Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Sept. 23

 Here are today's contestants:

- Justin Ames, an employment attorney from Jersey City, New Jersey;

- Hester Bass, a writer from Santa Fe, New Mexico; and

- Steven Olson, a band director from Princeton, Illinois. Steven is a two-day champ with winnings of $46,406.

Jeopardy!

THE ANSWER IS 42! // ____ING BOOK TITLES // "G" TO "G" // THE PRE-FAME CELEBRITY AT WORK // AROUND ALABAMA // NAVY SEALS

DD1 - $1,000 - THE ANSWER IS 42! - The first of their kind, they were printed in Mainz, Germany in the 15th century with Latin text in 42-line columns (Steven doubled to $7,200.)

Scores at first break: Steven $7,200, Hester $3,400, Justin $1,600.

Scores entering DJ: Steven $11,200, Hester $3,200, Justin $2,400.

Double Jeopardy!

ANCIENT HISTORY // COMPOSERS // EW, DAVID! // 9-LETTER WORDS // DISCOVERY // A SONG ON YOUR LIPS

DD2 - $2,000 - COMPOSERS - Plaques on neighboring London houses honor Jimi Hendrix & this German-born composer, a much earlier resident (Steven improved by $8,000 to $20,400.)

DD3 - $1,600 - DISCOVERY - Since its discovery by James Clark Ross in 1831, this location has migrated steadily toward Russia (With an $18K lead at $22,000, Steven added $1,000.)

This was a breeze for Steven, who put this away with a strong bet on DD2 and entered FJ at $27,800 vs. $4,000 for Justin and $3,200 for Hester.

Final Jeopardy!

CHILDREN'S BOOKS - Realizing he couldn't draw horses, the man behind this 1963 book drew the title characters purely from his imagination

Everyone was incorrect on FJ. Steven went big, dropping $17,117 to win with $10,683 for a three-day total of $57,089.

Final scores: Steven $10,683, Hester $700, Justin $1,599.

That's before their time: In the category about musical lips, no one guessed the song co-written by Jane Wiedlen of The Go-Go's about a clandestine romance, "Our Lips Are Sealed".

This day in shilling: I skipped today's first round, I don't need to sit through a long commercial for some streaming show I'm never going to watch.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Gutenberg Bible? DD2 - Who was Handel? DD3 - What is magnetic north pole? (Note: just north pole was not enough) FJ - What is "Where the Wild Things Are"?