Lot of high octane clues to help you catch Ryan. And he underwagers, a fact that you, being savvy, have noticed and taken into account. So if you can get up to $13,501, I think you can award yourself a fourth podium win with an asterisk. Not counting the DD, there's $15,600 in trash on the board. So it's going to be tight and you couldn't beat a shutout wager by Ryan. WITH the DD (which you have the option to include if you got the milquetoast clue) there's a potential for $24,400. AND that DD was where Ryan picked up an extra $8k. So you can fantasize that you're knocking him down to $12,000 pre-FJ. But what if having less paradoxically spurs him to bet more? I'm predicting not too many clear fourth podium wins but a lot of arguable ones.
Scores going into FJ:
Ryan Long: 20000+7000=27000
Jason Smith: 16000-3500=12500
Justinne Lake-Jedzinak: 6200
JEOPARDY ROUND
SJ22 $1000 TOOL TIME: PAIRS EDITION: mortise
SJ29 $1000 POETS: The Faerie Queene
DOUBLE JEOPARDY ROUND
DJ1 $2000 COUNTRIES IN THE U.S.: Lebanon
DJ3 $1200 COUNTRIES IN THE U.S.: China Grove
DJ5 $2000 MILITARY HISTORY: John Bunyan
DJ13 $2000 MOVIE TITLE BEFORE & AFTER: The Great Escape TO Witch Mountain
DJ19 $800 SCORING A "T--D": timid
DJ20 DD2 SCORING A "T--D": tenfold
DJ22 $2000 SCORING A "T--D": tabard
DJ23 $1200 REMEMBERING THE LADIES: the white mouse
DJ24 $2000 WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE: Kepler
DJ29 $400 REMEMBERING THE LADIES: plant or grow trees
FINAL JEOPARDY
LITERATURE: Jack Kerouac