Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Oct. 25

 Here are today's contestants:

- Olaf Talbert, a retired U.S. Navy officer & research assistant from Pensacola, Florida;

- Carol Lowe, a photographer from Conway, North Carolina; and

- Will Wallace, a game design director from Austin, Texas. Will is a three-day champ with winnings of $55,598.

Jeopardy! 

BOTANY // AFTERNOON "T" // '90s MOVIES BY CHARACTERS // RETRONYMS // SEOUL // SEARCHING

DD1 - $1,000 - RETRONYMS - Dy-Dee & Tidee Didee are companies that offer home delivery of these for your baby (Will added $1,000.)

Scores at first break: Will $4,400, Carol $600, Olaf $400.

Scores entering DJ: Will $6,000, Carol $1,000, Olaf $4,000.

Double Jeopardy! 

ROCKTOBER // INTERNATIONAL SPACE HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES // ART & ARTISTS // QUICK! // EUROPEAN LAKES & RIVERS // THE WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE OR WHY OF READING

DD2 - $1,600 - QUICK! - This 2-word South Dakota town is known as the "Gateway to Mount Rushmore" (Carol dropped $1,000 from her third-place score of $3,000.)

DD3 - $1,200 - ROCKTOBER - On Oct. 1, 2000 Midnight Oil played their hit "Beds Are Burning" at the Olympic closing ceremonies in this city (Will added $3,000 to his leading total of $7,600.)

Will broke the game open by running a DJ category about rock music, including DD3, scoring a big runaway into FJ at $22,200 vs. $3,600 for Carol and $1,200 for Olaf.

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. HISTORY - The largest land deal in U.S. history was formalized in a building at this spot, now named for a military hero & President

Will and Olaf were correct on FJ. Will added $2,200 to win with $24,400 for a four-day total of $79,998.

Final scores: Will $24,400, Carol $1,600, Olaf $2,400.

Triple Stumper of the day: After Will was incorrect with Pollock, a clue's reference to an artist whose "brush...makes it a splendid floor by dripping down" didn't lead his opponents to ceiling artist Michelangelo.

Wagering strategy: Carol made a small bet on DD2 when she needed to make a move from third place, while on FJ she gave up her lock on second place by betting too much.

Judging the writers: There's never an excuse for having a category title that's nine words long.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What are cloth diapers? DD2 - What is Rapid City? DD3 - What is Sydney? FJ - What is Jackson Square?