Show #6961 2014-12-15 (taped 2014-10-28) Regular

Contestants

Rex Marzke — a user interface designer from Houston, Texas

Alysha Rooks — a writer originally from New Orleans, Louisiana

Ryan Pensyl — an Army officer originally from Shamokin, Pennsylvania (whose 2-day cash winnings total $32,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ryan	$1,200	$2,600	$7,400	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$7,400 12 R, 3 W
Rooks	$1,600	$3,200	$10,400	$18,412 New champion: $18,412	$12,000 23 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Rex	$3,600	$4,000	$10,800	$10,787 2nd place: $2,000	$10,800 12 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE END OF THE BOOK	____ & ____	WEBSITES	THE ART OF RELIGION	NEW YORK IN THE MOVIES	I'LL BE "BACK"
$200 [7] Hester Prynne counsels others in her predicament & dies of old age The Scarlet Letter Rooks	$200 [16] A prisoner's anchor, or a derogatory term for a wife ball & chain Ryan	$200 [21] This nature magazine's web page about the Vumbi lions of the Serengetiis purr-fect National Geographic Rooks	$200 [22] One of the center frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel shows "The Creation of" this man Adam Rooks	$200 [1] The "I'll have what she's having" scene in this romantic comedy took place at NYC's Katz's Deli When Harry Met Sally... Rooks Rex	$200 [6] Peyton & Eli's Sunday gig a quarterback Rooks
$400 [8] Imprisoned, Raskolnikov has a long wait until he can again be with his beloved Sonia Crime and Punishment	$400 [17] Meaning "legally invalid", this phrase begins with a word meaning "zero" null & void Ryan	$400 [27] The Magic: The Gathering Online Exchange website was part of the 2014 scandal involving this commodity bitcoin Rex	$400 [23] Marc Chagall's "The Praying Jew" is also called this religious leader "of Vitebsk" a rabbi Rooks	$400 [2] (Hi. I'm Quvenzhané Wallis.) In an updated version of a beloved musical, I play this title girl as a foster kid--it's the hard knock life with Miss Hannigan in Harlem Annie Rooks	$400 [12] Riding without a saddle bareback Ryan
$600 [9] With Jim set free, the protagonist is headed for Indian territory because Aunt Sally wants to adopt him The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Rooks	$600 [18] You boys played that first half like you didn't even know the plays! Let's go back to these 2 letters! "X"s & "O"s	$600 [28] Having a bad day? Go to then icestplaceonthe inter.net & get a free virtual one of these a hug Rooks	$600 [24] (Alex reads from the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia, PA.) In his composition two right hands, Rodin noticed a similarity to a Gothic arch, & so he named the piece for this type of grand Catholic church a cathedral Rooks	$600 [3] In the 1933 film, King Kong climbs this skyscraper & bats down a biplane with his bare hand the Empire State Building Rooks	$600 [13] It's extremely acrobatic, considering it's a 40-ton creature a humpback whale Rex
$800 [10] The Hispaniola reaches Bristol & Captain Smollett retires Treasure Island Rooks	$800 [19] The basic aspects of something; the former screws around the latter nuts & bolts Ryan	$800 [29] It bills itself as the "world's largest professional network" LinkedIn Rooks	$800 [25] This Hindu goddess of time & death is typically portrayed as black or blue & having multiple arms Kali Rooks	$800 [4] "Greed, for a lack of a better word, is good" is a line from this 1987 film Wall Street Ryan	$800 [14] Said to cover 75-to-80% of Australia the Outback Rex
$1,000 [11] Lying sick in bed, Adam gives his son Caleb his blessing by saying the Hebrew word "timshel" East of Eden Rooks	$1,000 [20] Attracting a customer to a cheap item & then steering him toward a more expensive one bait & switch Ryan	DD $2,000 [30] This literature-based website was named for a title scrivener Bartleby Rooks	$1,000 [26] Titianportrayed Maryascendingto heaven, also known as this Christian doctrine the Assumption Ryan	$1,000 [5] This Al Pacino movie was based on a botched bank robbery in Brooklyn in August 1972 Dog Day Afternoon Rex	$1,000 [15] German for "twice baked", it's a special egg bread Zwieback Rex

