Show #6864 2014-06-19 (taped 2014-02-19) Regular

Contestants

Angie Rasmussen — a virologist from Seattle, Washington

Brian Keele — an architectural project manager from Atlanta, Georgia

Troy Senik — a newspaper columnist from Westlake Village, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,700)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Troy $4,600 $6,400 $16,000 $500
2nd place: $2,000
$16,000
22 R, 2 W
Brian $0 $-400 $6,400 $12,700
New champion: $12,700
$9,400
13 R, 7 W (including 2 DDs)
Angie $1,600 $1,200 $15,200 $200
3rd place: $1,000
$11,600
14 R (including 1 DD), 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE BOOK OF MORMONS QUIRKY NEWS SPACED OUT A SOFT TOUCH PLACES IN COLORADO ANGELS & DEMONS
$200 [16]
This vampire romance novelist whose books have sold more than 100 million copies worldwide
Stephenie Meyer
Brian Angie
$200 [1]
On New Year's Eve, Elizabethtown, Penn. drops a giant M&M while the town of Hershey drops a 7-foot tall one of these candies
Kiss
Angie
$200 [17]
Our galaxy contains hundreds of billions of them, but only about 3,000 are visible to the naked eye
stars
Troy
$200 [22]
"Do not go" this "into that good night"
gentle
Troy Brian Angie
$200 [6]
You can tour the U.S. mint in this Colorado city
Denver
Troy
$200 [11]
A song standard says, "I should hate you, but I guess I love you, you've got me in between the devil and" this
the deep blue sea
Troy
$400 [18]
This man who succeeded Jane Swift as governor of Massachusetts in 2003
Mitt Romney
Troy
$400 [2]
A game design professor played this classic Atari game on the side of a skyscraper in 2013, setting a world record
Pong
Angie
$400 [27]
In 1964, to one-up this new U.S. program, the USSR, crammed 3 men into Voskhod 1 with no room even to wear space suits
Gemini
Troy Brian
$400 [23]
Woolite has a version "specially formulated to take care of" this type of garment
delicate
Troy Angie
$400 [7]
The main campus of the University of Colorado is in this "rocking" city
Boulder
Brian
$400 [12]
Must've been the ultimate bad hair day when this one-named singer/songwriter got a "Devil's Haircut"
Beck
Angie
$600 [19]
Self-help author & guru Stephen Covey, who penned the highly successful "7 habits of" this group of folks
Highly Effective People
Brian Angie
$600 [3]
Parishioners in Frederick, Maryland were attacked by these--the birds, not the bourbon brand
wild turkeys
Angie
$600 [28]
In 1929 Edwin Hubble discovered this colorful "shift" could be used to estimate galactic distances from Earth
red shift
Angie
$600 [24]
Moderate in force, like certain winds, or in Britain, a beer with a blander taste than bitter
mild
$600 [8]
This brewery had a "golden" beginning in 1873 in the city of that name
Coors
Brian
$600 [13]
This Stones song asks, "Who killed the Kennedys?" & answers, "After all, it was you and me"
"Sympathy For The Devil"
Troy
$800 [20]
This quarterback who played for BYU & was the NFL's player of the year in 1992 & 1994
Steve Young
Troy Brian
$800 [4]
A religious Kentucky cross country runner dropped out of a race when she was assigned this 3-digit bib number
666
Troy
$800 [25]
From the Latin lenis, "soft", it means tolerant or permissive, say, with your kids
lenient
Brian
DD $1,000 [9]
This city of 95,000 people is named for a New York Tribune editor
Greeley
Brian
$800 [14]
At home games of the Los Angeles Angels, this top 20 hit by Train accompanies a tribute video of past players
"Calling All Angels"
Troy
$1,000 [21]
This former representative & current senior senator from Nevada
Harry Reid
Troy
$1,000 [5]
Some ATMs in London offer service in this type of slang; you can withdraw "sausage & mash"
Cockney rhyming slang
Troy
$1,000 [26]
A railroad car attached to steam locomotives to carry fuel & water
tender
Brian
$1,000 [10]
This "grand" city is named for its location at the confluence of 2 rivers
Grand Junction
Troy
$1,000 [15]
This U2 song is a tribute to Billie Holiday
"Angel Of Harlem"

