Kimberley Stephenson (Pasadena, CA)- College librarian
Dan Burke (Chicago)- High school Theology teacher
CHAMPION: Blythe Rodgers (whose one-day cash winnings total $13,999)
Tuesday's Topic Openers:
CHEMICAL ELEMENTS
THINK FAST!
HISTOR"E"
SMART WORDS
ROUGH REVIEWS ON "Rotten Tomatoes"
A DOLLAR IS WORTH ABOUT...
The first Daily Double of this game's Histor"e" because of Dan at its $1K spot; he has $1,200 & trails Kimberley by $600 & Blythe by $800. For $2,400 & the lead, here's the clue:
In the 980s, he managed to make Greenland sound pleasant enough to get follow Icelanders to join him there.
"Who is (Leif) Ericson?...he's only partly right- that man was Erik the Red. However, he ends the first segment by accumulating $1,400; Kimberley's at $2,200 & Blythe leads her by a thou.
LACH TRASH (all attempted): $1,600
Post-J! Round Scores:
Blythe: $3,800
Dan: $2,200
Kimberley: $4,200
Next to be Chosen:
COUNTRY MUSIC DUET PARTNERS
AT THE "CORE"
CONSTITUTION SIGNERS BY STATE
HOMOPHONES
ARTHUR
CANTERBURY TALES TELLERS
The $1,600 Constitution Signer By State selection by Blythe results in the DD signal being heard while being in a second-place tie between the ladies w/ $8,200 each; they're both $4K out of first. Blythe bets three C-notes on this famous person:
William Paterson
"What is New Jersey?"...she's cut the trailing margin to $1K w/ $11,200! Once that category ends w/ a TS, she goes DD Hunting in the center of the Canterbury Tales Hunters w/ six clues remaining (the last four there & the last two Country Music Duet Partners)...she's one space off- Dan gets a hold of it instead from the $1,600 monitor. From his $13,400, the man in the middle makes the $2K gamble.
The teller of the first tale, he's participated in several battles of The Great Crusades.
"Who is...The Priest?"...but it was The Knight.
ATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $1,600
UNATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $4,400
TOTAL DJ! LACH TRASH: $6K
Totals After DJ!:
Blythe: $14,800
Dan: $13,400
Kimberley: $8,200
CORYAT SCORES:
Blythe: $13,400
Dan: $16,600
Kimberley: $8,200
FINAL J! TOPIC: First Names.
A wife of King David & two of our early First Ladies shared this name derived from Hebrew for "my father's joy".
Kimberley shouldn't have risked much, even though she quickly had the right response of "What is Abigail?", but she DOUBLES to $16,800. Dan...agrees to win the championship w/ $26,798! Blythe completed the trifecta but wagered just $5,200 (maybe she thought that category was hard on paper just like I did?), sending her home w/ $15,999.
EPISODE RATING: 7