Show #7011 2015-02-23 (taped 2014-12-10) Regular

Contestants

Britt Harter — an enviromental sustainability consultant from Dorchester, Massachusetts

Gemma Kaneko — a baseball writer originally from Rochester Hills, Michigan

Dava-Leigh Brush — a stay-at-home mom from Arnold, Missouri (whose 1-day cash winnings total $1,500)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Dava-Leigh $2,000 $2,600 $5,800 $10,001
2-day champion: $11,501
$5,800
14 R, 2 W
Gemma $1,600 $2,200 $4,200 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$6,400
12 R (including 1 DD), 8 W (including 1 DD)
Britt $3,800 $7,200 $10,000 $8,399
2nd place: $2,000
$9,600
18 R (including 1 DD), 6 W

Jeopardy! Round

HARLEQUIN ROMANCE NOVEL TITLES 2014 THE SHAPE OF THINGS FOREIGN WORDS IN SONG TITLES 3 M THE STATE OF WASHINGTON HUSKIES & COUGARS
$200 [16]
"A Stolen Kiss from" one of these junior royals
a prince
Dava-Leigh
$200 [15]
In case you were wondering, yes, C&H still makes sugar in this shape
cubes
Gemma
$200 [4]
"When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's" this
amore
Britt
$200 [14]
If we had 10 in our show's Bible, the first would be "Thou shalt respond in the form of a question"
commandments
Gemma
$200 [11]
Seattle's American Messenger Company was the genesis of what is today this large delivery firm
UPS
Dava-Leigh
$200 [1]
The word "husk" as applied to dogs may come from a corruption of this name of a native people who use them in the snow
eskimo
Britt
$400 [27]
"Rescued by" this ideal future husband
Mr. Right
Britt
$400 [22]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew presents.) Consisting of 2 perpendicular line segments & a semicircle, a geometric tool for angle trisection is called this, like a Native American handaxe
tomahawk
$400 [5]
"That's Life"; that's this French song title
"C'est La Vie"
Dava-Leigh Gemma
$400 [17]
A dead Egyptian body, or a live British matriarch
a mummy
Dava-Leigh
$400 [12]
From 5000 B.C. to the 1800s A.D., Native American tribes lived in the foothills of this mountain they called "Takhoma"
Mount Rainier
Dava-Leigh
$400 [2]
This 2-word term is a "mane" alternate name for the cougar
a mountain lion
Dava-Leigh
$600 [28]
With an alliterative title, "The Maverick" this rich guy
a millionaire
Gemma
$600 [23]
It's the geometric shape with a circular base in one plane that tapers to a point in another plane
a cone
Dava-Leigh
$600 [6]
Umphrey's McGee has a tune called "No" this, Spanish for "devil"
Diablo
Dava-Leigh
$600 [18]
The shrewlike Morganucodon was one of the first of this animal class
a mammal
Dava-Leigh Gemma Britt
$600 [13]
After heavy rain in March 2014, one of these moving at 60 MPH crushed the small town of Oso
mudslide
Gemma Britt
$600 [3]
Heterochromia, usually meaning these are of different colors, is relatively common in huskies
eyes
Gemma
DD $600 [29]
From "Just Friends to... Just" this
Married
Gemma
$800 [24]
This shape seenhereis also a gem cut, but there's no need to cry about it
a teardrop
Britt
$800 [7]
This 3-word Spanish Santana title says, "Hear how it goes", it being a great jam
Oye Como Va
Britt
$800 [20]
To honor an event, such as Veterans Day, by some observance
commemorate
Britt
$800 [19]
A state penitentiary is in this double-talk city
Walla Walla
Britt
$800 [9]
Before he was dubbed "Cougar" & made a name as a musician, he came to New York City to paint; a recent work is seen here
John Mellencamp
Gemma
$1,000 [26]
If you have an aquiline nose, it's shaped like the beak of this bird
an eagle
Britt
$1,000 [8]
Don't turn around, uh uh oh, this guy, German for "Detective Superintendent" is in town, uh uh oh
Der Kommissar
Britt
$1,000 [21]
Force exhibited by a moving body; let's see if you'll gain it
momentum
Britt
$1,000 [25]
In 1958 Boeing introduced this model, the first American passenger jet put into commercial service
the 707
$1,000 [10]
Slower than some prey, the cougar uses this sneaky 6-letter tactic Hannibal used on the Romans at Lake Trasimeno
an ambush
Britt

Double Jeopardy! Round

PAPER OR PLASTIC? BODIES OF WATER DURING THE REIGN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH I 17-LETTER WORDS A "LITTLE" LITERATURE MOVIE CHARCTER MASHUPS
$400 [13]
A legend says one wish will be granted if you make 1,000 cranes using this Japanese art of paper folding
origami
Britt
$400 [12]
The Uruguay River forms the border between Uruguay & the province of Entre Rios in this neighbor to the south & west
Argentina
Gemma Britt
$400 [11]
In 1593 botanist Carolus Clusius brought these bulbs to Leiden, which liked 'em
tulips
Dava-Leigh
$400 [18]
The development of modern factories & the means of production on a regional or national scale
industrialization
Britt
$400 [1]
In this 1871 sequel Jo March & her husband run a school for boys in their home
Little Men
Dava-Leigh Gemma
$400 [6]
Barnabas Scissorhands
Johnny Depp
Dava-Leigh
$800 [14]
Initially called Health Kups, these paper cups got a less clinical name a few years later
Dixie Cups
Britt
$800 [21]
The Lomonosov Ridge in this ocean runs from Ellesmere Island to the New Siberian Islands
the Arctic Ocean
Britt
$800 [24]
Incorporating earlier collections of books, the Bodleian Library opened at this university in 1602
Oxford
Dava-Leigh Britt
$800 [19]
It's having a business meeting in 2 or more locations at once, linked by "v"isual technology
videoconferencing
Dava-Leigh Gemma Britt
$800 [2]
In 2014 Sara Shepard released "Toxic", the 15th book in this bestselling series about 4 Pennsylvania teens
Pretty Little Liars
$800 [7]
Howard Gatsby
Leonardo DiCaprio
Dava-Leigh
$1,200 [15]
This song by Robin Thicke says, "You don't need no papers" & "You're far from plastic"
"Blurred Lines"
$1,200 [22]
Ports on this reef-filled sea include Brisbane, Australia & Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
the Coral Sea
Gemma
$1,200 [25]
In 1579, during their round-the-world voyage, this man & his crew landed in California & called it New Albion
Sir Francis Drake
Gemma
$1,200 [20]
UC Berkeley students range across areas of learning with the major called ISF, this kind of "studies field"
interdisciplinary
Britt
$1,200 [3]
In this 1886 story 7-year old Cedric Errol cuts a striking figure in black velvet, lace collar & yellow curls
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Gemma Britt
$1,200 [8]
Clarice Leonowens
Jodie Foster
Dava-Leigh
$1,600 [16]
Invented in 1973, these kits get their catchy name from the way the plastic sheets get smaller when colored & baked
Shrinky Dinks
Gemma
DD $2,000 [23]
To control floods, the Venetian Republic built dikes on this, the major river of the republic
the Po
Britt
$1,600 [4]
This Dickens title character sews to earn money to help her father, who's been imprisoned for debt
Little Dorrit
Gemma
$1,600 [9]
Fantine Thermopolis
Anne Hathaway
Gemma
$2,000 [17]
Thistrademark plastic was a popular material for costume jewelry
Bakelite
Britt
DD $2,000 [5]
In this 1933 Erskine Caldwell novel, a character sets aside a small piece of land, the income of which is to go to the church
God's Little Acre
Gemma
$2,000 [10]
Roxie Jones
Renée Zellweger
Gemma

Final Jeopardy!

2014 EVENTS

To prepare venues hosting this event, 12 billion perennial ryegrass seeds were imported from Manitoba, 5,000 miles away

the World Cup

Gemma "What is Whiskey Festval?" — wagered $4,200
Dava-Leigh "What is the World Cup?" — wagered $4,201
Britt "What is Wimbledon?" — wagered $1,601

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