Here are today’s contestants:

• Elly Trickett, a blog & podcast editor from Danbury, Connecticut;
• Nam Nguyen, a playwright from Mississauga, Ontario; and
• Marko Saric, a math professor from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Marko is a two-day champ with winnings of $26,600.

Jeopardy!

TAKE ME TO THE BRIDGE! // BOOKED IN BOOKS // LAST NAME’S THE SAME // AN EMMY-WINNING ROLE // ALSO A BASKETBALL TERM // THE SUNDAY SCARIES

DD1 (video) – $600 – TAKE ME TO THE BRIDGE! – The world’s longest rotating metal bridge, El Ferdan, spans the Western shipping lane of this Egyptian waterway, dating to 1869 (Marko doubled to $7,200.)

Scores at first break: Marko $9,000, Nam $2,400, Elly $1,000.

Scores entering DJ: Marko $12,800, Nam $5,200, Elly -$400.

Double Jeopardy!

SECRETS OF THE OCTOPUS // HISTORICAL FIGURES // ZIMBABWE // LIBRARIES // AND THE ROLE ALMOST GOES TO… // 6-SYLLABLE WORDS

DD2 – $1,200 – HISTORICAL FIGURES – In the 1850s Congress awarded $20,000 to this man for negotiating the Kanagawa Treaty (Nam moved to the lead by adding $5,000 to his score of $8,000 vs. $12,800 for Marko.)

DD3 – $800 – 6-SYLLABLE WORDS – 19th C. liberation fighter José de San Martín got about as high in the military as possible, named this of the Republic of Peru (Marko dropped $3,300 from his total of $16,400 vs. $17,000 for Nam.)

Marko had a solid lead after round one, then Nam exploded to the front in DJ before Marko even rang in. Nam fell just short of a runaway into FJ at $28,200 vs. $14,700 for Marko. Elly was out of the running at -$800.

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY AUTHORS – Best known for a novel, she wrote at least 6 full-length plays & collaborated with Moms Mabley on a 1931 Broadway revue

Both players were incorrect on FJ. Nam dropped just $1,201 to win with $26,999.

Final scores: Marko $1,199, Nam $26,999, Elly -$800.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is Suez Canal? DD2 – Who was Perry? DD3 – What is Generalissimo? FJ – Who is Zora Neale Hurston?