Here are today’s Invitational Tournament contestants:

– Adriana Harmeyer, an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana;
– Will Yancey, a lecturer of history originally from Gadsden, Alabama; and
– Long Nguyen, a retired engineer from Las Vegas, Nevada.

Jeopardy!

THE INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS // BODIES OF WATER // IN BLACK’S LAW DICTIONARY // ANTONYMS // “E.E.” // COMINGS

DD1 – 800 – ANTONYMS – Of seldom: This adjective that as a verb means to go somewhere often (Adriana doubled to 2,000.)

Scores at first break: Long 4,000, Will 1,600, Adriana 2,000.

Scores entering DJ: Long 5,200, Will 4,600, Adriana 3,400.

Double Jeopardy!

GETTING THE LITERARY JITTERS // WOMEN IN MUSIC // INTERNATIONAL OBSERVANCES // ALL ABOUT ANIMALS // MANY-LETTERED WORDS // REMAINS TO BE SEEN

DD2 – 1,200 – INTERNATIONAL OBSERVANCES – Meaning “new day” in Farsi, the March observance of Nowruz dates to spring rites of this ancient religion (Long improved his leading score by 2,000 to 10,000.)

DD3 – 1,200 – ALL ABOUT ANIMALS – Just between us, these mammals’ genus is Odobenus, meaning “tooth walk”–they use their tusks to get out of the water (Long added 1,600 up to 13,200.)

Long led at every break and scored on both DDs in DJ on his way to a handy win with 19,600 into FJ vs. 7,400 for Will and 3,400 for Adriana.

Final Jeopardy!

THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE – A 1606 map of America shows this archipelago as part of a Southern Continent by a canoe with smoke billowing from its center

Long and Adriana were correct on FJ. Long bet 2,000 and advanced with 21,600. Adriana doubled to 6,800, not quite good enough for a wild card spot, while Will bet it all and dropped to 0.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is frequent? DD2 – What is Zoroastrianism? DD3 – What is walrus? FJ – What is Tierra del Fuego?