Here are today’s contestants:

– Joey Sisk, an analytics engineer from Cape Carteret, North Carolina;
– Grace Biermann, a writer and librarian from Valparaiso, Indiana; and
– Sam Ryan, a regulatory consultant from Kansas City, Missouri. Sam is a one-day champ with winnings of $23,000.

Jeopardy!

STATE BORDERS // EDUCATION // IT’S ALLITERATIVE // “G” SONGS // AVENGERS // ASSEMBLE!

DD1 – $800 – ASSEMBLE! – Cardinals assemble! Specifically, to elect a new pope during one of these, from the Latin for “with a key” (Grace improved by $1,400 to $4,800.)

Scores at first break: Sam $1,800, Grace $6,800, Joey $0.

Scores entering DJ: Sam $4,200, Grace $7,600, Joey $3,000.

Double Jeopardy!

NARRATOR OF THE NOVEL // HIT THE SAUCE // -GATES // BEYOND THE SEA // BRITISH TV CRIME SHOWS // AT THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

DD2 – $2,000 – NARRATOR OF THE NOVEL – The Remarque-able Paul Bäumer, a young German soldier who witnesses the horrors of war (Joey remained in third place after adding $2,000 to his score of $4,200.)

DD3 – $800 – BEYOND THE SEA (after “sea” aplhabetically) – The Fourth Amendment shields privacy by barring this pair of unreasonable actions (Late in the round, Grace added $10,000 to her leading score of $19,200 vs. $7,800 for Sam.)

Very late in DJ, Grace already had a runaway margin, but decided to take a big gamble of $10K on DD3 and it paid off, as she led into FJ with $30,000 vs. $8,600 for Sam and $7,400 for Joey.

Final Jeopardy!

THE 20th CENTURY – Turning points in this event were the U.S. Navy boarding the Marucla & a cargo ship called the Kislovodsk altering its course

Everyone was correct on FJ. Grace added $2,000 to win with $32,000.

Final scores: Sam $14,801, Grace $32,000, Joey $8,700.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is conclave? DD2 – What is “All Quiet on the Western Front”? DD3 – What are search and seizure? FJ – What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?