Kelly Regan (Philadelphia)- Editorial director
Christy Gibson (Issaquah, WA)- Family medicine physician
CHAMP: Stephanie Fontaine (whose two-day cash winnings total $35,100)
Monday Night's First Categories:
LATIN LOVERS NEEDED
AIRLINES
U.S. OLYMPIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES (each clue's looking for the sport)
ALSO A BEVERAGE
VICE-PRESIDENTS
SEAS OF THE WORLD
Kelly's leading after the first half w/ $2,200 to $800 each for the rest. Not long after, Stephanie finds the only Daily Double on the board under the $400 V-P answer & wagers her current bank on this clue:
He was the last Democratic V-P to become President.
(Harry) Truman was incorrect; he was LBJ. After time runs out on the last four Latin Lovers Needed, she'll begin Double Jeopardy! $200 in the hole, while Christy's $800 on the good side & Kelly's in Lock Game Territory for now at $4,400.
BERT CONVY ERROR: $200 (Also a Beverage; the subject was Coke)
ATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $1,200
UNATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $4K
TOTAL LACH TRASH: $5,200
DJ! Topics:
KNIGHT TIME
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
RACHEL
LIFE OF PI
THAT CHARACTER HAS AUTHOR!
"M-S" WORD (each right response starts w/ M & ends w/ S)
Once Kelly gets the round going by inching to $4,800, Stephanie takes another DD away from her by choosing the $1,200 Musical Instruments screen. Once again, the champ makes it a true one, this time for $1,200, on this:
Appropriately, the song "Back in the U.S.S.R." mentions this Russian instrument.
"What is a balalaika?"...correct. And she completes the DD Sweep w/ the $1,600 Life of Pi answer & $9,200; she has a $1,600 lead over Kelly, but Christy's $1,200 in the red. Stephanie now risks the $1,200:
Eureka! Around 250 B.C., this sage of Syracuse estimated Pi at around 22/7.
"Who is Pythagoras?"...good guess, but it was Archimedes. The timer runs out just before the end of Knight Time, but not a moment too soon for Christy- SHE'S $6,400 IN DDDD, A NEW ALL-TIME WORST FOR "J!", & HAS BUSTED OUT FOR $1K.
SOLE ATTEMPTED TS OF THE ROUND: $2K (Musical Instruments)
UNATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $6K
TOTAL DJ! LACH TRASH: $8K
At Head's Up:
Stephanie: $14,400
Kelly: $8,800
CORYAT SCORES:
Stephanie: $17K
Christy: -$6,400
Kelly: $8,800
FINAL J! SUBJECT: Nobel Prize-Winning Scientists.
1910 winner Albrecht Kossel studied a new material in the control center of cells; today, we know it as this.
KELLY:
Response: "What is nuclear physics"
Wager: $7K
Final score: $1,800 (she'll leave w/ $200 more than that)
STEPHANIE:
Response: "What is DNA"
Wager: $5K
Retains w/: $19,400
That puts Steph in the ToC mix for the time being w/ $54.5K.
EPISODE RATING: 6