“JEOPARDY!” 6/28/17

William Baldwin (New Haven, CT): Law student
Nathan Flynn (Royal Oak, MI): English teacher
2-DAY CHAMP: Brandon Randall (who once was a backup singer for Gladys Knight)

BB:
PORTUGUESE HISTORY
BAGELS
MOOD MUSIC
5 OF 7 DEADLY SINS, IN SOME FORM
PAINTINGS
SURPRISE!

William chooses that DD early in the $400 Portuguese History box having a 3rd-place $800; Brandon ($1200) & Nathan ($1400) are just ahead of him.

Threatened by Napoleon, the Portuguese rival family fled to this colonial capital & stayed there for 13 yrs.

“What is Rio de Janeiro?”…right for the g-spot & the early lead.

HS:

Brandon: $800/Nathan: $1,800/William: $4,200

LT: $2800

CS:

Brandon: $2,200/Nathan: $3,200/William: $9,400

DJ!:
HE PLAYED CHURCHILL
BAD-WORLD BOOKSHELF
NEWER WORDS & PHRASES
AFRICAN AMERICANS
BODIES OF WATER
“X” NOUNS

Nathan holes out DD #1 for African Americans & he’s slimly in 3rd w/ $7200, $1K behind Brandon for 2nd & he’s $4200 away from 1st. $3K clue coming Nathan’s way.

Serving under George W. Bush, this soldier was the first person of Jamaican descent in the Cabinet.

“Who is (Colin) Powell?” it was. DD #2 is back w/ William due to his pick of the $1600 Body of Water &  $15K is his current bank total. This is for $20K total:

This Turkish strait that separates Europe from Asia takes its name from the ancient Greek for “cattle passage”.

“What is the Phosphorus?”…William struck more green on that.

SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: $2K (Newer Words & Phrases)
UNATTEMPTED LT: $3600 (last two Bad-World Bookshelf clues)
TOTAL DJ! LT: $5600

Pre-Final S:

Brandon: $9K/Nathan: $14,600/William: $23,200

CHALLENGER CORYATS:
Nathan: $12,800
William: $19,200

FJ! #208: ENTREPRENEURS

In the 1960s M.T. Lott was one of the fictitious names he used to buy 27K acres in FL.

BRANDON: “Who is Hoffa?” = $1
NATHAN: “Who is Walt Disney?” ($3401) = $18,001
WILLIAM: “WHO IS TRUMP?” = $17,199