Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Mar. 3

 Here are today's contestants:

- Monterey Salka, a chef from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;

- Quentin Powers, a returned Peace Corps volunteer from Arlington, Virginia; and

- Noah Hamilton, a marketing manager from Saint Paul, Minnesota. Noah is a one-day champ with winnings of $9,990.

Jeopardy!

IT'S A FREE COUNTRY // MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS // HOMONYMS // "T"-BIRDS // PINK LADIES // GREECE

DD1 - $800 - GREECE - Lawrence Durrell's "Prospero's Cell" chronicles his life on this island until Axis occupation starting in 1941 (Quentin dropped $1,909 down to $1,891.)

Scores at first break: Noah $200, Quentin $4,691, Monterey $2,600.

Scores entering DJ: Noah $1,000, Quentin $7,491, Monterey $1,400.

Double Jeopardy!

2001: A BOOK ODYSSEY // THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE // I NEED TO CLEAN MY HOUSE // THE SONG'S LYRICS SUMMARIZED // TOMB SERVICE // "L-O" GUV'NOR

DD2 - $1,200 - THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE - 9 North American nations border the Pacific Ocean, including this one the farthest south (On the first clue of DJ, Noah added $2,000 up to $3,000.)

DD3 - $1,600 - TOMB SERVICE - This writer who chronicled man's & animals' battles with nature is under a lava rock in Sonoma County, California (On the second clue of DJ, Noah doubled to $6,000.)

Quentin had a healthy lead after round one, but Noah scored on DDs with his first two selections of DJ to get close and squeezed out a narrow advantage into FJ at $12,800 vs. $12,291 for Quentin and $5,000 for Monterey.

Final Jeopardy!

20TH CENTURY MOVIE MEMORABILIA - In 2025, a pine hardwood prop famously known by this name sold at auction for $14.75 million

Only Quentin was correct on FJ, adding $1,909 to win with $14,200.

Final scores: Noah $1,017, Quentin $14,200, Monterey $3.

Judging the writers: For the Triple Stumper about the Staten Island Ferry, putting what the clue is looking for up front ("On this boat...") instead of in the middle of a bunch of words would make it less potentially confusing.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Corfu? DD2 - What is Panama? DD3 - Who was Jack London? FJ - What is Rosebud?