Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Oct. 31

 Here are today's contestants:

- Robbie Ellis, an orchestra manager and composer from Chicago, Illinois;

- Siobhan Hickey, a grad student from Frederick, Maryland; and

- Christopher Tillman, a pastor from Plover, Wisconsin. Christopher is a one-day champ with winnings of $16,000.

Jeopardy!

ALL KINDS OF SCARY BOOKS // COSTUMES // PUMP KIN // BRAAAAAAINS // "TRICK" OR "TREAT" // HALLOWEEN ON-SCREEN

DD1 - $600 - BRAAAAAAINS - Chemical & electrical messages pass between your billions of neurons via these junctions; time to fire on all of them now (Siobhan added $1,000.)

Scores at first break: Christopher $1,800, Siobhan $800, Robbie $4,000.

Scores entering DJ: Christopher $4,400, Siobhan $1,800, Robbie $4,800.

Double Jeopardy!

THE 1980s // WORLD GEOGRAPHY // PAINT & SIP // COMMENCEMENT SPEECHES // WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC // 2-LETTER RESPONSES

DD2 - $1,600 - WORLD GEOGRAPHY - After its founding in 1822, this capital was divided into 2 sections, one for freed American slaves & one for locals (From third place, Siobhan dropped $3,000 down to $1,200.)

DD3 - $1,600 - COMMENCEMENT SPEECHES - In a 2014 address at Middlebury College, she spoke of "42 hours, jellyfish, sharks, Gulf Stream eddies" (Siobhan lost $3,500 from her score of $6,000 vs. $9,600 for Christopher.)

Siobhan missed both DDs in DJ, and despite never getting on a strong roll, Christopher's score of $10,800 was good enough for a runaway into FJ vs. $4,400 for Robbie and $3,300 for Siobhan.

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS TRIALS - A lawyer in a 1933 trial called this novel "tedious and labyrinthine and bewildering" - & he was arguing on its behalf

Everyone was incorrect on FJ. Christopher dropped $1,200 to win with $9,600 for a two-day total of $25,600.

Final scores: Christopher $9,600, Siobhan $2, Robbie $2,199.

Triple Stumper of the day: No one knew the novel in which "a young woman who has committed a crime attempts to hide at an isolated motel, relax & take a shower" is "Psycho".

Jeopardy! rule book: It appears the killer from the "Halloween" movies was never referred to as "Mike", which reminds us not to use first names in responses unless required.

Judging the writers: That might have been the most laborious way possible to ask "What is 3.75 times 20?"

Correct Qs: DD1 - What are synapses? DD2 - What is Monrovia? DD3 - Who is Nyad? FJ - What is "Ulysses"?