Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Jul., 15

 Here are today's contestants:

- Carl Adams, a litigation technology specialist originally from Des Moines, Iowa;

- Pete Johnston, a filmmaker and educator from Lansing, Michigan; and

- Scott Riccardi, an engineer from Somerville, New Jersey. Scott is an eight-day champ with winnings of $201,301.

Jeopardy!

DRUMS & PERCUSSION // KING ME // SINGLE // "DOUBLE" // HOMER // CAN HE HIT FOR THE CYCLE?

DD1 - $600 - HOMER - The last book of the "Iliad" contains the funeral of Hector; the last book of the "Odyssey" has the funeral of this slayer of Hector (Scott broke a tie for the lead with Pete, improving by $4,000 to $8,200.)

Scores at first break: Scott $10,000, Pete $4,200, Carl $0.

Scores entering DJ: Scott $12,600, Pete $6,000, Carl $400.

Double Jeopardy!

SCIENCE QUIZ // BEFORE & AFTER // DOING TIME TOGETHER // MOVIES SET IN THE 1920s // IT'S BORDERLINE // THAT SHIP HAS SAILED

DD2 - $1,200 - MOVIES SET IN THE 1920s - In this 1952 film Don Lockwood works as a stuntman elevated to leading man, just before the advent of talking pictures (In a distant third, Carl nearly doubled to $5,500.)

DD3 - $1,200 - IT'S BORDERLINE - This Mexican state between Sonora & Coahuila has all 3 of the border crossings from Mexico to New Mexico (Scott added $6,000 to his score of $22,200 vs. $12,800 for Pete.)

Scott bet enough on DD3 to improve to more than double of Pete's score late, but Pete came right back to keep the game alive into FJ at $15,600 vs. $28,200 for Scott and $9,100 for Carl.

Final Jeopardy!

THEATER - The title of a Pulitzer-winning play from 2007 mentions this month, as does another winner 54 years prior

Everyone was correct on FJ. Scott added $4,000 to win with $32,200 for a nine-day total of $233,501.

Final scores: Scott $32,200, Pete $28,201, Carl $9,100.

Judging the writers: In a clue about prisoners in 1950, they made a reference to "Machine Gun Kelly (not that one)". Yes writers, we know that you know there's a more contemporary Machine Gun Kelly, you don't have to try so hard to appear hip and cool.

Triple Stumper of the day (literally): No one knew that the rarest hit in baseball's "the cycle" is the triple. Note that SINGLE, "DOUBLE" and HOMER were other category titles in the round, so it probably wouldn't be one of those.

Correct Qs: DD1 - Who is Achilles? DD2 - What is "Singin' in the Rain"? DD3 - What is Chihuahua? FJ - What is August?