Here are today’s exhibition match contestants:

– Paolo Pasco, a puzzle writer originally from San Diego, California;
– Laura Faddah, a manager from Memphis, Tennessee; and
– Scott Riccardi, an engineer from Somerville, New Jersey.

Jeopardy!

POLITICS RHYME TIME // SPORTS // “Q_ED” // I’M TALKIN’ HERE! // FACTS // FACE CARDS

DD1 – 400 – I’M TALKIN’ HERE! – Neil Armstrong said he meant to put an “A” in between these 2 of his first words on the Moon (Paolo doubled to 15,200.)

Scores at first break: Scott 1,400, Laura 800, Paolo 6,200.

Scores entering DJ: Scott 3,200, Laura 2,400, Paolo 15,600.

Double Jeopardy!

INTERNATIONAL COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES // THE FILMS OF ALFRED HITCHCOCK // MEDICINE // THE 2012 TIME 100 // HOW ARE YOU FEELING? // NOTHING A LITTLE OPERA CAN’T CURE!

DD2 – 1,200 – HOW ARE YOU FEELING? – 2014 Pharrell Williams hit (Paolo improved by 5,000 to 23,400.)

DD3 – 2,000 – INTERNATIONAL COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES – Woof! AIU is this “International University” in Japan focusing on liberal arts & foreign languages (Laura added 2,000.)

Scores entering FJ: Scott 5,200, Laura 8,800, Paolo 29,000.

Final Jeopardy!

MAMMALS – Wrangel Island, off the coast of Siberia, may have been the last place on Earth where this 2-word prehistoric mammal lived

Everyone was correct on FJ.

Final scores: Scott 5,200, Laura 10,401, Paolo 30,118.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What are for man? DD2 – What is “Happy”? DD3 – What is Akita? FJ – What is woolly mammoth?