Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Oct. 28

 Here are today's contestants:

- Heather Ryan, a health program director from Binghamton, New York;

- Ian Taylor, a food sales rep originally from Cleveland, Ohio; and

- Will Wallace, a game design director from Austin, Texas. Will is a four-day champ with winnings of $79,998.

Jeopardy! 

WORLD HISTORY // BOOKS & ARTHURS // ON THE "D-E-L" // COMPLETE THE RHYMING PHRASE // ADVERTISING // MUSICAL NICKNAMES

DD1 - $800 - WORLD HISTORY - This collective defense treaty between 8 nations was signed in Poland in 1955 (Ian added $2,000 to his leading score of $2,400.)

Scores at first break: Will $1,000, Ian $4,600, Heather $3,600.

Scores entering DJ: Will $2,400, Ian $8,800, Heather $3,800.

Double Jeopardy! 

EXTREME CANADA // EXCLAMATIONS! // MYTHOLOGICAL RESUMÉS // MEDICAL MATTERS // CAUTION // COMPOUND WORD CONSTRUCTION ZONE

DD2 - $1,600 - CAUTION - Unexplored parts on some old maps could be designated with pictures of monsters & this 2-word Latin designation (Will lost $2,000 from his third-place total of $4,000.)

DD3 - $800 - EXTREME CANADA - Draining an area the size of Mexico, the Mackenzie River system, Canada's longest, flows 2,635 miles into this body of water (Ian dropped $1,000 from his score of $14,800 vs. $7,800 for Heather.)

Ian led at every commercial break, but wasn't quite able to put the game away, leading into FJ with $17,400 ve. $9,800 for Heather and $8,000 for Will.

Final Jeopardy!

STAGE MUSICAL SETTINGS - Turned into a Nazi headquarters in 1933, the nightspot Eldorado is said to have inspired this fictional place

Ian and Heather were correct on FJ, with Ian adding $2,201 to win with $19,601.

Final scores: Will $2, Ian $19,601, Heather $19,600.

Triple Stumper of the day: No one could the last three months in the rhyme "30 days hath September, April, June and November."

Clue selection strategy: In DJ, four clues were chosen from the top row with DD3 still on the board.

One more thing: There's some controversy about Bart Simpson's use of "cowabunga", from a 2021 Chicago Tribune article: "Antonia Coffman, chief publicist for 'The Simpsons,' views Bart’s cowabunga connection as a stubborn urban myth. 'Bart may have used cowabunga once during the first season,' Coffman says, 'but what people really hear is Bart saying `Aye Carumba!’ or `Don’t have a cow, man!’ Somehow, those two phrases are confused with cowabunga."

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Warsaw Pact? DD2 - What is terra incognita? (Will put an "o" at the end.) DD3 - What is Arctic Ocean? FJ - What is Kit Kat Club?