Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Jan. 16

 Here are today's Champions Wildcard contestants:

- Eamonn Campbell, a lawyer originally from Manchester, Vermont;

- Mehal Shah, a software engineer from Seattle, Washington; and

- Joey DeSena, a development engineer from Raleigh, North Carolina.

Jeopardy! 

DAMS // 10-LETTER VOCAB  // WHERE'S THE BEEF? // HISTORY // LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH // EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

DD1 - 600 - HISTORY - Before a papal tribunal in 1633, he stated, "I abjure, curse & detest the aforesaid errors" (On the first clue of the game, Joey added 1,000.)

Scores at first break: Joey 3,000, Mehal 3,400, Eamonn 2,600.

Scores entering DJ: Joey 6,200, Mehal 6,600, Eamonn 2,800.

Double Jeopardy! 

SHORT STORIES // COMMON BANDS // TRAVEL USA  //  THE JETÉ SET // MAKE MINE MATH // "MORE" OR "LESS"

DD2 - 1,600 - TRAVEL USA - Te U.S. Space & Rocket Center in this Alabama city displays one of the world's largest collections of space memorabilia (Mehal doubled to 15,600.)

DD3 - 800 - "MORE" OR "LESS" - The Pope endorsed neither candidate in the 2024 U.S. presidential election but said voters should choose this (Joey added 11,000.)

Scores entering FJ: Joey 24,000 , Mehal 19,600, Eamonn 9,600.

Final Jeopardy!

TREES - Order Arecales, this tree gets its name from Roman times, a leaf from one was placed in a victor’s hands after a contest was won

Everyone had the same incorrect response to FJ. As expected, Joey and Mehal bet 0, while Eamonn bet everything.

Final scores: Joey 24,000, Mehal 19,600, Eamonn 0.

Triple Stumper of the day: Fans of British band The Zombies might be able to provide the name of the Southern belle in the Faulkner-penned tale "A Rose for Emily".

Correct Qs: DD1 - Who was Galileo? DD2 - What is Huntsville? DD3 - What is the lesser of two evils? FJ - What is palm? (Everyone said laurel.)