Show #6880 2014-07-11 (taped 2014-03-18) Regular

Contestants

Sandy Carroll — a retired teacher from Avoca, Iowa

Andrew Harris — a corporate intelligence analyst from New York, New York

Jen Fiero — a librarian from Jackson, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,600)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jen $1,800 $4,400 $9,200 $18,400
2-day champion: $36,000
$9,200
15 R, 1 W
Andrew $3,000 $5,400 $16,700 $15,000
2nd place: $2,000
$14,400
23 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Sandy $1,000 $1,600 $4,400 $8,400
3rd place: $1,000
$4,400
7 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

7-11 LETTER AFTER P ON THE BALL A BOOKISH CATEGORY BEAUTY & SKIN CARE PRODUCTS PLANES OF YESTERYEAR
$200 [21]
July 11, 1798:Semper fi! This military branch is formally established
the Marines
Andrew
$200 [10]
In a message that's appended to a letter after the writer's signature
S
Andrew
$200 [5]
In China in 910, the death of an emperor's relative in this ball & horse sport led to the beheading of the surviving players
polo
Jen
$200 [1]
"1Q84" by Haruki Murakami is set in 1984 in this city
Tokyo
Jen
$200 [15]
The label of the deodorant Secret says it's also one of these sweat-stopping products
antiperspirant
Jen
$200 [18]
The Grumman F3F, retired in 1943, was the U.S. Navy's last fighter that was this type of "plane" from the WWI era
a biplane
Jen Andrew
$400 [22]
July 11, 1804:He kills a man & doesn't mention it when he goes home to NYC & has breakfast with a cousin
(Aaron) Burr
Andrew
$400 [11]
In a rating that suggests some material in a movie may not be suited for children
G
Jen
$400 [6]
In 1995 this basketball team lost a game after winning more than 8,800 straight
the Harlem Globetrotters
Andrew
$400 [2]
This novel set over a hot summer holiday weekend became a movie starring Kate Winslet & Josh Brolin
Labor Day
Andrew
$400 [16]
6-letter substance that can go on your oily face or under your waxy skis
powder
$400 [27]
The Lockheed D-21, with no pilot & designed to self-destruct, was a 1960s example of this type of plane now in the news
a drone
Andrew
$600 [23]
July 11, 1914:This not-yet-portly 19-year-old makes his major league debut with the Boston Red Sox; he doesn't homer
Babe Ruth
Andrew
$600 [12]
In the postal code of a U.S. commonwealth in the Caribbean
R
Andrew
$600 [7]
On "Cheers", Diane said this sport had "the anticipation of placing your feet in shoes only 7,000 others have worn before you"
bowling
Andrew
$600 [3]
This book by Malcolm Gladwell is subtitled "How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference"
The Tipping Point
$600 [19]
The Philips Senso Touch is one of these that can be used when you're wet or dry
an (electric) shaver (a razor accepted)
Jen
$600 [28]
Known by this dark avian nickname, Lockheed's SR-71 still holds speed records for a manned jet set back in 1976
the Blackbird
Sandy
$800 [24]
July 11, 1979:President Carter apologizes to Australians for having this space station fall on them in pieces
Skylab
Jen
$800 [13]
To indicate the chemical symbol for lead
b
Jen
$800 [8]
Something wicket this way comes! A full-size court for this game is a rectangle 100' long & 50' wide, but a backyard will do
croquet
Andrew
DD $1,000 [4]
In 1974 he sued & stopped the sale of a book of his "Complete Uncollected Short Stories"
J.D. Salinger
Andrew
$800 [20]
Latin mollis, "soft", gives us the name of this type of skin product
emollient
$800 [29]
The first jet airliner to fly was this country's de Havilland Comet
Great Britain
$1,000 [25]
July 11, 1274:This future king who will lead the Scots to freedom is born
Robert the Bruce
$1,000 [14]
In the name of the store on a military base
X
Sandy
$1,000 [9]
Official rules of this net sport say "the ball must be contacted cleanly and not held"
volleyball
Andrew
$1,000 [17]
It begins, "It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him"
Catch-22
Andrew
$1,000 [26]
Aveeno began in 1945 with a special process to mill this grain so it soothes dry skin
oatmeal
Jen

