Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Oct. 27

 Here are today's contestants:

- Harshish Chitkara, a technology consultant from Superior, Colorado;

- Polly Bethea, a creative director from Athens, Texas; and

- Shannon Leigh Godwin, an interior designer from Oakland, California. Shannon is a two-day champ with winnings of $25,601.

Jeopardy!

HULK BOOK REVIEW! // MOVIE-INSPIRED SLANGUAGE // NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAYS // WHAT DO YOU COLLECT? // VICE PRESIDENTING // WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME

DD1 - $600 - MOVIE-INSPIRED SLANGUAGE - A 1944 film title popularized this word, to mess with someone's mind to push them toward insanity (On the first clue, Shannon added $1,000.)

 

Scores at first break: Shannon $2,400, Polly $1,000, Harshish $2,000.

Scores entering DJ: Shannon $6,000, Polly $1,800, Harshish $1,800.

Double Jeopardy!

THE WORLD LEADER'S HAIKU // WE LOVE A PARADE // ARTHURIAN LEGEND & LITERATURE // TV SHOWS IN SONG // GEOGRAPHY // ON HIS SCIENCE & MATH HALL OF FAME PLAQUE

DD2 - $1,200 - GEOGRAPHY - Tallinn isn't in this country but sits on the gulf named for it (On the opening clue of DJ, Polly dropped $2,000.)

DD3 - $1,600 - WE LOVE A PARADE -  For 19th century Irish Americans, St. Patrick's Day parades were a show of strength against the anti-Catholics of this "dim" party (With $200, Harshish lost $1,800.)

After Shannon's opponents both missed a DD in DJ, she was the only player on the plus side and she remained comfortably ahead into FJ with $12,400 vs. $2,600 for Polly. Harshish ended DJ out of the running with $0.

Final Jeopardy!

NOTORIOUS NAMES - A TV reporter noted a “human phalanx” around this man as he left a courtroom after getting a death sentence on March 14, 1964

Both players were correct on FJ. Shannon added $2,600 to win with $15,000 for a three-day total of $40,601.

Final scores: Shannon $15,000, Polly $4,608, Harshish $0.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is gaslight? DD2 - What is Finland? DD3 - Who were the Know Nothings? FJ - Who was Jack Ruby?