Show #6962 2014-12-16 (taped 2014-10-28) Regular

Contestants

Josh Vittor — a law student from New York, New York

Jean Parker — a bartender from Montgomery, Alabama

Alysha Rooks — a writer originally from New Orleans, Louisiana (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,412)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Rooks $3,400 $6,200 $11,400 $11,412
2-day champion: $29,824
$11,000
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Jean $200 $3,000 $3,800 $3,800
2nd place: $2,000
$3,800
10 R, 3 W
Josh $600 $-800 $400 $75
3rd place: $1,000
$2,400
12 R, 8 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

PICTURE THE POLITICAN WHERE IS IT? THE BODY OF EVIDENCE NAME THE DECADE ERNIE "BERT"
$200 [1]
He's the ex-First Brother pictured here
Jeb Bush
Rooks
$200 [30]
Venus de Milo:In this museum
the Louvre
Jean
$200 [18]
The gastrocnemius is the most prominent of the 7 muscles that make up this fleshy part of the back of your leg
a calf muscle
Rooks Jean
$200 [16]
Sally Ride rides in space
the 1980s (1980 accepted)
Jean
$200 [8]
On "Sesame Street", Ernie sang of his great affection for this bathtub accessory
the rubber ducky
Josh
$200 [6]
One of the prairie provinces of Canada
Alberta
Jean
$400 [2]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a picture on the monitor.) Andy Thomas' painting "True Blues" brings together eight poker-playing democratic presidents, including JFK, LBJ, Harry Truman & this man with his back to us, a founder of the Democratic Party
(Andrew) Jackson
Rooks
$400 [29]
Volvo Automobile world headquarters:In this country
Sweden
Rooks
$400 [19]
This term for a part of the nose comes from the Latin for "fence"
the septum
Rooks Josh
$400 [17]
The first commercial radio station in the U.S. begins broadcasting
the 1920s
Rooks
$400 [9]
As Stinky, Ernie Weckbaugh was a cast member of this group that also included Spanky & Alfalfa
the Little Rascals (or Our Gang)
Rooks
$400 [7]
In recent decades this stage of development has been happening earlier & earlier in American kids
puberty
Josh
$600 [3]
Class president & prom king, hedoesn't look much different today than he did in high school
Paul Ryan
Rooks
$600 [27]
Monument Park:In this stadium
Yankee Stadium
Josh
$600 [23]
Riding shotgun on the kidneys, these glands weigh barely 5 grams each, but produce vital hormones
the adrenal glands
Jean Josh
$800 [21]
The Stonewall Riots in New York City jump-start the gay rights movement
the 1960s
Rooks Josh
$600 [10]
Famous Ernie's in State College, Pennsylvania is famous for the sandwiches "wit or witout onions"
a cheesesteak
Rooks
$600 [13]
Political party & doctrine governed by a belief in an individual's maximum freedom
libertarian
Rooks
$800 [4]
He's the late House Speaker speaking to reporters here
Tip O'Neill
Jean
$800 [26]
"Income Property":On this TV network
HGTV
Jean
$800 [24]
2 muscles in this 4-letter body part automatically adjust the size of the pupil to the level of light through the lens
the iris
Josh
DD $1,000 [20]
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is created
the 1930s
Rooks
$800 [11]
In 1961 Ernie Davis of Syracuse won this trophy; no African American had before, not even Ernie's idol Jim Brown
the Heisman
Rooks
$800 [14]
If you're starting a parliament, invest in a copy of these "of Order", first published in 1876
Robert's Rules of Order
Jean
$1,000 [5]
Once the face of Hurricane Katrina recovery, this mayor went to prison in 2014 for taking bribes
(Ray) Nagin
Rooks
$1,000 [25]
Betelgeuse! Betelgeuse! Betelgeuse!:In this constellation
Orion
$1,000 [28]
The triceps muscle is an extensor; the biceps is this, the opposite
a flexor
Jean
$1,000 [22]
The first commercial nuclear plant opens
the 1950s
Jean Josh
$1,000 [12]
Cartoonist Ernie Bushmiller created this mischievous young girl
Nancy
$1,000 [15]
This long word for a frivolously chatty woman dates back to the 1500s
flibbertigibbet

