Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Dec. 5

 Here are today's contestants:

- Lisa DiLeo, a business support analyst from Garwood, New Jersey;

- Dave Bond, a retired grant writer from West Henrietta, New York; and

- Stevie Ruiz, an assistant front office manager from Montauk, New York. Stevie is a two-day champ with winnings of $35,987.

Jeopardy! 

EPONYMS // THE MIDDLE AGES // 4-WORD PHRASES // ON THE MOVIE MAP // PLAY THINGS // ALSO IN THE TOOLBOX

DD1 - $800 - PLAY THINGS - In an interview one of the 2 title characters of this play admits he let Americans down & his political life is over (Dave lost $2,400 on a true DD.)

Scores at first break: Stevie $2,000. Dave $1,400, Lisa -$800.

Scores entering DJ: Stevie $2,000. Dave $2,600, Lisa $2,000.

Double Jeopardy! 

THE MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM // SOCIOLOGY // ENTERTAINMENT HYPHENATES // NONFICTION // GEOGRAPHIC NAME CHANGES // CROOSWORD CLUES "O"

DD2 - $1,600 - ENTERTAINMENT HYPHENATES - "Global Offensive" is one title in this Valve video game shooter whose name refers to a type of military retaliation (Lisa dropped $1,200.)

DD3 - $1,600 - GEOGRAPHIC NAME CHANGES - After the fall of South Vietnam in 1975, it was good night, Saigon & good morning, this new city name (Dave added $7,000 to his score of $7,800 vs. $8,400 for Stevie.)

Dave made a bold move to the lead on DD3 and finished impressively, building a runaway into FJ at $25,200 vs. $12,000 for Stevie and $2,400 for Lisa.

Final Jeopardy!

BRAND NAMES - They've been described as having the unique scent of "slightly earthy soap with pungent, leather-like clay undertones"

Everyone was incorrect on FJ. Dave dropped $200 to win with $25,000.

Final scores: Stevie $7,201. Dave $25,000, Lisa $2,000.

Jeopardy! rule book: In 4-WORD PHRASES, Dave was given credit for a five-word response that contained the correct four words, so similar to how the show treats song titles, that seems to be good enough.

Judging the writers: They have to attribute the quoted description in the FJ clue to some source, rather than just have the host give it after the fact. As written, the quote could literally be from anywhere talking about anything.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is "Frost/Nixon"? (Dave only said "Nixon".) DD2 - What is counter-strike? DD3 - What is Ho Chi Minh City? FJ - What are Crayola crayons?