Here are today’s contestants:

– Khalid Kurji, a cleantech funder from Toronto, Ontario;
– Patience Bruce, a real estate title examiner from Medford, Wisconsin; and
– Caleb Groen, a law and policy student originally from Thousand Oaks, California. Caleb is an eight-day champ with winnings of $220,500.

Jeopardy!

THE CENTURY MARK // CARS & TRUCKS // 4, 4 // “MAN”AGRAMMED SUPERHEROES // THIN LIZARD// THERAPY TALK

DD1 – $1,000 – 4, 4 – Orchids are often planted in this, harvested from bogs or fens (Caleb lost $4,400 on a true DD.)

Scores at first break: Caleb $1,600, Patience $3,400, Khald $0.

Scores entering DJ: Caleb $3,600, Patience $3,000, Khald $800.

Double Jeopardy!

GREAT SCOTS! // ABBREVIATIONS // AT THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING // LIT BITS // THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST // NAMING NAMES IN SONG

DD2 – $1,600 – GREAT SCOTS! – His name lives on in the waterproof garments he developed using a special rubber preparation between layers of cloth (With $800, Khalid added $2,000.)

DD3 – $800 – AT THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING – Traditionally the altar is central in a Catholic church; in a Protestant church, where the word is the focus, it’s this structure (Now with a big lead late in the round, Caleb improved by $3,000 to $21,000.)

Caleb dropped to $0 on DD1 and took a while to get going in DJ, but once he got on track he rolled to another runaway at $23,000 vs. $9,400 for Patience and $8,400 for Khalid.

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC BOOKS Ann Eliza Webb, an ex-spouse of this man, penned an exposé about the experience titled “Wife No. 19”

Only Patience was correct on FJ. Caleb dropped $3,000 to win with $20,000 for a nine-day total of $240,500.

Final scores: Caleb $20,000, Patience $18,800, Khald $1.

Triple Stumper of the day: For a top-row clue, everyone took an incorrect guess on the British luxury manufacturer of the Bentayga SUV, Bentley.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is peat moss? DD2 – What is Mackintosh? DD3 – What is pulpit? FJ – Who was Brigham Young?