Show #6896 2014-09-15 (taped 2014-07-15) Regular

First game of Season 31.New title graphics.Alex re-grows his mustache.

Contestants

Steve Lozano — a naval flight officer from Virginia Beach, Virginia

Elizabeth Williams — a business research librarian from Washington, D.C.

Winston Nguyen — a health aide from New York, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,067)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Winston $3,000 $3,800 $7,000 $2
3rd place: $1,000
$9,000
13 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Elizabeth $2,000 $6,200 $13,400 $12,800
New champion: $12,800
$12,200
15 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Steve $-200 $1,000 $6,000 $1,000
2nd place: $2,000
$5,400
11 R (including 1 DD), 6 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE ROOSEVELTS: AN INTIMATE HISTORY DOUBLE TALK STATES THAT FLOW TOGETHER 2 KINDS OF "ESQUE" CLOWNS THOSE ARE SOME BIG SHOES
$200 [19]
On April 25, 1865, 6-year-old Teddywatched from a windowas this man's funeral processionmoved through Manhattan
Abraham Lincoln
Steve
$200 [1]
Cheerleaders know it traditionally precedes "sis, boom, bah!"
rah rah
Elizabeth
$200 [6]
One has St. Louis, the other has East St. Louis
Missouri & Illinois
Steve
$200 [9]
A variety of bawdy stage show, or reminding one of Mr. Ives
burlesque
Elizabeth
$200 [14]
DC Comics dubbed this character "The Clown Prince of Crime"
the Joker
Winston
$200 [22]
In 1990 John Major was no longer minor as he succeeded this towering British prime minister
Margaret Thatcher
$400 [20]
Eleanor's triumph, passage of the UDHR, got her the first standing ovation for a single delegate in this organization's history
the United Nations
$400 [2]
In 1983 there was no harmony at this New York prison when inmates rioted over poor conditions
Sing Sing
Winston
$400 [7]
Hoover Dam is on their border
Nevada & Arizona
$400 [10]
Pertaining to an Italian Renaissance painter, or in a very different mood, to TV's Sally Jessy
Raphaelesque
Elizabeth Steve
$400 [15]
Cam becomes Fizbo, "the (butt)-kicking clown that'll twist you like a balloon animal", on this ABC sitcom
Modern Family
Steve
$400 [23]
Isabel Peron, 3rd wife of Juan, surely cried after his death... until succeeding him as president of this country
Argentina
Elizabeth
$600 [21]
On acceptingthe 1932 nomination for president, FDR said, "I pledge you, I pledge myself to a" this "for the American people"
a New Deal
$600 [3]
In an '80s hit it precedes "keep it down now, voices carry"
Hush, hush
Elizabeth
$600 [8]
The state where Martin Luther King was born & the state where he married Coretta Scott
Alabama & Georgia
Elizabeth
$600 [11]
"Goddess" term meaning stately, or something a lot like that Ellen Page film
Junoesque
Winston
$600 [16]
On "In Living Color" this Damon Wayans clown "don't play that"
Homey
Steve
$600 [24]
In 1997 Sister Nirmala succeeded this woman as the head of the Missionaries of Charity
Mother Teresa
Steve
$800 [27]
Referring to this volunteer regiment& their victorious charge in Cuba, Teddy called it "the great day of my life"
the Rough Riders
Elizabeth
$800 [4]
At foodnetwork.com recipes for this fish include Macadamia Nut Crusted & Grilled Tacos
mahi-mahi
Winston
$1,000 [30]
One has Rocky Mountain National Park, one has Cherokee State Park
Colorado & Oklahoma
Steve
$800 [12]
Solid term suggesting massive, majestic beauty, or referring to Christ the Redeemer
statuesque
$800 [17]
This song begins, "Isn't it rich? Are we a pair? Me here at last on the ground, you in mid-air"
"Send In The Clowns"
Winston
$800 [25]
David Muir was named to replace her as the regular anchor of "World News Tonight"
Diane Sawyer
Steve
$1,000 [28]
Before her death in 1962, Eleanor made afinalvisitto the old family summer home on this Canadian island
Campobello
$1,000 [5]
German health plans cover visits to a spa, including this one at the foothills of the Black Forest
Baden-Baden
Winston
DD $2,000 [29]
The big land buy named for one also got us the other
Louisiana & Arkansas
Elizabeth
$1,000 [13]
It refers specifically to an author who died in 1924, or broadly to senseless, menacing complexity
Kafkaesque
$1,000 [18]
In 1988 John Vernon, the dean in "Animal House", found more than 0.0 "Killer Klowns from" here
Outer Space
Elizabeth
$1,000 [26]
After filling Ted Kennedy's shoes in Mass., this man decided to try out Jeanne Shaheen's senatorial ones in New Hampshire
Scott Brown

