Jeopardy! discussion thread for Wed., Feb. 26

Here are today's Invitational Tournament contestants:

• Shane Whitlock, a radiologist originally from Benton, Arkansas;
• Claire Sattler, a comedian & research scientist from New York City; and
• Ben Chan, a philosophy professor from Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Jeopardy!

MONTHS THAT START WITH FEB // SECOND LETTER "Y" // A NOVEL PROFESSION // TELEVISION // WARRIORS // COME OUT & PLAY

DD1 - 800 - A NOVEL PROFESSION - Oliver Mellors, working on the Chatterley estate (On the first clue of the game, Ben lost 1,000.)

Scores at first break: Ben 800, Claire -200, Shane 5,600.

Scores entering DJ: Ben 3,200, Claire 800, Shane 9,000.

Double Jeopardy!

POETS GO TO THE CINEMA // 4-LETTER CITIES // CONTEMPORARIES // SOLD! AT AUCTION // ALL ABOUT ANIMALS // ALLITERATION

DD2 - 2,000 - ALL ABOUT ANIMALS - These pointy denizens of the ocean were actually named after an earlier word for hedgehogs (Ben lost the 5 point minimum from his score of 19,600 vs. 15,000 for Shane.)

DD3 - 2,000 - ALLITERATION - This pair that tests one's forbearance sounds redundant; the phrase was used about St. Paul's epistle to the Romans (With only low-value clues remaining, Shane lost 3,500 from his total of 17,000 vs. 17,995 for Ben.)

In a tight game between Ben and Shane, they each found a DD late in DJ and missed, but Ben bet the minimum and kept the lead into FJ at 18,395 vs. 14,700 for Shane. Claire couldn't quite make it to the plus side by the end of DJ.

Final Jeopardy!

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS - The only 2 Democrats to be elected President between James Buchanan in 1856 & FDR in 1932

Only Shane was correct on FJ, adding 6,000 to advance with 20,700.

Final scores: Ben 14,701, Claire 0, Shane 20,700.

Wagering strategy: Note that instead of making the standard FJ cover bet, Ben wagered to stay one point ahead of Shane if Ben missed Shane had bet zero. So if Shane had gone big with his FJ bet, he would have won even if Ben, the leader into FJ, had also been correct.

Triple Stumper of the day: No one knew the verbal contest where "two people exchange insults & mentions your mama" is the dozens.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is gamekeeper? DD2 - What are sea urchins? DD3 - What are trials and tribulations? FJ - Who were Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson?