Jeopardy! recap for Tue., May 12

 Here are today's contestants:

- Will Thornton, a teacher from Worthington, Ohio;

- Laurel Gilmer, a music events director from Ithaca, New York; and

- Tristan Williams, a data scientist originally from Lincoln, Nebraska. Tristan is a four-day champ with winnings of $76,199.

Jeopardy!

GREENLAND // HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES OF THE MONTH // POTPOURRI // GONE WITH THE WIN // GAME OF BONES // "INTER" IS COMING

DD1 - $800 - "INTER" IS COMING - From German, it's the "back" country behind a port or, more figuratively, someplace out in the sticks (Lauren doubled to $2,400.)

Scores at first break: Tristan $4,800, Laurel $200, Will $2,000.

Scores entering DJ: Tristan $8,600, Laurel $2,400, Will $2,800.

Double Jeopardy!

COLD WAR HISTORY // ARTY SUPREME // MEETING IN THE MIDDLE // 4 OF THE SAME VOWEL // GETTING LIT // STAGE NAMES

DD2 - $800 - ARTY SUPREME - Igor Stravinsky worked with Russian mystic Nicholas Roerich on this ballet originally called "The Great Sacrifice" (Lauren dropped $3,000 down to $1,800.)

DD3 - $1,600 - 4 OF THE SAME VOWEL - Vasily Andreyev brought this 3-stringed folk instrument to the concert stage (With mostly low-value clues remaining, Tristan added $1,500 up to $20,500 vs $8,400 for Will.)

Tristan led at every break, found DD3 very late to protect his position and scored another runaway into FJ at $23,700 vs. $9,200 for Will and $4,600 for Laurel.

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. LAKES - This big lake named for a French marine minister begins its name with a way that official might conceivably cross the body of water

Only Tristan was correct on FJ, adding $3,600 to win with $27,300 for a five-day total of $103,499.

Final scores: Tristan $27,300, Laurel $0, Will $9,200. Note that even if Laurel had doubled-up on FJ, Will still would have gotten second money as he had the higher score between the two entering the round.

Overvalued clue of the day: a bottom-row one about naming the most famous Georgia golf tournament, the Masters.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is hinterland? DD2 - What is "The Rite of Spring"? DD3 - What is balalaika? FJ - What is Lake Pontchartrain?