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE HUNT IS ON! NO. 1 SONGS FLAT THINGS BRIT BITS MEMOIRS OF THE WORKING LIFE "C" TO "C"
$400 [1]
The lobetoothed type of this is found in the Orinoco, & uh-oh, it smells blood
a piranha
Winston
$400 [21]
In 2013 & 2014 this rapper had a monster hit with "The Monster", featuring Rihanna
Eminem
Steve
$400 [16]
Alkali flats, like the ones named for Mr. Bonneville, have very high concentrations of this, Na Cl
sodium chloride (salt)
Winston
$400 [11]
Now played throughout the world, it's often called England's national summer sport
cricket
Elizabeth
$400 [26]
"My Posse Don't Do Homework" is Lou Anne Johnson's memoir of her time in this profession
teaching
Winston
$400 [6]
It can mean "universal" or refer to a particular Christian denomination
catholic
Winston
$800 [2]
The cnidarian known as the box type of this kills its prey with some of the strongest venom in the world
a jellyfish
Steve
$800 [22]
In 1973 this brother & sister duo were on top of the charts with "Top Of The World"
The Carpenters
Elizabeth
$800 [17]
Touting the "Zetetic Method", this "Society" believes our planet is not spherical
the Flat Earth Society
Winston
$800 [12]
The royal baby's full name & title is His Royal Highness Prince George Alexander Louis of this scholarly city
Cambridge
Steve
$800 [27]
"All Creatures Great and Small" launched a series on James Herriot's many years in this profession
a veterinarian
$800 [7]
Mystifying, or using code
cryptic
Winston
$1,200 [3]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a video on the monitor.) The grasshopper mouse is immune to the scorpion's stings because these specialized cells act as a kind of gatekeeper by not sending the news of pain to the brain
neurons
Steve
$1,200 [23]
In 1971 this soulful man followed up "Tired Of Being Alone" with the No. 1 hit "Let's Stay Together"
Al Green
Elizabeth Steve
$1,200 [18]
Flukes are a type of this invertebrate
flatworms
Elizabeth
$1,600 [14]
During World War I this sister ship of the Lusitania was used to transport troops & as a hospital ship
the Mauretania
$1,200 [28]
"Born Standing Up" is this man's story of bursting onto the comedy scene in the 1970s, white suit & all
Steve Martin
$1,600 [9]
Having a common center
concentric
Steve
$1,600 [4]
Haliaeetus leucocephalus, this big American bird, is known to bully osprey off their catches
the bald eagle
Steve
$1,600 [24]
This reggae group does well with covers: their versions of "Red Red Wine" & "Can't Help Falling In Love" hit No. 1
UB40
Elizabeth
$1,600 [19]
Published in 1935, it's named for a district once near Monterey
Tortilla Flat
DD $1,800 [13]
In 1613 a cannon spark during a performance of "Henry VIII" set this theater ablaze & it burned to the ground
The Globe
Steve
DD $2,000 [8]
It's distilled from white wine & is named for a city in western France
cognac
Winston
$2,000 [5]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a video on the monitor.) Scientists who studied foxes hunting in the snow found that, when the mammals align themselves properly with this field, they have a 73% chance of catching prey
a magnetic field
Winston
$2,000 [25]
It is my belief that this Scott Stapp rock group had a No. 1 hit with the 2000 song "With Arms Wide Open"
Creed
Steve
$2,000 [20]
From Hindi for "flat" comes the 7-letter name of this unleavened bread of India
chapati
$2,000 [15]
For National Poetry Day in 2013, Prince Charles made a special recording of this poet's "Fern Hill"
Dylan Thomas
Elizabeth
$2,000 [10]
This era of geologic time includes the Tertiary & Quaternary periods
the Cenozoic

Final Jeopardy!

AUTHORS

In 1937 his sister said he had "hats of every description" which he would use as a "foundation of his next book"

Dr. Seuss

Steve "Who is ?" — wagered $5,000
Winston "Who is I’m sorry, Claire" — wagered $6,998
Elizabeth "Who is someone who's nev" — wagered $600

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