Show #6916 2014-10-13 Regular

Alex shaves his mustache again.

Contestants

Amanda Brown — a graphic artist from Dallas, Texas

Dan Tran — a Ph.D. student in physics originally from Boston, Massachusetts

Shane Curtis — an assistant professor from Lansing, Kansas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,401)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Shane $1,000 $2,400 $7,600 $5,600
2-day co-champion: $24,001
$11,600
17 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Dan $4,000 $5,200 $10,400 $5,600
New co-champion: $5,600
$9,000
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Amanda $-800 $0 $2,000 $2,000
2nd place: $2,000
$2,000
4 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

QUESTIONABLE GRAMMAR IN LYRICS PUPPY LOVE FOOD & DRINK OFFICIAL LANGUAGES CAUSE OF DEATH? HILARIOUSNESS!
$200 [12]
Parenthetically, "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" has this 2-word grammar atrocity
a double negative
Shane
$200 [6]
Seen here shortly after arrival at the White House, Feller, Harry Truman's pup, was one of these small spaniels
a cocker spaniel
Amanda
$200 [1]
Assam, a black tea with a malty flavor, is named for a state in this country
India
Dan
$200 [9]
Hebrew
Israel
Shane
$200 [18]
England's Charles I went 2 pieces by this method
beheading
Dan Amanda
$1,000 [22]
2 of the aliases of this "American Dad!" alien: Dan Ansom Handsome & '80s Jacuzzi dealer Reaganomics Lamborghini
Roger
Amanda
$400 [13]
"I still haven't found what I'm looking for" ain't preferred by some, due to this part of speech the title ends with
a preposition
Dan
$400 [7]
The bones aren't really that big; it's just that the puppy seenhereis one of this notoriously small breed
Chihuahua
Dan
$400 [2]
To make a paddy cocktail, you'll need vermouth & this kind of whiskey
Irish whiskey
Shane
$400 [10]
Rundi
Burundi
$400 [19]
Anton Chekhov, a man of letters, was felled by this 2-letter disease
TB
$800 [15]
Bryan Adams: "That'd change if she ever found out about you & I": "I" should be in this grammatical case
objective
Shane Dan
$600 [24]
There's a reason these pups, all with the same name, look so much alike: they were produced in 2007 by this process
cloning
Shane
$600 [3]
This drink is the main product of Tree Top Inc. of Selah, Washington
apple juice
Amanda
$600 [8]
Malagasy
Madagascar
Shane Amanda
$600 [20]
Mr. & Mrs. Ceausescu died by firing squad in this country in 1989
Romania
Shane
$1,000 [16]
"Damn I wish I was your lover" should be "...were your lover", as this mood is used to express a wish
the subjunctive mood
$800 [25]
The chimps seen here were photographed in England in 1970 holding these little high-strung English terriers
Jack Russells
$800 [4]
Risotto alla milanese gets its vivid golden color & flavor from this expensive spice
saffron
Shane
$800 [11]
Xhosa
South Africa (or Zimbabwe)
$800 [21]
Caligula, a caesar who didn't learn from history, died this way
stabbing
Dan
DD $2,000 [14]
"Every little thing she does is magic, everything she do just turns me on" has an issue with agreement of these 2 elements
subject & predicate
Dan
$1,000 [26]
The puppieshereare with their proud mom, Pushinka, a gift to the Kennedys from this Soviet premier
Khrushchev
Shane
$1,000 [5]
Sometimes called "Italian sashimi", it's catching on in the U.S.; the name is simply Italian for "raw"
crudo
Dan Amanda
$1,000 [17]
Kurdish
Iraq
Dan
$1,000 [23]
Electrocution was the end for this convicted Lindbergh baby kidnapper
Bruno Hauptmann

