Here are today’s contestants:

– Adam Bundy, an advertising partnerships manager from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
– Arjun Nageswaran, a PhD student originally from Buffalo Grove, Illinois; and
– Rian Robertson, a software developer from Ottawa, Ontario. Rian is a one-day champ with winnings of $16,100.

Jeopardy!

RED TO BE READ // FROM “A” TO “Y” // JOIN THE CLUB // 20th CENTURY AMERICA // BIG THINGS // MOVIE SEQUEL SUBTITLES

DD1 – $600 – FROM “A” TO “Y” – The trachea, or a route for a 747 (Adam doubled to $3,600.)

Scores at first break: Rian $800, Arjun $2,600, Adam $1,800.

Scores entering DJ: Rian $1,000, Arjun $3,200, Adam $5,800.

Double Jeopardy!

GEOGRAPHIC NAMES // FACES // DIPLOMACY // FOSSIL WORDS // SCIENCE ADJECTIVES // ONE-SEASON WONDERS

DD2 – $800 – GEOGRAPHIC NAMES – While under German occupation from 1884 to 1916, this African country’s name was spelled with a “K” & a “U”, not a “C” & 2 “O”s (With a slim lead, Arjun added $3,000 up to $9,400.)

DD3 – $2,000 – DIPLOMACY – Austria’s Count von Trauttmansdorff got to know this German region over years negotiating the 1648 peace of it (From a close third, Adam moved to the front by adding $3,500 up to $10,100.)

Adam jumped from third to first on DD3 and was able to maintain the lead into FJ at $11,700 vs. $9,800 for Arjun and $9,000 for Rian.

Final Jeopardy!

COLONIAL AMERICA – After his malt house went bankrupt, he found his calling as a firebrand who kept “citizens awake to their grievances”

Rian was the only correct on FJ, adding $801 to win with $9,801 for a two-day total of $25,901.

Final scores: Rian $9,801, Arjun $0, Adam $3,400.

Ken’s Korner: After the FJ reveals, Ken quoted the show’s new slogan “Knowledge wins”, but thanks to his small wager on FJ, Rian would have won even if he didn’t know it. So sometimes strategy and luck wins, not just trivia knowledge.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is airway? DD2 – What is Cameroon? DD3 – What is Westphalia? FJ – Who was Samuel Adams?