Show #6824 2014-04-24 (taped 2014-01-15) Regular

Julia Collins game 4.

Contestants

Grace Riley — a writer from Fort Smith, Arkansas

James Behrens — a geophysicist from San Diego, California

Julia Collins — a supply chain professional from Kenilworth, Illinois (whose 3-day cash winnings total $53,105)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Julia $1,200 $8,400 $20,800 $20,005
4-day champion: $73,110
$22,000
26 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD)
James $3,400 $2,400 $10,000 $1,199
3rd place: $1,000
$10,000
13 R, 4 W
Grace $3,800 $5,000 $9,400 $18,800
2nd place: $2,000
$9,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

FILL IN THE MOVIE TITLES FROM "B" TO "Y" THE WOMAN WHO WROTE... IT WAS AN ACCIDENT THAT EXPLANATION DOES HOLD WATER
$200 [4]
Both have scenes about selling burgers:"____ Food Nation" & "____ Times at Ridgemont High"
Fast
Grace
$200 [13]
A generous gift, or a brand of paper towels
bounty
James
$200 [1]
"Quidditch Through the Ages"
J.K. Rowling
Julia
$200 [26]
What may be the first air disaster came in 1785 when a fire ensued after one of these hit a chimney in Tullamore, Ireland
hot air balloon
James Grace
$200 [19]
One non-alien explanation for this "geometric" phenomenon off the coast of Florida is rogue giant waves
the Bermuda Triangle
Julia
$200 [21]
This container named from the Greek for "hot" was invented in 1892
thermos
Julia
$400 [5]
One's got Inspector Clouseau, the other Bjork:"A Shot in the ____" & "Dancer in the ____"
Dark
James
$400 [14]
Theft becomes this felony when the perpetrator enters your home to do it
burglary
Grace
$400 [2]
"Heartburn", based on her breakup with husband Carl Bernstein
Nora Ephron
Julia
$400 [27]
Reportedly, 1,000 died when part of this "Big" 2-word Roman sports venue collapsed during gladiator games
the Circus Maximus
Grace
$400 [9]
One theory says this type of drink got its name from a rooster's feather that was used to garnish it
cocktail
James
$400 [22]
When followed by "up", it can mean to enclose, like traffic in a tunnel
bottle
Julia
$600 [6]
2 very different films:"Coming ____" & "____ Alone"
Home
Julia
$600 [16]
Church featureseen here; where are the bats?
belfry
Julia
$600 [3]
The poem that appears inside the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty
Emma Lazarus
Grace
$600 [28]
It's the accident that got 78-year-old Texas lawyer Harry Whittington into political news in 2006
getting shot in the face by Dick Cheney
Julia
$600 [10]
Before Copernicus, odd circles called epicycles were used to explain the "wandering" motion of these bodies
planets
James
$600 [23]
Painter David Hockney often depicted these in L.A., as in "Peter Getting Out of Nick's"
swimming pool
Julia
$800 [8]
An action flick & a musical:"____ Gun" & "____ Hat"
Top
James
$800 [17]
It can be a branch of library science dealing with the history of books as well as a list of sources used
bibliography
Julia
$800 [7]
The Top 10 hits "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" & "How Do I Live"
Diane Warren
Grace
$800 [29]
A 1947 ship explosion in Texas killed 500 & led to the first of these mass lawsuits against the federal govt.
a class action lawsuit
Julia
$800 [11]
A story says this lost its nose to Napoleon's cannon, but the mutilation happened in the 1300s
the Sphinx (at Giza)
Grace
$800 [24]
From the Latin for "vase" comes this term that refers to something that carries water or carries people over water
vessel
James
$1,000 [12]
A film set in Texas & a film based on Judas Priest:"Lone ____ " & "Rock ____"
Star
James
$1,000 [18]
In mountain climbing, this verb means to secure a person to an end of a rope
belay
Julia
DD $1,000 [15]
In 1882, "An Official History of the Red Cross"
Clara Barton
Grace
$1,000 [30]
A race car flew in to the crowd at the 1955 edition of the "24 hours of" this French town, killing dozens of spectators
Le Mans
Grace
$1,000 [20]
A rye fungus causing strange behavior may have led to the 1692 accusations against some of this town's women
Salem
Julia
$1,000 [25]
This line of hands-free water holders to get you over the "hump" started as an IV bag in a sock
CamelBak
Julia

