Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Oct. 20

 Here are today's contestants:

- Amanda Tholke, a criminal defense attorney from Cincinnati, Ohio;

- Nick Petrilli, a casino surveillance manager from Binghamton, New York; and

- Dargan Ware, an attorney and writer from Bessemer, Alabama. Dargan is a one-day champ with winnings of $26,200.

Jeopardy!

EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSES // BOOK TITLE ADJECTIVES // PUMPKIN CARVING // ANIMALS // AUTOMOTIVE OPTIONS // POSTSEASON HEROES WITH MLB ON FOX

DD1 - $800 - AUTOMOTIVE OPTIONS - Found on many cars manufactured after 2002, the latch system provides secure attachment points for these (Nick lost $2,800 on a true DD.)

Scores at first break: Dargan $3,800, Nick $2,400, Amanda $2,800.

Scores entering DJ: Dargan $6,400, Nick $1,000, Amanda $3,600.

Double Jeopardy!

THE LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA // THIS IS A HOLD...! MOVIE // KINGS & QUEENS // A FEW CLUES ABOUT A WORD // BURY ME NOT // ON THE LONE PRAIRIE

DD2 - $2,000 - THE LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA - One story goes that the library rented the works of these 3 dramatists from the Athenian archives & kept the originals (Amanda dropped by $2,000 to $4,400 vs. $11,600 for Dargan.)

DD3 - $1,200 - BURY ME NOT - Not in a ballpark or on a polo field but on a golf course, like this famous first wife who died in 2022 & ended up in Bedminster, N.J. (With a lead of over $10K, Dargan improved by $4,800 to $20,000.)

Everyone got a chance at a DD, and only Dargan was correct on his opportunity. However, with a big lead he went with a relatively modest wager, which allowed Amanda to rally and break up the runaway, entering FJ at $10,800 vs. $21,200 for Dargan and $4,200 for Nick.

Final Jeopardy!

CELEBRITY AUTHORS - A 1984 trip to Normandy inspired this journalist to write a book that popularized a term for an era of Americans

Dargan and Nick were correct on FJ, with Dargan adding $401 to win with $21,601 for a two-day total of $47,801.

Final scores: Dargan $21,601, Nick $4,200, Amanda $0.

That's before their time: No one knew the last name of actor Paul, who won an Oscar in the 1930s playing Louis Pasteur, which is also an abbreviation for a type of bond, Muni.

Clue selection strategy: The players completed the guest-presented video shilling category while the first-round DD was still on the board.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What are car seats? DD2 - Who were Sophocles, Euripedes & Aeschylus? DD3 - Who was Ivana Trump? FJ - Who is Tom Brokaw?