Show #7041 2015-04-06 Regular

Kerry Greene game 4.

Contestants

Eric Simmonds — an executive assistant from Los Angeles, California

Brian Carrick — a restaurant owner from Portland, Oregon

Kerry Greene — a volunteer guardian ad litem from Manchester, New Hampshire (whose 3-day cash winnings total $66,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Kerry $400 $2,600 $11,800 $23,600
4-day champion: $89,600
$11,800
17 R, 2 W
Brian $1,800 $3,200 $18,800 $6,600
2nd place: $2,000
$14,800
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Eric $5,600 $9,000 $14,800 $5,999
3rd place: $1,000
$16,000
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

DOUBLE A THE PRESIDENT'S PLEASURE SUPPORTING THE TV SHOW AROUND THE WORLD FACTA MORGANA YOU MAY BE A WALNUT...
$200 [7]
A standard Duracell AA battery shows its potential by packing this many volts
1.5
Kerry
$200 [11]
He not only plays the sax, he's composed a crossword puzzle for The New York Times
Clinton
Kerry
$200 [1]
Travel through time to see Bertram Cooper & Bobby Draper
Mad Men
Eric
$200 [16]
Latvia & Lithuania border this sea
the Baltic
Kerry
$200 [25]
In 2009 Morgan Freeman portrayed this world leader on-screen
(Nelson) Mandela
Eric
$200 [21]
...if this, your edible central seed, is partitioned in 2
the kernel
$400 [6]
AAR stands for "against all risks" or, as meteorologists might know, "average annual" this
rainfall
Eric
$400 [12]
A stamp collector, he was featured on a 1982 one that annoyed anti-smoking activists by including his cigarette
FDR
Eric
$400 [2]
Tracy Jordan & Jenna Maroney were the stars of the show within the show
30 Rock
Brian
$400 [17]
This country's Dannebrog is one of the world's oldest national flags
Denmark
Brian
$400 [24]
Helen Morgan wrote an entire book on the Blue Mauritius, a stamp issued in 1847 by an island in this ocean; 12 exist
the Indian Ocean
Eric
$400 [22]
...if you're used to makefudgein which this other tree precedes walnut
maple
Kerry Brian
$600 [8]
AAM refers to this repetitive missile, like a Sidewinder
air-to-air
Eric
$600 [13]
He more than dabbled in architecture, designing Virginia's capitol building, among others
Thomas Jefferson
Eric
$600 [3]
Marnie Michaels & Shoshanna Shapiro give alliterative & emotional support to Hannah Horvath
Girls
Brian
$600 [20]
This northern city is the most populous capital in Africa
Cairo
Kerry
$600 [26]
Thisglamorous star of TV & film began her career as a stand-in for Faye Dunnaway in "Bonnie and Clyde"
Morgan Fairchild
Brian
$600 [23]
...if you're used in charoset, a paste eaten on passover to remind Jews of this construction material
mortar
$800 [9]
Simple minds know that the Internet acronym AAK stands for this state of activity & well-being
alive and kicking
$800 [14]
He did not choose to run in 1928; he'd chosen daily 2-hour afternoon naps in the preceding 4 years, though
(Calvin) Coolidge
Eric
$800 [4]
Bobby Cobb & Grayson Ellis enjoyed some wine on this sitcom that truly hated its own name
Cougar Town
Brian
$800 [19]
It's the only Grand Duchy in the world
Luxembourg
Eric
$800 [27]
Morgantown is home to the Mountaineers of this university
the University of West Virginia
Eric
$800 [29]
...if your shell was the cradle of this tiny little thing in the Hans Christian Andersen tale about her
Thumbelina
Kerry Eric
$1,000 [10]
Sports enthusiasts who haven't turned pro may turn to this, the AAU
the Amateur Athletic Union
Eric
DD $2,800 [15]
He had his own cabin built next to the 10th tee at Augusta National Golf Course; ah, the perks of being prez!
Eisenhower
Eric
$1,000 [5]
Arlo Givens & Johnny Crowder dealt with law & disorder
Justified
$1,000 [18]
They're the 2 largest ethnic groups on Cyprus
Greek & Turkish
Eric
$1,000 [28]
Sometimes this mythological enchantress was King Arthur's sister; at other times, his enemy or healer
Morgan le Fay
Eric
$1,000 [30]
...if you're loaded with L-arginine, one of these alliterative compounds vital to growth & immunity
an amino acid
Kerry

