Show #6808 2014-04-02 (taped 2014-01-22) Battle of the Decades

Battle of the Decades: The 2000s game 3.

Contestants

Russ Schumacher — a university professor from Fort Collins, Colorado

Larissa Kelly — an editor for academic competitions from Richmond, California

Tom Kavanaugh — a personal trainer, filmmaker, and singer from St. Louis, Missouri

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tom	$1,000	$1,600	$5,600	$0 3rd place: $5,000	$5,600 11 R, 3 W
Larissa	$6,600	$8,400	$22,800	$14,799 2nd place: $5,000	$18,400 23 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Russ	$-600	$2,800	$15,400	$15,400 Quarterfinalist	$11,200 17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

NEW IN THE 2000s	AMERICAN IDYLL	TWEETING	LOCAL FOOD MOVEMENT	BINGE WATCHING	"SELF-E"s
$200 [21] The 2000 Toy of the Year was a scooter from this brand whose logo is seen here Razor Larissa	$200 [26] This New York spot became popular after Napoleon's brother Jerome & his American bride honeymooned there in 1804 Niagara Falls Tom	$200 [6] You might think we're crazy to play thesongof this bird a cuckoo Larissa	$200 [11] Britannica says the human digestive system begins at these fleshy bits; mum's the word on where it ends the lips Larissa Russ	$200 [16] He called his role in "Leaving Las Vegas" the "portrayal of a dead man's suicide letter" (Nicolas) Cage Russ	$200 [1] Completes the Founding Fathers' phrase "We hold these truths to be..." self-evident Russ
$400 [22] News Corporation paid $580 million in 2005 to get this social networking site that sold for $35 million in 2011 Myspace Tom Larissa	$400 [27] Vistas of Pennsylvania seen from Blue Mountain & Lehigh Gap are highlights of this 2,000-mile hiking trail the Appalachian Trail Tom	$400 [7] It's the common urban dweller heard here a pigeon Russ	$400 [12] This shortest, initial part of the small intestine has ducts from the pancreas & gall bladder the duodenum Tom	$400 [17] As he's passing out, a drunk Jonah Hill headbutts Emma Stone in this 2007 comedy Superbad Tom	$400 [2] Status in common of freelance writers, sole business proprietors & contract killers self-employed Larissa
$600 [23] New word for a hairstyle that copies a "Taxi Driver" look but without shaving the sides a fauxhawk Russ	$600 [28] The red sandstone buttes of this Arizona/Utah valley continue to inspire Monument Valley Larissa	$600 [8] Thewing noisetells you it's this bird a hummingbird Tom	$600 [13] From the Greek, this squeezing motion pushes food down the esophagus peristalsis Larissa	$600 [18] Bartender Howard da Silva finally cuts off Ray Milland early in this film The Lost Weekend Larissa	$600 [3] The Offspring sang, "I know she's playing with me, that's okay cause I got no" this self-esteem Larissa
$800 [24] In 2012 Joanna Rohrback put out a book & a video called this, her exercise technique that emulates a horse's gait Prancercise	$800 [29] Drop anchor & relax on this northern Arizona lake created by Glen Canyon Dam Lake Powell Russ	$800 [9] The somewhat disturbingcallof this bird is heard here a loon Larissa	$1,000 [15] It's the valve that leads from the stomach to the small intestine the pyloric sphincter Larissa	$800 [19] The Scopes Trial judge was "prejudential", explains a sloshed narrator in this Comedy Central series Drunk History Russ	$800 [4] Adjective for an autodidact self-educated
$1,000 [25] Bill Wasik came up with the idea for these; the first to succeed, in June 2003, gathered 200 folks at a Macy's rug department a flash mob Russ	$1,000 [30] In 1524 Giovanni da Verrazzano described the U.S. Atlantic coast as this, a mythic Greek term for an unspoiled utopia Arcadia	$1,000 [10] Thesongof this North American insect eater is its name a whippoorwill Larissa Russ	DD $2,800 [14] A main function of the large intestine is the absorption of these current-conducting compounds electrolytes Larissa	$1,000 [20] In 1975, 2 years after playing Regan MacNeil, she was the lead in "Sarah T.--Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic" Linda Blair	$1,000 [5] This adjective is a synonym for "modest"; literally, it would mean erasing one's own person self-effacing Larissa

Double Jeopardy! Round

WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS	POP QUIZ	MOUNTAIN RANGES	19th CENTURY ART & ARTISTS	LITERARY TITLES	SAME FIRST & LAST 2 LETTERS
$400 [30] This Nobel Prize-winning nun was featured on a 2010 stamp Mother Teresa Tom	$400 [2] Carrie Underwood starred in a 2013 live TV presentation of this musical The Sound of Music Russ	$400 [11] The Pindus Range on the border of Thessaly & Epirus is often called the "Spine of" this country Greece Tom	$400 [1] (Alex reports from the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.) In his series paintings, this artist concentrated on a single subject to show how the light changes depending on the time of day & the season; here is one of his 30 "Wheatstacks," in this case, on a winter morning Monet Larissa	$400 [28] Completes the title of Robert Pirsig's road saga "Zen and the Art of..." Motorcycle Maintenance Russ	$400 [21] Adjective for handwriting that can be read legible Larissa
$1,200 [17] With the Columbus commemorative stamps in 1893, she became the first woman to be depicted on a U.S. stamp Queen Isabella Larissa	$800 [4] It's a wild world for this convert to the Muslim faith, a 2014 inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Cat Stevens Larissa	$800 [12] Algeria's Aures Mountains are at the eastern end of this mountain system the Atlas Mountains Larissa	$800 [7] This Scandinavian's paintings of human emotions in the 1890s included "Anxiety" & "Jealousy" (Edvard) Munch Russ	$800 [26] Tom Wolfe's "From" this "to Our House" cleverly rhymes a Gropius creation Bauhaus Russ	$800 [27] Getting one for the chalkboard? Don't skimp, go all-felt an eraser Tom
$1,600 [18] As part of the Black Heritage series, this two-time Wimbledon champ wasdepictedon a 2013stamp Althea Gibson Tom Russ	$1,200 [3] In 2013 Marc Anthony's "Vivir Mi Vida" was Record of the Year at the 14th of these awards the Latin Grammys Tom Russ	$1,200 [13] Turner Ward Knob in Arkansas' Boston Mountains is the highest named peak in this much larger range the Ozarks Russ	$1,200 [8] In 1826 Thomas Cole settled in Catskill, New York & started painting the works that launched this "School" the Hudson River School Larissa	$1,600 [20] Owned by black sharecroppers, this title dog was named for his bark Sounder Tom	$1,200 [24] Ruminant adjective for a bashful grin sheepish Russ
$2,000 [19] "God Bless America" & this beloved singer who was honored on a stamp in 2010 Kate Smith	$1,600 [5] This 2013 movie character is loosely based on 1960s folkie Dave Van Ronk Llewyn Davis Russ	$1,600 [14] This system extends more than 1,600 miles from the Arctic to Kazakhstan the Urals Tom	$1,600 [9] This artist who gained fame illustrating books by Owen Wister is seenherein a self-portrait on ahorse Frederic Remington	$2,000 [25] This title of an 1850 collection doesn't refer to a language but to a nickname the poet's husband gave her Sonnets from the Portuguese Larissa	$1,600 [22] The name of the main enemy shipattackingyou is also the name of this classic video game Galaga Russ
DD $5,000 [29] In 2005, for what would have been her 100th birthday, the U.S. & Sweden issued stamps featuring this movie legend Greta Garbo Russ	$2,000 [6] Spudboys in energy-dome hats are fans of this band Devo	$2,000 [15] This 900-mile range forms a semicircle around Transylvania the Carpathians Larissa	$2,000 [10] Between 1819 & 1825 this British landscape artist painted a series of 6 scenes on the River Stour (John) Constable Tom	DD $3,600 [16] The title of this 1943 bestseller refers to an Ailanthus A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Larissa	$2,000 [23] Adjective for soil deposited by flowing water alluvial Larissa

Final Jeopardy!

MONARCHS

In 2005 the Kul Sharif Mosque of Tatarstan was reopened 453 years after it was destroyed by this man

Ivan the Terrible

Tom "Who Ghengis Khan" — wagered $5,600

Russ "Who is Constantine?" — wagered $0

Larissa "Who is [something crossed out] Suleiman?" — wagered $8,001

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