Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Mar. 24

 Here are today's contestants:

- Pranit Nanda, a commodity trader from Houston, Texas;

- Abigail Marcolini, a book store clerk originally from Scottsdale, Arizona; and

- Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Jamie is a seven-day champ with winnings of $195,203.

Jeopardy!

ENDANGERED SPECIES // PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES // THE SOUNDS OF NON-SILENCE // THEY PLAY ONE ON TV // IT'S A PLANE // PHRASE IT IN THE FORM OF SOME LATIN

DD1 - $800 - IT'S A PLANE - Despite this rhyming nickname, the Hughes aircraft H-4 Hercules flying boat was built almost entirely of birch (Pranit doubled to $4,000.)

Scores at first break: Jamie $7,600, Abigail $0, Pranit $4,800.

Scores entering DJ: Jamie $10,800, Abigail -$200, Pranit $6,200.

Double Jeopardy!

ENDANGERED THESES // POST-BREAKUP PLAYLIST SONGS // BOOKS OF THE 1990s // THE GREAT WEALTH TRANSFER // CITIES ON ISLANDS // JEOPORTMANTEAU!

DD2 - $1,200 - THE GREAT WEALTH TRANSFER - The corporation of this immigrant who died in 1919 says his fortune has supported insulin's discovery & "Sesame Street" (Jamie dropped $6,000 down to $14,000 vs. $8,200 for Pranit.)

DD3 - $1,600 - ENDANGERED THESES - The so-called "interaction problem" is a classic objection to this French guy's theory that mind & body are separate (Jamie added $3,000 up to $19,000 vs. $8,200 for Pranit.)

It looked like Pranit was going to keep the game alive into FJ, but Jamie finished very impressively on the lower-value clues to secure a runaway at $27,000 vs. $13,000 for Pranit and $1,000 for Abigail.

Final Jeopardy!

HOMOPHONES - A 2008 Best Picture Oscar nominee & a Roman goddess both have names that are homophones of this state capital

Jamie and Pranit were correct on FJ. Jamie wagered $0 to win with $27,000 for an eight-day total of $222,203.

Final scores: Jamie $27,000, Abigail $1, Pranit $16,000.

That's before their time: No one knew the title of the big hit breakup song by Boyz II Men, "The End of the Road".

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Spruce Goose? DD2 - Who was Carnegie? DD3 - Who was Descartes? FJ - What is Juneau?