Double Jeopardy! Round

WHAT MEN WANT 5-LETTER CAPITAL CITIES FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES SCIENCE "N" MEDICINE POETS' MONIKERS THEY PLAYED COACHELLA
$400 [11]
It was a woman who wrote that "A single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of" this
a wife
Kerry Brian
$400 [7]
Located on the Han River, it hosted the 21st Summer Olympics
Seoul
Brian
$400 [16]
Literally German for "lightning war", it's a sudden & overwhelming military attack
Blitzkrieg
Kerry
$400 [1]
You could say that this drug used to treat angina is dynamite! (Or close to)
nitroglycerin
Eric
$400 [30]
"Old Possum"
T.S. Eliot
Brian
$400 [24]
On the bill at the inaugural festival in 1999: Rage Against the Machine & this lead singer of the Smiths
Morrissey
Kerry
$800 [12]
These 2 men wrote, "You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find you get what you need"
(Mick) Jagger & (Keith) Richards
Eric
$800 [5]
Population 1.8 million, it's home to the National Opera & Ballet Theater of Belarus
Minsk
Kerry
$800 [17]
While some people are livin' la vida loca, others are livin' the sweet life, this in Italian
la dolce vita
Kerry
$800 [2]
It's the branch of pediatric medicine that specializes in the care of newborn babies up to 4 weeks of age
neonatology
Kerry
$800 [26]
"The Voice of New England" (born in San Francisco)
Robert Frost
Eric
$800 [23]
In 2012 this deceased rapper "performed" via hologram with Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg
Tupac
Kerry
$1,200 [13]
This author of "Madame Bovary" wrote, "My kingdom is as wide as the universe and my wants have no limits"
(Gustave) Flaubert
Kerry
$1,600 [9]
Have the wisdom to know that this capital lies at the geographic center of the Balkans
Sofia
Brian
$1,200 [18]
In Judaism Kaddish is a mourner's prayer; this similar-sounding prayer is recited over wine
kiddush
$1,200 [3]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew demonstrates by stirring a powder into a beaker of liquid.) When stomach acid, represented here, backs up into the esophagus, it causes heartburn; taking an antacid, which is a base, does this to some of the acid, relieving the symptoms
neutralize
Kerry
$1,600 [28]
Illinois native who was "The Poet of the People"
Carl Sandburg
Brian
$1,200 [22]
In 2003 this reunited band with a still-shirtless Iggy Pop rocked the house
the Stooges
Eric
$1,600 [14]
This coach clarified that "Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is"
(Vince) Lombardi
Kerry Eric
$2,000 [10]
It's the westernmost capital on the African mainland
Dakar
Eric
$1,600 [19]
Literally meaning "wind" & "water", it's the Chinese system of positioning objects to create harmony
feng shui
Brian
$1,600 [4]
Causing itching & rashes, most jewelry allergies are a reaction to this metallic element
nickel
Brian
$2,000 [29]
"The Bard of Ayrshire"
(Rabbie) Burns
Kerry
$1,600 [20]
In 2010 these big apes performed both "Dirty Harry" & "Clint Eastwood" in their set
Gorillaz
Brian
$2,000 [15]
In a letter to Jane Porter, this character wrote, "I want you. I am yours. You are mine"
Tarzan
DD $5,200 [8]
The oldest South American capital, it's located just south of the equator
Quito
Brian
$2,000 [25]
French for "stroke of mercy", it's a death blow, or any finishing or decisive stroke
a coup de grâce
Brian
$2,000 [6]
Each of the kidneys is made up of about 1 million of these filtering units
nephrons
Kerry
DD $3,000 [27]
"My Little Portuguese"
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Eric
$2,000 [21]
The 2014 festival featured more than 150 acts, including this superstar dance DJ born Sonny Moore
Skrillex
Eric

Final Jeopardy!

NYC LANDMARKS

The lobby of this landmark has an art deco ceiling fresco by Edward Trumbull called "Transport and Human Endeavor"

the Chrysler Building

Kerry "What is the Chrysler Building?" — wagered $11,800
Eric "What is Penn Station?" — wagered $8,801
Brian "What is Grand Central Station?" — wagered $12,200

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