Here are today’s contestants:

– Greg Shahade, a chess player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
– Katrina Puckett, a teacher from Washington Court House, Ohio; and
– Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Jamie is a 31-day champ with winnings of $882,605.

Jeopardy!

ENTERTAINING DEMISES // WOMEN OF SCIENCE // A PERFECT 10 // SQUEALERS // WHERE THERE’S A “WILL” // FASHION MAGAZINES

DD1 – $1,000 – SQUEALERS – You don’t want to be called this, the last name of John Turturro’s title character in a Coen Brothers flick (Greg doubled to $4,400.)

Scores at first break: Jamie $3,000, Katrina $800, Greg $4,600.

Scores entering DJ: Jamie $4,400, Katrina $2,200, Greg $5,600.

Double Jeopardy!

HISTORIC ALLIANCES // THE SHAPE OF THINGS // NEW MEANING // FLOWERS ON THE WALL // PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS // CRAFT-Y CELEBRITIES

DD2 – $1,600 – PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS – The title object of this Oscar Wilde play is both a fashionable accessory & a mark of femininity (Greg doubled to $15,200 vs. $4,400 for Jamie.)

DD3 – $1,600 – HISTORIC ALLIANCES – This 55-nation group launched in 2002 has its headquarters in Addis Ababa (On the next clue after DD2, Greg added $7,000 up to $22,200.)

Greg found both DDs in DJ on the second and third selections to open a large lead. Jamie would have broken up the runaway if he had only not responded to the last clue of the round, but he missed it, so Greg could not be caught into FJ at $32,600 vs. $16,000 for Jamie and $3,000 for Katrina.

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD LANGUAGES – Of South Africa’s 12 official languages, these 2 are alphabetically first & last

Everyone was correct on FJ. Greg added $400 to win with $33,000.

Final scores: Jamie $19,010, Katrina $4,990, Greg $33,000.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is fink? DD2 – What is “Lady Windermere’s Fan”? DD3 – What is African Union? FJ – What are Afrikaans and Zulu?