Today’s players in Champions Wildcard are:

• Jesse Matheny, a customer success specialist originally from Huntington, Indiana;
• Alex Gordon, a surgical resident originally from Somers, New York; and
• Kat Jepson, an artist from Roanoke, Virginia.

Jeopardy!

THE 13 COLONIES // PILES // THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE // WHAT’S THAT SMELL? // JEWELRY // HANSEL CULTURE

DD1 – 800 – THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE – As an experiment in 1959, mail was dispatched by guided missile from one of these to a naval air station in Florida (Jesse dropped 1,600.)

Scores at first break: Kat 4,200, Alex 3,000, Jesse 600.

Scores entering DJ: Kat 5,600, Alex 2,600, Jesse 2,000.

Double Jeopardy!

TAKING FLIGHT // BODIES OF WATER // ARTISTS & THEIR SUBJECTS // 4, 4 // LITERARY HELPERS // ACTION MOVIES

DD2 – 1,200 – 4, 4 – “Pray for us sinners” is a line from it (Jesse added 2,000.)

DD3 – 1,600 – BODIES OF WATER – Extending for about 135 miles, the Yucatan Channel links these 2 smaller-than-an-ocean bodies of water (Jesse added 6,800.)

Scores entering FJ: Kat 8,400, Alex 10,200, Jesse 18,800.

Final Jeopardy!

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS – He’s the most recent presidential candidate to have officially declared his opponent in that campaign the victor

Only Jesse was correct on FJ, adding 1,601 to advance with 20,401.

Final scores: Kat 0, Alex 1,599, Jesse 20,401.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is a submarine? DD2 – What is Hail Mary? DD3 – What are the Gulf of Mexico & the Caribbean Sea? FJ – Who is Al Gore?