Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Dec. 23

 Here are today's contestants:

- Jenifer Miller, a freelance web developer from Ann Arbor, Michigan;

- Sean Maguire, a commercial real estate manager from New York City; and

- Laura Faddah, a manager from Memphis, Tennessee. Laura is a two-day champ with winnings of $17,000.

Jeopardy! 

WHO? WHERE? WHEN? // BODY PARTS' BETTER KNOWN NAMES // AT THE PET STORE // "C" FOOD // TELEVISION CITY // WORDS FROM HINDI

DD1 - $600 - WORDS FROM HINDI - The name of this relish that accompanies a meal in Indian cuisine goes back to a word meaning "to lick" (Laura moved to the lead, adding $1,400 to improve to $4,000.)

Scores at first break: Laura $1,800, Sean $3,000, Jenifer $1,400.

Scores entering DJ: Laura $6,200, Sean $3,400, Jenifer $2,000.

Double Jeopardy! 

NAME THAT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE // PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS // INTERNATIONAL CITIES // AFRICAN AMERICANA // WORLD WAR I WORDS // THE CINEMATIC VAMPIRE

DD2 - $2,000 - INTERNATIONAL CITIES - For its tourist-friendly mix of cultures, this "lion city" south of Malaysia has been called "instant Asia" (Laura won $2,000.)

DD3 - $1,200 - NAME THAT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE - A college on West 59th Street in Manhattan is named for this man (Late in the round with a large lead, Laura added $1,000.)

Laura took the lead on DD1 and expanded it on both DDs in DJ, scoring a comfortable runaway at $15,600 vs. $4,200 for Sean. Finishing out of the running at -$2,000 was Jenifer.

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD LEADERS - In 2009 this leader gave Barack Obama the book "Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent"

Both players were incorrect on FJ. Laura dropped $2,400 to win with $13,200 for a three-day total of $30,200.

Final scores: Laura $13,200, Sean $4,187, Jenifer -$2,000.

Clue selection strategy: All the top-row clues were chosen in DJ with DD3 still on the board.

"Edgy" Jeopardy! dept.: In the movie shilling category that helped result in four leftovers in DJ, one of the clues had  the guest presenter saying "kick all kinds of ass".

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is chutney? DD2 - What is Singapore? DD3 - Who was John Jay? FJ - Who was Hugo Chávez?