Show #6947 2014-11-25 Regular

Contestants

Eugene Britton — a chemical engineer from Gonzales, Louisiana

Mariusz Galczynski — a university lecturer from St. Charles, Illinois

Doug Perez — a database developer from Monrovia, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Doug $800 $1,800 $11,000 $10
3rd place: $1,000
$11,000
16 R, 1 W
Mariusz $4,600 $8,400 $10,200 $20,350
New champion: $20,350
$14,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD)
Eugene $600 $3,400 $12,995 $3,895
2nd place: $2,000
$13,000
16 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

CHICK LIT EXPRESSIONS FROM BASEBALL OPERA TRADITIONAL FOODS AS NATIONAL FLAGS BRAD PITT FILM ROLES WHAT'S IN THE BOX?!
$200 [20]
"Henny Penny" is another name for this tale about a fowl who thinks there's a problem with the stratosphere
"Chicken Little"
Doug
$200 [1]
Your figures are pretty close, definitely in this place
the ballpark
Eugene
$200 [2]
In "Il trovatore", Leonora kills herself with poison concealed in this piece of jewelry
a ring
Eugene
$200 [23]
Curry chicken & cheera thoran make up the stripes of this country's flag
India
Doug
$200 [24]
1999:Tyler Durden, a soap salesman who gets involved in bare-knuckle brawling
Fight Club
Doug
$200 [26]
Ooh, a watch! Does that say Timex or this other brand with the $35,000 Submariner?
Rolex
Eugene
$400 [12]
In an L. Frank Baum novel, Billina the hen is blown overboard from a steamship along with this girl
Dorothy
Mariusz
$400 [10]
Things aren't looking good; it's like we've already got this pair against us
two strikes
Doug
$400 [3]
It's the title occupation of the baritone heard here
barber
Eugene
$400 [18]
Of course, the olives are interspersed with feta cheese stripes to make the flag of this country
Greece
Doug
$400 [25]
2013:Samuel Bass, a Canadian abolitionist & carpenter
12 Years a Slave
Mariusz
$400 [27]
Look! The original Broadway cast recording of this show! Let's listen to "You And Me (But Mostly Me)" & "All American Prophet"
The Book of Mormon
Mariusz
$600 [13]
It's the "fowl" moral of a fable about a milkmaid who spills her pail before she can sell it & realize her dreams
don't count your chickens before they hatch
Eugene
$600 [11]
Dinner with your aunt? I can't do it until her next visit, so I've got to take this
a rain check
Doug Mariusz
$600 [4]
This Puccini opera is set in an attic apartment & at the Cafe Momus in Paris' Latin Quarter
La bohème
Mariusz
$800 [8]
This Middle Eastern country got tomatoes, pita bread &, as a stand-in for a tree, a sprig of parsley
Lebanon
Eugene
$600 [16]
2009:Lt. Aldo Raine, a hardened Nazi-killer
Inglourious Basterds
Mariusz
$600 [28]
I wasn't expecting a map of this country, with the cities of Namanga, Lodwar, & Mombasa highlighted
Kenya
Mariusz
$800 [14]
A giant's hen lays golden eggs in many versions of this story
"Jack and the Beanstalk"
Mariusz
$800 [21]
Don't worry, I'll keep you informed; I'll do this briefly with you after I get back
touch base
Mariusz
$800 [5]
In Act One this tempestuous heroine has a fight with another woman from the tobacco factory
Carmen
Mariusz
$1,000 [9]
This Asian nation serves up sweet chili sauce, shredded coconut & blue swimmer crab
Thailand
Doug
$800 [17]
2013:Gerry Lane, a former U.N. troubleshooter fighting the undead
World War Z
Eugene
$800 [29]
It's this water-soluble liquid that can be used in rocket propellants & prescribed to treat angina
nitroglycerin
Eugene
$1,000 [15]
In Chaucer's "Nun's Priest's Tale", a proud & foolish rooster escapes one of these predators by the skin of his beak
a fox
$1,000 [22]
Most of the world doesn't care how we pick Daily Doubles; that's real this 2-word phrase
inside baseball
$1,000 [6]
This knight reveals that he comes from Montsalvat, where his father, Parzifal, is king of the Holy Grail
Lohengrin
DD $1,400 [7]
The recipe for this country's flag--chorizo & arroz
Spain
Mariusz
$1,000 [19]
2004:Achilles
Troy
Eugene
$1,000 [30]
A belt made with this 7-letter craft, hooking strands of string into patterns? You shouldn't have! & I truly mean that!
macramé (crochet accepted)
Mariusz

