Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Mar. 17

 Here are today's contestants:


- Aidan O'Connell, a wastewater treatment operator from Henderson, Nevada;

- Carman Nareau, a founder from Oakland, California; and

- Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Jamie is a two-day champ with winnings of $26,566.


Jeopardy!


GENIUS IN A BATTLE // IT'S THE LAW // YOU CAN'T PINCH THEM! // "X" // LOS ANGELES // I LOVE THAT ALBUM!


DD1 - $400 - IT'S THE LAW - From a Rudyard Kipling work, it's the idea that the strongest or most merciless in a society or group will survive (Jamie added $2,400.)


Scores at first break: Jamie $7,800, Carman -$600, Aidan $2,200.


Scores entering DJ: Jamie $14,000, Carman -$600, Aidan $2,600.


Double Jeopardy!


EVERYBODY LOVES DINOSAURS // SWORD PLAY // A CINEMATIC SUM-UP THROUGH THE DECADES // OTHER KENS // 5-LETTER WORDS // PERSONIFYING THE NATION


DD2 - $1,600 - OTHER KENS - In 1998, sales of Tom Clancy's new novel "Rainbow Six" were outpaced by sales of a near 450-page report written by this Ken (Jamie won $6,000.)


DD3 - $1,600 - PERSONIFYING THE NATION - Clad in a salakot hat & a shirt called a barong tagalog, Juan dela Cruz personifies this country's everyman (Aidan added $2,500.)


Scores entering FJ: Jamie $34,000, Shannon -$800, Andrew $1,600.


Final Jeopardy!


HISTORIC NAMES - This name of a grand duchess of the 20th century comes from a word meaning "resurrection" in Greek


Only Jamie was correct on FJ, adding $2,434 to win with $51,234 for a three-day total of $77,800.


Final scores: Jamie $48,800, Carman $600, Aidan $4,300.


Correct Qs: DD1 - What is law of the jungle? DD2 - Who is Starr? DD3 - What is the Philippines? FJ - Who was Anastasia?

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