Double Jeopardy! Round

AN IMMODEST PROPOSAL LITERARY GEMS MOVIEMAKERS '80s FASHION PUT ON YOUR NEON & SPAN "D_X"
$400 [13]
Marilyn, I think what was lacking in your marriage to that baseball guy was a Pulitzer, & I have one of those! So whaddya say?
Arthur Miller
Troy
$400 [30]
Part of a series:"The ____ City of Oz"
Emerald
Troy
$400 [8]
As supervising director on this 1937 film, David Hand had trouble getting Grumpy to be grumpy enough
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Troy
$400 [1]
White suits with pastel T-shirts... oh, thank you, this 1984 to 1989 NBC drama
Miami Vice
Brian
$400 [6]
It's the city of light seen here
Paris
Troy
$400 [18]
A house with 2 living units, or an apartment with 2 floors
duplex
Brian
$800 [14]
Imelda, you're a 1950s Manila beauty queen! Nice! But marry me & be my first lady (& you'll get shoes! lots of shoes!)
Ferdinand Marcos
Troy
$800 [24]
Steinbeck:"The ____"
Pearl
Brian Angie
$800 [9]
Ridley's brother, this late director delivered lots of action from "Top Gun" to "Man on Fire"
Tony Scott
Brian
$800 [2]
The 1880s saw the popularity of this "bootylicious" pad worn under the back of a skirt--talk about hustle & this!
bustle
Brian
$800 [7]
You'll see the signherein Seligman, not Flagstaff or Winona in this state
Arizona
Troy
$800 [19]
Type of treatment to help someone recover from drug or alcohol abuse
detox
Angie
$1,200 [15]
Sorry about your hubby Marcellus' death, Octavia! But it's 40 B.C. & I love y--no, I'm not into Egyptian girls. Why?
Marc Anthony
Angie
$1,200 [23]
"Push" by ____(pen name of Ramona Lofton)
Sapphire
Troy
$1,600 [11]
A Producers Guild Producer of the Year award is named for this end-of-the-alphabet 20th Century Fox giant
(Darryl) Zanuck
Brian
$1,200 [3]
Elle magazine said timepieces from this "S"wiss brand "were on everyone's wrists in the '80s"
Swatch
Brian
$1,200 [29]
Welcome to Brighton Sussex, a seasideresorton this body of water
the English Channel
Brian
$1,200 [26]
Numerical 2-word term for getting rid of something, perhaps by sending it to Davy Jones' locker
deep six
Angie
$1,600 [16]
Mary, in 1936, I wanna make you wife number 2! I'm gonna unearth the world for you in East Africa!
(Louis) Leakey
Troy Angie
$1,600 [22]
A Leon Uris thriller, the basis for a Hitchcock film:"____"
Topaz
DD $2,000 [10]
O this director of "Trainspotting" & "Slumdog Millionaire", the pipes, the pipes are calling
Danny Boyle
Brian
$1,600 [4]
In the 1680s both men & women warmed their hands in this tubular accessory open at both ends
muff
Brian
$1,600 [28]
The Rainbow Room on the 65th floor at this address is set to reopen in 2014; maybe Tina Fey will be up there
30 Rockefeller Plaza
Troy
$1,600 [27]
U.S. patent 4194846 is for this kind of printer
dot-matrix
Angie
$2,000 [17]
'Cilla Mullins, it's the 17th c., baby, & I'm speaking for myself. Come on, li'l mama! We'll have 11 kids & make Plymouth rock!
John Alden
$2,000 [21]
By Rita Mae Brown:"____fruit Jungle"
Ruby
Angie
$2,000 [12]
He's the co-creator of TV's "Jackass" as well as the director of "Her" & "Being John Malkovich"
Spike Jonze
Angie
$2,000 [5]
We wish you could feel Dudley Moore's velvety pullover in this fabric, big in the 1980s
velour
Angie
$2,000 [25]
If you see the neon sign here, you're near the waterfront in this U.S. city
Seattle
Troy
DD $5,600 [20]
This 2-word term for a spiral shape dates to 1954
double helix
Angie

Final Jeopardy!

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

Founded in 1908, this big company was removed from the S&P 500 in 2009 after filing for bankruptcy but returned in 2013

General Motors

Brian "What is General Motors" — wagered $6,300
Angie "What is AIG?" — wagered $15,000
Troy "What is Sears" — wagered $15,500

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