Show #7017 2015-03-03 Regular

Contestants

Erin Summers — an actuary from Reno, Nevada

Alvin Chin — a tutor from Highland Park, New Jersey

Thomas Phillips — a graduate student originally from Greenville, Alabama (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,601)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Thomas $7,400 $10,400 $10,000 $3,899
3rd place: $1,000
$8,800
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Alvin $800 $200 $16,100 $32,100
New champion: $32,100
$10,200
13 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Erin $2,800 $7,200 $23,400 $14,400
2nd place: $2,000
$20,800
24 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE CARTER FAMILY SNAKES BOB RHYME STATE CAPITAL HEADQUARTERS ALL THINGS GOLDEN ICE DANCING
$200 [9]
In 2014 Jason Carter lost his bid for this position that his grandpa Jimmy held from 1971 to 1975
governor of Georgia
Alvin
$200 [30]
3-letter term for naja haje, an Egyptian snake which was sometimes used to commit suicide
an asp
Alvin
$200 [22]
A slovenly, unkempt person
a slob
Alvin
$200 [5]
Coca-Cola
Atlanta
Thomas
$200 [21]
In a fable, a farmer discovers that this bird lays golden eggs
a hen (or a goose)
Erin
$200 [7]
(Meryl Davis and Charlie White deliver the clue.) Ice dancing was once a social sport in which top-hatted men parade on the ice with ladies in long dresses; the skaters incorporated elements of ballroom dancing, like this elegant dance from Vienna
the waltz
Thomas
$400 [11]
13 years younger, he was Jimmy's only brother
Billy
Erin
$400 [23]
Weighing up to 500 pounds, the world's heaviest snake is the green this, a boa that lives near South American rivers
an anaconda
Thomas
$400 [26]
A snooty, arrogant person
a snob
Erin
$400 [4]
John Hancock Financial Services
Boston
Thomas
$400 [20]
The American Society of Civil Engineers chose this landmark as one of the 7 wonders of the modern world
the Golden Gate Bridge
Erin
$400 [27]
(Meryl Davis and Charlie White deliver the clue.) We were longtime fans of "Dancing With the Stars" before we competed on it; in fact, this"DWTS" pro and multiple winner of the show's Mirrorball trophy helped choreograph our short program for Sochi
Derek Hough
$600 [12]
Jimmy Carter was a Jr.; his dad was known by this, their middle name
Earl
Thomas
$600 [15]
In 2014 a deadly albino type of this snake native to India & neighbors was captured roaming a S. Calif. neighborhood
a cobra
Thomas
$600 [14]
In a 1958 film it was Steve McQueen vs. it
the Blob
Alvin
$800 [2]
Aetna Insurance & Health Care
Hartford
Thomas
$600 [19]
Happy golden anniversary! Congratulations on this many years of marriage
50
Erin
$600 [6]
(Meryl Davis and Charlie White deliver the clue.) The hot ticket at the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo was the final free dance in ice dancing; that's when this British pair performed to Ravel's "Bolero", earning a gold medal and 9 perfect scores for artistic impression, a feat that has never been duplicated
Torvill and Dean
Erin
$800 [8]
In 1977, Jimmy's office had this visitor seen here
Amy
Erin
$800 [13]
A rattlesnake's rattle is made of interlocking rings of this protein, just like our fingernails
keratin
Thomas
$800 [25]
A cylinder of maize
a cob
Thomas
$1,000 [1]
Zions Bancorporation
Salt Lake City
Thomas
$800 [17]
According to the AKC, in 2013 it was the third most popular breed of dog
golden retriever
Thomas
$800 [28]
(Meryl Davis and Charlie White deliver the clue.) In 2014, we skated to music by a great Russian composer, Rimsky-Korsakov; we used this symphonic suite in which I assume the title role of a sultan's wife who spins stories to entertain her husband
"Scheherazade"
Erin
$1,000 [16]
Jimmy's mom, known as "Miss" this, went to work for the Peace Corps at the age of 68
Lillian
Thomas
$1,000 [10]
Everyone loves to vacation in F-L-A, including the nearly 19-foot Burmese this found in Miami-Dade in 2013
a python
Erin
$1,000 [24]
A deep pulsation of pain or love
a throb
Thomas
DD $1,800 [3]
3M
St. Paul
Thomas
$1,000 [18]
In Exodus 32 he fashions a golden calf
Aaron
Alvin Erin
$1,000 [29]
(Meryl Davis and Charlie White deliver the clue.) A key move is this traveling turn done on one foot; the judges are watching for us to put the other foot down at the same time
twizzles
Erin

