Show #6915 2014-10-10 (taped 2014-07-30) Regular

Contestants

Shane Curtis — an assistant professor from Lansing, Kansas

Elizabeth Crofton — an elementary school counselor from Tucker, Georgia

Rena Morse — a director of semantic technology from Charlottesville, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,199)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Rena	$1,000	$400	$9,200	$18,200 2nd place: $2,000	$9,200 10 R, 1 W
Elizabeth	$400	$2,400	$3,800	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$8,800 10 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Shane	$6,800	$12,400	$15,200	$18,401 New champion: $18,401	$13,800 26 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

COUNTRIES' ETHNIC GROUPS	WEBSITES	I BEG, YOU'RE PARDONED	CROSSWORD CLUES "S"	SPEAKING IN CODE	A WHOLE NEW BALLGAME
$200 [22] 90% Khmer Cambodia Elizabeth	$200 [16] An online to-do list & task manager is naturally called "Remember" this dairy aisle staple The Milk Shane	$200 [21] This president restored posthumous citizen's rights to Robert E. Lee; he also pardoned Richard Nixon Ford Rena	$200 [1] 1 of 7 womb mates(9) septuplet Elizabeth Shane	$200 [6] It's what is asked forherein Morse code help Rena	$200 [11] In 1900 baseball changed the shape of this from a 12-inch square to a 5-sided figure 17 inches wide home plate Shane
$400 [23] 98% Bengali Bangladesh Shane	$400 [17] This site that calls itself "the front page of the Internet" hosted its first Presidential AMA in 2012 Reddit Shane	$400 [27] This Yankees owner got a presidential pardon for his illegal campaign contributions George Steinbrenner Shane	$400 [2] Irish water or English springer(7) spaniel Shane	$400 [7] In 1942 the Marines recruited 29 men from this Native American tribe to develop a code, one the Japanese never broke Navajo Shane	$400 [12] In 1969 MLB adopted its first new statistic since 1920, this one for relief pitchers saves Shane
$600 [24] 58% Fleming Belgium Shane	$600 [18] Not to be confused with eBay is this Brooklyn-based company, sort of the eBay for handmade goods Etsy Shane	$800 [29] Convicted of obscenity in 1964, in 2003 this comedian got the first posthumous pardon in New York state history Lenny Bruce Elizabeth	$600 [3] Yom Kippur trumpet(6) shofar	$600 [8] urbandictionary.com on this 3-letter code: "Never drink the last beer, unless you have... specific permission that it is OK", guys the bro code Elizabeth	$600 [13] The American League adopted this new rule & new role in 1973; the National League declined a designated hitter Shane
$800 [25] 74% Sinhalese Sri Lanka	$800 [19] Want to brush up on your math? Head to the website of this academy, whose logo is seen here the Khan Academy Rena	DD $2,000 [28] James Buchanan pardoned this governor of the Utah Territory in exchange for submission to federal law Brigham Young Shane	$800 [4] Isolate a jury(9) sequester Shane	$800 [9] If your wife got sick, it was cool to re-wed, but you had to take care of your sick wife until she passed, said his 1700s B.C. code Hammurabi Rena	$800 [14] A sports page looks like a stock page, with athree-part stat, including this measure of power--total bases divided by at-bats slugging percentage Shane
$1,000 [26] 42% Pashtun Afghanistan Shane	$1,000 [20] A utensil is in the name of this website that aggregates local restaurant reviews Urbanspoon Elizabeth	—	$1,000 [5] Sawbones(7) surgeon Shane	$1,000 [10] Military code name for the plant-killing Vietnam War chemical that was linked to 3 kinds of cancer in 1993 Agent Orange Shane	$1,000 [15] In 1895 baseball adopted this rule by which a batter can be called out for popping up with runners on first & second the infield fly rule Shane

