Show #6920 2014-10-17 Regular

Contestants

Sarah Horvitz — an attorney from Brooklyn, New York

Alexander Persaud — a Ph.D. student in economics originally from Dubuque, Iowa

John Campbell — a romance novelist from Weymouth, Massachusetts (whose 2-day cash winnings total $35,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
John	$2,000	$4,400	$10,000	$5,600 2nd place: $2,000	$6,600 16 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
Alexander	$2,400	$3,400	$13,000	$6,000 New champion: $6,000	$13,000 13 R, 1 W
Sarah	$2,800	$4,400	$14,400	$1,400 3rd place: $1,000	$14,000 19 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

NSFW	STATE LICENSE PLATES	BEFORE, DURING OR AFTER	CLOTHING & FASHION	THE TEAM, THE TEAM, THE TEAM	THE WISDOM OF "BO"
$200 [19] After a car wreck, a man in this "Sunshine State" went to a law firm, where his chair collapsed; the man then sued the firm Florida John	$200 [6] This state has featured a Rocky Mountains motif since 1960 Colorado John	$200 [11] The death of the prophet Muhammad, BDA 1095 A.D. before John	$200 [13] GQ calls this hanky with a geometric name the most indispensable tool for defining a man of style a pocket square John	$200 [1] Tommy Lasorda of this MLB team said Danny Heep was so slow, "if he got in a race with a pregnant woman, he'd finish third" the Dodgers John	$200 [30] Verb meaning to speak with excessive pride about oneself to boast Alexander
$400 [20] In a cheesy bit, a TV magician was hospital-bound after getting hit with one of these pies thrown by Sooty the puppet a pizza pie John Sarah	$400 [7] Its plates feature a canoe on a lake, but we're not sure which of the 10,000 lakes it's supposed to be Minnesota Alexander	$400 [12] The publication of Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight", BDA 2001 after Sarah	$400 [15] A mock one of these sweaters can be knitted double so you don't need to fold the collar over a turtleneck John Sarah	$600 [3] In 2007 Plaxico Burress & Michael Strahan were big players for this team; by 2009 both were gone the (New York) Giants John	$400 [24] A Czech language, or one who lives free of regard for conventional rules Bohemian Alexander
$600 [21] Don't feed this "equal-opportunity mauler" after smoking a funny cigarette, as a Montana park employee did a grizzly bear	$600 [8] In Maine this "specialty plate" isn't on your table but on your car, aiding research on Maine's signature product lobsters Sarah	$600 [14] The Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, BDA 1996 before Sarah	$600 [16] For the man not quite at his college weight, Levi's & Gap jeans both come in this 7-letter style relaxed Alexander Sarah	$800 [4] From 1980 to 1983 the N.Y. Islanders won 4 straight Stanley Cups, after this team up north had won the previous 4 the Montreal Canadiens John Sarah	$600 [29] TV Cartwrights were well aware it's a rich mass of ore, as found in mining a bonanza
$800 [22] No workers' comp for a worker who lost an eye sledgehammering this 3-holed sport sphere he found on a job site a bowling ball Sarah	$800 [9] The sun symbol of the Zia people has been appearing on this state's license plates since 1927 New Mexico John	$800 [28] The real charge of the light brigade, BDA 1854 during John	$800 [17] This occupational term for the cap seenheremay have you shouting "Extra!" at odd moments a newsboy cap Sarah	DD $1,000 [2] The athletic teams of this New England school founded in 1861 are called the Engineers MIT John	$800 [26] Fancy material of a Lenox tea service bone china John
$1,000 [23] A court denied benefits to an exotic dancer as she was not an employee but this, the opposite per the IRS an independent contractor Sarah	$1,000 [10] This granite formation immortalized in a Hawthorne short story dominates New Hampshire's plates the Old Man of the Mountain Alexander	$1,000 [27] The Lewis & Clark expedition hits the trail, BDA 1801 after Alexander	$1,000 [18] The word for this dress worn by the buxom beer-serving Munich fraulein comes from the German for "little girl dress" a dirndl	$1,000 [5] This "hot" Midwestern Major League Soccer team shares its name with a current NBC drama the Chicago Fire Alexander	$1,000 [25] A grocery story or a wine shop a bodega John