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE CROSS WOMEN AUTHORS GEOGRAPHIC ETYMOLOGY TRIPLE TALK SONGS OH "NO"! DRUNK HISTORY
$400 [25]
Medical aid following an 1859 battle led to the founding of this organization in 1863
(International Committee of) the Red Cross
Alvin
$400 [28]
The 2013 documentary "Beauty in Truth" looks at the life of this "Color Purple" author & activist
(Alice) Walker
Alvin
$400 [8]
Just under 3 million square miles, it gets its name from a Latin phrase that translates to "unknown southern land"
Australia
Alvin
$400 [11]
In a 1968 hit by the Ohio Express, this title preceded "I got love in my tummy, and I feel like a-lovin you"
"Yummy Yummy Yummy"
Erin
$400 [24]
The payload-containing front section of a rocket
the nosecone
Erin
$400 [1]
A bio of this president noted, "During the Vicksburg campaign he occasionally fell off the wagon"
(Ulysses) Grant
Erin
$800 [27]
Descanso is a Southwestern name for a cross usually seen here as an informal memorial
the roadside
Thomas Erin
$800 [30]
She wrote for children's TV shows like "Clarissa Explains It All" before turning out "The Hunger Games"
(Suzanne) Collins
Erin
$800 [7]
Spanish explorers named this river that originates in the same-named state due to its red hue
the Colorado
Alvin
$800 [12]
"Clang clang clang went the trolley" & this is the sound made by the bell in "The Trolley Song"
ding ding ding
Erin
$800 [23]
A referee's 2-word ruling that a boxing match doesn't count
no contest
Thomas
$800 [2]
Peter the Great's 51st birthday party included mandatory drinking of this from a barrel; Peter died at 52
vodka
Alvin
$1,200 [26]
In American Sign Language, the symbol for this word is crossing your arms in an "X" shape over your chest
love
Erin
$1,200 [29]
In 2013 Helen Fielding published her third novel featuring this now-50-something diarist
Bridget Jones
Erin
$1,600 [5]
This noted prince consort has the gateway city to northern Saskatchewan named for him--what an honor!
Prince Albert
Erin
$1,200 [13]
This winter title follows "The fire is slowly dying, and, my dear, we're still goodbye-ing, but as long as you love me so..."
"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"
Thomas
$1,200 [20]
A musical composition suggestive of night
a nocturne
Thomas
$1,200 [3]
Many a patriot hoisted a mug at the Warren Tavern, today a nice break from the red line of this Boston urban trail
the Freedom Trail
Thomas
$1,600 [10]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents images on the monitor.) The crux immissa is traditionally symbolic of the cross of Jesus; the crux decussata symbolizes martyrdom, specifically of this saint, who felt himself unworthy of crucifixion on Christ's cross
St. Andrew
Erin
$1,600 [14]
She introduced bounty hunter Stephanie Plum in 1994's "One for the Money"
(Janet) Evanovich
Alvin
$2,000 [4]
This country's name is from the Slavicized Turkish phrase "on ogur", which referred to the tribes who settled there
Hungary
$1,600 [22]
"Put another nickel in, in the nickelodeon, all I want is loving you and" this, this, this
"Music! Music! Music!"
Erin
$1,600 [19]
Sudden ideas or impulses, or cheap, useful items
notions
Erin
$2,000 [16]
In 1829 rumors of his alcoholism & infidelity led to this future pres. of the Republic of Texas separating from his wife
(Sam) Houston
Alvin
$2,000 [9]
As well as having this type of muscle, a bishop wears this type of cross, on a special chain
a pectoral
Thomas
$2,000 [15]
Appropriately "The Finishing School" was the final novel by this author of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"
Dame Muriel Spark
DD $3,800 [6]
Making up 2 Spanish provinces, they get their name from Latin for "islands of dogs", & the "dogs" may have been seals
the Canary Islands
Erin
$2,000 [21]
In this 1999 hit Destiny's Child complains, "You're slowly making me pay for things your money should be handling"
"Bills, Bills, Bills"
Thomas
$2,000 [17]
A small, rounded body of tissue
a nodule (or node)
Alvin
DD $7,500 [18]
This U.S. artist's 1945 marriage to Lee Krasner was a stabilizing factor he needed against his drinking
(Jackson) Pollock
Alvin

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. STATES

It's the only state name that can be typed using the letters on only one row of the standard keyboard

Alaska

Thomas "What is Georg" — wagered $6,101
Alvin "What is Alaska?" — wagered $16,000
Erin "What is Conn" — wagered $9,000

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