Today’s players in the third Champions Wildcard semifinal are:

• Lucy Ricketts, a book designer & freelance illustrator from Atlanta, Georgia;
• Daniel Nguyen, a high school math teacher & doctoral student from San Jose, California; and
• Joe Feldmann, a technology professional from Bethesda, Maryland.

Jeopardy!

THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS // “B” GIRLS // DUST TO DUST // COUNTDOWN // SORT THROUGH THE WORD PROBLEM // ANIMALS IN ITALIAN

DD1 – $800 – DUST TO DUST – In a poem named for him, Rudyard Kipling calls this man a “limpin’ lump o’ brick-dust” (Lucy dropped $2,400.)

Scores at first break: Joe $400, Daniel $800, Lucy $3,000.

Scores going into DJ: Joe $2,800, Daniel $3,200, Lucy $3,200.

Double Jeopardy!

THE MOUNTAIN WEST // SUMMER OLYMPIC CITIES // WORLD WRITERS // WEEDER’S DIGEST // ASTROLOGY TIME // 3-LETTER WORDS

DD2 – $1,600- SUMMER OLYMPIC CITIES – This city between Lake Mälaren & the Baltic Sea hosted the 1912 Olympics (On the first clue of the round, Joe dropped $2,800.)

DD3 – $2,000 – ASTROLOGY TIME – According to astrology, we are influenced not only by the planets but also by these objects, like Pallas & Vesta (Lucy dropped $6,000.)

Scores going into FJ: Joe $400, Daniel $4,800, Lucy $11,600.

Final Jeopardy!

MILITARY HISTORY – A 1918 article titled “Do Not Shoot At” these said hunters were interfering with the U.S. Signal Corps’ training of them

Only Lucy was correct on FJ, betting $0 to advance with $11,600. Lucy will face Sam and Josh in the finals.

Final scores: Joe $0, Daniel $4,800, Lucy $11,600.

Correct Qs: DD1 – Who is Gunga Din? DD2 – What is Stockholm? DD3 – What are asteroids? FJ – What are pigeons?