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORKS OF ART COMMUNICATION THE 2 H CLUB DUSTIN HOFFMAN'S FILM ROLES 18th CENTURY SCIENTISTS "L" ON EARTH
$400 [2]
His 1907 "Les demoiselles d'Avignon" is considered by many to be the first Cubist painting
Picasso
Andrew
$400 [18]
psychologytoday.com says this ocular teenage action of disdain "is often associated with a dramatic sigh"
an eye roll
Andrew
$400 [1]
Gargle with it before a big date
mouthwash
Andrew
$400 [9]
Journalist Carl Bernstein(1976)
All the President's Men
Andrew
$400 [7]
He wrote, "In September 1752, I erected an iron rod to draw the lightning down into my house"
Benjamin Franklin
Jen
$400 [13]
Small kingdom of southern Africa
Lesotho
Jen
$800 [3]
Sculptures that turned heads because of this quality include ones of Aphrodite (350 B.C.) & Justin & Selena (2011)
nudity
$800 [19]
It's considered impolite to make this gesture--unless you're an NBA player showing who just set up your basket
pointing
Andrew
$800 [25]
The name of this sidewalk game can also mean to jump from one place to another
hopscotch
Sandy
$800 [23]
Savant Raymond Babbitt(1988)
Rain Man
Sandy
$800 [8]
In 1759 Braun & Lomonosov used snow & acid to freeze this liquid metal
mercury
Jen
$800 [14]
These two countries were incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940
Latvia & Lithuania
Andrew
$1,200 [4]
"Circus Sideshow", completed in 1888, was this artist's first night painting using the Pointillist technique
(Georges) Seurat
Andrew
$1,200 [20]
A Vulcan can really say, "I know what you're thinking" if he's using this technique done via fingertips
a mind meld
Jen
$1,200 [26]
This "equine" condiment is sometimes moistened with vinegar
horseradish
Sandy
$1,200 [24]
Hollywood producer Stanley Motss(1997)
Wag the Dog
$1,200 [10]
This Swedish inventor of a temperature scale helped confirm that the Earth is a spheroid flat at the poles
Celsius
Andrew
$1,200 [15]
We are here! in this Louisiana city that's home to the Ragin' Cajuns
Lafayette
Andrew
$2,000 [6]
Measuring over 6 feet by 9 feet, his "Pearblossom Hwy., #2", is a collage made up of more than 700 photographs
David Hockney
$1,600 [21]
This type of radio whose name tells you it uses a certain range of frequencies has a long range, making it useful on a ship
shortwave radio
Jen Sandy
$1,600 [27]
Meaning premeditated, it's often found after "malice"
aforethought
Sandy
$1,600 [29]
Toy store owner Edward Magorium(2007)
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Jen
$1,600 [11]
Scottish chemist Joseph Black identified this 2-word gas, which he called "fixed air"
carbon dioxide
$2,000 [17]
On the loose north of Toulouse? Choose some china at Le Pavillon de la Porcelaine in this French town
Limoges
Sandy
DD $2,500 [5]
Klimt's last major project was a set of murals in this type of design, containing pieces of glass, gems, gold & enamel
mosaic
Andrew
$2,000 [22]
An indicator such as a green light, or the name of the Army corps whose branch insignia is seen here
signal
Jen
$2,000 [28]
It's what the 3-headed Cerberus is
hellhound
$2,000 [30]
Gimpy grifter Ratso Rizzo(1969)
Midnight Cowboy
$2,000 [12]
In 1782 he became George III's court astronomer; his sister Caroline was the first woman to discover a comet
William Herschel
Andrew Sandy
DD $4,000 [16]
Grand Duke Henri reigns in this European nation whose name means "little fortress"
Luxembourg
Andrew

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN LITERATURE

Published in 1925, it still sells 500,000 copies a year & was on the bestseller lists in 2013

The Great Gatsby

Sandy "What is The Great Gatsby?" — wagered $4,000
Jen "What is The Great Gatsby" — wagered $9,200
Andrew "What is The Old Man + the Sea?" — wagered $1,700

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