Here are today’s contestants:

– Mariah Stovall, a literary agent and novelist from Newark, New Jersey;
– Frank Merchlewitz, a senior digital producer from Robbinsdale, Minnesota; and
– Eileen Goodwin, a research scientist from Boston, Massachusetts. Eileen is a one-day champ with winnings of $8,401.

Jeopardy!

CLASSIC NOVELS // CARE FOR A BEVERAGE? // FLOWERS & PLANTS // YOU TOTALLY PLAYED YOURSELF! // “NO” // MAN IS AN ISLAND

DD1 – $800 – FLOWERS & PLANTS – Bachelor’s buttons are individual blue flowers; this other “B.B.” is branches with numerous tiny white florets (Frank added $1,000.)

Scores at first break: Eileen $800, Frank $2,600, Mariah $2,800.

Scores entering DJ: Eileen $2,800, Frank $4,800, Mariah $2,800.

Double Jeopardy!

COMMISSION ACCOMPLISHED // 2-LETTER WORDS // IT’S THE ANCIENT LAW // AS TECH GOES BY // NATIONAL MOTTOS // 2001: A FACE ODYSSEY

DD2 – $1,600 – 2-LETTER WORDS – It’s the title of a Kipling poem & begins 13 of the 32 lines (Frank lost $3,000 from his leading score of $10,000.)

DD3 – $1,600 – COMMISSION ACCOMPLISHED – A 1970 report of the President’s Commission on Campus Unrest discusses rules of engagement for the national guard of this state (Frank regained the lead by adding $3,000 up to $12,000 vs. $9,600 for Mariah.)

Frank found all three DDs and was correct on two of them, entering FJ with $14,400, exactly double of Mariah’s total of $7,200, with Eileen in third at $6,800.

Final Jeopardy!

WOMEN AUTHORS – Using Nantucket as a backdrop, Elin Hilderbrand earned the title the “Queen of” this, added to Merriam-Webster in 2024

Only Eileen was correct on FJ. Frank dropped just $50 to win with $14,350.

Final scores: Eileen $7,300, Frank $14,350, Mariah $0.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is baby’s breath? DD2 – What is if? DD3 – What is Ohio? FJ – What is the beach read?