Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Jul. 24

 Here are today's contestants:

- Davey Morrison, an actor & screenwriter from Provo, Utah;

- Wendy Zaballos, a mechanical engineer from Seattle, Washington; and

- Neilesh Vinjamuri, a software engineer from Lionville, Pennsylvania. Neilesh is a three-day champ with winnings of $53,099.

Jeopardy! 

MEDALISTS IN PARIS // IT BORDERS BOTH COUNTRIES // TELE VISION // DANGER BIRD // THEY CALL ME... // MELLOW YELLOW

DD1 - $800 - IT BORDERS BOTH COUNTRIES - Ecuador & Bolivia (Neilesh added $1,000.)

Scores at first break: Neilesh $3,000, Wendy $3,200, Davey $2,200.

Scores entering DJ: Neilesh $6,200, Wendy $4,200, Davey $3,000.

Double Jeopardy! 

AMERICAN HISTORY // HODGEPODGE // MY ART IS FULL // 4-LETTER WORDS // HOLLYWOOD FAMILIES // NOVEL CHANGE A LETTER

DD2 - $1,600 - MY ART IS FULL - In 1796 this artist may not have finished painting George Washington's head, but the image was on the money in 1869 (Davey doubled to $11,600 to take the lead.)

DD3 - $1,200 - 4-LETTER WORDS - Sometimes preceding probandi, this burden is on you (On clue 17 of the round, Wendy lost $2,000 to $5,800 and did not signal in first again.)

After taking the lead on DD3, Davey got tripped up on a wordplay category, helping Neilesh back to first place into FJ at $15,400 vs. $12,800 for Davey and $5,800 for Wendy.

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. PLACE NAMES - This name of a National Forest means “fool” & may be one Apache group’s name for another group; it’s also a problematic TV character

Only Davey was correct on FJ, adding $2,700 to win with $15,500.

Final scores: Neilesh $5,199, Wendy $0, Davey $15,500.

Triple Stumper of the day: No one knew the TV series with Cole Hauser as a tough ranch foreman is "Yellowstone".

Wagering strategy: Davey let Wendy back into the game on FJ by betting enough that if he had missed and Wendy was correct, Wendy would have won.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Peru? DD2 - Who was Stuart? DD3 - What is onus? FJ - What is Tonto?