Show #6900 2014-09-19 (taped 2014-07-15) Regular

Contestants

Stephanie Bilyeu — a medical technologist from Champaign, Illinois

Matthew Price — a higher education administrator from East Providence, Rhode Island

Bill Cossen — a Ph.D. candidate in history originally from Lexington, South Carolina (whose 3-day cash winnings total $50,602)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Bill $-1,000 $2,600 $11,400 $399
3rd place: $1,000
$11,200
19 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Matthew $4,200 $5,400 $11,200 $22,400
New champion: $22,400
$12,600
19 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Stephanie $1,600 $2,800 $8,800 $16,800
2nd place: $2,000
$5,600
9 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

31 FLAVORS ROCKY ROAD DATE NUT STRAWBERRY CHOCOLATE VANILLA
$200 [6]
Date Nut, along with Cherry Macaroon & Peppermint Fudge Ribbon, was one of this chain's original 31 flavors
Baskin-Robbins
Bill
$200 [1]
The rocky road seenhereis in this country that has stoni--S-T-O-N-I--in its name
Estonia
Matthew
$200 [26]
It was Sept. 30, 1927 & this legend hit number 60
Babe Ruth
Matthew
$200 [21]
This Beatles song is named for a Salvation Army children's home in Liverpool
"Strawberry Fields Forever"
Stephanie
$200 [11]
Riding through town naked seems like the best way to enjoy one of this Belgian company's signature boxes of truffles
Godiva
Stephanie
$200 [12]
What vanilla is to ice cream, this 7-letter word is to gasoline
regular
Bill
$400 [7]
This Indiana Pacer worenumber 31in the NBA for 18 years
Reggie Miller
Bill
$400 [2]
Apparently walking isn't forbidden in the Forbidden City within this capital
Beijing
Matthew
$400 [27]
On Feb. 23, 1945 6 U.S. servicemen raised the American flag on this island; sounds like a good photo op
Iwo Jima
Stephanie
$400 [22]
The New York Mets made him the first overall pick in the first round of the 1980 draft
Darryl Strawberry
Matthew
$400 [13]
This company's classic bag of miniatures includes Mr. Goodbars & small versions of the milk chocolate bar
Hershey's
Matthew
$400 [17]
Change the last letter in the name of a Viking people to get this vanilla adjective
normal
$600 [8]
Around 500 B.C. in northern India, he preached on the 31 planes of existence
Buddha
Bill
$600 [3]
The cobblestone roads in this South American capital would be a tricky spot to tango
Buenos Aires
Matthew
$600 [28]
Hard to believe it's been 40 years since Nixon resigned on the 9th of this month in 1974
August
Bill
$600 [23]
"Ahh, but the strawberries", he says in "The Caine Mutiny", "that's where I had them. They laughed at me and made jokes"
Humphrey Bogart
Stephanie
$600 [14]
Emeril's recipe for chocolate-covered turtles doesn't actually call for turtles but for these nuts
pecans
Bill Stephanie
$600 [18]
It precedes "people" in book titles about a suicidal teen & about the Osbourne family
ordinary
Matthew
$800 [9]
A wall-sizedworkby this man titled "One: Number 31, 1950" is at MOMA in New York City
(Jackson) Pollock
Matthew
$800 [4]
The Stelvio pass near Italy's borders with these 2 countries is one of the highest mountain roads in Europe
Switzerland & Austria
Bill Matthew
DD $1,000 [29]
Its opening on July 27, 2012 was watched by an estimated 900 million people
the Summer Olympics (in London)
Bill
$800 [24]
Thischaracter is everybody's bestfriendin Berry Bitty City
Strawberry Shortcacke
Matthew
$800 [15]
With a little luck or fate, you might find yourself at this New York City restaurant famous for its Frrrozen Hot Chocolate
Serendipity
Stephanie
$800 [19]
A comedian's scripted shtick, or a computer's set of instructions
routine
Matthew
$1,000 [10]
The 31st state to become part of the union, it was the second-largest in area for 109 years
California
Bill Matthew
$1,000 [5]
A Norwegian road with 11 hairpin bends has signs warning of these mythical beings
trolls
$1,000 [30]
On the plain of Marathon in September 490 B.C., an Athenian army defeated a much larger force from this empire
Persian
Bill
$1,000 [25]
This redheaded actress has written several kids' books about a redhead named Freckleface Strawberry
Julianne Moore
$1,000 [16]
From the French meaning "no equal," they're thecandiesseen here
nonpareils
Bill
$1,000 [20]
Fabrics that come out of the production process not yet sorted for quality gave us this 4-word idiom
run of the mill

