Jeopardy! recap for Wed., May 8

 Here are today's contestants:

- Ben Mills, an operations director from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;

- Kelcy LópezFreeman, a hospital pharmacist from Atlanta, Georgia; and

- Allison Gross, a data scientist from Cleveland, Ohio. Allison is a one-day champ with winnings of $9,599.

Jeopardy! 

NURSERY RHYME CHARACTERS // THE PLANETS // WORDS WITH SILENT CONSONANTS // THAT'S BANANAS // A RAPPER'S DELIGHT // THE FOLKS IN "I.T."

DD1 - $1,000 - THE PLANETS - Weak gravity there has led to the tallest-known volcanoes in the solar system (Ben lost $1,000.)

Scores at first break: Allison $2,600, Kelcy $2,600, Ben $600.

Scores entering DJ: Allison $4,400, Kelcy $3,800, Ben $2,000.

Double Jeopardy! 

18th CENTURY AMERICA // A LITTLE WORLD LIT // TIERS // TV & MOVIE MOMS // CLOSE // QUARTERS

DD2 - $1,600 - CLOSE - It sounds ordinal, but it means soon to happen, or in another sense, frank & cooperative (Ben dropped $2,000.)

DD3 (video) - $1,200 - 18th CENTURY AMERICA - This horse-drawn wagon named for a Pennsylvania river, was first used in the early 1700s & had a curved floor & a white canvas top (Allison lost $4,000.)

Scores entering FJ: Allison $12,400, Kelcy $7,400, Ben $3,200.

Final Jeopardy!

RHYME TIME: OPERA EDITION - Telling the story of a duke, a jester & the jester’s daughter, it was written by poet Francesco Maria Piave

Everyone was incorrect on this unreasonably difficult FJ clue. Allison dropped $2,401 to win with $9,999 for a two-day total of $19,598.

Final scores: Allison $9,999, Kelcy $4,800, Ben $3,200.

Judging the judges: Given that the clue specifically asked for the "sitcom character", I'm not sure how the response of "Roseanne Barr" could have been accepted for any period of time, although eventually reversed.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Mars? DD2 - What is forthcoming? DD3 - What is Conestoga wagon? FJ - What is the "Rigoletto" libretto?