Double Jeopardy! Round

RHYMING BRANDS PUERTO RICO THE REIGN OF TERROR BEFORE & AFTER SHE'S A GODDESS! FROM "E" TO "U"
$400 [9]
A division of Gannett, this daily paper has sections like Money, Sports & Life
USA Today
Eugene
$400 [16]
Puerto Rico's anthem says that when this man reached the island he exclaimed, "This is the beautiful land that I seek"
Columbus
Doug
DD $5 [30]
In 1794 her first husband Alexandre de Beauharnais was executed & she was imprisoned
Joséphine
Eugene
$400 [1]
I'll have a vodka & tomato juice drink with a Julie Andrews movie chaser
Bloody Mary Poppins
Doug
$400 [8]
The original statue of her in the Parthenon was lost by 400 A.D.
Athena
Doug
$400 [17]
It's just water in French
eau
Eugene
$800 [12]
Owned by Nestle, this low-cal meal creating company aims to "keep life delicious"
Lean Cuisine
Doug
$800 [22]
Sail over the rainforest on "The Beast", one of the world's highest of these at 853 feet
a zip line
Mariusz
$400 [26]
It was the preferred instrument of execution during the reign of terror
the guillotine
Eugene
$800 [2]
Mao's 1934 walkabout goes Hollywood as a film about waddling birds
the Long March of the Penguins
Doug
$1,200 [6]
Not to be confused with Freya, this wife of Odin was the chief goddess in Norse myth
Frigga
$800 [18]
Africa has the ostrich; Australia has this
the emu
Doug
$1,200 [13]
This Hawaiian-sounding online video website wants you to know that it is A. free & B. legal
Hulu
Doug
$1,200 [23]
In 2012 Alejandro Padilla was elected this, the island's top executive position, for a 4-year term
governor
Doug
$800 [27]
The Festival of Reason, which secularized society, took place at this cathedral; soon all churches were closed
Notre Dame
Eugene
$1,200 [3]
A clever cat from "Shrek" puts combat troops in the fight overseas
Puss in Boots on the ground
Eugene
$1,600 [10]
In Celtic myth Clota was the goddess of this Scottish river
the Clyde
$1,200 [19]
This Biblical name can mean someone who prefers a current advantage to long-term rights or interests
Esau
Eugene
$1,600 [14]
It appeared in 1928 to challenge boring old Wrigley's, which you could only sit there & chew
Dubble Bubble
Eugene
$1,600 [24]
In 1987 this king became the first Spanish monarch ever to visit Puerto Rico
Juan Carlos
Doug
$1,200 [28]
Just like in the U.S. in the 1970s, a decree, called the Maximum, was passed to fix these 2 things to control inflation
wages & prices
$1,600 [4]
An "Enthusiasm"-challenged TV actor/writer is pretty, pretty, pretty good as a Dickens title guy
Larry David Copperfield
Doug
$2,000 [11]
In Egyptian myth, Seshat, goddess of writing, was the wife of this god of learning
Thoth
$1,600 [20]
It's the color of unbleached linen
ecru
Eugene
$2,000 [15]
This company touts that it's "where fans buy and sell tickets"
StubHub
Mariusz
$2,000 [25]
In 1956 this Spanish cellist moved to Puerto Rico & helped the island assemble a first-class orchestra
(Pablo) Casals
Mariusz
$2,000 [29]
The Committee of Public Safety used members of this political "club" to carry out some of its terror-ist policies
the Jacobin club
$2,000 [5]
Dwyane Wade's team turns into "Mr. Hundred & One" degrees in a Christmas TV special
the Miami Heat Miser
Mariusz
DD $5,000 [7]
A crater deep inside Kilauea volcano is said to be the home of this goddess responsible for many eruptions
Pele
Mariusz
$2,000 [21]
First name of Mr. Root, TR's Secretary of State
Elihu
Eugene

Final Jeopardy!

PEOPLE IN THE ARTS

He once said, "It is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming wild things"

Maurice Sendak

Mariusz "Who is Sendak?" — wagered $10,150
Doug "Who is Barrie" — wagered $10,990
Eugene "Who Shel Silverstein?" — wagered $9,100

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