Here are today’s contestants:

– Bill Page, a volunteer docent from Morton Grove, Illinois;
– Kim Elliott, a writer from Sunnyvale, California; and
– Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Jamie is a 23-day champ with winnings of $644,000.

Jeopardy!

U.S.A. // THE SAME WORD TWICE // CLASSICAL MUSIC GLOSSARY // THE LONG MOVIE SHORT LIST // A FINE ROMANCE // LET’S CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF

DD1 – $1,000 – A FINE ROMANCE – On April 5, 1953 the Atlanta Daily World announced the engagement of this pair who met in Boston (Jamie lost $2,600 on a true DD.)

Scores at first break: Jamie $2,000, Kim $2,200, Bill $600.

Scores entering DJ: Jamie $5,800, Kim $2,200, Bill $1,400.

Double Jeopardy!

CHARACTERS IN SHAKESPEARE // 2-BORDER COUNTRIES // OLD THINGS // LEVELING UP // TOUGH ONE-SYLLABLE WORDS // LAUGHING AT THE PRESIDENT

DD2 – $1,600 – LEVELING UP – In 1826 this city became a state capital taking over for Murfreesboro (With a large lead, Jamie dropped $4,800 down to $15,400.)

DD3 – $800 – TOUGH ONE-SYLLABLE WORDS – It can refer to an accident, or part of a whale tail (On the next clue after DD2, Jamie added $2,600 up to $18,000.)

Jamie found all three DDs and missed two of them, but it was not an issue as he dominated DJ and secured another runaway at $22,400 vs. $6,000 for Bill and $4,600 for Kim.

Final Jeopardy!

NOTABLE AMERICANS – In 1909 she joined the Socialist Party & later published “Out of the Dark,” her writings on physical & social vision

Everyone was correct on FJ. Jamie added just $600 to win with $23,000 for a 24-day total of $667,000.

Final scores: Jamie $23,000, Kim $9,199, Bill $9,201.

Triple Stumper of the day: In THE SAME WORD TWICE, no one knew to flatten a gourd is squash squash.

Correct Qs: DD1 – Who were MLK and Coretta Scott? DD2 – What is Nashville? DD3 – What is fluke? FJ – Who was Helen Keller?