Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Jan. 4

 Let's meet today's contestants:

- Sarah, an executive assistant,  is a "monster" who loves spoilers; 

- Francis, a line cook, whose go-go dancing won him a tattoo gift certificate; and

- Lloyd, a graduate student in literature, is into sports talk radio.  Lloyd is a one-day champ with winnings of $24,490.

Jeopardy! 

ON YOUR STATE'S LEFT //  BUY, & LARGE // SURNAMES // THE ACTORS IN THAT MOVIE // START "OFF" // WRITE FOOT

DD1 - $1,000 - SURNAMES - This 7-letter German surname is the equivalent of blacksmith or metalworker (Sarah lost $2,400 on a true DD.)

Scores at first break: Lloyd $4,400, Francis $3,000, Sarah $1,000.

Scores going into DJ: Lloyd $6,200, Francis $6,200, Sarah $2,200.

Double Jeopardy! 

TRANSPORTATION // THE NATIONAL PAST TIME // TV THEME SONGS // THE SILENT TYPE // JUST A LITTLE NUCLEAR PHYSICS // OH MY GODS!

DD2 - $1,200 - OH MY GODS! - This group of early Greek gods includes Hyperion & Phoebe (On the first clue of DJ, Sarah won $2,000 to improve to $4,200.)

DD3 - $1,200 - THE NATIONAL PAST TIME - After World War I, Iraq was controlled by Great Britain as a mandate of this international organization (Lloyd added $4,000 to his score of $10,200 vs. $6,200 for Francis.)

Lloyd began to draw away after scoring on DD3, but Francis responded well and was in with a chance into FJ at $14,200 vs. $20,200 for Lloyd and $8,200 for Sarah.

Final Jeopardy!

CONTINENTAL GEOGRAPHY - Until a 1903 secession, this country's contiguous territory spanned 2 continents

Only Lloyd was correct on FJ, adding $8,888 to win with $29,088 for a two-day total of $53,578.

Final scores: Lloyd $29,088, Francis $8,200, Sarah $5,999.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Schmidt? DD2 - Who were Titans? DD3 - What is League of Nations? FJ - What is Colombia?