These are today's Jeopardy! Highlights.
From San Francisco, California,
Andrew He.
From Minneapolis, Minnesota,
Eric Ahasic.
From Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
Mattea Roach.
One more coveted final spot remains as we
welcome back Mattea Roach,
Eric Ahasic, and Andrew He, who are all hoping to claim it.
Good luck to all three of you.
Here are the categories that await you in the Jeopardy! round.
County Seat, $1000.
Tucson: of this county / people / type of cotton.
- Eric. - What is Pima?
Good for another $1000.
- What is Hush Puppies? - That's good for $1000.
What is Billy the Kid? That's the bandit.
- What's Subway? - Yes.
- What's Erie? - You are correct.
Final clue in Spanish Words and Phrases: To speak plainly,
not mince words, is no tener pelos
en la lengua, literally to not have hair here.
- Andrew. - What's on your tongue?
That is correct.
Taking you to $3400. You're in third place, but not by much.
Let's see what the Double Jeopardy! round has in store.
Your categories will be --
Leaders, $1200.
The answer there, first of the two Daily Doubles.
I know you were looking for it and you found it. What's your wager?
I got to do it. All of it. $7000.
Betting everything on World Leaders.
Here's your clue.
After helping
to establish this as an independent country,
Eduard Shevardnadze became its president in 1995.
- What is Georgia? - Yes. And you have a big lead,
but there's still a Daily Double left.
Elegies, $1200.
The answer there is the other Daily Double.
Perhaps fortuitous that you found it, but what will your wager be?
All of it.
Oh, well, I did not think you were going to say that
with a lot on the line.
Here's your clue.
In Elegies.
1855's "Haworth Churchyard" Matthew Arnold's tribute
to these literary sisters written soon after the last one passed.
Who are the Brontë sisters?
That is correct.
You have $33,600.
- Who's Gray? - Right.
Who's Henley?
You are correct, yes.
What is Lady Day?
That's the nickname. Yes.
- What's Empress? - Empress of the Blues. Yes.
And the final clue in Jazz & Blues:
His nickname of "Satchmo" came from a truncation of "satchel mouth."
- Eric. - Who is Louis Armstrong?
You are correct.
And you made quite a run there.
Andrew's gusty second Daily Double wager
turned out to be quite prophetic.
He's got a big lead still going into Final Jeopardy!.
We're headed across the Atlantic for the last Final
Jeopardy! of the semifinals.
London Locales is the category. Here's the clue.
To fight malaria,
this former royal estate helped move quinine-producing cinchona plants
from South America to India.
Mattea Roach, What did they write down?
What is a question mark?
So you are going to lose whatever you wagered, which is nothing.
You still have $7200. Eric Ahasic in second place with $17,000.
Also no response.
You wagered $217, dropping you down to $16,783.
Andrew He was dominant today.
What was your response on Final?
We stumped you all three Jeopardy! Champions.
This is Kew Gardens, where the Royal Botanical Gardens were.
They grew the drugs that helped solve malaria problems.
So you're going to lose whatever you wagered,
Andrew, but I'm betting not that much. $1,337. Okay.
You have $37,008.
And you join Amy and Sam in the finals.
The finals begin Monday and the first player to three wins
will be our champion.
Join us then.