Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Jun. 3

 Here are today's contestants:

- Carol Ritchey, a retired letter carrier from Eastpointe, Michigan;

- Matthew Kahn, an IT docketing assistant from San Diego, California; and

- Adriana Harmeyer, an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana. Adriana is a three-day champ with winnings of $71,600.

Jeopardy! 

HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS // YOU HAD ONE JOB! // BESTSELLING BOOKS BY DECADES // AROUND NEW YORK // 2+2=1 // CLASSIC SONG NUMBERS

DD1 - $800 - HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS - The signers of this document pledged to "covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politick" (Carol added $2,500.)

Scores at first break: Adriana $2,800, Matthew $3,000, Carol $3,200.

Scores entering DJ: Adriana $6,600, Matthew $5,200, Carol $7,900.

Double Jeopardy! 

BODIES OF WATER // HUMANITARIANS // ANIMAL, VEGETABLE OR MINERAL // CELEBRITY LIFESTYLE & BEAUTY BRANDS // AVIATION HISTORY // STARTS WITH "J"

DD2 - $1,600 - STARTS WITH "J" - This word for a lamentation full of complaints references and Old Testament prophet (Adriana added $4,000.)

DD3 - $2,000 - BODIES OF WATER - The Sinai Peninsula lies between 2 gulfs, the Gulf of Suez on the west & this one on the east (Carol, with $15,100 vs. $16,600 for Adriana, dropped $7,600.)

In a game that was played entirely top-down, it was close between Adriana and Carol until Carol found DD3 and missed, leaving Adriana with a runaway margin into FJ with $22,600 vs. $6,000 for Matthew and $5,900 for Carol.

Final Jeopardy!

COLLEGES - Of the Seven Sisters colleges, this one located in a place of the same name is the farthest south

Everyone was incorrect on FJ (Matthew knew it, but it was ruled he left out the final letter in his response). Adriana dropped $2,400 to win with $20,200 for a four-day total of $91,800.

Final scores: Adriana $20,200, Matthew $4,000, Carol $100. Fortunately, the ruling against Matthew on FJ did not impact the outcome of the game.

Clue selection strategy: Perhaps going top-down assisted the contestants in having no Triple Stumpers in round one.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is the Mayflower Compact? DD2 - What is jeremiad? DD3 - What is Gulf of Aqaba? FJ -What is Bryn Mawr?