Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Jan. 28 – Introducing today’s contestants:

– Saurabh, a finance analyst from New York, faced name pronunciation problems in school;
– Jill, an auditor from Massachusetts, wants to visit 50 states by age 50; and
– Steve-O, a supply chain analyst from Ohio, competes in a pinball league. Steve-O is a one-day champ with winnings of $33,201.

Steve-O extended his lead by $7,000 with correct responses to both DDs in DJ, but it wasn’t enough to hold off the late surge by Jill, who took first place into FJ with $18,000 vs. $15,800 for Steve-O and $4,000 for Saurabh.

DD1 ($400) – INSURANCE – A life insurance clause paying twice the face value of the policy for an accidental death is called this, also a film title (Jill lost $1,200 on a true DD.)

DD2 ($1,600) – GODS & GODDESSES – One of Rome’s oldest temples was the one of this chief god on the Capitoline Hill (Steve-O won $3,000)

DD3 ($800, video) – GEOGRAPH”E” – Seen here is an example of this, a closed coastal body of water where river water mixes with sea water (Steve-O won $4,000)

FJ – 19TH CENTURY NOVELS – Ambrose Bierce, a Civil War veteran, said of this 1895 book, the author “knows nothing of war, yet he is drenched in blood

Everyone was correct on FJ, with Jill adding $13,601 to win with $31,601. Steve-O bet almost everything from a close second place, and by doing so forced himself to be correct to have a chance to win, while with a smaller bet he could have won only if Jill had missed.

Triple Stumper of the day: No one guessed the “bunch” of fruits on Fiji’s flag are bananas.

Judging the writers: For some reason they’ve been in a Borden state of mind lately, as Elsie the Cow was the subject of a clue last week and today, Elsie’s stablemate Elmer got a mention.

This day in Trebekistan: Alex doesn’t like preemptions. Listen up, Boston station that bumps Jeopardy! every week during the football season.

Correct Qs:
DD1 – What is double indemnity?
DD2 – Who is Jupiter?
DD3 – What is estuary?
FJ – What is “The Red Badge of Courage”?