Jeopardy! recap for Tue., May 19

 Here are today's contestants:

- Sunil Hebbar, a physician from Redondo Beach, California;

- Rose Sloan, a computer science professor from Boston, Massachusetts; and

- Tristan Williams, a data scientist originally from Lincoln, Nebraska. Tristan is a nine-day champ with winnings of $188,501.

Jeopardy!

WHAT'S YOUR ANGLE? // TV SHOWS BY COUPLE // IT'S A "BOY" // CATCH YOU LATER, HOMES // A GAME OF NUMBERS // KEVIN & KAREN PATRA OF ANCIENT EGYPT

DD1 - $1,000 - WHAT'S YOUR ANGLE? - The first word in the name of this simple machine implies an angle; the steeper the slope, the more force required (Rose, in a tie for the lead with Tristan $4,800, added $3,500.)

Scores at first break: Tristan $4,800, Rose $8,300, Sunil $0.

Scores entering DJ: Tristan $6,400, Rose $9,900, Sunil -$1,000.

Double Jeopardy!

AMERICAN LITERATURE // ON YOUR MERRY WAY // SCIENCE // THERE'S A WORD FOR THAT // COUNTRY FACTS // 1 HISTORICAL FIGURE, 2 PLAYS

DD2 - $1,600 - COUNTRY FACTS - The Mau Escarpment is a rampart along the western rim of The Great Rift Valley in this country (Sunil, at -$200, added $2,000.)

DD3 - $1,200 - ON YOUR MERRY WAY - There's lively debate over whether the title of this 18th century Christmas carol takes a comma & where (Sunil lost $2,600 on a true DD.)

Rose broke a tie with Tristan on DD1, then after Sunil found both DDs in DJ and remained far back. it was a race to the finish with Tristan coming out with the lead into FJ at $21,200 vs. $16,700 for Rose and $800 for Sunil.

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY NAMES - Shunned by his religion when he went to study law in England, he met Christians who helped him awaken a "religious quest"

Tristan needed to be correct on FJ and he was the only player to do so, adding $12,201 to win with $33,401 for a 10-day total of $221,902.

Final scores: Tristan $33,401, Rose $12,199, Sunil $1.

Triple Stumper of the day: No one knew the "slangy" four-letter word for when an animal has its tongue partway out is blep.

One more thing: The alleged "lively debate" over the comma referred to in DD3 revolves around its placement. I'm not finding anything suggesting a debate over if a comma is necessary at all, which it certainly is.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is inclined plane? DD2 - What is Kenya? DD3 - What is "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen"? (Note that "God rest ye merry" is a phrase meaning "may God grant you peace and happiness", and the title is not suggesting the "Gentlemen" themselves are "Merry".) FJ - Who was Gandhi?