Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Jul. 3

 Here are today's contestants:

- Amber Born, an economic analyst and comedian from Queens, New York;

- Derek Vance, a community foundation program officer originally from Poca, West Virginia; and

- Caleb Groen, a law and policy student originally from Thousand Oaks, California. Caleb is a one-day champ with winnings of $13,199.

Jeopardy!

CRIMEFIGHTERS // A.I. BUZZWORDS // STEINBECK // LET US SING OF BIOPICS // CONDIMENTS // THE CITY ONCE KNOWN AS...

DD1 - $800 - STEINBECK - This novella says certain gems "were accidents, & the finding of one was luck, a little pat on the back by God" (Derek doubled to $4,400).

Scores at first break: Caleb $4,800, Derek $5,000, Amber $2,600.

Scores entering DJ: Caleb $5,800, Derek $6,800, Amber $5,000.

Double Jeopardy!

AMERICA IN 1976 // AROUND THE HOUSE // ANIMAL FACTS // ALLITERATION // 2010s TV // A CATEGORY BULGING WITH INFORMATION

DD2 - $1,600 - A CATEGORY BULGING WITH INFORMATION - The German goal in the Battle of the Bulge was this Belgian port on the Scheldt River; they advanced 60 miles, less than halfway (Caleb improved by $4,000 to $14,200 vs. $11,800 for Amber.)

DD3 - $2,000 - ALLITERATION - FCC chair Brendan Carr is not a fan of this doctrine that internet cos. must treat & charge all content providers the same (On the next clue after DD2, Caleb added $5,000.)

Caleb was slightly behind early in FJ, but that all changed when he was correct on back-to-back DDs and held a solid advantage into FJ at $24,000 vs. $13,799 for Amber and $7,600 for Derek.

Final Jeopardy!

19TH CENTURY LITERATURE - In this novel a murderer tells the title character a story that he in turn tells a ship captain in the Arctic

Everyone was incorrect on FJ. Caleb dropped $6,000 to win with $18,000 for a two-day total of $31,199. 

Final scores: Caleb $18,000, Derek $1,399, Amber $1.

Triple Stumper of the day: In ALLITERATION, no one knew the traditional name for the place patients are taken after surgery is the recovery room.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is "The Pearl"? DD2 - What is Antwerp? DD3 - What is net neutrality? FJ - What is "Frankenstein"?