Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Feb. 20

 Today's players in Champions Wildcard are:

- Jesse Matheny, a customer success specialist originally from Huntington, Indiana;

- Alex Gordon, a surgical resident originally from Somers, New York; and

- Kat Jepson, an artist from Roanoke, Virginia.

Jeopardy! 

THE 13 COLONIES // PILES // THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE // WHAT'S THAT SMELL? // JEWELRY // HANSEL CULTURE

DD1 - 800 - THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE - As an experiment in 1959, mail was dispatched by guided missile from one of these to a naval air station in Florida (Jesse dropped 1,600.)

Scores at first break: Kat 4,200, Alex 3,000, Jesse 600.

Scores entering DJ: Kat 5,600, Alex 2,600, Jesse 2,000.

Double Jeopardy! 

TAKING FLIGHT // BODIES OF WATER // ARTISTS & THEIR SUBJECTS // 4, 4 // LITERARY HELPERS // ACTION MOVIES

DD2 - 1,200 - 4, 4 - "Pray for us sinners" is a line from it (Jesse added 2,000.)

DD3 - 1,600 - BODIES OF WATER - Extending for about 135 miles, the Yucatan Channel links these 2 smaller-than-an-ocean bodies of water (Jesse added 6,800.)

Scores entering FJ: Kat 8,400, Alex 10,200, Jesse 18,800.

Final Jeopardy!

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS - He’s the most recent presidential candidate to have officially declared his opponent in that campaign the victor

Only Jesse was correct on FJ, adding 1,601 to advance with 20,401.

Final scores: Kat 0, Alex 1,599, Jesse 20,401.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is a submarine? DD2 - What is Hail Mary? DD3 - What are the Gulf of Mexico & the Caribbean Sea? FJ - Who is Al Gore?