Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Feb. 14

Today's contestants are:

- Jayne, a retired college registrar from Minnesota, was a drive-in carhop with a good memory;
- Terry, an aircraft maintainer from Ohio, can bench press 300 pounds due to genetics; and
- Brooke, a lawyer from Ontario, hiked the Grand Canyon rim-to-rim after passing the bar. Brooke entered the game as a one-day champ with winnings of $17,300.


In the most stunning turnaround in recent memory, Terry emerged from the red and held a small lead when he doubled up on DD2, turning it into a runaway at $19,000 vs. $7,000 for Jayne and $6,600 for champ Brooke.

DD1, $800 - HISTORIC NAMES - This Prussian who helped train the Continental Army left his name on a "ville" that's one of Ohio's oldest communities (Ohio resident Terry lost the window maximum of $1,000.)

DD2, $2,000 - TREES GROW ON MONEY - A former Italian 100-lire coin shows Minerva grasping one of these trees big in Italian agriculture (With three other clues remaining, Terry won $9.800 on a true DD vs. $7,000 for Jayne and $6,600 for Brooke.)

DD3, $2,000 - LONDON BOROUGHS - This borough's name is synonymous with Britain's Parliament (With just one other clue remaining, Terry wisely lost only $1,000 from his score of $19,600 vs. $7,000 for Jayne.)

FJ - FAMOUS FIRST LINES - These 7 words precede, "The rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals"

Only Brooke was correct on FJ, so the big bet on DD2 proved to be the winning move for Terry, who dropped $1,337 for a victory worth $17,663. Jayne also knew FJ but ran out of time, as for whatever reason the writers continue to prepare FJ clues requiring lengthy responses.

Wagering strategy: The lesson for future players from Terry's wager: when you have a late-game opportunity to try  to put the game away on a Daily Double, seriously consider doing it as opposed to taking your chances on FJ.

Shameless shilling: There was an entire category devoted to Heinz products.

Correct Qs:
DD1 - Who was Steuben?
DD2 - What is olive?
DD3 - What is Westminster?
FJ - What is "It was a dark and stormy night"?  (Terry capped off his big night by following in the footsteps of Alex Jacob and writing "What is Aleve".)