Here are today’s contestants:

– Aidan O’Connell, a wastewater treatment operator from Henderson, Nevada;
– Carman Nareau, a founder from Oakland, California; and
– Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Jamie is a two-day champ with winnings of $26,566.

Jeopardy!

GENIUS IN A BATTLE // IT’S THE LAW // YOU CAN’T PINCH THEM! // “X” // LOS ANGELES // I LOVE THAT ALBUM!

DD1 – $400 – IT’S THE LAW – From a Rudyard Kipling work, it’s the idea that the strongest or most merciless in a society or group will survive (Jamie added $2,400.)

Scores at first break: Jamie $7,800, Carman -$600, Aidan $2,200.

Scores entering DJ: Jamie $14,000, Carman -$600, Aidan $2,600.

Double Jeopardy!

EVERYBODY LOVES DINOSAURS // SWORD PLAY // A CINEMATIC SUM-UP THROUGH THE DECADES // OTHER KENS // 5-LETTER WORDS // PERSONIFYING THE NATION

DD2 – $1,600 – OTHER KENS – In 1998, sales of Tom Clancy’s new novel “Rainbow Six” were outpaced by sales of a near 450-page report written by this Ken (Jamie won $6,000.)

DD3 – $1,600 – PERSONIFYING THE NATION – Clad in a salakot hat & a shirt called a barong tagalog, Juan dela Cruz personifies this country’s everyman (Aidan added $2,500.)

Scores entering FJ: Jamie $34,000, Shannon -$800, Andrew $1,600.

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC NAMES – This name of a grand duchess of the 20th century comes from a word meaning “resurrection” in Greek

Only Jamie was correct on FJ, adding $2,434 to win with $51,234 for a three-day total of $77,800.

Final scores: Jamie $48,800, Carman $600, Aidan $4,300.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is law of the jungle? DD2 – Who is Starr? DD3 – What is the Philippines? FJ – Who was Anastasia?