Show #6899 2014-09-18 (taped 2014-07-15) Regular

Contestants

Carrie Delapeña — a stay-at-home mom from Plano, Texas

Jesse Henning — a children's librarian from Westerville, Ohio

Bill Cossen — a Ph.D. candidate in history originally from Lexington, South Carolina (whose 2-day cash winnings total $31,801)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bill	$1,400	$2,200	$18,200	$18,801 3-day champion: $50,602	$17,000 24 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
Jesse	$2,800	$5,000	$9,400	$100 2nd place: $2,000	$8,800 16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Carrie	$0	$2,800	$2,400	$100 3rd place: $1,000	$2,400 7 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

EXPLORERS' NATIONALITIES	IT WAS THE '80s	GEMS	FAIRY TALES	IT'S BUT A CONJUNCTION	MOVIE COMEDIES
$200 [8] Hernan Cortes Spain Bill	$200 [14] Using the Montreal protocol, we took care of a problem with this stratospheric layer the ozone layer Bill	$200 [6] A rare variety of ruby exhibits asterism, meaning that this shape is visible when the gem is seen in sunlight star Jesse	$200 [18] In "The Arabian Nights" this son of a tailor uses a magic lamp to win the hand of a princess Aladdin Carrie	$200 [23] In a negative phrase, it's used after "neither" to show the second in a series nor Bill	$200 [1] Justin Bartha goes missing in this 2009 film--in his place is a baby in a closet & a live tiger The Hangover Bill
$400 [9] Vasco da Gama Portuguese Bill	$400 [15] Around 1982 we first heard this new word for amazing new technology: a portable VCR to shoot home movies camcorder Jesse	$400 [7] Dive, mate! The waters of Australia are rich in the white south sea variety of these gems pearls Bill	$400 [19] Until a child blurts out the truth, a ruler promenades in his birthday suit in this fairy tale "The Emperor's New Clothes" Jesse	$400 [26] It's an adverb when it begins a children's story but a conjunction when it means whenever once Bill	$400 [2] In "Caddyshack" this comedian said, "I'll tell ya, this steak still has marks from where the jockey was hitting it" Rodney Dangerfield Bill
$600 [10] Explorer of Canada Alexander MacKenzie Scottish Jesse	$600 [24] Never mind Charles & Diana--this couple's "General Hospital" wedding was the big one of 1981 Luke and Laura Carrie	$600 [11] The regent, one of these gems, was once called the pitt, for Thomas Pitt who purchased it in 1702 diamond Bill	$800 [21] In an Irish tale, Farmer Tom meets one of these beings who promises to bring him riches but tricks him instead leprechaun Carrie	$600 [28] Traditionally last in journalism's 5 Ws, it also played left field for Abbott & Costello Why Jesse	$600 [3] It's the 2014 cop comedy seen here Ride Along Jesse
$800 [12] Abel Tasman Dutch Bill	$800 [25] This CIA director was an elusive operative who foiled Congress by dying before he could testify on Iran-Contra William Casey	$800 [16] Isle Royale Greenstone is found chiefly as smallpebbleson the beaches of this state Michigan	$1,000 [22] A poem by Goethe is one of the earlier uses of this tale about a pupil who conjures up more magic than he can handle "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" Bill Jesse Carrie	$800 [29] As a conjunction this 4-letter word means alike or equally; as an adjective, it means one & the other both Bill Carrie	$800 [4] This pic flew with dialogue like "We have clearance, Clarence"; "Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?" Airplane! Bill
$1,000 [13] Sir Edmund Hillary New Zealand Bill	$1,000 [27] A guy in Boulder got hundreds of thousands to hum at the same time in this happening, using sound to usher in a new age Harmonic Convergence	$1,000 [17] For its resemblance to a golden-orange gem, citrine is sometimes called false this topaz Jesse	DD $1,200 [20] At the beginning of the story, the title character of this 1837 Andersen fairy tale has no feet "The Little Mermaid" Jesse	$1,000 [30] In Deuteronomy 4:23, this word meaning "for fear that" precedes "ye forget the covenant of the Lord" lest Carrie	$1,000 [5] He strapped on "Blades of Glory" as Chazz Michael Michaels & showed what a skater's body really looks like Will Ferrell Jesse

