GAME EIGHT
WEDNESDAY: Trevor Norris, Travis Troyer, Eric Floyd
Jeopardy! categories: Literary First Lines, Girls with Guitars, Fruits and Vegetables, Paris Sites, Take My "Y" , Please!, What Is It?
Daily Double: $800 Literary First Lines.
Eric ($2200) wagers $800.
Clue: "By E.M. Forster: '"The signora has no business to do it," said Miss Bartlett, "... she promised us south rooms...'"
Eric's guess: "What is 'A Room With a View'?" Correct for $3000.
End of Round Scores
Trevor - $3800
Travis - $3200
Eric - $3400
Double Jeopardy! categories: Classical Composers, Modeling, Down to Earth, New York in the Movies, Historic Battles, 5-Syllable Words.
Daily Double #1: $1600 New York in the Movies.
Trevor ($11,000) wagers $2000.
Clue: "It begins with a voice-over: 'Chapter One. He adored New York City. He idolized it all out of proportion'."
Trevor's guess: "What is 'Goodfellas'?"
Correct question: "What is 'Manhattan'?"
Trevor drops to $9000.
Daily Double #2: $1600 Classical Composers.
Eric ($7400) wagers $2000.
Clue: "Frederick Beale was the first to use 'recital' to mean a piano concert, referring to one by this Hungarian."
Eric's guess: "Who is Liszt?" Correct for $9400.
End of Round Scores
Trevor - $15,000
Travis - $5200
Eric - $10,200
Final Jeopardy! Category: World Geography.
Answer: Heads of state Jiang Zemin & Jorge Sampaio were on hand when this territory changed hands in December 1999.
Correct response: "What is Macau?"
Travis' question: What is Macau?
(RIGHT) Wager: $5100. Final score: $10,300.
Eric's question: What is Macau?
(RIGHT) Wager: $10,100. Final score: $20,300.
WINNER GAME EIGHT
Trevors's question: What is Hong Kong?
(WRONG) Wager: $5401. Final score: $9599.
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