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC SHIPS	RELIGIOUS & SECULAR HOMOPHONES	STAMPS	CHARACTERS IN BRITISH BOOKS	POP CULTURE	"TOX" TO ME
$400 [16] Launched in 1959, the Savannah was the first American merchant ship powered by this nuclear energy Shane	$400 [11] A song, or a masculine pronoun hymn/him Elizabeth	$400 [24] A series depicting 5 species of these plants shows their fronds in close-up ferns Shane	$400 [1] Don Pedro de Mendez rescues this title character after he's left the country of the Houyhnhnms Gulliver Rena	$400 [21] In 2014 this chain introduced Happy as ambassador for its Happy Meals McDonald's Shane	$400 [6] It's the "I" in a DWI intoxicated Shane
$800 [17] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on a monitor.) Separated by a storm near the Azores, two ships that were part of a famous trio both made it back to Spain in March, 1493 but without this flag ship that was wrecked on a wreath near Hispañola the Santa Maria Rena	$800 [12] The core part of a church, or the jack in a deck nave/knave Elizabeth	$1,200 [29] The stamps seenherecelebrate the Centennial of Tokyo's gift of these trees to Washington, D.C. cherry trees Shane	$800 [2] Captain Hastings first meets this detective at Styles Court & narrates a "Mysterious Affair" there Hercule Poirot Elizabeth	$800 [22] When Jimmy Fallon took over "The Tonight Show", this "SNL" vet began hosting "Late Night" on NBC Seth Meyers Elizabeth	$800 [7] A juice cleanse & Ayurveda yoga can be part of this 5-letter health-restoring program detox Shane
$1,200 [18] Once the flagship of the USA's Pacific Squadron, it was salvaged by the Confederates & recommissioned as the Virginia the Merrimack Shane	$1,200 [13] A holy compartment in a synagogue, or a curved shape ark/arc	$1,600 [28] This pet owl is on one of the stamps in the "Harry Potter" set Hedwig Rena	$1,200 [3] Since he can't have Cathy, he marries Isabella Linton Heathcliff Elizabeth	$1,200 [23] Beirut-born lawyer Amal Alamuddin made headlines with her 2014 engagement to this man George Clooney Rena	$1,200 [8] Cobra venom has this type of substance that by definition damages or destroys nerve tissue neurotoxin Rena
$1,600 [19] Jacques Cousteau converted a British minesweeper into this oceanographic research ship the Calypso	$2,000 [15] A Bible book, or renowned orthopedic surgeon Frank Job / Jobe	$2,000 [26] The 50th birthday of this suspension bridge that spans New York Harbor was celebrated with a priority mail stamp the Verrazano Narrows Bridge	$1,600 [4] This pickpocket befriends Oliver Twist & brings him to Fagin's house the Artful Dodger	$1,600 [25] Creepers are akin to suicide bombers in this video game Minecraft Rena	$1,600 [9] This rock group took its alarming name in 2006 from a Don DeLillo chapter title The Airborne Toxic Event
$2,000 [20] The last luxury liner to sink on a transatlantic voyage was this Italian vessel on July 25, 1956 the Andrea Doria Elizabeth	DD $3,000 [14] A religious code or a big gun canon/cannon Elizabeth	—	DD $2,000 [5] The letters of Walton, an English explorer in the Arctic, tell the story of this Swiss student of natural sciences Victor Frankenstein Elizabeth	$2,000 [27] When you buy a pair of these shoes, founder Blake Mycoskie's one for one program sends a pair of shoes to a child in need Toms Elizabeth Shane	$2,000 [10] This attraction for history buffs is 25 miles east of Lynchburg, Virginia Appomattox Rena

Final Jeopardy!

COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD

It became a colony of the U.S. in 1898, a commonwealth in 1935 & an independent country in 1946

the Philippines

Elizabeth "What is Puerto Rico ?" — wagered $3,800

Rena "What are the Philippines?" — wagered $9,000

Shane "What is What is the Philippines?" — wagered $3,201

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