Double Jeopardy! Round

BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONG	ANIMALS OF THE AMAZON	14 LETTERS OR MORE	ARCHAEOLOGY	OCCUPATIONAL LAST NAMES	O CAPTAIN! MY LITERATURE CAPTAIN!
$400 [3] The Royal Children:"March Of The Siamese Children" The King and I Alexander	$400 [21] This 3-toed arboreal mammal has extra neck vertebrae that allow it to turn its head 270 degrees a sloth Sarah	$400 [8] Phone home if you know that this adjective means not of this earth extraterrestrial Sarah	$400 [25] The Almendres Cromlech in Portugal is an ancient megalithic complex arranged in this shape, just like Stonehenge a circle John	$800 [1] In 1819's McCulloch v. Maryland, this Chief Justice said the Constitution would "endure for ages to come" (John) Marshall John	$800 [2] Captain First Rank Marko Ramius ordered a sub to go (defect) in this Tom Clancy novel The Hunt for Red October Sarah
$800 [5] George, Winifred, Jane & Michael Banks:"Cherry Tree Lane (Reprise)" Mary Poppins Sarah	$800 [22] This colorful bird's large bill, which may reach 8 inches in length, helps regulate its body temperature a toucan Alexander	$800 [9] Andrew Carnegie was one of these people who give a lot of money away to charitable causes a philanthropist Alexander	$800 [11] In 2013 the bones found under a parking lot in England were proven to be those of this king killed at Bosworth Field Richard III John	$1,200 [18] "Jazz Cleopatra" is a biography of this U.S.-born dancer who became a sensation in 1920s Paris Josephine Baker	$1,600 [13] This1870 sci-fi captain claimed the South Pole with an appropriateflag Captain Nemo John
$1,200 [6] Elphaba:"I'm Not That Girl" Wicked Sarah	$1,200 [4] The females of this giant water boa are longer than the males by an average of around 10 feet an anaconda Sarah	$1,200 [15] This city is home to Piedmont Virginia Community College as well as the University of Virginia Charlottesville Sarah	$1,600 [26] The 2012 discovery of a girl's skull at this Virginia colony was the first evidence of cannibalism in the British colonies Jamestown Sarah	$1,600 [19] Years before making her feature film debut, this"Wedding Crashers" costar was a best-selling novelist Isla Fisher Sarah	$2,000 [14] Captain Jack Aubrey & surgeon Stephen Maturin first set sail in 1969 in this Patrick O'Brian novel Master and Commander Alexander
$1,600 [7] Reuben & Brothers:"Those Canaan Days" Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Alexander	$2,000 [23] This pig-like mammal has a prehensile snout that it uses to pluck fruit or leaves from branches a tapir Alexander	$1,600 [10] This 16-letter word means not at all usual or typical, especially when referring to a person uncharacteristic Sarah	$2,000 [24] The beginning of this metallic age varied geographically, with China being a latecomer in around 600 B.C. the Iron Age Alexander Sarah	$2,000 [20] Before writing "The Vicar of Wakefield", this 18th century author studied medicine in Leyden Oliver Goldsmith	DD $4,000 [12] He "went content to the crocodile"; instead of "Bad form", his last words should have been "Here's seconds!" Captain Hook John
$2,000 [17] Lola, Pat, George & Ensemble:"Sex Is In The Heel" Kinky Boots John Sarah	—	DD $2,400 [16] In psychology this means to separate conflicting feelings as if into different boxes in order to cope compartmentalize Sarah	—	—	—

Final Jeopardy!

COATS OF ARMS

This country's coat of arms features a palm tree & a 19th century American sailing ship

Liberia

John "What is the Bahamas?" — wagered $4,400

Alexander "What is Marshall islands" — wagered $7,000

Sarah "What is the Philippines?" — wagered $13,000

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