Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Dec. 12

 Here are today's contestants:

- Alex Cousins, a writer & editor from Buffalo, New York;

- Ashley Chan, a publicist from Lewisville, Texas; and

- Bill McKinney, a VP of restaurants & bars originally from Boston, Massachusetts. Bill is a three-day champ with winnings of $46,800.

Jeopardy! 

AMERICA BEFORE 1800 // BRIDGES // DODGEPODGE // PART OF A 7 ANCIENT WONDERS NAME // STOCKS // BLONDES

DD1 - $600 - AMERICA BEFORE 1800 - In 1763 the Penns & Calverts brought in these 2 English astronomers to settle a boundary dispute (Alex lost $1,000.)

Scores at first break: Bill $3,400, Ashley $1,800, Alex $200.

Scores entering DJ: Bill $4,000, Ashley $6,000, Alex $600.

Double Jeopardy! 

NATIONAL BIRDS // POETRY FILL IN THE BLANK // ABBREVIATED MAGAZINES // TOP ROW OF THE KEYBOARD WORDS // GEORGIA ON OUR MINDS // COLUMBIA 100TH ANNIVERSARY

DD2 - $2,000 - ABBREVIATED MAGAZINES - Has published articles by more than 200 Nobel Prize winners: SA (On the first clue of DJ, Alex added $2,000.)

DD3 - $800 - NATIONAL BIRDS - Naturally, this type of condor is the national bird of Ecuador, Chile & Bolivia (Ashley added $2,000 to her leading score of $15,200 vs. $6,800 for Bill.)

Ashley steadily drew away from the competition in DJ and was able to hold her runaway lead into FJ at $15,600 vs. $6,400 for Bill and $5,800 for Alex.

Final Jeopardy!

TV PROPS - A prop central to the title character on this '60s sitcom began as a special Christmas edition whiskey decanter

Everyone was incorrect on FJ. Ashley wagered $0 to win with $15,600.

Final scores: Bill $2,400, Ashley $15,600, Alex $5,199.

Tough category of the day: The players missed four clues in a poetry category, including not being able to provide the last word in "I have not winced nor cried aloud / Under the bludgeonings of chance / My head is bloody but unbowed".

Correct Qs: DD1 - Who were Mason and Dixon? DD2 - What is "Scientific American"? DD3 - What is Andean condor? FJ - What is "I Dream of Jeannie"? (It appeared Bill thought of the correct response too late, and only wrote the name of the character rather than the title of the sitcom.)