Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Oct. 30

 Here are today's contestants:

- Sam Neal, a knowledge management analyst from Shawnee, Kansas;

- Erica Doornek, a federal employee originally from Glasgow, Montana; and

- Stefanie Landeweer, a chemistry professor from Lexington Park, Maryland. Stefanie is a two-day champ with winnings of $30,000.

Jeopardy!

1990s BILLBOARD HITS // QUICK HISTORY // UNLICENSED HALLOWEEN COSTUMES // WANNA BUY A WATCH? // 4-LETTER CITIES // "H"2, "O"

DD1 - $800 - WANNA BUY A WATCH? - Accurate timekeeping got easier after Seiko's 1969 introduction of the Astron, the first watch regulated by this crystal (Stefanie improved by $1,000 to $3,600.)

 

Scores at first break: Stefanie $4,000, Erica $3,200, Sam -$400.

Scores entering DJ: Stefanie $4,800, Erica $5,000, Sam $1,600.

Double Jeopardy!

THE OCEAN // WOMEN IN U.S. POLITICS // UPDATED CLASSICS // SOME COMIC-AL WORDS // ACTUAL LEFTOVERS // YOU SLAYED ME!

DD2 - $1,200 - THE OCEAN - Temp. changes in the Pacific recur in a climate pattern known as "ENSO", short for this "Southern Oscillation" (Stefanie doubled to $9,600 vs. $9,400 for Erica.)

DD3 - $800 - YOU SLAYED ME! - King Laius (it was patricide) (Stefanie lost $2,000 from her score of $11,600 vs. $12,600 for Erica.)

Stefanie doubled up on DD2 to take a small lead, lost first place back to Erica, then had a chance to regain it on DD3 but missed, so Stefanie wound up in second into FJ at $11,600 vs. $15,000 for Erica and $2,400 for Sam.

Final Jeopardy!

ART AND ARTISTS - Commenting on a work by this artist, MoMA noted "his initial experiments with the effects of gravity & momentum on falling paint"

Everyone was correct on FJ. Erica added $8,500 to win with $23,500.

Final scores: Stefanie $15,600, Erica $23,500, Sam $4,799.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is quartz? DD2 - What is El Niño? DD3 - Who is Oedipus? FJ - Who was Jackson Pollock?