Show #7015 2015-02-27 Regular

Contestants

Richmond Curtiss — a location coordinator from Palm Springs, California

Natalie Kistner — a director of business development from Plano, Texas

Jose Garriga — a communications specialist from Washington, D.C. (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,401)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jose $2,900 $7,700 $19,800 $22,001
2-day champion: $38,402
$19,400
26 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Natalie $1,800 $4,600 $11,000 $4,399
2nd place: $2,000
$11,000
13 R, 0 W
Richmond $2,600 $3,000 $2,000 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$7,000
13 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

HOW INNOVATIVE! U.N. INTERNATIONAL YEARS AT THE DRUGSTORE NOT IN THE BIBLE MUSICAL SHE'S CATTY WORDS & PHRASES
$200 [1]
Duke University has developed a prototype for a cloak that grants this power, just like Harry Potter's
invisibility
Jose
$200 [6]
1967: The year of these recreational travelers, to foster "better understanding among peoples everywhere"
tourists
Jose
$200 [11]
In the 1950s chemist Graham Wulff created this moisturizer for his wife; "Oil Of" was later dropped from the brand's name
Olay
Richmond
$200 [22]
Bernice, Bacchus, Bartimaeus
Bacchus
Richmond
$200 [17]
"She's just a girl who claims that I am the one, but the kid is not my son"
"Billie Jean"
Natalie
$200 [12]
This narrow elevated pathway can be on the side of a bridge or above a theater stage
a catwalk
Jose
$400 [2]
Matching swatches? The "everyday spectrometer" has a light filter that identifies the true this of any object
color
Jose
$400 [7]
2008:These, like Hausa & Lettish
languages
Jose
$400 [23]
This household disinfectant brand has been around since 1889
Lysol
Jose
$400 [24]
Lois, Lydia, Luther
Luther
Jose
$400 [18]
"Picture yourself in a boat on a river"
"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"
Jose
$400 [13]
A sullen person both has & is this, literally a "tart face"
a sourpuss
Natalie
$600 [3]
A genetically engineered type of this infectious agent, of which influenza is a type, is treating U.K. heart patients
a virus
Natalie
DD $500 [8]
2004:Commemorating the struggle against this & its abolition, which sadly still hasn't happened
slavery
Jose
$600 [28]
This herb cough drop maker has its headquarters in Laufen, a Swiss city in the Jura Mountains
Ricola
Jose
$600 [25]
Alexander, Amenhotep, Agrippa
Amenhotep
Jose
$600 [19]
"She's got it, yeah, baby, she's got it"
"Venus"
Jose
$600 [14]
It's a pool of money to which several have contributed for a specific purpose
a kitty
Richmond
$800 [4]
Scientists around the world are working on this type of animal-friendly meat, from the Latin for "glass"
in vitro meat
$800 [9]
2010:This word meaning the variety of life on earth
biodiversity
Natalie
$800 [29]
Sweeper & Wetjet are part of this cleaning system
Swiffer
Natalie
$800 [26]
Annas, Atreyu, Aquila
Atreyu
Jose Richmond
$800 [20]
"She rings like a bell through the night & wouldn't you love to love her"
"Rhiannon"
Natalie
$800 [15]
Seen here is a double-feline image, catkins on this small tree
a pussywillow
Richmond
$1,000 [5]
"The world's smallest movie" uses atoms & this type of animation in which the camera takes a break as objects are moved
stop-motion
Jose
$1,000 [10]
2013:This high-protein grain from South America
quinoa
Richmond
$1,000 [30]
This shaving cream was developed in 1919 by Frank Shields, a former M.I.T. professor
Barbasol
Richmond
$1,000 [27]
Shadrach, Shamash, Shalmaneser
Shamash
$1,000 [21]
"Men have named you, you're so like the lady with the mystic smile"
"Mona Lisa"
Jose
$1,000 [16]
Though he was a dynamo in addition to designing one, Thomas Edison was famous for taking these during the day
catnaps
Natalie

