Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Oct. 10

 Here are today's contestants:

- Aimée Fluitt, a former national security consultant originally from Kansas City, Missouri;

- Dave Francois, a marketing director from Denver, Colorado; and

- Spencer Janes, a program manager originally from Longmeadow, Massachusetts. Spencer is a one-day champ with winnings of $29,000.

Jeopardy!

SEASON OF CHARADE // ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES // ARTISTS BY CONCERT TOURS // U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS // CHAD ROULETTE // "I" IS THE ONLY VOWEL

DD1 - $400 - ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES - The opening of this novel describes Castle Caladan, which "served the Atreides family as home for twenty-six generations" (Spencer added $2,000.)

Scores at first break: Spencer $5,400, Dave $2,800, Aimée $2,400.

Scores entering DJ: Spencer $7,600, Dave $6,200, Aimée $3,200.

Double Jeopardy!

OH FUN! OPERA! // COOKING TERMS // GROUP PROJECT // RECENT TECHNOLOGY // THE MIDDLE AGES // AN ACTOR'S LIFE FOR ME

DD2 - $1,200 - THE MIDDLE AGES - In the final fall of imperial Rome, an emperor who shared this name of one of the city's legendary founders was deposed in 476 A.D. (Aimée went from third to a small lead, improving by $3,000 to $7,800.)

DD3 - $1,600 - RECENT TECHNOLOGY - The orb is a biometric device that photographs this eye part that is visible, so no special scan needed like with the retina (With three other clues remaining, Dave added $4,000 to his score of $11,000 vs. $16,800 for Spencer and $14,600 for Aimée.)

Dave had a chance to lock down first place into FJ by finding DD3 late and betting big, but he went with a modest wager, so Spencer retained the lead at $17,600 vs. $16,600 for Aimée and $15,000 for Dave.

Final Jeopardy!

CLASSIC DRAMA - The line, ‘Was this the face that launched a thousand ships?’ is asked by this title character in a play written in the 16th century

Everyone was incorrect on FJ. All three players went for large bets, with Aimée coming out on top, dropping $12,001 to end with $4,599.

Final scores: Spencer $1,600, Dave $3,000, Aimée $4,599.

Wagering strategy: Dave's underbet on DD3, which resulted in him being in third after DJ, should have worked out to his favor when FJ was a Triple Stumper. However, he made a huge overbet on FJ, when all he needed to wager was $2,601, enough to pass his opponents if he was correct on FJ while they missed or bet $0.

Triple Stumper of the day: Despite being on TV for 20 years, the first line of the show's theme song and a reference to the last name MacFarlane didn't lead the players to "American Dad!"

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is "Dune"? DD2 - What is Romulus? DD3 - What is iris? FJ - What is Doctor Faustus?