Here are today’s contestants:

– Anthony Cantor, a television & podcast producer from Toronto, Ontario;
– Aster Wise, a music teacher from Annandale, Virginia; and
– Frank Merchlewitz, a senior digital producer from Robbinsdale, Minnesota. Eileen is a one-day champ with winnings of $14,350.

Jeopardy!

SCIENCE & NATURE // COMMON BONDS // SLIPPING & SLIDING // “UP” // TOWN // FUNK

DD1 – $600 – TOWN – This Indiana town got its name from a “Mad” general who set up a stockade there in 1794 (Frank doubled to $6,800.)

Scores at first break: Frank $7,800, Aster $1,800, Anthony $4,200.

Scores entering DJ: Frank $9,600, Aster $3,200, Anthony $6,000.

Double Jeopardy!

THE 1950s, DADDY-O // LITERARY TITLE CHARACTERS // STARTS WITH A SILENT LETTER // SEEK A GRAVE // A FRENCH CONNECTION // BY THEIR HATS SHALL YE KNOW THEM

DD2 – $1,200 – LITERARY TITLE CHARACTERS – The title character of the second-published in “The Chronicles of Narnia”, he’s the rightful heir to the throne (Anthony doubled to $22,400 vs. $9,600 for Frank.)

DD3 – $800 – BY THEIR HATS SHALL YE KNOW THEM – His porkpie hat was on a 1948 cover of Physics Today & faithfully reproduced decades later on film (With just three top-row clues remaining, Frank doubled to $34,400 vs. $27,200 for Anthony.)

Anthony took a solid lead with a double-up on DD2, then Frank found DD3 very late in DJ, doubled up and carried first into FJ at $34,400 vs. $27,200 for Anthony and $6,000 for Aster.

Final Jeopardy!

MOVIE PROMOTIONS – In 2001 20th Century Fox used a Coast Guard helicopter to “rescue” a prop before a homecoming at this company’s Chicago HQ

Only Anthony was correct on FJ, adding $10,000 to win with $37,200.

Final scores: Frank $14,399, Aster $1,000, Anthony $37,200.

Correct Qs: DD1 – What is Fort Wayne? DD2 – Who is Prince Caspian? DD3 – Who was Oppenheimer? FJ – What is Wilson?