Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Feb. 28

 Here are today's Invitational Tournament contestants:

- Shane Whitlock, a radiologist originally from Benton, Arkansas;

- Jaskaran Singh, a consultant from Plano, Texas; and

- Roger Craig, an applied scientist from Arlington, Virginia.

Jeopardy! 

EYEWITNESS U.S. HISTORY // BOOKS & AUTHORS // BILLBOARD BILLS, BILLYS & A BILLIE // SOCIAL TYPES // USE YOUR WORD WORDS // NOT TODAY, SATIN!

DD1 - 600 - SOCIAL TYPES - Random House says this 2-word term for one who travels a lot for business was suggested by a Mad Max film title (Jaskaran doubled to 3,600.)

Scores at first break: Roger 2,600, Jaskaran 1,800, Shane 4,000.

Scores entering DJ: Roger 4,400, Jaskaran 5,000, Shane 5,000.

Double Jeopardy! 

THE COUNTY LINE // SYMBOLISM IN ART // METEOROLOGY // CREATORS & CREATIONS // PERIOD ENTERTAINMENT // BEFORE & AFTER

DD2 - 1,600 - THE COUNTY LINE - Cross this county's border & you're in one of the "collar counties": Lake, McHenry, DuPage, Kane & Will (Jaskaran lost 4,000 from his score of 9,400 vs. 6,000 for Roger.)

DD3 - 1,200 - PERIOD ENTERTAINMENT - "The Night That Goldman Spoke In Union Square" is a song from this musical named for a music style that defined an era (Shane lost 5,800 on a true DD vs. 11,600 for Roger.)

Roger's opponents kept the DDs in DJ away from him, but they both missed, helping Roger maintain first place into FJ at 14,400 vs. 12,600 for Jaskaran and 3,200 for Shane.

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS NAMES - As a young reporter in Appleton, Wisconsin, Edna Ferber interviewed this hometown celebrity, originally from Hungary

Everyone was correct on FJ, with Roger adding 10,801 to advance with 25,201. Note that if either Jaskaran or Shane had been correct on their DD oppotunities in DJ, they likely would have had enough to win the game.

Final scores: Roger 25,201, Jaskaran 25,198, Shane 6,400.

Wagering strategy: By betting nearly everything on FJ, Jaskaran brought Shane back into the game and forced himself to be correct to have a chance to win. With a smaller bet of 1,801, Jaskaran could have shut out Shane and forced Roger to be correct with a non-zero wager to beat him.

Overpriced clue dept.: 2000 for knowing the comic who was famously arrested on obscenity charges in the early 60s was Lenny Bruce.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is road warrior? DD2 - What is Cook County? DD3 - What is "Ragtime"? FJ - Who was Harry Houdini?