Double Jeopardy! Round

POEMS THE CAST OFFAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH SAINTLY WOMEN INTERNATIONAL TRADE ON A "ROLL" A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
$400 [18]
In 1906 Grantland Rice wrote "Casey's Revenge", a reply to this baseball classic
"Casey at the Bat"
Dan
$400 [1]
Anthony Edwards went from Ridgemont on to medical school to play doctor Mark Greene on this NBC drama
E.R.
Dan
$400 [7]
St. Barbara protects people from this because her father Dioscorus was struck by it after he executed her
lightning
Shane
$400 [4]
It's the "rate" at which one country's currency is converted into another's
the exchange rate
Dan
$400 [12]
This word means a wad of cash
bankroll
Shane
$400 [20]
Historians have criticized Jefferson Davis for defending this capital with troops needed elsewhere
Richmond
Shane
$800 [19]
According to Longfellow, children love to see his "flaming forge, and hear the bellows roar"
the village blacksmith
$800 [2]
Before "Leaving Las Vegas", this Oscar winner had some "Fast Times" as Brad's bud
Nicolas Cage
Dan
$800 [17]
On Feb. 11, 1858 she saw a vision of the Virgin Mary on the banks of the Gave River
Saint Bernadette
Dan
$800 [8]
At more than $200 billion worth, France's top international trade partner is this neighboring country
Germany
Shane
$800 [13]
Unusually funny
droll
Shane
$800 [21]
A Confederate senator called defense plans for this vital river "the weakest and most inefficient" possible
the Mississippi
Shane
$2,000 [27]
In an ode, Keats called this object an "unravish'd bride of quietness," a "foster child of silence"
a Grecian urn
$1,200 [3]
As Jeff Spicoli, this Oscar winner was learning about Cuba & havin' some food in Mr. Hand's class; gnarly, dude!
Sean Penn
Shane
$1,200 [25]
While Attila the Hun was marching to this city, St. Genevieve told the people to pray & fast; Attila changed course
Paris
$1,200 [9]
It's the unfair business practice of selling an export at a price lower than charged in its country of origin
dumping
$1,200 [14]
The reduction of prices or wages to an earlier level
rollback
Shane
$1,600 [23]
Hewas known as the Eyes of the Army; before Gettysburg, his cavalry raid left the South deprived of intelligence
Jeb Stuart
Dan
$1,600 [5]
All right, Hamilton! Judge Reinhold later played detective Billy Rosewood in this 1984 Eddie Murphy picture
Beverly Hills Cop
Shane
$1,600 [28]
It's said that she wiped the face of Christ with a veil while he was on the way to his crucifixion
Saint Veronica
$1,600 [10]
Joseph Stiglitz wrote a 2002 bestseller about this internationalization of business "and Its Discontents"
globalization
$1,600 [15]
A 4th century Chinese depiction of correct behavior is called the "Admonitions" this
scroll
Shane
DD $2,000 [22]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows notes and a map on the monitor.) Union soldiers found Robert E. Lee's handwritten plans wrapped around three cigars & lying in a field east of Sharpsburg, Maryland, four days before this bloody 1862 battle
Antietam
Shane
$2,000 [6]
He played the scary football player Charles Jefferson, & in "The Last King of Scotland", the even scarier Idi Amin
Forest Whitaker
Dan
$2,000 [26]
On a pilgrimage, this mother of a Roman emperor is said to have found the True Cross
Saint Helena
DD $2,000 [11]
Per U.S. D.O.T. figures, this Central American nation has the largest registered merchant fleet in the world
Panama
Shane
$2,000 [16]
The original Buffalo Springfield wasn't a band but a company that made this big piece of equipment
a steamroller
Amanda
$2,000 [24]
Thisgeneral's defeat during the 1864 Valley Campaigns led to the final collapse of the South
Jubal Early
Dan

Final Jeopardy!

SPORTS FIGURES

He was featured on the September 22, 1947 cover of Time with the caption "He and the boss took a chance"

Jackie Robinson

Amanda "Who isJoeJoe Louis?" — wagered $0
Shane "Who is Mickey Mantle?" — wagered $2,000
Dan "Who is Babe Ruth?" — wagered $4,800

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