"Jeopardy!" 9/28

Players:
Brendan DuBois (Exeter, NH)- Mystery/Suspense writer
Stephanie Kelleher (North Hollywood, CA)- Controller
CHAMP: Erica Mines (whose one-day cash winnings total $18K)

Friday's First Topics Coming Up:
NORTH DAKOTA
2-WORD RESPONSES
RUSSIAN FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
BEAUTY & MAKEUP
"B"4 (each correct word has four letters & starts w/ B)
AFTRA



The halftime lead belongs to Erica at the break w/ $3,200 by $1K over Brendan; Stephanie's off to a $400 beginning. Just before the start of the last played subject, Russian First Name's the Same, Brendan ends the ND clues by spotting the Daily Double w/ $4K; he trails Erica for first place by Stephanie's $1,800 score. He opts for a $1.5K try on this answer:

This largest city of North Dakota was named for a pioneer in the shipment of goods by express.

"What is Fargo?"...also a film title, he got it for $5.5K. But he drops $1K after a miss on the final clue of the round, while Stephanie's jumped to $3,800 & gets the third-place advantage at the start of Double J!
 
SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: $1K (Russian First Name's the Same)
UNATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $1,600
TOTAL LACH TRASH: $2,600

DJ! Slate:
FILL IN THE BLANK CANVAS
BAND NAME ORIGINS
GARDENS
NONFICTION
BRITISH KINGS NAMED EDWARD
LAST "DANCE" (each correct response ends w/ that word)

As we get later & later into the round, the DDs are hidden within Nonfiction & British Kings Named Edward...& Brendan's got a second tonight from the next-to-last British Kings Named Edward clue & w/ $11,300 & only trails Stephanie by a $100 bill for first; Erica's not too far off herself at $8,600. For $1,200 extra & the lead:

King Edward IV, a participant in The Wars of the Roses, was the son of Richard, Duke of this side in the wars.

"What is York?"...could've said that or Lancaster, but he chose correctly to lead for now w/ $12.5K! Erica then gets a shot at the last one this week w/ $10,600 attached to the $1,600 Nonfiction window; Stephanie has $11,400 & Brendan's gone to $14.5K. The current champ only gambles $600.

It's John Krakauer's epic personal account of disaster on Mount Everest in 1996.

No guess; it was Into Thin Air & that's all for the round.

DJ! LT (all unattempted): $9,200

Pre-Final J! Scores:
Erica: $10K
Stephanie: $11,400
Brendan: $14.5K

CORYAT SCORES:
Erica: $10,600
Stephanie: $11,400
Brendan: $14,400

FJ! CATEGORY: Toys & Games.

When Milton Bradley released this home game in 1966, competitors accused it of selling "sex in a box".

ERICA:
Response: "What is Twister?"
Wager: ALL-IN
Final score: $20K

STEPHANIE:
Response: SAME AS ERICA
Wager: $5,199
Final score: $16,599

BRENDAN:
Response: SWEEP
Wager: $8.5K
Wins w/: $23K

Erica's score tonight just happens to be her total winnings on the show.

EPISODE RATING: 7