Double Jeopardy! Round

YOU GOT THE MINE, I GOT THE SHAFT MUSIC TERMS THE DOONESBURY GROUP COLLEGE ABROAD FILL IN THE SHAKESPEARE QUOTE DOLLAR "BIL"
$400 [6]
Wyoming's Black Thunder Mine is one of North America's largest producers of this fossil fuel
coal
Matthew
$400 [8]
It's an elaborate solo song--not just in operas but also cantatas & oratorios
an aria
Bill
$400 [22]
This "Doonesbury" creator said, "I just happen to have one of those skill sets that allows me to work in my underwear"
(Gary) Trudeau
Bill
$400 [12]
If you're a Yank at this British school, you know it consists of 38 colleges, with Merton dating from the 1200s
Oxford
Matthew
$400 [19]
"Beware the Ides of ____"
March
Bill
$400 [1]
Something upon which ads are placed or where pop songs are ranked
a billboard
Bill
$800 [7]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Homestake Mine in South Dakota.) In the late 1800s, miners delved deep into the Black Hills of South Dakota; creating the shafts and tunnels of the Homestake Mine, to bring this precious metal to the surface
gold
Stephanie
$800 [17]
This term originally denoted a composition to be played on instruments, not sung; Beethoven's "Moonlight" is one
a sonata
Matthew
$800 [23]
In 2010 an "action doll" of this political figure had a Tea Party & proclaimed, "No lamestream media allowed!"
Sarah Palin
Matthew
$800 [13]
The 16th century training of Protestant ministers after the reformation was critical in founding the university of this Swiss capital
Bern
Matthew
$800 [27]
"Double, double, toil and trouble, fire burn and ____ bubble"
cauldron
Stephanie
$800 [2]
An American Bar Association report wrote of "the continuous push to increase" these "hours"
billable hours
Bill
$1,200 [9]
In 1971, Salvador Allende nationalized this country's copper mines, which produce about 1/5 of its revenue
Chile
Bill
DD $1,400 [18]
Also called chimes, it's a set of tuned bells, usually set in a tower
a carillon
Matthew
$1,200 [24]
In 1979, the California institute for the Mellow welcomed this governor of the state, who was back in office 35 years later
(Jerry) Brown
Matthew
$1,200 [14]
Its 2 campuses, in Montreal & Sainte Anne De Bellevue, have a total of almost 40,000 students
McGill
Matthew
DD $4,400 [28]
"Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair ____, where we lay our scene"
Verona
Stephanie
$1,200 [3]
To defraud
to bilk
Bill
$1,600 [10]
Despite protests, a uranium mine is planned for near the south rim of this in the Colorado plateau
the Grand Canyon
$1,600 [20]
P.S., it's the musical "P.S." heardhereon the piano
the pentatonic scale
$1,600 [25]
An ex-ambassador, this character opened the Baby Doc College of Offshore Medicine & the Nothing but Orphans Nonprofit
Uncle Duke
$1,600 [15]
3 facts on this school: Samuel Beckett went there; it was founded in 1592; it's Ireland's oldest university
Trinity College
Bill Matthew
$1,600 [4]
Sportswear enthusiasts will know of this Australian term for a dead-end river branch
a billabong
Bill
$2,000 [11]
The chapel of St. Anthony within the Wieliczka Salt Mine in this country held its first mass for miners in 1698
Poland
Bill
$2,000 [21]
Rossini was a well-known composer of the type of comic opera known as opera this 5-letter word
buffa
Bill
$2,000 [26]
This "California-American" called college "the best 9 years of my life" & won the Jack Ford medal for Best Tan
Zonker Harris
$2,000 [16]
In the 1760s not LSU but MSU, short for this, had the literary mag Poleznoe Uveselenie, "Useful Entertainment"
Moscow State University
Bill
$2,000 [5]
Lodging for a soldier
a billet
Bill

Final Jeopardy!

MOVIES ABOUT MOVIES

The title character of this 2013 film was played by David Tomlinson, who was actually seen only in clips from a 1964 film

Saving Mr. Banks

Stephanie "What is Saving Mr. Banks?" — wagered $8,000
Matthew "What is Saving Mr. Banks?" — wagered $11,200
Bill "What is ?" — wagered $11,001

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