"Jeopardy!" 11/15

The second trio of semifinal teachers is an all-female one:

Kate Wilson
Marcia Edmundson
Marion Penning

Need Some Topics:
EDUCATION ABBREVIATION
QUICK HISTORY
APPROXIMATE WEIGHTS & MEASURES
CROSSWORD CLUES "A"
THE JUNIOR VARSITY
2 PEOPLE, SAME POSITION

Kate's leading early w/ $2,600, the combined sum of her opponents (Marion: $1,400/Marcia: $1,200). Just after the break, Marion reaches $2K & takes the DD from the $800 piece of Quick History. She makes it a true one:

In German, it was called "Heiliges Romisches Reich".

"What is the Holy Roman Empire?"...the doubler's hers. At round's end, she's in front of Kate $5,600-4,200; Marcia's at two thou.

ATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $1,400 (Two People, Same Position)
UNATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $3,800
TOTAL LT: $5,200

Double J! Lineup:
KNOW YOUR BOUNDARIES
LEADING INTO THE SONG TITLE
ESSAYS
GET "REAL"!
SYSTEMS OF THE BODY
"Samurai: The Warrior Transformed" (video clues by Alex from the National Geographic Museum)

The DDs are lurking within the Essays & "Samurai". One of 'em is unraveled by...Marion right in the middle at $11,600, but she only has a $200 cushion over Kate because Kate's incorrect response on a $1,600 "Real" clue was reversed; Marcia's in the middle w/ $6,400. Marion goes for $2K & the right to remain in first place:

His essay "On the Decay of the Art of Lying" was "...read at a meeting of the historical and antiquarian club of Hartford".

She misses Mark Twain & drops to second for now at $9,600. The last one tonight...is in Kate's possession from the $1,600 "Samurai" spot w/ $15,800. Also for another $2K:

Tsubas are sword guards; they protected the hand in battle. As you can see, they're decorated w/ different symbols including this one, the flower long associated w/ Japan's Imperial House.

"What is the Chrysanthemum?"...$17,800!

ATTEMPTED LT: $2,800
UNATTEMPTED LT: $3,600
TOTAL DJ! LT: $6,400

Pre-Final J! Scores:
Marion: $9,600
Marcia: $8,400
Kate: $17,800

CORYAT SCORES:
Marion: $10,400
Marcia: $8,400
Kate: $17,400

FINAL J! SUBJECT: Math Men.

In 1880, he wrote "We draw two circles and make them include or exclude or intersect one another".

MARCIA:
Response: "Who is (John) Venn?" (best known for the Venn Diagram)
Final score: DOUBLE TO $16,800

MARION:
Response: SAME AS MARCIA
Wager: $9K
Final score: $18,600

KATE:
Response: SAME AS THE OTHER LADIES
Wager: $1,401
Advances w/: $19,201

EPISODE RATING: 7