Today’s players in Champions Wildcard are:

• John Vigna, a writer from Los Angeles, California;
• Jilana Cotter, a senior data analyst from Dade City, Florida; and
• Steve Crupi, a retired police information supervisor from Las Vegas, Nevada.

Jeopardy!

WAR & PEAS // THE USTA // WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLINER? // NOVEL IDEAS // INVENTED FIRST // “POUND” KEY

DD1 – $800 – NOVEL IDEAS – “Cleanliness is next to Fordliness” is a line from this 1932 novel (Jilana added $1,200.)

Scores at first break: Steve $3,800, Jilana $4,400, John $0.

Scores going into DJ: Steve $6,400, Jilana $4,600, John -$400.

Double Jeopardy!

GARDENS // GO SEE A MOVIE ABOUT A HORSE // THE METROPOLITAN OPERA // COUNTRIES THAT BORDER INDIA // A CATEGORY FULL OF COR(E)YS // CONTRONYMS

DD2 – $800 – THE METROPOLITAN OPERA – Emma Calvé might have tired of the habanera when she set a Met record singing this role 138 times (Jilana added $4,000.)

DD3 – $1,200 – COUNTRIES THAT BORDER INDIA – In 1967 India & this nation had a military clash along the border of Sikkim, then an Indian protectorate & today a state (John dropped $700.)

Scores going into FJ: Steve $9,600, Jilana $19,000, John $900.

Final Jeopardy!

AWARDS & HONORS – As of 2023 the only 2 to win a Nobel Prize in Literature & an Academy Award were George Bernard Shaw & this singer-songwriter

Only Jilana was correct on FJ, adding $801 to advance with $19,801.

Final scores: Steve $0, Jilana $19,801, John $2.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is “Brave New World”? DD2 – What is Carmen? DD3 – What is China? FJ – Who is Bob Dylan?