These are today's Jeopardy!
Highlights.
From Spring Hill, Tennessee, Christine Whelchel.
From San Francisco, California, Andrew He.
Originally from Coral Gables, Florida, Jonathan Fisher.
Today, we welcome back our champions, Jonathan, Andrew, and Christine.
Let's get into the Jeopardy!
round where we have these categories for you.
Plays, $600.
From the time he was born in New York City on July 4th, 1927,
this playwright was "Broadway bound".
Andrew. Who is Simon?
Neil Simon. That's the playwright.
What is the Red Army? You got it.
What is "Rick and Morty"?
Yes.
What is witchcraft?
Yes.
Hawaiian, $600.
A porch or patio: LN.
Andrew. What is Lanai?
That's correct.
What is "Moana"? That's right.
All right.
The end of the Jeopardy!
round, Jonathan has a narrow lead over Andrew.
Anything can happen in Double Jeopardy!
with two Daily Doubles, twice as much money.
And these new categories.
Directed That, $2000.
Oscar-nominated for films like "12 Angry Men" and "Network",
in the late '70s he was tapped to direct "The Wiz".
Jonathan. Who is Lumet?
Sidney Lumet. Very good.
Who was Mapplethorpe?
Yes, Robert Mapplethorpe.
What is Quetzal? That's it.
Who is...
Scott?
Sir Walter Scott, you got it.
5 Hearts, $2000.
Answer there, the Daily Double.
I'll do $5000.
All right. Here's your clue in 5 Hearts.
Here's this basilica that looms over Paris.
What is Sacré-Coeur? Sacred Heart.
That is correct.
You have $17,000 and the lead.
I Bid, $800.
Answer there, the other Daily Double.
You found them both and that can be important.
$10,000. Wow.
All right, for $10,000, here's your clue in I bid.
In 2020 an unnamed bidder spent $4.2 million for the so-called
Eid Mar coin, minted by this assassin.
Andrew.
Ran out of time.
Who is Brutus?
Brutus, the assassin in question. He dropped $10,000.
Still in second place though.
What is Monsanto?
You are correct.
What is "Stayin' Alive"? That's correct.
What's the Rialto? Correct.
What is the Mona Lisa?
That's correct.
What is Silicon Valley?
Yes. You get almost to $20,000 with that correct response.
A $6,000 lead over Andrew.
The Final Jeopardy!
category in our second quarter-final is Poets.
And here's the clue.
Inspired by
stories from his grandfather, his "Battle of Lovell's Pond"
appeared in the Portland Gazette in 1820 when he was 13.
Come to Christine Whelchel first.
Which poet did she think of?
Who is Whitman?
I'm sorry. That's incorrect.
What was your wager?
Nothing.
You still have $2200.
Andrew He was in second place with $13,800 after splitting the Daily Doubles.
His poet... Who is Holmes?
Oliver Wendell Holmes, I assume.
That is also incorrect.
So you're going to lose the small wager.
That leaves you with $12,001.
It's going to depend on Jonathan Fisher's response and his wager.
Which poet did he come up with?
Who is Thoreau?
No. This is an early American poet, as you knew.
But the Maine-born one from the Portland Gazette, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
This was Longfellow.
How much did Jonathan wager?
$7801 leaves you with $11,999.
By just $2, Andrew He is a come-from-behind quarterfinalist.
Congratulations.
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