These are today's Jeopardy! Highlights.
From Austin, Texas, Molly Karol.
From Ellensburg, Washington, Tracy Pitzel.
From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Erica Weiner-Amachi.
F. Scott Fitzgerald once observed that there are no second acts in American lives.
Well, the players you'll be seeing today and over the next two weeks
have come here to prove Fitzgerald wrong!
Good luck to all three of you.
Let's go to work in the Jeopardy! round.
We begin by revealing the categories you'll be dealing with.
What is Americana for $600?
It is this clue.
Nan, sister of this painter, is next to a pitchfork-wielding
gent in "American Gothic".
Molly? Who's Grant Wood?
Yes.
Who's Mark Wahlberg? Marky Mark is right.
What is Lanai?
Lanai is right.
What is the left bank? You are correct.
What's an equinox? Yes.
Here's the final clue in Astronomy.
The most numerous type of star in the universe is the red type of this.
Tracy. What is dwarf?
Yes. Extending your lead to $5400.
It's Double Jeopardy!
time. Our second chancers are eager to see the categories.
Let's take a look at them. How about Phrases for $1600?
You can welcome a guest to your "humble" this word for a dwelling,
a phrase used by Jane Austen's annoying
Mr. Collins.
Erica. What is abode?
Good.
Who is Rachel Dratch? Yes.
Who is Washington? From his Farewell Address, yes.
What is a bolt? That's right.
Measuring, $800.
For beer, 31 gallons go into one of these; for crude oil, 42.
Tracy. What is a keg?
No.
Erica. What is a barrel?
Barrel is correct.
But I know what Tracy is thinking of.
Hello and Goodbye, $400.
It's what "Vaya con Dios" literally means.
Molly. What is "Go with God"?
That's right.
French Literature for $1200.
Answer... Daily Double!
Can I do $3000 again? You may.
Here's your clue in French Literature.
A line from this play says, "He carries a nose!-- Ah, good my Lords,
what a nose is his!" Who's “Cyrano de Bergerac”?
That is correct, “Cyrano de Bergerac”.
You have $7800.
What's a griffin?
Griffin is correct. Okay.
What is the Absurd? Yes.
And back to Egypt for the final clue.
This young pharaoh's mummified remains were interred
in a solid gold coffin, weighing almost 250 pounds.
Molly. Who's King Tut?
King Tut is correct.
You have $11,400.
You are just $1400 off the lead.
Everyone played a very strong game as we head into Final Jeopardy!.
Landmarks of Science is the category.
Here's the clue.
Clones of an original one of these grow outside the math faculty
at Cambridge University and in the President's Garden at M.I.T.
We'll start in the middle with Tracy Pitzel.
What was your response, Tracy?
What is a pea plant?
With Gregor Mendel in mind, I assume?
I'm afraid that's not correct.
You will lose everything.
Knocking you down to $0.
Molly Karol was in second place with $11,400.
She wrote down, What are roses?
No, that's also incorrect.
So she will lose just $1801.
You now have $9599.
Erika Weiner-Amachi comes into Final Jeopardy!
in the lead.
She wrote down, What is an oak tree?
No, all three of you were stumped. No pun intended.
This was an apple tree taken from the garden of none other than Isaac Newton.
What was your wager, Erica?
$11,000. That's enough, knocks you down to second place.
Molly Karol, you are a Second Chance finalist
and you'll be joining us in our first final at the end of the week.
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