Double Jeopardy! Round

LEO, THE POPE STATE OF THE ART LEGAL MATTERS WORDS REFASHIONED SINGAPORE SITCOM NEIGHBORS
$400 [15]
Leo I declared that papal power was granted by Jesus to this man alone & passed on to his successors
(Saint) Peter
Grace
$400 [10]
Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial carving
Georgia
Julia
$400 [29]
A transfer hearing determines whether a case should be moved from here to adult criminal court
juvenile court
James
$400 [7]
We compel you to look at "obligatory" & point out this noun for someone intolerant
bigot
Grace
$400 [1]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Singapore.) The cosmopolitan city of Singapore has evolved its own language called Singlish; it's a form of English with a large influence from this ethnic group that make up about four-fifths of Singaporeans
Chinese
Julia James
$400 [2]
Cosmo Kramer
Seinfeld
Grace
$800 [18]
Leo XI was born Alessandro Ottaviano de Medici in this city
Florence
Julia
$800 [11]
Georgia O'Keeffe's "My Backyard", painted in 1937
New Mexico
James
$800 [28]
This 2-word term refers to a messenger who delivers legal documents to a person involved in a court case
process server
Julia
$800 [8]
Reach into "tabernacle" & you'll find a glass of this wine
Cabernet
Grace
$800 [22]
It rains somewhere in Singapore almost every day; the average for this figure is 84%
humidity
James
$800 [3]
Ed & Trixie Norton
The Honeymooners
Julia
$1,600 [20]
In 799, after being attacked in Rome, Leo III fled to the safety of this king of the Franks with whom he remained for 7 months
Charlemagne
James
$1,200 [12]
The mountain-carved Crazy Horse Memorial, dedicated in 1998
South Dakota
Grace
$1,200 [23]
Chief Justice John Roberts served as a law clerk for this man, his predecessor
William Rehnquist
Grace
$1,200 [9]
There's a plethora of words in "plethora"; please fashion for us this woodworking machine
lathe
Julia
$1,200 [30]
A book about PM Lee Kuan Yew, who helped bring about Singapore's economic rise, is titled "No Man Is" one of these
an island
Julia
$1,200 [4]
Jerry & Millie Helper
The Dick Van Dyke Show
DD $2,000 [19]
Leo XIII's 25-year reign as pope was the 3rd longest in papal history, following Pius IX & this more recent pope
John Paul II
Julia
$1,600 [13]
Watts Towers
California
Julia James
$1,600 [24]
2 French words make up this procedure in which prospective jurors are questioned by the judge & lawyers
voir dire
$1,600 [16]
You'll have all the answers if "question" yields this, a coroner's search for cause of death
inquest
Julia Grace
$1,600 [26]
You can take "Transformers: The Ride" in Singapore; it's home to one of only 4 of these studios
Universal Studios
Julia
$1,600 [5]
Winnie Cooper
The Wonder Years
Grace
$2,000 [21]
The schism between Rome & this eastern city happened in 1054, the last year of Leo IX's pontificate
Constantinople
James
DD $2,000 [14]
Degas' portrait of his American cousin Estelle, who lived there
Louisiana
Julia
$2,000 [25]
Personal injury law is part of this branch of civil law that covers the awarding of damages to one who is harmed
torts
Julia
$2,000 [17]
In the sweet spot of "saccharine", you'll find this adjective meaning antiquated
archaic
$2,000 [27]
A busy sea channel is called these of Singapore, also before "Times" in the name of a venerable local newspaper
straits
James
$2,000 [6]
Marcy D'Arcy
Married... with Children
James

Final Jeopardy!

DIARIES & JOURNALS

This archaeologist's diary for November 26, 1922 mentions 2 "ebony-black effigies of a king, gold sandalled"

Howard Carter

Grace "Who is Carter?" — wagered $9,400
James "Who is Leakey?" — wagered $8,801
Julia "Who is Lord Carnarvon?" — wagered $795

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