Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Mar. 19

Here are today’s contestants:

– Jordan Haynie Ware, a priest from Edmonton, Alberta;
– Jason Snell, a journalist and podcaster from Mill Valley, California; and
– Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Jamie is a four-day champ with winnings of $106,601.

Jeopardy!

HE SMITHSONIAN HONORS AMERICA’S 250th // DISCONTINUED // PEN NAMES // NON-SPANISH VOCABULARY // FIRST DRAFTS OF ONE-WORD BAND NAMES // LET’S DANCE!

DD1 – $800 – PEN NAMES – She used the pen names Flora Fairfield & A.M. Barnard but used her real name on “Jo’s Boys” (Jordan added $1,000.)

Scores at first break: Jamie $600, Jason $1,800, Jordan $4,600.

Scores entering DJ: Jamie $4,000, Jason $3,600, Jordan $5,400.

Double Jeopardy!

OCEANS & RIVERS // DO “U” REMEMBER? // THE ONLY CONSONANT // LEPROSY, ANCIENT & MODERN AFFLICTION // TV LAW // AGAINST THE ODDS

DD2 – $1,600 – LEPROSY, ANCIENT & MODERN AFFLICTION – The causative agent of leprosy was found by Albert Neisser & this Norwegian man the disease was later named for (Jordan added $4,000.)

DD3 – $900 – DO “U” REMEMBER? – Elements of the U.S. Army’s 4th Infantry & 82nd & 101st Airborne Divisions assaulted & captured this location on June 6, 1944 (Jaime added $4,400.)

Scores entering FJ: Jamie $20,800, Jason $10,000, Jordan $12,600.

Final Jeopardy!

COMPOSERS – In the 1860s he composed one of his most famous pieces to celebrate the birth of longtime friend Bertha Faber’s second son

Only Jamie was correct on FJ, adding $4,401 to win with $25,201 for a five-day total of $131,802.

Final scores: Jamie $25,201, Jason $3,600, Jordan $4,199.

Correct Qs: DD1 – Who was Alcott? DD2 – Who was Hansen? DD3 – What is Utah Beach? FJ – Who was Brahms?