIRS // LAMPOONS & SUCH // SAY THE WORD // DEEP // FAKES
DD2 – $1,600 – SAY THE WORD – This word for a daring fighter comes from the sound a sword makes when it strikes a shield (On the opening clue of DJ, Anne took the lead by doubling to $6,000.)
DD3 – $1,200 – LAMPOONS & SUCH – TCM says “Airplane!” is this “(no pun intended)” on movies like “Zero Hour!” (John improved his leading score by $6,000 up to $18,800.)
John expanded his lead on DD3 and held it into FJ but didn’t have it put away with $20,400 vs. $15,600 for Anne and $6,800 for Rian.
Final Jeopardy!
TELEVISION – Ronald Galotti, a publisher for Vogue & Vanity Fair in the 1990s, inspired a main love interest on this series that debuted in 1998
Everyone was correct on FJ. John added $10,801 to win with $31,201.
Final scores: Rian $10,801, John $31,201, Anne $20,401.
Wagering strategy: On FJ, Anne bet $4,801, an amount that would have beaten John if he had missed or wagered $0 on FJ. The percentage play would have been to bet less than $2,400, which would shut out Rian and give Anne the win if John made the expected cover bet and missed, without Anne having to be correct.
Correct Qs: DD1 – What is Golden Gate Bridge? DD2 – What is swashbuckler? DD3 – What is takeoff? FJ = What is “Sex and the City”?