Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Jul. 2

 Here are today's contestants:

- Andy Briseño, a novelist and associate professor from Natchitoches, Louisiana;

- Caleb Groen, a law and policy student originally from Thousand Oaks, California; and

- Richard Nguyen, a research attorney from Placentia, California. Richard is a two-day champ with winnings of $36,801.

Jeopardy!

THE BLUES // HOBBIES & PASTIMES // U.S. BODIES OF WATER // AROUND THE HOSPITAL // FRILLS & FLOWERS & BUTTONS & BOWS // ALSO A BAD WAY TO DESCRIBE RMS TITANIC

DD1 - $1,000 - U.S. BODIES OF WATER - This estuary stretches for about 110 miles between New York & Connecticut (Caleb added $1,600).

Scores at first break: Richard $1,200, Caleb $5,800, Andy $4,200.

Scores entering DJ: Richard $2,200, Caleb $7,600, Andy $5,000.

Double Jeopardy!

THE BLUES // FRONT & SENATOR // GIVE ME SOME "SKIN" // TECH GRAB BAG // LITERARY BIOGRAPHY // MOVIE CHARACTERS BY ICONIC OUTFIT

DD2 - $1,200 - LITERARY BIOGRAPHY - In the first bio of John Keats, the poet says, "We will go at once" to this city; "I know my end approaches" (Caleb extended his leading score by $7,000.)

DD3 - $2,000 - GIVE ME SOME "SKIN" - This title of a Pulitzer Prize play about a family evading disasters ends the dentally wrong cliché "We escaped by..." (From third place, Richard doubled to $10,000.)

Caleb built a healthy lead on DD2, while Richard, who started slowly, got back into it by doubling on DD3 and everyone had a chance into FJ with Caleb at $23,800, Richard with $17,200 and Andy at $12,200.

Final Jeopardy!

NORTHERN EUROPE - This country is said to have more islands than any other in the world; there are 30,000 just in the archipelago named for its capital

Everyone was incorrect on FJ. Caleb dropped $10,601 and held on with $13,199. 

Final scores: Richard $9,999, Caleb $13,199, Andy $7,199.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Long Island Sound? DD2 - What is Rome? DD3 - What is "The Skin of Our Teeth"? FJ - What is Sweden?