Show #6990 2015-01-23 (taped 2014-12-02) Regular

Contestants

Sarah Boulding — a market research and intelligence senior coordinator from Rockledge, Florida

Brad Nehring — a copywriter from Federal Way, Washington

Will Anderson — a senior legislative aide originally from Atlanta, Georgia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $23,199)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Will $4,200 $5,600 $8,000 $99
3rd place: $1,000
$8,000
18 R, 6 W
Brad $0 $5,000 $15,900 $16,001
New champion: $16,001
$16,200
19 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Sarah $1,000 $3,400 $7,000 $14,000
2nd place: $2,000
$7,000
11 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

WHAT'S THAT ON YOUR HEAD? GOVERNMENT JOBS 3 "E"s WORLD CAPITAL POINTS OF INTEREST SHAKIRA SHIPS DON'T LIE
$200 [6]
This Russian word for "grandmother" has come to mean a headscarf
a babushka
Brad
$200 [1]
He monitors behavior of released felons in Oklahoma or Florida
a parole officer
Will
$200 [5]
Here's the church, here's this tall pointed tower on top
the steeple
Will
$200 [20]
The tomb of Saladin is in this Syrian capital
Damascus
Brad
$200 [4]
In 2001 Shakira won a Grammy for an album from this acoustic MTV show
Unplugged
Will
$200 [2]
In Portsmouth you can see the Mary Rose, a favorite of this king until it sank in 1545; it was raised in 1982
Henry VIII
Brad
$400 [7]
The name of this piece of headwear comes from the French for "tuft of hair"
a toupée
Brad Sarah
$400 [10]
She estimates market value of homes in Milwaukee so as to set taxes
an assessor
Will
$400 [14]
Your accountant would be quite familiar with one of these
a spreadsheet
Will
$400 [28]
Afghanistan's capital since 1776, of all years, is this city whose sights include Babur's Gardens
Kabul
Brad
$400 [15]
A 2009 Shakira album was titled this, also a term for the creature that suckled Romulus & Remus
She Wolf
Sarah
$400 [3]
Go to vasamuseet.se & you can see a 17th centurywarship from this country
Sweden
Will Sarah
$600 [8]
Oleg Cassini dressed Jackie for JFK's inauguration while Halston put this style of hat on her head
a pillbox
Sarah
$600 [11]
CM for short; runs daily operations in Dallas
a city manager
Will
$600 [19]
The American Kennel Club offers certified ones listing a dog's ancestry for 4 or 5 generations
a pedigree
Will
$600 [26]
One night in this Asian city, go to Wat Traimit, a temple with a 5 1/2-ton solid gold Buddha statue
Bangkok
Will
$600 [16]
Shakira's hit "Hips Don't Lie" featured this musician who in 2010 announced that he wanted to be Haiti's president
Wyclef Jean
Sarah
$600 [27]
A portion of the CSS Georgia, one of these "metallic" Civil War ships, was recovered in 2013 from a Georgia river
an ironclad
Will Brad
$800 [9]
Boniface VIIIis seen wearing this papal headgear, also a term for a princess's crown
a tiara
Will
$800 [12]
Oversees the executive office of the president to help the big man make decisions
the Chief of Staff
Will
$800 [22]
Considered a delicacy, it's the more pleasant-sounding name for the thymus or pancreas of an animal
a sweetbread
Sarah
$1,000 [21]
If you're heading to A.A.--this world capital, of course!--take pictures of the Jubilee Palace
Addis Ababa
Will
$800 [17]
This Latin dance & fitness craze ran a 2014 contest for best moves to Shakira's "Dare (La La La)", a favorite in its classes
Zumba
Brad
$800 [30]
In 1968 this rich eccentric teamed with the CIA to build the Glomar Explorer, which retrieved parts of a Soviet sub
Howard Hughes
Will
$1,000 [25]
Philip Treacy made the hats with this name that tells you that they capture & hold your attention
a fascinator
Sarah
$1,000 [13]
Chief lawman for the U.S. House; says, "Mr. Speaker, the President of the United States"
the sergeant at arms
Will
$1,000 [23]
14-letter word for someone from Florida, Georgia or South Carolina
Southeasterner
Brad
DD $2,000 [24]
Enjoy the Van Gogh Museum & the Stock Exchange, founded in 1602 in this city... but don't stop for any red lights
Amsterdam
Brad
$1,000 [18]
"Can't Remember To Forget You" was a 2014 hit for Shakira & this other single-named foreign-born star
Rihanna
Sarah
$1,000 [29]
In 2000 the Russian sub Kursk was raised from the bottom of this Arctic sea bounded by Russia & Norway
the Barents Sea
Will Sarah