Double Jeopardy! Round

BORN INSIDE THE BELTWAY	TV HANGOUTS	BIG BUILDING OF THE CITY	RUNNING THE MAGAZINE	"ZA"	SCIENCE OF THE SKIES
$400 [6] This D.C.-born bandleader wrote "The Washington Post March" (John Philip) Sousa Jesse	$400 [1] The Krusty Krab SpongeBob SquarePants Jesse	$400 [21] 191 Peachtree Tower Atlanta Bill	$400 [13] 20-year-old music fan Jann Wenner dropped out of college to found this publication in 1967 Rolling Stone Jesse	$400 [15] A quatrain is one of these with 4 lines a stanza Jesse	$400 [7] (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) The treadmill is made as close as possible to the one on the International Space Station; it's tilted up 90 degreesto simulate this, a characteristic of space travel weightlessness Bill
$800 [9] A D.C.er from birth to death, this FBI official wrote "A Study of Communism" & "Crime in the United States" J. Edgar Hoover Bill	$800 [2] Los Pollos Hermanos Breaking Bad Jesse	$800 [22] Rainier Tower Seattle Bill	$800 [14] Here's a quiz: Helen Gurley Brown edited this magazine for 32 years, until 1997 Cosmopolitan Carrie	$800 [16] The label of Corona Extra calls it this "mas fina" cerveza Jesse	$800 [8] (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) The ballistics impact lab fires a simulated bird made of gelatin at high speed to study & mitigate events like Captain Sullenberger's 2009 river landing, where a flock of these knocked out both engines Canada geese Bill
$1,200 [10] Born in Washington as Henry Garfield, he's gone from punk rocker to author & radio-&-TV personality Henry Rollins Bill	$1,200 [3] Central Perk Friends Bill	$1,600 [24] 111 S. Wacker Drive Chicago	$1,200 [20] In killing a piece on Gwyneth, Graydon Carter wrote this magazine didn't do takedowns of individual celebs Vanity Fair	$1,200 [17] Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction created this alternative music festival Lollapalooza Bill	$1,200 [25] (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) Scarab, an articulating vehicle, can change distance between its wheels, a feature intended to prevent getting fatally stuck in martian sand as this rover did--the partner of Opportunity Spirit Jesse
$1,600 [11] Connie Chung & this newsman, her husband, were both born in D.C. & met while working at the local TV station Maury Povich Bill	$1,600 [4] The Mystic Grill in Mystic Falls The Vampire Diaries Carrie	DD $2,000 [23] Heritage Plaza (formerly Texaco Heritage Plaza) Houston Bill	DD $2,000 [27] William Shawn ran this magazine for 35 years, perhaps because he might've been the only one to get every cartoon The New Yorker Bill	$1,600 [18] Japanese word for the country's mobsters yakuza Bill	$1,600 [26] (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) Researchers at the ballistics impact lab established with countless tests that a one-pound piece of insulating foam pierced the thermal protection system of this shuttle in 2003; the counterintuitive finding helped make the shuttle program safe to fly again Columbia Bill Carrie
$2,000 [12] Noor al-Hussein was born in D.C. & became queen of this Middle Eastern country Jordan Bill	$2,000 [5] The Royal Diner & The Founding Fathers Bar Bones	—	—	$2,000 [19] The hat seenhereis made with this sheer fabric organza Carrie	—

Final Jeopardy!

FOREIGN WORDS

The Holy Roman Empire from 800 to 1806 was the first; the German empire from 1871 to 1918 was the second

reich

Carrie "What was a" — wagered $2,300

Jesse "What is the Ottoman Empire" — wagered $9,300

Bill "What is Reich?" — wagered $601

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