Jeopardy! recap for Mon., May 20 – Here are today’s contestants

– Adam, an associate professor from Georgia, whose facial hair has no name;
– Jenny, a handywoman from Virginia, shaved her head three times; and
– James, a professional sports gambler from Nevada, “majored” in online poker at college. James is a 22-day champ with winnings of $1,691,008.

James returned in top form, scoring on all three DDs on his way to a trademark runaway at $49,229 vs. $4,600 for Jenny and $4,200 for Adam.

DD1, $1,000 – MURPHY, BROWN – Among the items she lost on the Titanic were crates of ancient artifacts that she had acquired for the Denver Museum (James doubled his score of $1,000.)

DD2, $1,600 – “O” THE PLACES YOU’LL GO – Pack your bags for this city, Japan’s third-largest and the first in Asia to host a World’s Fair (James won $10,617 from his total of $13,200.)

DD3, $1,600 – PRINCE AMONG MEN – In the mid-19th century, Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg helped restore this Austrian line to prominence (James won $9,812 from his score of $25,017.)

FJ – NAME THE FRENCH AUTHOR – “I am making myself liable to Articles 30 & 31 of the law of 29 July 1881 regarding the press, which make libel a punishable offense”

James and Jenny were correct on FJ, with James adding $40,000 to win with $89,229 for a 23-day total of $1,780,237. His daily average has now surpassed the $77,000 mark, which used to be the record for one-day earnings.

Triple Stumper of the day: In “The Monthly Movie Title”, no one knew the 1964 film about an attempted military takeover of the government is “Seven Days in May”.

Pedantry corner: A clue suggested that the “Paper Chase” in the title of a movie and TV series referred to a diploma from Harvard Law. However, in the TV show the law school was not named.

Correct Qs:
DD1 – Who was Molly Brown?
DD2 – What is Osaka?
DD3 – What is Habsburg?
FJ – Who was Zola?