Here are today’s contestants:

– Jamie Calandro, a high school music teacher from Ellsworth, Maine;
– Karen Bradley, a regulatory operations director from Long Island City, New York; and
– Shannon Leigh Godwin, an interior designer from Oakland, California. Shannon is a one-day champ with winnings of $16,001.

Jeopardy!

PARTS OF SPEECH // IN GOOD COMPANY // TV-POURRI // ALL I NEED // IN THIS LIFE OF SIN // IS ME & MY SQUIRREL FRIEND

DD1 – $800 – IN THIS LIFE OF SIN – Famous Phoenician women include this biblical wife of King Ahab–who was not, shall we say, a paragon of virtue (Shannon lost $3,000, dropping to $200.)

Scores at first break: Shannon $200, Karen $900, Jamie $0.

Scores entering DJ: Shannon $4,200, Karen $2,000, Jamie $400.

Double Jeopardy!

THE WORLD LEADER’S HAIKU // GETTING YOUR “B.A.” // AMERICAN BODIES OF WATER // COMING UP SHORT // PLEASING POETRY // CONTROVERSIAL MOVIE VILLAINS

DD2 – $2,000 – COMING UP SHORT – The Roman numerals for 1900 can also be used as an abbreviation for this design style that emerged in the 1900s (Karen dropped $4,000 down to $5,600 vs. $7,000 for Shannon.)

DD3 – $1,600 – THE WORLD LEADER’S HAIKU – One-kid policy / Took 1930s Long March /Mao, then Hua, then him (Two clues after DD2, Karen lost $2,000 down to $4,000 vs. $7,000 for Shannon.)

All three DDs were missed, helping create a low-scoring game in which Shannon led into FJ at $8,200 vs. $4,800 for Jamie and $3,600 for Karen.

Final Jeopardy!

TRIBUTES – To honor the 126th birthday of this Nobel Prize winner, a Google Doodle featured a cat & a feline ghost

Shannon and Karen were correct on FJ. Shannon added $1,401 to win with $9,601 for a two-day total of $25,601.

Final scores: Shannon $9,601, Karen $6,900, Jamie $1,399.

Correct Qs: DD1 – Who is Jezebel? DD2 – What is mid-century modern? DD3 – Who was Deng Xiaoping? FJ – Who was Schrödinger?