Double Jeopardy! Round

LUCKY 7 HISTORICAL FICTION 1970s BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNERS ALL ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT "UT" GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES
$400 [21]
The 7 levels of classification in traditional taxonomy began with kingdom & ended with this one
species
Richmond
$400 [11]
Hilary Mantel's "Bring Up the Bodies" covers the arrest, trial & beheading of this second wife of Henry VIII
Anne Boleyn
Richmond
$400 [6]
In Hoffman vs. Streep, this film came out on top
Kramer vs. Kramer
Jose
$400 [16]
The Court Building has bronze doors depicting scenes in this history of law, like him sealing the Magna Carta
King John
Jose
$400 [2]
During pregnancy, it expands to about 24 times its regular size
the uterus
Natalie
$1,200 [24]
Body of water called "The Main Street Of Russia"
the Volga
Richmond
$800 [22]
The Ocean's Seven Distance Swimming Challenge includes the English Channel & this strait at the bottom of Europe
Gibraltar
Jose
$800 [12]
"Fever" is a novel of Mary Mallon, a cook accused of carrying this fever & causing multiple outbreaks
Typhoid
Natalie
$800 [7]
Starting with "The Godfather", this actor was nominated for an acting Oscar 4 straight years
Al Pacino
Richmond
$800 [17]
(Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor gives the clue.) In Planned Parenthood v. Casey, an opinion I wrote with 2 other justices applied stare decisis, or respect for precedent, in broadly upholding this controversial 1973 decision
Roe v. Wade
Richmond
$800 [3]
It's a commodity or service such as electricity, water or transportation that is provided to the public
a utility
Natalie
$2,000 [26]
"Land Of The Leek"
Wales
Jose
$1,200 [23]
Charles Bronson & Steve McQueen were 2 of this title western-film heptad
The Magnificent Seven
Richmond
$1,200 [13]
"The Madonnas Of Leningrad" tells of safeguarding the art of this museum as Luftwaffe bombs pound the city
the Hermitage
Jose
$1,200 [8]
Heard in this 1977 winner:"They did not take me in the army... I was a 4-P... in the event of war, I'm a hostage"
Annie Hall
Jose
$1,200 [18]
John Roberts had this job for William Rehnquist; Rehnquist had it for Justice Robert H. Jackson
clerk
Richmond
$1,200 [1]
From the French for "begin", it's a young woman who is making her formal presentation into society
a debutante
Jose Natalie
DD $5,000 [25]
Mountain range that forms "the backbone of Italy"
the Apennines
Richmond
$1,600 [27]
In Hindu medical thought, the body has 7 major energy centers called these, from Sanskrit for "wheel"
chakras
Natalie
$2,000 [15]
A novel about this artist is narrated by her younger sister Cristina, who, in the book, poses nude for Diego Rivera
Frida Kahlo
Jose
$1,600 [9]
This actor turned down an Oscar for "Patton"; the producer accepted one
George C. Scott
Natalie
$1,600 [19]
(Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor gives the clue.) The justices' private dining room has portraits of these 2 early 19th century men, a reminder of the case that gave the Supreme Court authority to declare a law unconstitutional
Marbury & Madison
Jose
$1,600 [4]
A person who is engaged in a dangerous but rewarding adventure such as one who sailed with Jason
an argonaut
Jose
DD $2,100 [14]
"That Fateful Lightning" is "a novel of" this Civil War general looking back on his life while he's dying of cancer
(Ulysses) Grant
Jose
$2,000 [10]
The hero deals with heroin in this 1971 winner
The French Connection
$2,000 [20]
Rule 3 of the Supreme Court says, "The Court holds a continuous annual term" starting on this day
the first Monday in October
Jose Richmond
$2,000 [5]
It can mean a punch with the fist or less direct power & influence
clout
Jose

Final Jeopardy!

AUTHORS & FILMMAKERS

This author had a bitter feud with Michael Moore over the title of a 2004 documentary

Ray Bradbury

Richmond "Who is" — wagered $2,000
Natalie "Who is Crichton?" — wagered $6,601
Jose "Who is Bradbury?" — wagered $2,201

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