Here are today’s Tournament of Champions contestants:

– Matt Massie, an attorney originally from South Charleston, West Virginia;
– Josh Weikert, a politics professor from Collegeville, Pennsylvania; and
– Steven Olson, a band director from Princeton, Illinois.

Jeopardy!

A RANDOM 5-COURSE MEAL // TREE-POURRI // ASIAN GEOGRAPHY // NUMERIC WORDS & PHRASES // I CAN ADAPT // 21st CENTURY GAME SHOWS

DD1 – 1,000 – TREE-POURRI – Its name meaning “enlightenment”, this type of fig tree is sacred to both Hindus & Buddhists (Josh lost 2,000.)

Scores at first break: Matt 2,800, Josh 2,200, Steven 1,800.

Scores entering DJ: Matt 3,000, Josh 3,600, Steven 3,800.

Double Jeopardy!

MILITARY HISTORY // A BASIC CATEGORY // COLORFUL LIT // DEBUT ALBUMS // GOING “PRO” // NATIONAL ANTHEM LORE

DD2 – 1,200 – COLORFUL LIT – “The wide corridor up the center of E Block was floored with linoleum the color of tired old limes” in this 1996 bestseller (From the lead, Steven doubled to 14,000.)

DD3 – 1,600 – MILITARY HISTORY – The largest of the Ryukyu Islands, it was the site of a grueling 1945 battle with 12,000 American & 100,000 Japanese troops killed (With a lead of over 10K, Steven added 3,000 up to 19,000.)

Steven quickly took firm command in DJ by scoring on both DDs and never looked back, dominating into FJ at 25,800 vs. 5,800 for Matt and 5,600 for Josh.

Final Jeopardy!

CAPITAL CITIES – One of the 2 Canadian provincial capitals that share their names with a nation’s capital city

Steven and Matt were correct on FJ. Steven added 7,117 to advance with 32,917.

Final scores: Matt 11,600, Josh 5,600, Steven 32,917.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is Bodhi? DD2 – What is “The Green Mile”? DD3 – What is Okinawa? FJ – What are (one of) Victoria and St. John’s?