Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Oct. 23

 Here are today's contestants:

- Brett Kelly, an actor from Surrey, British Columbia;

- Sophia Maymudes, a software engineer from Seattle, Washington; and

- Will Wallace, a game design director from Austin, Texas. Will is a one-day champ with winnings of $18,799.

Jeopardy! 

SOME CLIIFS, SANDS OR BUTTES // A QUARTER FOR YOUR THOUGHTS // HELLO & GOODBYE // 3 WORDS & COMMA OR 2 // LITERARY TITLES EN ESPAÑOL // BE WITCHED

DD1 - $800 - SOME CLIIFS, SANDS OR BUTTES - Buttes in the Sacramento Valley were named for this man in 1949, 100 years after his name came to fame (Sophia remained in first place after losing $2,000 from her total of $6,600.)

Scores at first break: Will $3,000, Sophia $3,400, Brett -$600.

Scores entering DJ: Will $4,400, Sophia $6,200, Brett -$1,200.

Double Jeopardy! 

QUOTH THE PRESIDENT // BROADWAY LEADING LADIES // EPONYMOUSLY YOURS // THE TROJAN WAR // OUR 4-LEGGED FRIENDS // AN "ODE" TO A CATEGORY

DD2 - $1,200 - OUR 4-LEGGED FRIENDS - An artist/soldier created the French Army's first camouflage unit & its insignia, this animal (Sophia dropped $2,600 to fall into a tie for first with Will at $6,400.)

DD3 - $1,200 - THE TROJAN WAR - In the title of a Shakespeare work, he is a son of King Priam & she is the daughter of Calchas (Sophia lost $2,000 from her score of $2,800 vs. $12,000 for Will.)

Sophia found all three DDs, twice when she had the lead, but missed them all, leaving Will with a runaway at $10,800 vs. $2,800 for Sophia. Brett struggled to get out of the red and finished DJ at $0.

Final Jeopardy!

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH - This day involving the Holy Spirit & the Apostles is sometimes described as the “birthday” of the church

Both players were incorrect on FJ. Will dropped $800 to win with $10,000 for a two-day total of $28,799.

Final scores: Will $10,000, Sophia $2,594, Brett $0.

Triple Stumper of the day: No one knew the general that Truman feuded with, MacArthur.

Correct Qs: DD1 - Who was Sutter? DD2 - What is chameleon? DD3 - Who are Troilus and Cressida? FJ - What is Pentecost?