Double Jeopardy! Round

GO FOURTH BY NAME	PARKS	THE WALLABY	POP CULTURE RELATIVES?	ANCIENT SCIENCE	THE AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARYPAGE 1,001
$400 [26] Czar Ivan IV definitely earned this epithet Ivan the Terrible Rex	$400 [21] Tranquillity Park in this Texas city was built to commemorate the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing Houston Ryan	$400 [12] Wallabies are members of this order of mammals whose name is from the Latin for "purse" marsupials Rex	$400 [1] Homer & Marge's older daughter & Nick Lachey's ex-"Newlywed" wife Lisa & Jessica Simpson Ryan Rooks	$400 [7] Types of this calculating device using wires & sliding balls in a frame were used in Ancient Egypt & China an abacus Rooks	$400 [2] To add yeast, or to lighten or modify a serious mood leaven Rooks
$1,600 [28] After Napoleon's army invaded this nation in 1807, its king Charles IV was forced to abdicate Spain	$800 [22] The New Orleans park named for this artist & naturalist has a rookery on Bird Island Audubon Rooks	$800 [13] Not all wallabies live in Australia; several types of forest wallaby live on this large island directly to the north New Guinea Ryan	$800 [8] A "Psycho" character & the film actress who played psycho Annie Wilkes Norman & Kathy Bates Rooks	$800 [16] Anaxagoras was exiled from Athens for believing that this was a red hot metal larger than the Peloponnese the sun Ryan	$800 [3] Before standing desks got popular, there was this similar item, from the Latin for "to read" a lectern Rooks
$2,000 [27] After steering Egypt toward sun-worshipping monotheism, Pharaoh Amenhotep IV took this "A" name Akhenaten	$1,200 [23] The planetarium in this city's Fountain of Youth Park features the night sky as Ponce de Leon would have seen it St. Augustine Rooks	$1,200 [14] The Qantas Wallabies are a team that plays in the Australian league of this sport rugby Rooks Rex	$1,200 [9] A "Star Trek" captain & a TV style expert Patrick & Martha Stewart	$1,200 [18] In the 1st century, Hero of Alexandria invented the aeolipile, the first engine powered by this steam Rooks	$1,200 [4] Abbreviation for a semiconductor diode that converts applied voltage into light LED Rooks Rex
—	DD $2,000 [24] It took workers months in 1880 to transport this 69-foot shaft from a Staten Island dock to Central Park Cleopatra's Needle (the obelisk accepted) Rooks	$1,600 [15] This animated wallaby's "Modern Life" played out on a Nickelodeon TV show Rocko Rooks	$1,600 [10] "Annie Hall" & "Batman" Diane Keaton & Michael Keaton Ryan	$1,600 [19] Eureka! He dreamed up a "death ray" using mirrors that was shown to be feasible in 2005 Archimedes Ryan	$1,600 [5] Swiss-born modernist architect Le Corbusier Rex
—	$2,000 [25] The 105-year-old Looff Carousel in this Washington city's Riverfront Park is housed in a building remaining from Expo '74 Spokane Ryan	$2,000 [17] Principal predators of wallabies include foxes & these Down Under canines a dingo Rex	$2,000 [11] "Yeezus" & "Batman" Kanye West & Adam West Ryan	$2,000 [20] Insects are covered in book 11 & botany in books 12-19 of this Roman scholar's "Natural History" Pliny the Elder	$2,000 [6] Emulsifier found in egg yolks & used in a wide variety of products lecithin

Final Jeopardy!

POETRY

The narrator mistakes the presence of this title creature for the wind & later calls it prophet

the raven

Ryan "What is an albatross" — wagered $7,400

Rooks "What is the raven?" — wagered $8,012

Rex "What is the Dragon" — wagered $13

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