"Jeopardy!" 11/1

Competitors:
Elizabeth Pfeifer (Oakton, VA)- Executive assistant
John Mahone (Brooklyn)- SAT teacher
BIG CHAMP: Keith Whitener (whose six-day cash winnings total $118,398 & if he cleans up in winning his seventh game tonight, could move into second on the ToC Leaderboard)

First Half-Dozen Categories:
THE 3 Rs
POLYNESIA
I WORKED FOR ROGER CORMAN
CONTESTS
THE OLD GRAY MAYOR
THE CIA

Keith earns a DD at the end of Polynesia w/ $2,200 & has a $400 early lead over John. Keith goes for it all:

The easternmost outpost of Polynesia, it lies about 2,200 miles off the coast of Chile.

"What is Easter Island?"...& there's a $4,400 Easter Egg! He's at the $5K plateau entering the first timeout; John's slightly up to $2,200 (originally $1,400, but his last incorrect response just before the break was reversed). Once time runs out on the three least valuable clues dealing w/ The CIA, Keith's no longer in Lock Game Territory w/ $6,400 to John's $5K & Elizabeth's $2K.

ATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $2K
SOLE UNATTEMPTED TS: $800 (The CIA)
TOTAL LACH TRASH: $2,800

Double J! Menu:
LADY CEREBELLUM
NAMES IN THESE TUNES
THEY INSPIRED THE CHARACTER
WILLPOWER
EDUCATION
THE "CIA"

Keith has his second DD tonight w/ $13,600, Photo-style, behind the $1,600 bit of Willpower; John's $200 shy of 10 grand & Elizabeth's steadily gaining ground w/ $5,600. Keith bets five biggies on:

He was first in his law class at Stanford.

"Who is William Reinquist?" is right to be $1,001 shy of LGT at $18,600! He can get back into sitting pretty as he gets the DD Sweep by picking off the $2K Education answer while he has $20,200 in his pot for the evening; $11K is what John's sitting on. The current king goes for $5K more on this one:

In the 1950s, Robert Havighurst popularized the phrase this "moment", meaning an opportunity to learn something.

"What is a teachable moment?"...back into LGT he goes w/ $25,200! The time's up beeps sound on the $400 Names in These Tunes incompletion.

DJ! LT (all unattempted): $8,400

Scores Heading Into Final:
Keith: $25,200 (LG!!!)
John: $10,600
Elizabeth: $10K

CORYAT SCORES:
Keith: $17,600
John: $10,600
Elizabeth: $10K

FJ! TOPIC #34: The 50 States.

Gambling as a commercial enterprise in some form's legal in all states except HI & this state.

ELIZABETH:
Response: "What is Utah?"
Final score: $10K

JOHN:
Response: SAME AS ELIZABETH
Final score: $21,100

Keith Whitener needs to earn at least $29,172 to at least clinch second place on the ToC Leaderboard (excluding the consolation money, anyway). Let's see if he at least completes the sweep...he does & a wager of $3,999's barely enough to give him a $29,199 win & at least the second seed w/ a seven-game score of $147,597! 

EPISODE RATING: 9