Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Mar. 27

 Here are today's contestants:

- Tanya Iyer, a student originally from Lisle, Illinois;

- Brent Wilson, a manager research analyst from Toronto, Ontario; and

- Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Jamie is a 10-day champ with winnings of $272,810.

Jeopardy!

MOVIE OPENING SCENES // A TUNNEL OF FUN // LET'S CHECK OUT THE LIBRARY // BIG DOG // AH, "SPRING" TIME // THAT'S A PRICEY CAR WASH

DD1 - $800 - LET'S CHECK OUT THE LIBRARY - In 1550 Marcello Cervini became Bibliothecarius I, or first librarian of this; Giovanni Pagazzi is now Bibliothecarius L (On the opening clue, Jamie added $1,000.)

Scores at first break: Jamie $4,600, Brent $400, Tanya $600.

Scores entering DJ: Jamie $4,600, Brent $3,800, Tanya $600.

Double Jeopardy!

DEBUT NOVELS // WORDS FOR THE WISE // AN ESCAPIST CATEGORY // REPPING THE CITY // KNIGHTS // HOSPITAL-ERS

DD2 - $1,200 - DEBUT NOVELS - Themes of class & the individual fill her first novel, 1902's "The Valley of Decision", though it's set not in NYC but 18th c. Italy (Jamie added $2,800.)

DD3 - $800 - WORDS FOR THE WISE - "To know how to do", this French phrase is the ability to say or do the right thing in any social gathering (Jamie dropped $4,400.)

Scores entering FJ: Jamie $19,800, Brent $9,400, Tanya $6,200.

Final Jeopardy!

CELEBRITY MEMOIRS - In the title of a 2023 memoir, Dame Judi Dench calls him, "The Man Who Pays The Rent"

Everyone was incorrect on FJ. Jamie dropped $790 to win with $19,101 for a eleven-day total of $291,820.

Final scores: Jamie $19,010, Brent $9,143, Tanya $0.

Tough category of the day: The players missed four out of five in a category about car washes, including one about "this type of vapor cleaning" of the engine, steam cleaning.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is the Vatican library? DD2 - Who was Wharton? DD3 - What is savoir faire? FJ - Who is Shakespeare?