Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Dec. 11

 Here are today's contestants:

- Sam Nguyen, a tax accountant from Hyattsville, Maryland;

- Molly LeBlanc, an administrative assistant from New Orleans, Louisiana; and

- Bill McKinney, a VP of restaurants & bars originally from Boston, Massachusetts. Bill is a two-day champ with winnings of $28,000.

Jeopardy! 

POLITICAL OOPSIES // ON THE ROPES // RHYMING LAST NAMES // TV SHOW TAGLINES // TRIPLE "T"s ME // THE TALES OF TRANSPORTATION

DD1 - $1,000 - RHYMING LAST NAMES - American playwright Arthur & German playwright Friedrich (Bill added $1,000.)

Scores at first break: Bill $2,600, Molly -$200, Sam $1,000.

Scores entering DJ: Bill $5,400, Molly $3,600, Sam $1,200.

Double Jeopardy! 

HISTORIC OBJECTS // U.S. PLACE NAMES // THE OLD TESTAMENT // ASIAN AMERICANS // "X"-RATED MUSIC // TOUGH 4-LETTER WORDS

DD2 - $2,000 - THE OLD TESTAMENT - It's twins for Rebekah: "the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name" this (Bill improved his leading score by $4,000 to $14,200.)

DD3 - $2,000 - ASIAN AMERICANS - The cake for his 100th birthday celebration was in the shape of one of his last buildings, the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha (With a $13,000 lead very late in the game, Bill dropped $3,000 to $13,200.)

Not much of a contest here, as Bill found all three DDs and his opponents never got rolling, so Bill cruised into FJ at $14,800 vs. $3,200 for Sam and $2,000 for Molly.

Final Jeopardy!

THE WORLD OF SCIENCE - nobelprize .org says some papers of this scientist "are stored in lead boxes," a "legacy that is literally untouchable"

Everyone was correct on FJ. Bill added $4,000 to win with $18,800 for a three-day total of $46,800.

Final scores: Bill $18,100, Molly $4,000, Sam $4,001.

Tough category of the day: The players missed three clues in the 3 "t"s category, including the one thing Oscar Wilde said he couldn't resist, temptation.

Clue selection strategy: Late in DJ with DD3 remaining and just one clue left unchosen outside of the top two rows, Bill selected three $800 clues before finally taking DD3 under the remaining $2,000 clue.

Correct Qs: DD1 - Who were Miller and Schiller? DD2 - Who is Esau? DD3 - Who was Pei? FJ - Who was Marie Curie?