Here are today’s contestants:

– Carolyn Langton, an application developer from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin;
– Nikolas Polsinelli, a student from Winter Park, Florida; and
– Emily Burnham, a writer and editor from Bangor, Maine. Emily is a one-day champ with winnings of $17,201.

Jeopardy!

D.C.’S BLACK HERITAGE // J.LO, J-LAW & JHUD // WORLD GEOGRAPHY // WHERE DID I LEAVE MY WALLET?! // ORGANIZATIONS // WORD PUZZLES

DD1 – $800 – ORGANIZATIONS – Rex Stout, Mary Higgins Clark & Lisa Scottoline have all been president of this, the MWA (Nikolas lost $3,200 on a true DD.)

Scores at first break: Emily $1,000, Nikolas $600, Carolyn $1,600.

Scores entering DJ: Emily $2,400, Nikolas $1,400, Carolyn $3,200.

Double Jeopardy!

ANCIENT “H”ISTORY // QUASI-RELATED PAIRS // I SPEAK FOR THE TREES // LITERATURE: REVISITED // MOVIE ROLE, TV ROLE // 7-LETTER WORDS

DD2 – $1,600 – ANCIENT “H”ISTORY – One in London & one in NYC, the obelisks known as Cleopatra’s Needles once stood in this Egyptian “city of the sun” (Nikolas improved by $1,800 to $4,400.)

DD3 – $1,600 – QUASI-RELATED PAIRS – Acronym for nuke-limiting agreements from the 1970s & to beat with repeated punches (Emily dropped $3,400 down to $6,200 vs. $10,800 for Nikolas.)

Emily missed DD3 with a chance to take the lead, which helped Nikolas show the way into FJ at $13,200 vs. $8,800 for Carolyn and $8,200 for Emily.

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. GEOGRAPHY – Meaning “endless” & “grassy open place”, this name for a region of thousands of square miles first appeared on a map in 1823

Only Nikolas was correct on FJ, adding $4,401 to win with $17,601.

Final scores: Emily $3,199, Nikolas $17,601, Carolyn $0.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is Mystery Writers of America? DD2 – What is Heliopolis? DD3 – What are salt and pepper? FJ – What is the Everglades?