Show #6928 2014-10-29 (taped 2014-08-12) Regular

Contestants

Ryan Alley — a patent attorney from Alexandria, Virginia

Jenica Jessen — a student and writer from Riverton, Utah (whose 1-day cash winnings total $19,200)

Bill Albertini — a professor of English from Toledo, Ohio (whose 2-day cash winnings total $38,750)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bill	$800	$-400	$6,400	$12,798 2nd place: $2,000	$6,400 11 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Jenica	$3,600	$6,000	$8,800	$4,800 3rd place: $1,000	$8,800 15 R, 2 W
Ryan	$3,400	$6,000	$19,800	$19,600 New champion: $19,600	$17,600 22 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW SCHOOL	BEVERAGES	ON ABILLBOARDCHART IN 2014	HOME DESPOT	YOU "BONE" HEAD!	AFFAIRS OF THE HEART
$200 [5] Maybe this oldest Ivy League law school can teach you to beat a ticket if you illegally pahk ya cah in its yahd Harvard Bill	$200 [1] This brand's Cranberry Juice Cocktail first appeared in 1933 Ocean Spray Ryan	$200 [15] "All That Matters" is this teen hit the Streaming Songs chart, not any egg-throwing events or possible deportation Justin Bieber Jenica	$200 [20] Idi Amin Uganda	$200 [10] Paired with "skull" in a symbol of danger or death crossbones Ryan	$200 [18] In this novel Bella is told, "that's Edward...but don't waste your time. He doesn't date"; Bella wastes her time Twilight Bill
$400 [6] Its law school is named for Utah native J. Reuben Clark, who rose to high posts in the State & Justice Departments Brigham Young Ryan	$400 [2] Alpine mountains appear on the label of this Con Agra brand of hot cocoa Swiss Miss Ryan	$400 [16] As of Aug. 6, 2014 "Legend: The Best of" this man "and the Wailers" had spent 288 weeks on the Billboard top 200 albums chart Bob Marley Ryan	$400 [22] Slobodan Milosevic(1997-2000) Yugoslavia Bill Ryan	$400 [11] A medieval version of this musical instrument was called a sackbut a trombone Jenica	$400 [19] Cathy marries Edgar, so Heathcliff marries Edgar's sis for revenge in this novel Wuthering Heights Jenica
$600 [7] Tulane was the USA's first law school to require this Latin-named work as a condition of graduation pro bono Jenica	$600 [3] Back in 1898 a guy named Edward created this biting "olde tyme" root beer Barq's Ryan	$600 [21] This down-under "Idol" country star duetted with Miranda Lambert on "We Were Us" Keith Urban	$600 [23] Augusto Pinochet Chile Jenica	$600 [12] Show some internal strength & name this defining characteristic of vertebrates a backbone Bill	$600 [27] This title woman takes a pregnant pause after having an affair with Count Vronsky Anna Karenina Jenica
$1,000 [9] "California Coast: Science, Policy and Law" can be of local interest at this u. whose campus is known as "The Farm" Stanford Jenica	$800 [4] This juice brand calls itself "100% pure squeezed Florida sunshine" Tropicana Jenica	$800 [24] This one-named performer was looking for bargains in the song heard here Macklemore Ryan	$800 [28] Pol Pot Cambodia Jenica	$800 [13] Asseenhere, it's a pattern used in flooring, not just suits herringbone Jenica	$1,000 [29] Spoiler alert! Jane Austen had George become the Knightley in shining armor for this woman Emma Woodhouse
DD $1,600 [8] White House counsels John Dean & Kathryn Ruemmler went to this law school not far from Pennsylvania Ave. Georgetown Ryan	$1,000 [17] This soft drink once used the slogan "It'll tickle yore innards" Mountain Dew	$1,000 [26] "Operator" & "Time In A Bottle" are on this man's "Lost Recordings", found on the folk album chart (Jim) Croce Bill Ryan	$1,000 [25] In Africa:Omar al-Bashir the Sudan	$1,000 [14] Substance for old corsets or scrimshaw whalebone Jenica	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

