Here are today’s contestants:

• Sarah Cox, a chief of staff from Austin, Texas;
• Tom Thriveni, a writer from Los Angeles, California; and
• Katie Kornacki, a professor of English from Hartford, Connecticut. Katie is a one-day champ with winnings of $20,000.

Jeopardy!

THE SPACE BETWEEN US // NOVEL PLOT POINTS // 3-LETTER BODY PARTS? // RARE // MEDIUM // WELL DONE!

DD1 – $1,000 – THE SPACE BETWEEN US – A spacecraft sent to study Saturn is named for this Italian-born astronomer who discovered 4 of Saturn’s moons (Tom lost $1,000.)

Scores at first break: Katie $1,400, Tom -$1,800, Sarah $2,400.

Scores entering DJ: Katie $3,600, Tom -$800, Sarah $5,200.

Double Jeopardy!

HISTORIC OBJECTS // ALLITERATION // WE’RE BUSSIN’ // WORLD GEOGRAPHY // PARENTHETICAL SONG TITLES // VIKING LORE

DD2 – $1,600 – HISTORIC OBJECTS – The rocking chair that Lincoln was shot in was claimed by the government but returned to the widow of a man with this last name (Katie dropped $2,000 from her score of $4,800 vs. $8,400 for Sarah.)

DD3 – $1,200 – WORLD GEOGRAPHY – With about 2,070 miles of coastline, this Horn of Africa nation has the most of any nation on the continent (Sarah improved her leading total by $3,000 to $12,600.)

Every player had a DD opportunity, but only Sarah was correct, helping her to a runaway at $15,000 vs. $5,600 for Katie and $4,000 for Tom.

Final Jeopardy!

BOOK COVERS – In 1974 Allison Maher Stern posed horizontally on stools & pretended to swim for a cover of this book

Only Sarah was correct on FJ, adding $50 to win with $15,050.

Final scores: Katie $2,600 Tom $3,200, Sarah $15,050.

Triple Stumper of the day: For a top-row clue in ALLITERATION, no one knew the object that you might see a doctor carry in an old-time movie or TV show is a black bag.

Correct Qs: DD1 – Who was Cassini? DD2 – What is Ford? DD3 – What is Somalia? FJ – What is “Jaws”?