Here are today’s contestants:

– Xaque Williams, a writer from Knoxville, Tennessee;
– Kathi Fitzgerald, an English teacher from Williamsburg, Virginia; and
– Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Jamie is a 20-day champ with winnings of $572,600.

Jeopardy!

PEOPLE FROM PLACES // BLUE-PER REEL // CASE IN POINT // IN THEIR LIVE AID SET // ONE PIECE // ORONYMS

DD1 – $800 – ONE PIECE – On ’60s TV Diana Rigg & Eartha Kitt helped popularize this oft-leather onesie (Jamie doubled to $3,600.)

Scores at first break: Jamie $10,200, Kathi $0, Xaque $1,000.

Scores entering DJ: Jamie $8,800, Kathi $1,000, Xaque $3,800.

Double Jeopardy!

1826 // MEDICAL BILL // AMERICANA // COVER GIRLS // UNC STATUS // 7-LETTER WORDS

DD2 – $1,600 – 1826 – This newspaper that shares its name with an opera character begins publishing in Paris as a literary journal (Jamie improved by $4,400 to $23,000 vs. $7,000 for Xaque.)

DD3 – $2,000 – AMERICANA – This city, the seat of Montana’s Cascade County, was named for some watery obstacles encountered by Western explorers (On the next clue after DD2, Jamie lost $5,000.)

Jamie had a solid lead when he found both DDs in DJ back-to-back, had a small net loss on them, then had the strongest finish for another FJ runaway at $26,800 vs. $8,200 for Xaque and $200 for Kathi.

Final Jeopardy!

AROUND THE WORLD – A river named for the sacred lotus flower flows toward this 607,000-square-mile body of water

Jamie and Xaque were correct on FJ, with Jamie adding $9,600 to win with $36,400 for a 21-day total of $609,000.

Final scores: Jamie $36,400, Kathi $200, Xaque $15,200.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is catsuit? DD2 – What is “Figaro”? DD3 – What is Great Falls? FJ – What is the Bay of Bengal?