Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Jan. 21

 Here are today's Champions Wildcard contestants:

- Will Yancey, a lecturer of history from Banquete, Texas;

- Jay Fisher, a government relations manager from Lisle, Illinois; and

- Evan Dorey, a data analytics director from Toronto, Ontario.

Jeopardy! 

AUTHORS// STATE ANIMALS // FOUND ON TEMU // WILD CARD WINNERS // THE SHAPE OF THINGS // FROM THE DUTCH

DD1 - 600 - STATE ANIMALS - It's the state animal of Montana & California, but the California one is extinct (Will lost 1,000.)

Scores at first break: Evan 4,200, Jay -1,000, Will 3,000.

Scores entering DJ: Evan 7,800, Jay -400, Will 5,200.

Double Jeopardy! 

1925 // BEFORE & AFTER // THE BIBLE // SCI-FI ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS // SOME WEAR... // "B" ON THE SEA

DD2 - 800 - THE BIBLE - In the NT we learn Peter's brother Andrew, who also became an apostle, had previously been a disciple of this religious figure (Will added 10,000 and went on to run the category.)

DD3 - 1,600 - "B" ON THE SEA - The name of this small Middle Eastern kingdom means "the 2 seas" in Arabic (Evan won 13,400 on a true DD.)

Scores entering FJ: Evan 32,400, Jay 2,800, Will 26,000.

Final Jeopardy!

MYTHOLOGY - Some myths say the treasure of the Nibelung was hidden under a promontory called this, on the Rhine near St. Goarshausen

Only Will was correct on FJ, doubling to advance with 52,000.

Final scores: Evan 12,400, Jay 2,800, Will 52,000.

Wagering strategy: While 52,000 points is an impressive final score, all Will really needed to bet on FJ was 6,401 to force Evan to be correct with a non-zero wager to beat him. By going all-in he forced himself to be correct on FJ to have a chance to advance. And of course, in the tournament format he doesn't even win more money by winning with a higher score.

Triple Stumper of the day: No one knew the author who set several of his novels in New Hampshire is John Irving.

Overvalued clue dept.: 2,000 for knowing ALF stands for Alien Life Form.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is grizzly bear? DD2 - Who is John the Baptist? DD3 - What is Bahrain? FJ - What is Lorelei Rock?