“JEOPARDY!” 6/2/17

Erin Mewes (Bristow, VA): Homemaker
Miles Lake (Pasadena): Biology student
2-TIME CHAMP: Joe Nguyen

BB:
CELEBRITY MEMOIRS
HOUSEHOLD VOCABULARY
I USED TO RUN THE PLACE
GET SOME EXERCISE!
ARCHAEOLOGY
SPEAKING “FRENCH”

HS:

Joe: $2K/Miles: $2,800/Erin: $2,400

Miles chooses the DD at the end of Archaeology on top w/ $4800, followed by Erin ($3600) & Joe ($3K). The male challenger risks two.

Prior to his famous 1922 discovery, this Brit found the tombs of Hatshetsup & Mentuhotep among others.

All he can respond is “Who is Dr. Livingston?” when he was instead Howard Carter.

SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: $400 (Archaeology)
SOLE UNATTEMPTED TS: $1K (Celebrity Memoirs)

CS:

Joe: $4,200/Challengers: $3,600 a head

DJ!:
SHAKESPEARE BUFFS
THE 50 STATES
SCIENCE & NATURE
SPELLING “BEE”
THE MANCUNIAN
CANDIDATE

Five picks in is DD #1 behind the $1600 clue about The 50 States for Joe, who’s progressed to $6200 compared to Erin’s $4K. The titleholder tries to improve to eight large after this next clue.

Nebraska’s name comes from an Otoe word meaning “flat water”, referring to this river.

“What is the Platte?”…that’s it. Not long after is his other DD this match $1200 into Shakespeare Buffs; he’ll wager $2200 here.

Before her OSCAR for playing a 20th C. queen, she scandalized as a NUDE Cleopatra w/ the Royal National Theatre.

“Who is Helen Mirren?”…that dame is fine & right.

SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: $2K (Shakespeare Buffs)
SOLE UNATTEMPTED TS: $2K (The 50 States)

Pre-Final S:

Joe: $16,600/Miles: $13,600/Erin: $6,800

MALE CORYATS:
Joe: $15,400
Miles: $15,600

FJ! #190: SOCIAL & SPORTS BARRIERS

Condoleeza Rice & South Carolina businesswoman Darla Moore became the first female members of this in 2012.

ERIN: “What is the Masters Golf Club?” (NOT ACCEPTABLE & BUSTS)
MILES: “What is the” ($7,777) = $5,823
JOE: “What is Augusta (National) Golf Club?” = $27,201 $77,202