Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Jan. 2

 Here are today's Second Chance contestants:

- Ryan Sharpe, a recent graduate from Oakville, Ontario, earned the lead with 33,440 in game one;

- Abigail Arnold, an academic administrator from Waltham, Massachusetts, carries over 23,600 from yesterday; and

- Dondi DeMarco, an operations executive from New York City, finished the first game at 0.

Jeopardy!

HISTORICAL HODGEPODGE // PARENTING // FLIP AROUND THE COMPOUND (WORD) // LOGOS // MODERN HORROR IS LIT // TV: WHO PLAYED 'EM?

DD1 - 600 - FLIP AROUND THE COMPOUND (WORD) - A verb meaning to distract or divert & area right next to the rail yard or the horse race (Dondi lost 1,600 on a true DD.)

Scores at first break: Dondi 200, Abigail 4,400, Ryan 2,400.

Scores entering DJ: Dondi 1,400, Abigail 7,000, Ryan 4,800.

Double Jeopardy!

THAT PLACE SOUNDS FISHY // BALLET & OPERA // WALL THINGS CONSIDERED // FILMS ABUT WRITERS // "OW"! // I FEEL GOOD

DD2 - 1,200 - THAT PLACE SOUNDS FISHY - A town on the Naknek River in Alaska is named for this "regal" fish, the largest of its 5 Pacific species (Ryan doubled to 16,000.)

DD3 - 2,000 - FILMS ABUT WRITERS - In "Only Lovers Left Alive", John Hurt is this poet/dramatist, really a vampire, who gives his work to an "illiterate" Shakespeare (Dondi added 2,500 up to 5,100.)

Ryan took control with a double-up on DD2 and finished strongly to put it away in the two-game scores, entering FJ at 24,800 vs. 12,600 for Abigail and 6,700 for Dondi.

Final Jeopardy!

BRITISH ROYAL TITLES - This title named for a county of coastal England had lapsed by 1843 but was revived in 2018 when Elizabeth gave it to a family member

Only Ryan was correct on FJ. He added 42 to finish with a two-day total of 58,282, good to win $35,000 in real money and advance to Champions Wildcard. Abigail ended the two days at 24,561 while Dondi retained one point, and they both won $15,000.

Scores for game two: Dondi 1, Abigail 961, Ryan 24,842.

Final two-day scores: Dondi 1, Abigail 24,561, Ryan 58,282.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What are sidetrack and trackside? DD2 - What is king salmon? DD3 - Who was Marlowe? FJ - What is Duke of Sussex?