Here are today’s contestants:

– Benjy Malings, an attorney from Los Angeles, California;
– Sue Barndt, a professor from Claremont, California; and
– Adam Remsen, an attorney and theater producer from Memphis, Tennessee. Adam is a one-day champ with winnings of $20,000.

Jeopardy!

BEGINS LIKE A MONTH // THE 1930s // TV: WHO SAID IT? // CLASSICAL MUSIC // TRAVELING ACROSS THE USA // TOYS OLD & NEW

DD1 – $800 – THE 1930s – Marguerite Perey discovered this element in 1939 but had to wait a little while to name it for her homeland (Benjy lost $1,400 down to $2,200.)

Scores at first break: Adam $4,000, Sue $600, Benjy $1,200.

Scores entering DJ: Adam $7,400, Sue $1,000, Benjy $1,600.

Double Jeopardy!

AN ADVERSARIAL RELATIONSHIP // MOVIES BY CHARACTERS // YOU’RE GETTING SLEEPY // 8-LETTER CITIES // CLASSIC LIT PAGE-BAIT // BEFORE & AFTER

DD2 – $1,600 – 8-LETTER CITIES – Check out the nightclub MECA for dancehall music in this world capital (On the first clue of DJ, Sue lost $2,000.)

DD3 – $1,600 – MOVIES BY CHARACTERS – A musical from 2017: Jenny Lind, Chang & Eng (Benjy dropped $2,500 down to $300 vs. $8,600 for Adam.)

Adam had a solid lead after Benjy missed DD3, but Benjy recovered well enough to prevent the runaway into FJ, with Adam at $14,600 vs. Benjy with $7,900. Sue fell into the red on the first clue of DJ and wound up in the minus.

Final Jeopardy!

UNLIKELY AUTHORS – Set around Tikrit, “Zabibah & the King” is a historical romance novel from 2000 attributed to this man

Only Adam was correct on FJ, adding $1,201 to win with $15,801 for a two-day total of $35,801.

Final scores: Adam $15,801, Sue -$1,000, Benjy $300.

Triple Stumper of the day: I guess the players aren’t fans of Westerns, as they didn’t know the kind of open area “war” between the farmer & the cowman is a range war.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is francium? DD2 – What is Kingston? DD3 – What is “The Greatest Showman”? FJ – Who was Saddam Hussein?