Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Jun. 5

 Here are today's contestants:

- Seth McElroy, a registered nurse from Charlottesville, Virginia;

- Jackie Goncalves, an art department coordinator from Brooklyn, New York; and

- Peter McFerrin, an energy industry professional from Corona, California. Peter is a four-day champ with winnings of $96,997.

Jeopardy!

THAT'S EGREGIOUS! // FOR A GOOD TIME CALL // TV, RECENTLY // THE KING IS UNWELL // THAT SHELLFISH // DIDN'T AGREE WITH HIM

DD1 - $800 - THAT'S EGREGIOUS! - Unbearable, like the acts that in part asked for restitution for the Boston Tea Party (Seth lost $2,400 on a true DD.)

Scores at first break: Peter $6,400, Jackie $200, Seth $800.

Scores entering DJ: Peter $7,800, Jackie $2,800, Seth $400.

Double Jeopardy!

YOU IN DANGER, LITERARY GIRL // COINING SOME WORDS // IS THERE A DOC-UMENTARY IN THE HOUSE? // "H"ODGEPODGE // WORLD CITIES // BACK-FORMATIONS

DD2 - $1,200 - WORLD CITIES - This Middle Eastern city, alphabetically first in national capitals, was once a pearl-fishing port (With $400, Peter lost $2,000.)

DD3 - $2,000 - COINING SOME WORDS - On a 1995 German coin, this man's name appears above a big "X" & 2 images of a hand, one showing just the bone (At $3,600, Seth still had enough to get back into the game vs. Peter at $17,800, but wagered just $2,000 and missed.)

Seth found all three DDs and missed them all, while Jackie couldn't quite prevent a runaway for Peter,,who entered FJ at $23,000 vs. $9,600 for Jackie and $4,400 for Seth.

Final Jeopardy!

MILITARY HISTORY - At the U.S. Naval Academy, a 19th c. memorial inscribed "Commerce laments their fall" honors heroes of this conflict

Eveyone was incorrect on FJ. Peter dropped $3,799 to win with $19,201 for a five-day total of $116,198.

Final scores: Peter $19,201, Jackie $9,000, Seth $4,353.

Clue selection strategy: In the first round, two top-row clues, including an entire category about recent TV, were selected with the DD still on the board. Then in DJ, after DD2 was taken with the first pick, the next two selections were from the same category.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is intolerable? DD2 - What is Abu Dhabi? DD3 - Who was Röntgen? FJ - What are the Barbary Wars?