Show #6982 2015-01-13 (taped 2014-11-19) Regular

John Schultz game 4.

Contestants

Abbie Micucci — a stay-at-home mom from Westborough, Massachusetts

Jeremy Reff — a business developer from Brooklyn, New York

John Schultz — a computer programmer from Ann Arbor, Michigan (whose 3-day cash winnings total $74,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
John	$3,600	$10,000	$16,000	$11,000 4-day champion: $85,000	$12,400 20 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Jeremy	$1,400	$600	$5,200	$1 3rd place: $1,000	$3,800 14 R (including 2 DDs), 8 W
Abbie	$400	$1,000	$3,000	$6,000 2nd place: $2,000	$3,000 4 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

A REAL MYSTERY	SPORTS TALK	IT'S A FACT	NAME THAT VERB	MINNESOTA	SWEET! POTATOES!
$200 [22] "The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line" is an original mystery novel starring this detective played by Kristen Bell Veronica Mars John	$200 [6] Oh I do say, sticky wicket is a term that comes from this team sport cricket John	$200 [17] David Farragut, who won the 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay, was the first American officer to be given the rank of full this admiral Jeremy	$200 [1] To put a grade on Mr. Zuckerberg's work mark Abbie	$400 [11] When completed, the Gitchi-Gami State Trail will extend nearly 90 miles along this body of water Lake Superior Jeremy	$600 [27] Ore-Ida invented these alliterative potato bites that are "crunchy outside and fluffy inside" Tater Tots Abbie
$400 [23] After meeting in a Pullman car, Bruno suggests swapping murders with Guy in this classic, the basis for a Hitchcock film Strangers on a Train John Jeremy	$400 [7] In figure skating a spin executed in the arabesque position is named for this beast of burden camel Jeremy	$400 [18] Cerebralgia is medical jargon for one of these, of any type a headache Jeremy	$400 [2] To tap gently with the palm to show affection for both Ms. Nixon & Mr. Sajak pat John	$600 [14] Minnesota's U.S. senators are Amy Klobuchar & him Al Franken Jeremy	$800 [12] A potato plant's edible underground stem is one of these, from Latin for "swelling" a tuber John
$800 [25] It's Dickens' only true mystery; the end of the work & the solution are a mystery that went to the grave with the author The Mystery of Edwin Drood	$600 [8] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.) In bowling, try to get your ball in this area, between the 1 & 2 or 1 & 3 pin to get a strike the pocket John	$600 [19] The bowhead type of this animal has been known to live over 200 years a whale John	$600 [3] To savagely criticize Mr. Torn rip Abbie	$800 [15] This colorful vegetable canning company was founded in 1903 in Le Sueur Green Giant	$1,000 [13] Potatoes are a good source of vitamin B3, aka this, which helps prevent the nutritional disease pellagra niacin John Jeremy
$1,000 [26] The manuscript of a novel called "Bombyx Mori" is at the heart of this second mystery by Robert Galbraith The Silkworm	$800 [9] At the first Winter Olympics in 1924, the Brits swept up in this sport curling John	$800 [20] To get you into this 5-letter organization of smarties, your IQ has to be in the top 2% of the population Mensa John	$800 [4] To tire out TV commentator Mr. Carlson tucker John	$1,000 [16] The Mesabi Range helps Minnesota lead the nation in the production of this ore iron ore John	—
DD $4,200 [24] The murder in this mystery takes place aboard the Karnak, a small river steamboat Death on the Nile John	$1,000 [10] Who's there? Oh, it's this notch at the end of an archer's arrow, into which the bowstring fits the nock Jeremy	$1,000 [21] In 1997 legislation was passed in this state allowing astronauts to vote from outer space Texas Jeremy	$1,000 [5] To supply Mr. Nichols with vocal amplification mike John	—	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

BRR, BABY, BRR	OUT, -LET	CLASSICAL MUSICIANS	1910	I'M "N"TITLED!	KNOW YOUR KNOT
$400 [15] Florida's record low is a brisk -2 Fahrenheit recorded in 1899 in this state capital Tallahassee Jeremy	$400 [20] A tragic son of Gertrude becomes a meat hamlet & ham John	$400 [25] Theodore Dubois succeeded 2 great composers in this job, Cesar Franck at one church & Camille Saint-Saens at another organist	$400 [8] Inventor Georges Claude demonstrated the first light using this gas neon John	$400 [10] Megan Hilty took on Dolly Parton's role when this musical worked its way to Broadway in 2009 9 to 5 Abbie	$400 [5] When children are taught to tie a shoelace knot, they are often told to make this furry animal's ears to tie it a rabbit (or bunny) Jeremy
$800 [16] This continent's record low, -23 Celsius, was recorded in the Snowy Mountains on June 29, 1994 Australia John Jeremy	$800 [21] A portion of veal turns into one share of the loot cutlet & cut John Jeremy	$800 [26] This "Father of the Classical Guitar" kept giving concerts past his 90th birthday in 1983 Andrés Segovia	$800 [7] Boutros Ghali, the first native-born prime minister of this country, was assassinated Egypt Jeremy	$800 [11] Though he lost the Oscar, Bruce Dern did win best actor at the Cannes Film Festival for this 2013 film Nebraska Jeremy	$800 [4] A fisherman's bend is also called this bend because it secures a rope to the ring of the weight it's named for on a ship an anchor Jeremy
$1,200 [17] Hawaii is the only state that's never dropped below zero degrees F., though it has gotten down to 12 F. atop this peak Mauna Kea John Jeremy	$1,200 [22] Lose the "let" in a blood component & you're left with a kitchen item platelet & plate John	—	$1,200 [6] In 1910 he completed the work seen here Henri Matisse Jeremy	$1,200 [12] The ACN gang covered a bombing on the 2014 premiere episode of this drama's third & final season The Newsroom John Jeremy	$1,200 [3] This knot is "relatively" easy to make, as it's often the result of an improperly tied square knot a granny knot
$2,000 [19] The Tannenbaums were shivering by the Funtensee as this country hit its record low of -45.9 Celsius at Christmas 2001 Germany John	$1,600 [23] Subtract "let" from a term for 2 lines of poetry & you get a type of overthrow couplet & coup John	—	$1,600 [9] Racial violence resulted from this boxer's July 4 whupping of former champ James Jeffries Jack Johnson John	$1,600 [13] Liam Neeson sprang to action as an air marshal on a hijacked plane in this 2014 thriller Non-Stop Abbie	$1,600 [2] Types of this knot used to tie a rope to an object include cow, rolling & clove a hitch Jeremy
DD $3,000 [18] This New England state's record low of -50 F. was recorded in Aroostook County on January 16, 2009 Maine Jeremy	$2,000 [24] A mattress of straw becomes a friend pallet & pal John	—	—	$2,000 [14] Title of Marsha Norman's 1983 prize-winning play, or something you might say before heading off to bed 'night, Mother	DD $2,000 [1] The name of this knot used to shorten a rope without cutting it calls to mind a certain animal's leg a sheepshank Jeremy

Final Jeopardy!

BROADWAY MUSICALS

"Iowa Stubborn" was the second song heard in this show when it opened on Broadway in 1957

The Music Man

Abbie "What is The Music Man?" — wagered $3,000

Jeremy "What is Oklahoma" — wagered $5,199

John "What is Oklahoma?" — wagered $5,000

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