Show #6766 2014-02-03 (taped 2013-12-17) Battle of the Decades

Battle of the Decades: The 1980s game 1.

Contestants

Jim Scott — an attorney from Arlington, Virginia

Chuck Forrest — an attorney for the UN IFAD from Marino, Italy

India Cooper — a copy editor from Madison, Indiana

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
India	$-400	$3,200	$18,500	$2,000 3rd place: $5,000	$17,200 21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Chuck	$4,900	$8,700	$16,700	$33,400 Quarterfinalist	$15,800 21 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Jim	$400	$1,600	$3,200	$6,200 2nd place: $5,000	$3,200 9 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

PRE-'80s HISTORY	NAME THE BIBLE BOOK	ON THE "M"ENU	BORN IN THE USA	PERSONAL SPACE INVADERS	VALLEY GIRL SPEAK
$200 [16] The U.K. was formed with the 1801 addition of Ireland to the realm of this king George III Jim	$200 [11] "And he gathered them together into a place called... Armageddon" Revelation Chuck	$200 [1] This flavor jelly traditionally accompanies lamb mint Jim	$200 [8] Helena, Montana, 1901:This actor of Mr. Deeds & few words Gary Cooper India	$200 [19] This "beastly" embrace is a Wall Street term for a takeover bid with a share price so high, the board can't refuse a bear hug	$200 [25] Cylindrical, like a breaking wave or certain bells tubular India
$400 [17] (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) By law, Roman generals couldn't lead forces out of their assigned province; Caesar's 49 B.C. crossing of this stream separating Cisalpine Gaul from Italy acted as a war declaration the Rubicon Jim	$400 [12] "Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins" Proverbs India Chuck	$400 [2] Disneyland's Blue Bayou restaurant serves this fried sandwich that has ham, Swiss & turkey a Monte Cristo Jim	$400 [9] Near Lake George, New York, c. 1823:This photographer Mathew Brady Chuck	$400 [20] In the U.S. Army's definition, unsolicited back or neck rubs are examples of this 2-word offense sexual harassment Chuck	$400 [26] 6-letter word for what you did when you fed the furnace stoked Chuck
$600 [14] In the 1930s Franco abolished the use of Euskara, the language of this ethnic group the Basques Chuck	$800 [15] "Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to King Ahasuerus" Esther India	$600 [3] This 6-letter word is used throughout India for a blend of spices, like the garam one masala Jim	$600 [6] St. Joseph, Michigan, 1992:This 2-time Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition cover model Kate Upton Chuck	$600 [22] LBJ got physical when persuading or motivating; this "Happy Warrior" once showed reporters his leg scars Humphrey Jim	$600 [27] Adjective for old, twisted hands or knotty wood gnarly Chuck
$800 [18] In 1868 an enlightened emperor took over as leader of Japan from the man in this position shogun India	$1,000 [29] (The first book) "O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?" I Corinthians Jim	$800 [4] This 2-word term means chemistry & physics have come to the kitchen; liquid nitrogen & lasers might be involved molecular gastronomy (or molecular cooking) Chuck Jim	$800 [7] Austin, Texas, 1954:This former CEO of Hewlett-Packard (Carly) Fiorina India	$800 [23] In 2013 the frequency of this crime by gypsy children shut down the Louvre pickpocketing India	$800 [28] Adjective applied to differently abled 14th century conqueror Timur lame Chuck
$1,000 [21] In 1914 the once & future St. Petersburg got this new name; 10 years later it became Leningrad Petrograd Jim	DD $1,500 [13] "But the Lord sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest" Jonah Chuck	$1,000 [5] If you see this Italian word on a menu, know that it means eggplant melanzane Chuck	$1,000 [10] New York City, 1885:This "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" composer Jerome Kern India	$1,000 [24] This word, the big no-no in intellectual property law, can also mean encroaching on personal space infringement Chuck	$1,000 [30] A unit used to measure X-ray exposure, equal to 100 ergs per gram rad India

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD LITERATURE	ALSO A TYPE OF FOOTWEAR	PHYSIOLOGY	BROADWAY MUSICALS	"S"ITIES	LATIN
$400 [17] The Mahabharata is an epic poem originally written in this ancient language Sanskrit Chuck	$400 [5] That guy you work with who's always lounging around a loafer India	$400 [4] Almost the entire dry weight of a red blood cell consists of this protein hemoglobin India	$400 [23] Tunes in this '50s Broadway classic include "Gee, Officer Krupke" & "Cool" West Side Story India	$400 [2] Things to see in this capital include the Vasa Ship Museum & the royal palace, home to King Carl XVI Gustav Stockholm Chuck	$400 [10] Your Latin lex-icon should include the fact that "lex" means this, as in "lex succurit ignoranti" law India
$800 [19] Kafka wrote "The Metamorphosis"; this ancient Roman wrote "Metamorphoses" Ovid Chuck	$800 [6] In Britain, people live in "council" ones flats India	$1,200 [28] The "T" in T cells refers to this gland where they mature the thymus Chuck	$800 [24] Mary Bridget Davies belts out "Me & Bobby McGee" in the 2013 show "A Night with" her Janis Joplin India	$800 [3] This fourth-largest Spanish city was originally known as Hispalis Seville India	$800 [12] From the Latin for "purse" come "purser" & this word for a college's treasurer bursar India
$1,200 [20] Tolstoy's "Death of" this title character initially deals with others' reactions to his passing Ivan Ilyich India	$1,200 [7] To increase stimulative government spending is to "prime" this a pump India	DD $1,500 [16] When you swallow, this flap of cartilage acts like a lid to the larynx the epiglottis India	$1,200 [25] This show with a street in its title had songs like "I'm Not Wearing Underwear Today" Avenue Q	$1,200 [1] Although this Bosnian capital is largely Muslim, it does have a Jewish museum housed in the old synagogue Sarajevo Chuck	$1,600 [14] They're the 3 Latin words that followhere"Glo-o-o-o-o-o-o-ria..." in excelsis deo Jim
$1,600 [21] In 1956 he published "La Chute", or "The Fall"; the next year he won the Nobel Prize for Literature (Albert) Camus India Chuck	$1,600 [8] Shape that laughing cow cheese comes in a wedge Jim	$1,600 [29] The pineal gland secretes this hormone that helps regulate sleep melatonin Jim	$1,600 [26] "I Meant You No Harm" is a song for James Thunder Early in this '60s & '70s-set show Dreamgirls	$1,600 [9] Almost half of this Fijian capital's population claims Indian ancestry Suva Chuck	$2,000 [15] This 2-word phrase means a reason for going to war casus belli India
$2,000 [22] Igbo proverbs are found throughout this 1958 Chinua Achebe novel that sounds like a bad game of Jenga Things Fall Apart Chuck	$2,000 [11] Ohio city once home to Big Ben (Roethlisberger) Oxford	$2,000 [30] Take a gamble & name this longest cranial nerve, which runs from the brain through the neck & thorax to the abdomen the vagus	$2,000 [27] "(Ya Got) Trouble" when ya go to see this hill of a show The Music Man India	$2,000 [18] This resort town on the Red Sea went from Israeli to Egyptian control with the rest of the Sinai in the 1980s Sharm el-Sheikh Chuck	DD $4,000 [13] This phrase literally means "until seasickness" ad nauseam India

Final Jeopardy!

PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES

The only foreign-born First Lady was the wife of this man who served in the diplomatic corps from age 14

John Quincy Adams

Jim "Who was John Quincy Adams?" — wagered $3,000

Chuck "Who is John Q. Adams?" — wagered $16,700

India "Who is Madison?" — wagered $16,500

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