Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Jan. 27

 Here are today's Tournament of Champions contestants:

- Allegra Kuney, a Ph.D. candidate from New Brunswick, New Jersey;

- Tom Devlin, an attorney from Washington, D.C.; and

- Scott Riccardi, an engineer from Somerville, New Jersey

Jeopardy!

CALIFORNIA GEOGRAPHIC // LIVING FOSSILS // IT HAPPENED IN 2025 // YOU'RE MY SODA POP // THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT // A HARD SCRABBLE UPBRINGING

DD1 - 400 - CALIFORNIA GEOGRAPHIC - Formerly Ocean View Avenue, this Monterey street processed around 240,000 tons of sardines in 1945 (Scott doubled to 7,600.)

Scores at first break: Scott 2,600, Tom 5,400, Allegra 200.

Scores entering DJ: Scott 8,200, Tom 7,400, Allegra 1,200.

Double Jeopardy!

LIGHTING UP THE ENLIGHTENMENT // PEN NAMES // ORGANIZATIONS // IT'S A FACT // WOMEN IN SONG // LATIN LOVERS

DD2 - 800 - LIGHTING UP THE ENLIGHTENMENT - We're all signatory to this, the title of a 1762 work by Rousseau (Scott doubled to 30,800 vs. 14,200 for Tom.)

DD3 - 1,600 - LATIN LOVERS - Euripides was famous for this Latin-phrased plot resolution; in "Orestes", Apollo shows up & restores order (On the next clue after DD2, Scott added 6,000.)

In a tight game between Scott and Tom, it figured to come down to the DDs in DJ. Scott found them back-to-back, first making a big double-up then adding enough to secure the runaway into FJ at 41,200 vs. 19,000 for Tom and 7,600 for Allegra.

Final Jeopardy!

EUROPEAN HISTORY - Writing from prison to her père in 1793, she quoted the dramatist Corneille “crime makes the shame, and not the scaffold”

Everyone gave the same incorrect response on FJ, but of course it didn't matter. Scott wagered 0 to advance with 41,200.

Final scores: Scott 41,200, Tom 19,000, Allegra 900.

Pedantry corner: Two of the clue subjects in the Scrabble category, the three-word response and this particular acronym, would not be legal in a standard game.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Cannery Row? DD2 - What is "The Social Contract"? DD3 - What is deus ex machina? FJ - Who was Charlotte Corday? (Everyone wrote Marie Antionette.)