MALTIN ON MOVIES	MOUNTAINS	THE BIBLE FROM B TO Z	LONG WORD, SHORT DEFINITION	INITIALLY YOURS	AFFAIRS OF THE HEART
$400 [1] (Leonard Maltin delivers the clue.) During the plodding first hour of this elephantine western, I kept wondering why make the legendary title hero into a doofus & his noble Indian friend into a wisecracking Greek chorus The Lone Ranger Jenica	$400 [7] Oh my gods! It rises nearly 10,000 feet on a ridge dividing Thessaly & Macedonia Mount Olympus Jenica	$400 [2] P:Delilah betrays Samson to them the Philistines Ryan	$400 [12] Numerator's opposite(11) denominator Ryan	$400 [19] In 1881 the Cooper & Bailey Circus merged with his "Greatest Show on Earth" P.T. Barnum Bill	$400 [26] Causes of an organic this, an abnormal sound in your heartbeat, include rheumatic fever, & we're not keeping that quiet a murmur Ryan
$800 [16] (Leonard Maltin deliversthe clue.) If you had pulled me out of the theater an hour into this Tarantino film I would have raved... the mid-section with Leonardo DiCaprio as a plantation owner drains almost all the life out of the picture Django Unchained Ryan	$800 [8] About 100 miles south of Seattle, this volcano was inactive from 1857 to 1980 Mount St. Helens Ryan	$800 [3] G:Paul wrote an epistle to these people of Asia Minor the Galatians Ryan	$800 [13] Apartment with a mortgage(11) condominium Bill	$800 [20] "Intolerance" was this director's answer to critics of his earlier film "Birth of a Nation" D.W. Griffith Bill	$800 [27] Fish generally have a single one of these chambers that pump blood out of the heart; mammals, 2 ventricles Jenica
$1,200 [24] (Leonard Maltin delivers the clue.) Javier Bardem sports blond hair & a lunatic grin as one of the more notable Bond villains of recent memory in this 007 film Skyfall Jenica	$1,600 [10] Time to play these Appalachian mountains in New York; the highest peak is Slide, at 4,200 feet the Catskills Bill	$1,200 [4] Z:This Old Testament book is last alphabetically Zephaniah Ryan	$1,200 [14] Dancer synonym(13) terpsichorean	$1,200 [21] Beatrix Potter's stories of dressed, talking animals influenced some "chronicles" by this author, 32 years younger C.S. Lewis Bill	$2,000 [28] This chest pain, sometimes a heart attack precursor, occurs when blood flow to the heart is limited angina Ryan
$1,600 [15] (Leonard Maltin delivers the clue.) Though it doesn't break any new ground, this 2012 film provides lively entertainment in the hitherto unexplored world of collegiate a cappella choirs Pitch Perfect Jenica	$2,000 [11] (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a diagram on the monitor.) The Earth bulges in the middle, so the furthestpoint from the Earth's center is the top of Chimborazo in this South American country Ecuador Bill Ryan	$1,600 [5] B:Matthew calls him "a notable prisoner" Barabbas Bill Jenica Ryan	$1,600 [17] Conjuring by hand(16) prestidigitation Bill	$1,600 [22] This Nixon chief of staff went by "Bob" H.R. Haldeman	—
$2,000 [25] (Leonard Maltin delivers the clue.) Wes Anderson's filmmaking is inspired in this flamboyant movie mostly set between World Wars in Eastern Europe; I called it the first great movie of 2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel Bill	DD $2,600 [9] German words for "meadow" & "peak" combined to form the name we use for this Alpine mountain Matterhorn Ryan	$2,000 [6] U:The handwriting on the wall was "Mene, mene, tekel", this word upharsin Ryan	$2,000 [18] 19th century pic using silver & iodine(13) a daguerreotype Ryan	DD $2,000 [23] This Dutch artist created more than 2,000 drawings & sketches, like the one seen here M.C. Escher Bill	—

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN-BORN AUTHORS

In 1915 his reasons for naturalization included "having lived and worked in England for the best part of forty years"

Henry James

Bill "Who is Henry James?" — wagered $6,398

Jenica "Who is TS Eliot?" — wagered $4,000

Ryan "Who is TS Elliot?" — wagered $200

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