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE KIDS ARE NOT ALL RIGHT OXYMORONS FINNISH HIM! THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION FEATURES OF CREATURES TV TITLES IN OTHER LANDS
$400 [9]
"Don't send me back to the wretched place I came from. Have mercy", begs this title orphan to Mr. Brownlow
Oliver Twist
Brad
$400 [7]
175 pounds is the maximum for professional boxers in this class
light-heavyweight
Will Brad
$400 [1]
Niklas Hed, Kim Dikert & Jarno Vakevainen founded Rovio, best known for this game series
Angry Birds
Brad
$800 [27]
In December 1776 John Glover & his fishermen ferried Washington's forces across this river to victory
the Delaware
Brad
$800 [15]
The arrectores pilorum muscles cause the quills to stand up on these creatures also called quill pigs
porcupines
Will
$800 [16]
Portugal:"A Guerra dos Tronos"
Game of Thrones
Will
$800 [11]
This 7-year-old orphan is kidnapped from the Swiss Alps & taken to Frankfurt
Heidi
Brad
$800 [8]
This oxymoronic dress code for the office can include neatly pressed tailored pieces but never gym clothes or bare midriffs
business casual
Sarah
$800 [2]
Linus Torvalds completed the earliest version of this computer operating system at age 21 at the Univ. of Helsinki
Linux
Brad
$1,200 [24]
A slave, Quamino Dolly, led the British through swamps to attack the Colonists at the 1778 battle of this Ga. port
Savannah
Brad
$1,200 [4]
The Cape foxis also called the this-eared fox after the flying creature it resembles
bat
Brad
$1,200 [14]
Belgium:"Sterren op de Dansvloer"
Dancing with the Stars
Will
$1,200 [10]
"The Complete Wreck" is the collection of books 1-13 about the oft-in-distress Baudelaire kids by this author
Lemony Snicket
Sarah
$1,200 [20]
Go to the Vital Records office of the county in which you were born to get an original one of these of your birth certificate
an original copy
Sarah
$1,200 [3]
Playing with Wayne Gretzky, "The Great One", on this '80s team, pesky Esa Tikkanen was "The Grate One"
the Edmonton Oilers
Will
$1,600 [25]
This "Green Mountain Boy" was captured by the British in September 1775 & held prisoner for 2 years
Ethan Allen
Will Sarah
DD $1,500 [5]
This creature of the genus Hippocampus has a prehensile tail & a brood pouch
a seahorse
Brad
$1,600 [17]
Slovenia:"Raymonda imajo vsi radi"
Everybody Loves Raymond
Will
$1,600 [12]
"Perhaps there aren't any grownups anywhere", says Ralph at the start of this 1954 novel
Lord of the Flies
Brad
$1,600 [21]
This literary genre matter-of-factly includes mythical elements in the narrative, as seen in the work of Isabel Allende
magical realism
Brad
$1,600 [23]
He studied law in Helsinki before completing his first large-scale orchestral work, 1892's "Kullervo Symphony"
Jean Sibelius
$2,000 [26]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reads the clue from Valley Forge Nat'l Historical Park in Pennsylvania.) Soon after leaving Valley Forge, our troops proved themselves in this New Jersey battle, the last major northern battle of the war
the Battle of Monmouth
Will
$2,000 [6]
Here's this lizard species, showing off its blue tongue
a skink
Brad
$2,000 [18]
Spain:"Sangre Fresca"
True Blood
Sarah
DD $2,000 [13]
"Veruca Salt, the little brute, has just gone down the garbage chute", wrote this author
(Roald) Dahl
Brad
$2,000 [22]
Henry Fox Talbot invented this oxymoronic photo-developing process in 1835
negative positive
$2,000 [19]
A critic said this conductor made the L.A. Phil "the most intellectually lively orchestra in America"
Esa-Pekka Salonen

Final Jeopardy!

RIVERS

This North American river first sailed by Europeans in 1534 is named for a man who was martyred in Rome in the 3rd century

the St. Lawrence River

Sarah "What is the St Lawrence River?" — wagered $7,000
Will "What is Paul" — wagered $7,901
Brad "What is the St. Lawrence?" — wagered $101

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