The Final Jeopardy question (9/25/2013) in the category “20th Century Names” was:

Since his 1988 death, he’s been inducted into the U.S. Hockey, World Figure Skating & National Inventors Hall of Fame.

New champ Neal Pollack won $26,000 yesterday. Today he takes on these two players: Eric Winschel, from Pasadena, CA; and Kamal Foreman, from Smyrna, GA.

Eric found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “One Nation” before the first break. He was in third place with $1,200, $1,400 behind Neal’s lead. He bet it all and he was RIGHT.

21 counties including Gavleborg & Vastmanland. show

WHAT IS SWEDEN?

Eric finished in the lead with $7,000. Kamal was second with $4,800 and Neal was last with $3,000.

Neal found the first Double Jeopardy Daily Double in “Authors on Authors.” It was the $2,000 clue and the first one he picked so everyone still had the same dough listed above. He bet it all but thought it was Thor Heyerdahl. That was WRONG.

Vachel Lindsay’s poem “The Raft” said this author “In white stands gleaming like a pillar in the night.” show

WHO IS MARK TWAIN?

Neal found the last Daily Double in “Movie Ending Line of the Decade.” In third place with $4,400, he had $4,000 less than Kamal’s lead. He bet $4,000 this time and came up with “Some Like It Hot.” That was WRONG.

1950s: “I now pronounce you men and wives.” show

WHAT IS “SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS”?

Kamal finished in the lead with $15,200. Neal made a spectacular comeback and finished second with $11,600 and Eric was in third place with $9,400. But then Neal got dinged for $1,600 for adding a “d” to fatigue in the category about antonyms so he went into FJ with $10,000.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS FRANK ZAMBONI?

American inventor, Frank Joseph Zamboni, Jr., invented the modern ice resurfacer. He received many accolades during his lifetime and also posthumously for his achievements. Here is one of the Fun Facts for game lovers on Zamboni.com: In 2000, the Zamboni machine was immortalized as an authentic Monopoly® board game token in the NHL version of the game.

Eric wrote down “Gordie Howe.” He lost $9,000 and finished with $400.

Neal got it right and added $9,999 to his score to finish with $19,999.

Kamal wrote down “Bauer”. She lost her $4,801 bet so she finished with $10,399.

So Neal won his second game with a very respectable total despite those two bad breaks in Double Jeopardy! Great job, Neal! His 2-day total is $45,999.