Double Jeopardy! Round

ELEMENT SYMBOL FUN? HISTORICAL FICTION GETTING LUCKY WORDS INVENTORS & INVENTIONS ITALIAN ISLANDS THE MOVIE MAN
$400 [1]
Not alphabetically but by atomic number, the first element whose symbol is a pronoun
helium
Josh
$400 [16]
Irving Stone's 1980 historical novel "The Origin" focuses on this scientist & his 1831-36 voyage
Darwin
Jean
$400 [11]
Marked by privilege, or an Alyssa Milano TV show
charmed
Rooks
$400 [21]
Maybe the weather was bad in 1903, when Mary Anderson created this for cars; it had a swinging arm & a rubber blade
a windshield wiper
Josh
$400 [26]
Able was I ere I saw this largest Tuscan isle
Elba
Josh
$400 [6]
David Lynch directed John Hurt as John Merrick:"The ____ Man"
The Elephant Man
Rooks
$800 [2]
Monty Python brought us "The Knights Who Say" this, the symbol of a metal
Ni
Josh
$800 [17]
Just in time for the centennial of this comes Robert Olen Butler's latest, "The Star of Istanbul", set during it
World War I
Josh
$800 [12]
How unexpected & lovely to find this 13-letter adjective that describes such a situation!
serendipitous
Josh
$800 [22]
Around 1917 Northam Warren of Cutex created the first commercial version of this colorful cosmetic product
nail polish
Jean
$800 [28]
This island is the largest of Italy's 20 political regions
Sicily
Josh
$800 [7]
Richard Dawson played (what else) a game show host:"The ____ Man"
The Running Man
$1,200 [3]
The symbol of this noble gas is the postal abbreviation of a Midwest state
neon
Josh
$1,600 [19]
Elinor Wylie's "The Orphan Angel" imagines this poet not drowning & coming to America
Shelley
Josh
$1,200 [13]
This word can mean good luck & also great wealth, as when it precedes "hunter"
fortune
Rooks Josh
$1,200 [23]
1/3 of the space devoted to U.S. exhibits at the 1889 Paris Centennial Exposition was occupied by his inventions
Edison
Rooks
$1,200 [27]
The island of Burano in this city's lagoon is known for its colorful homes & beautiful lace
Venice
Jean
$1,200 [8]
John Wayne returns to Ireland:"The ____ Man"
The Quiet Man
$1,600 [4]
The symbol for this element precedes "Better Blues" in the title of a Spike Lee film
molybdenum
DD $2,000 [18]
14-year-old Mary catches the eye of Henry VIII, but her sister Anne is soon favored by him in this novel by Philippa Gregory
The Other Boleyn Girl
Josh
$1,600 [14]
Hmm... "propitious"--let's swap the first 3 letters for new ones, replace the "T" with a "C" &, lucky for us, get this synonym
auspicious
$1,600 [24]
In 1935 Willy Muller invented an automatic one of these, but it was 3 feet tall; in 1971 Phone Mate came up with a better idea
an answering machine
$1,600 [9]
A fugitive takes the title job in the film within the film:"The ____ Man"
The Stunt Man
$2,000 [5]
The Black Eyed Peas have a male singer/producer whose stage name ends with the symbols of these 2 elements
iodine & americium
$2,000 [20]
"Written in My Own Heart's Blood" is Diana Gabaldon's eighth novel in this series about Claire Randall in the 18th century
Outlander
Rooks
$2,000 [15]
It's one syllable when meaning divinely favored, 2 when meaning sanctified
blessed
Josh
$2,000 [25]
In the 1950s this German engineer developed a rotary auto engine that was later used by Mazda
Felix Wankel
$2,000 [10]
Lon Chaney gets infected with a disease:"The ____ Man"
The Wolf Man

Final Jeopardy!

SOUTH AMERICA

In 2004 the dollar replaced the guilder as the monetary unit of this country

Suriname

Josh "What is Ecuador" — wagered $325
Jean "What isPeruGuyana" — wagered $0
Rooks "What is Suriname?" — wagered $12

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