It's yesterday once more

      Yesterday Julie Singer got our attention when she had a lock on the game going into Final Jeopardy. Strangely, I wrote that sentence before I knew there was a category today called It's a "Lock"! Let's see if Julie can do it again today.

Julie Singer

Cesar Perez-Gonzalez

Arthur Chu

     Yesterday I mentioned Julie had a lot of luck with France-related clues. Look at this first one she answered today, in The Palace of Nations: "On July 22, 1954, shortly after Dien Bien Phu and here at Geneva's Palace of Nations, a general from this country signed a truce document with the Viet Minh."
     Shocking triple-stumper of the day, in It's a "Lock": "An ox, or the last name of a 'Speed' star." I'd like to know what the contestants were thinking.
     At the first break:
Julie 2800 (4 right and one wrong)
Arthur 2400 (7 right and one wrong)
Cesar 400 (2 right and one wrong)
     Cesar found the Daily Double after the break, in The Palace of Nations.
Julie 2800
Arthur 2400
Cesar 1400 (One right)
     Cesar wagered 600 on this clue, read by Kelly: "With 85 gilded constellations and 840 silvered stars, the celestial sphere was donated in 1939 by the foundation of this president, who deeply believed in international cooperation."

     Of course he got it right.
     At the end of the round, there were 2 clues left on the board. Also like yesterday, all 3 contestants were active. Mr. Trebek said it was "a fairly even game."
Julie 4200 (2 right)
Arthur 4400 (3 right and one wrong)
Cesar 3200 (5 right and one wrong)
     Cesar found the first Daily Double of the round, in National Flags. Which means I have to get out of my chair to take a picture again.
Julie 5400 (2 right)
Arthur 5200 (One right)
Cesar 6400 (3 right)
     Cesar wagered just 1000 on this clue: "Enter the dragon on the flag of this country between India and Tibet." Hey, no video! Thanks, Jeopardy!. Cesar got this right.
     Arthur found the next Daily Double, in Getting Nautical.
Julie 10200 (3 right)
Arthur 7600 (2 right)
Cesar 7800 (One right)
     Arthur wagered it all. Gutsy (but I like it), since he hadn't seen any of the clues in the category yet. This is the clue: "The lowest compartment of a ship's inner hull; there's a special pump named for the yucky water often found there." Arthur knew it immediately!
     At the end of the round:
Julie 18600 (7 right)
Arthur 20000 (4 right)
Cesar 9000 (2 right and one wrong)
     The Final Jeopardy category was Literary Quotes. This is the clue: "A maxim of Ayn Rand was 'Man's ego is'this'of human progress.'" Cesar got this wrong and he lost it all. Julie was wrong too, and lost 18400! Arthur got it right! He added a whopping 17200. Whoa. I guess it's not yesterday once more after all, at least not in every possible way! But like yesterday, I decided not to track my Coryat.
One year ago: That was risky
Two years ago: These are a few of my favorite things
Three years ago: What is the Trans-Canada Highway?