Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Oct. 21

 Here are today's contestants:

- Tristan Brown, a re-entry employment advocate from Richmond, Virginia;

- Marcus Ghiringhelli, a record store clerk from Portland, Oregon; and

- Kelly Gates, a librarian from Medford, Massachusetts. Kelly is a one-day champ with winnings of $23,201.

Jeopardy! 

IRAN, SO FAR AWAY // LOSE A LETTER // A PUP QUIZ // FASHION, DEFINED // NURSERY RHYME LINES // GREAT MOVIE ROM-DRAMAS

DD1 - $1,000 - LOSE A LETTER - Lose a letter from a word meaning to declare allegiance & get a projection from a wall of rock (Marcus doubled to $2,400.)

Scores at first break: Kelly $3,000, Marcus $3,200, Tristan $1,400.

Scores entering DJ: Kelly $5,200, Marcus $3,000, Tristan $3,800.

Double Jeopardy! 

GETTING INVESTED // NONFICTION // ROCK & POP FIRSTS // ASSASSINS // IN CONSEQUENTIAL // COASTING

DD2 - $1,200 - IN CONSEQUENTIAL - We rarely start a clue with "from the Anglo-Norman", but this legal verb is from the A-N for "to exonerate" (From third place, Marcus dropped $2,500 from his score of $3,800.)

DD3 - $2,000 - NONFICTION - The epigraph to this classic 1962 book quotes Keats: "The sedge is wither'd from the lake, and no birds sing" (Kelly took first place by adding $2,500 to her total of $7,600 vs. $9,400 for Tristan.)

The lead going into FJ was in doubt down to the last clue of DJ, which went to Tristan, who ended the round with $14,600 vs. $11,300 for Kelly and $5,700 for Marcus.

Final Jeopardy!

ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES - This theme tackled in art by Bellini & Michelangelo isn’t explicitly mentioned in the Bible, but is part of the “Seven Sorrows of Mary”

Only Tristan was correct on FJ, adding $8,100 to win with $22,700.

Final scores: Kelly $10,800, Marcus $3,300, Tristan $22,700.

Tough category of the day: The players missed three in a category about nursery rhymes, including a clue about Old King Cole's musical entertainment, his fiddlers three.

Judging the writers: I don't get why DD2 couldn't simply be "This legal verb is from the Anglo-Norman for 'to exonerate'", or what the first part of the clue adds to it other than making it longer.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What are pledge and ledge? DD2 - What is acquit? DD3 - What is "Silent Spring"? FJ - What is the Pietà?