Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Oct. 16

 Here are today's contestants:

- Rachel Cassidy, an associate professor from Providence, Rhode Island;

- Jay Eversman, an environmental attorney from St. Louis, Missouri; and

- Rishabh Wuppalapati, an undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania from Vernon Hills, Illinois. Rishabh is a one-day champ with winnings of $22,201.

Jeopardy! 

HEY, PUMPKIN! // A WORLD TOUR // ENJOY A CONCERTO // HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES // SHOW BIZ MOVIES // "OUT" WITH IT

DD1 - $600 - ENJOY A CONCERTO - Alberto Ginastera's concerto for it, Opus 25, is loaded with swooping glissandi, called the instrument's stock-in-trade (Rishabh dropped $1,000.)

Scores at first break: Rishabh $3,000, Jay $1,400, Rachel $1,400.

Scores entering DJ: Rishabh $3,200, Jay $3,800, Rachel $2,400.

Double Jeopardy! 

AMERICAN HISTORY // THE BOOK NOOK // ASTRONOMY // THE ____ OF THE ____ // WHAT'S ON TV? // THAT'S SUCH A CLICHÉ!

DD2 - $2,000 - THE BOOK NOOK - "I fell burning into the desert", explains the title character of this novel by Michael Ondaatje (Rachel added $2,500 to her score of $5,200 vs. $8,200 for Rishabh.)

DD3 - $1,200 - THE ____ OF THE ____ - "Jesus falls the first time" & "Jesus is laid in the tomb" are parts of this reflective rite (From a close third, Jay dropped $2,600 from his total of $6,600.)

It came down to the last clue on the DJ board worth $400, on which Rishabh was correct to take first into FJ at $10,400 vs. $10,100 for Rachel and $4,800 for Jay.

Final Jeopardy!

COLLEGE TOWNS - 2 schools in the Southeastern Conference are located in cities with this same name but in different states

Rishabh and Rachel were ruled to be correct on FJ. Rishabh added $9,801 to win with $20,201 for a two-day total of $42,402. If Rachel had wagered enough on DD2 to take the lead and the game played out the same way, she would have led into FJ and likely won.

Final scores: Rishabh $20,200, Jay $1, Rachel $19,701.

Triple Stumper of the day: In the category about "out" words, no one knew the TV show with obstacle courses that's also the title of a song by the Surfaris is "Wipeout".

Wagering strategy: Rachel chose to bet big on FJ from a close second place, which opened the possibility of Jay winning if he had been correct and both opponents missed. Jay also bet nearly everything, but since he couldn't win unless Rachel made a suboptimal bet, he should have considered betting small and hoping for the best.

One more thing: Note that in the TV category, for the two bottom clues, you didn't really have to know anything about the TV shows to get them right, just some literature and American history.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is harp? DD2 - What is "The English Patient"? DD3 - What is The Stations of the Cross? FJ - What is Columbia? (Rishabh was writing quickly and it looked more like "Cdumlacf", but they gave it to him.)