Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Jan. 28

 Here are today's Tournament of Champions contestants:

- TJ Fisher, a marketing specialist from San Francisco, California;

- Steven Olson, a band director from Princeton, Illinois; and

- Laura Faddah, a manager from Memphis, Tennessee.

Jeopardy!

VEXILLOLOGY // THE ELEVENTH HOUR // MOO-VIES // BOOK IT // RAGS & RICHES // GO AHEAD, END WITH A PREPOSITION

DD1 - 600 - BOOK IT - In a 1906 novel he wrote of "splitters" who earned 50 cents an hour doing nothing but chopping hogs down the middle (Laura doubled to 2,000.)

Scores at first break: Laura 600, Steven 4,200, TJ 3,000.

Scores entering DJ: Laura 2,000, Steven 6,200, TJ 3,400.

Double Jeopardy!

VEX-OLOGY // FROM THE NECK UP // HOW LARGE THOU ART // "N" THE CITY // THE VICTORS // TV SHOWS ON TV SHOWS

DD2 - 1,600 - "N" THE CITY - Once named for Nicholas II, a city on the Ob was given this new name meaning "new Siberia" (On the first clue of the round, Laura lost 2,000 on a true DD.)

DD3 - 1,200 - FROM THE NECK UP - Also called gray matter, this outermost part of the brain with a 2-word name integrates sensory impulses (With a significant lead, Steven dropped 9,400 on a true DD.)

TJ was left the lead after both opponents went all-in on DDs in DJ and missed, and he was able to expand the margin into FJ at 13,800 vs. 8,400 for Steven and 1,600 for Laura.

Final Jeopardy!

20TH CENTURY BIGWIGS - The subtitle of a 2022 bio of this magnate who died in 1976 is “the meek shall inherit the Earth – but not its mineral rights”

Everyone was incorrect on FJ. TJ dropped 3,001 to advance with 10,799.

Final scores: Laura 1, Steven 2,996, TJ 10,799.

Pop culture problems: No one knew the Coen brothers movie featuring Baby Face Nelson is "O Brother, Where Art Thou?", and "it stinks" that they didn't get the Jon Lovitz series "The Critic".

Correct Qs: DD1 - Who was Sinclair? DD2 - What is Novosibirsk? DD3 - What is cerebral cortex? FJ - Who was J. Paul Getty?