Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Jul. 24 (season finale)

 Here are today's contestants:

- Devin Weinberg, a lawyer from Denver, Colorado;

- Sophia Suazo, a licensing manager from Plainview, New York;

- Matthew Riggle, a community college math instructor from Madison, Alabama. Matthew is a one-day champ with winnings of $48,001.

Jeopardy!

IN TUNE WITH TOLKIEN // GOING UNDER // WEBSTER'S THIRD DEFINES STUFF // FICTIONAL COMPANIES & PRODUCTS // MY BAGS ARE PACKED // I'M OUTTA HERE

DD1 - $600 - I'M OUTTA HERE - Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz was the 1st Fortune 200 exec to resign via tweet; he wrote this type of poem suited to the medium (Devin doubled to $3,200.)

Scores at first break: Matthew $200, Sophia $3,000, Devin $5,000.

Scores entering DJ: Matthew $1,400, Sophia $3,400, Devin $9,800.

Double Jeopardy!

U.S. GEOGRAPHY // BUDDHISM // SCIENCE GRAB BAG // GIVING YOU GAS // ONE-WORD ALBUM TITLES // ADD TO "CART"

DD2 - $2,000 - U.S. GEOGRAPHY - West Mitten Butte & The Three Sisters are rock formations in this valley, a famed movie location within the Navajo Nation (On the first clue of DJ, Matthew added $2,000 up to $3,400.)

DD3 - $1,600 - SCIENCE GRAB BAG - This family name for some primates comes from the Latin for "man" (Two clues after DD2, Matthew doubled to $9,200.)

After a sluggish opening round, Matthew quickly scored on both DDs in DJ to reach contention, then he pulled away to a clear lead into FJ at $21,600 vs. $13,400 for Devin and $7,000 for Sophia.

Final Jeopardy!

POP CULTURE NICKNAMES - This star, director & writer who won an Oscar for his 1996 film was called "the hillbilly Orson Welles" by Robert Duvall

Everyone was incorrect on FJ. Matthew dropped $5,201 to win with $16,399 for a two-day total of $64,400.

Final scores: Matthew $16,399, Sophia $0, Devin $3,400.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is haiku? DD2 - What is Monument Valley? DD3 - What are hominids? FJ - Who is Billy Bob Thornton?

That wraps up another season, thanks so much for reading and commenting!