Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Dec. 30

 Here are today's Second Chance contestants:

- Tekla Sauter, a nonprofit strategist from Chicago, Illinois;

- Will Yancey, a lecturer of history from Banquete, Texas; and

- Alex Michev, an attorney from Richmond, Virginia.

Jeopardy! 

A EUROCENTRIC CATEGORY // RHYME TIME // TRANSPORTATION // COLOR MY WORLD // BOOK "OF" // MERMAN

DD1 - 2,000 - A EUROCENTRIC CATEGORY - Unter den Linden in Berlin is a tree-lined avenue running westward nearly a mile to this 5-portal monument (Will added 1,000.)

Scores at first break: Alex 1,600, Will 2,800, Tekla 1.800.

Scores entering DJ: Alex 4,800, Will 3,200, Tekla 2.800.

Double Jeopardy! 

ISSUING A CITATION // ART & ARTISTS // SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER // THE 13th CENTURY // THINKERS & THEIR THOUGHTS // MOOD INDI-GO-GO

DD2 - 2,000 - SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER - To do this is to drain a body of all of its blood (Will added 2,400.)

DD3 - 1,200 - THE 13th CENTURY - This phrase in the title of an Indiana Jones movie has also been used about a useless effort by King Edward I in 1271 (On the next clue after DD2, Will added 1,200.)

Scores entering FJ: Alex 12,800, Will 14,800, Tekla 5,600.

Final Jeopardy!

GEOGRAPHIC NAMES - In 1492 Columbus visited this island that he named for the country whose flag he flew

Everyone was correct on FJ. Will added 10,801 to advance with 25,601.

Final scores: Alex 14,300, Will 25,601, Tekla 11,198.

Tough category of the day: The players missed four out of five in THINKERS & THEIR THOUGHTS, including a clue that Kelly Clarkson fans probably got about what makes me (or you) stronger, "what doesn't kill you".

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is the Brandenburg Gate? DD2 - What is exsanguinate? DD3 - What is the Last Crusade? FJ - What is Hispañola?