Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Dec. 18

 Here are today's contestants:

- Eric Weldon-Schilling, a bar manager & sommelier from Houston, Texas;

- Sarah Rosenthal, a fundraiser from New York City; and

- Ashley Chan, a publicist from Lewisville, Texas. Ashley is a four-day champ with winnings of $67,400.

Jeopardy! 

POLI SCI // CHRISTMAS SONGS // 3 OF A KIND // MOUNTAINS // THAT'S WEIRD // DICTIONARIES DEFINING SLANG WORDS

DD1 - $600 - POLI SCI - Texas Sen. Lloyd Bentsen gets credit for coining this term for an organized effort to fake a grassroots movement (On the first clue, Ashley dropped $1,000.)

Scores at first break: Ashley $2,600, Sarah $1,400, Eric $3,800.

Scores entering DJ: Ashley $2,800, Sarah $3,800, Eric $6,400.

Double Jeopardy! 

POLI SCI-FI // VICTORIAN VERSE // ORGANIZATIONS // TITLES OF SCIENTIFIC PAPERS & ARTICLES // IN D.C.'S STATUTORY HALL // BEFORE & AFTER

DD2 - $1,200 - VICTORIAN VERSE - Thomas Hardy really liked this made-up name, writing a poem about its "Captains" as well as a novel about its "Mayor" (With a large lead, Eric lost $2,800 from his score of $13,200.)

DD3 - $1,200 - BEFORE & AFTER - A proverbial admonition not to weep over mishandled dairy that turned into a caramel-&-chocolate Hershey product (Sarah dropped $3,000 from her total of $9,000 vs. $13,200 for Eric.)

Sarah caught a tough break, fell into the clue's trap and missed DD3, resulting in a runaway for Eric into FJ at $19,600 vs. $8,400 for Sarah and $2,400 for Ashley.

Final Jeopardy!

ANTHEMS - The unofficial anthem of this U.K. territory mentions kelp, penguins & “the wind from the horn”

Everyone was correct on FJ. Eric added $1,400 to win with $21,000.

Final scores: Ashley $2,400, Sarah $11,400, Eric $21,000.

Triple Stumper of the day: Fans of "The Simpsons" should know that the sci-fi doctor who is a prominent member of the Ape National Assembly is Dr. Zaius.

Overpriced clue of the day: $2,000 for "My Dinner with Andre the Giant".

Judging the writers: This was another FJ for which solving it required no knowledge whatsoever about the category.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is astroturfing? DD2 - What is Casterbridge? DD3 - What is "don't cry over spilt Milk Duds"? (Sarah said Milky Way.) FJ - What are the Falkland Islands?