Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Jan. 8

 Here are today's Second Chance contestants:

- Lindsay Denninger, a writer from Smithtown, New York;

- Ferdinand Percentie, a day trader from Altamonte Springs, Florida; and

- Sam Cameron, a finance manager from Fargo, North Dakota.

Jeopardy! 

BEST IF USED BY DEC. 31, 1999 // MAKING SOME BONES ABOUT IT // FLYING IN STATE // SPORTS BY MOVIE // YOUR NUMBER IS UP // NO RYAN, I WOULD NOT LIKE TO BUY A VOWEL

DD1 - 600 - BEST IF USED BY DEC. 31, 1999 - After 85 years, complete control of it passed to its home nation on Dec. 31, 1999 (Sam lost 2,600.)

Scores at first break: Sam 1,800, Ferdinand 2,400, Lindsay 1,000.

Scores entering DJ: Sam 3,000, Ferdinand 5,000, Lindsay 2,600.

Double Jeopardy! 

AROUND THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE // AN EDIBLE & MUSICAL BEFORE & AFTER // YOU JUST GOT MONK'D! // 5 RANDOM WORDS FROM THE NOVEL // GOOD ENOUGH // GOVERNMENT WORK

DD2 - 1,600 - YOU JUST GOT MONK'D! - In 1939 Thomas Merton opened the Bible to Luke 1:20 & read "Behold, you shall be" this & he decided to become a Trappist monk (Sam added 5,000.)

DD3 - 1,600 - GOVERNMENT WORK - You might get a bit sick of Lincoln's face as a metal forming machine operator at this agency's production facilities (Sam added 1,000.)

Scores entering FJ: Sam 19,400, Ferdinand 10,200, Lindsay 6,200.

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN HISTORY - The last claim awarded under this act was in 1988, 126 years after it passed, for a parcel of land in Alaska

Sam and Ferdinand were correct on FJ. Sam added 1,001 to advance with 20,401.

Final scores: Sam 20,401, Ferdinand 19,401, Lindsay 2,199.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is the Panama Canal? DD2 - What is silent? DD3 - What is the U.S. Mint? FJ - What is the Homestead Act?