Show #7072 2015-05-19 (taped 2015-03-03) Regular

Andrew Haringer game 4.

Contestants

Liz Rapelye — a mother and writer from South Plainsfield, New Jersey

Todd Grabarsky — a lawyer from Los Angeles, California

Andrew Haringer — a college instructor from Squamish, British Columbia, Canada (whose 3-day cash winnings total $45,999)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Andrew $4,000 $10,000 $13,200 $26,400
4-day champion: $72,399
$9,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Todd $1,600 $1,400 $13,600 $799
3rd place: $1,000
$12,200
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Liz $-3,000 $-3,000 $7,400 $5,800
2nd place: $2,000
$7,400
10 R, 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

CHARLIE OSCAR WHISKEY SIERRA COWS THE NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET
$200 [27]
A small museum devoted to the history of this barrier is located at Checkpoint Charlie on Friedrichstrasse
the Berlin Wall
Andrew
$200 [2]
This film about a family of superheroes beat out "Shrek 2" & "Shark Tale" as 2004's Best Animated Feature
The Incredibles
Andrew
$200 [1]
To be called Scotch, whisky must age for a minimum of 3 years in casks of this wood
oak
Liz
$200 [15]
The treasures of this chief mountain system in Mexico include silver & gold, mined there since the 16th century
the Sierra Madres
Andrew
$200 [23]
This cow part is made up of 4 independent glands, each with its own teat
the udder
Andrew
$600 [4]
Q:7 1/2 million French speakers can't be wrong
Quebec
Todd
$600 [21]
Charles Townes shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in physics for his role in creating this light-emitting device
a laser
Andrew
$400 [3]
The title of this 2014 Best Picture refers to a superhero that Michael Keaton once played
Birdman
Todd
$400 [12]
As declared by Congress in 1964, the official native spirit of the United States is this type of whiskey
bourbon
Andrew
$400 [16]
Sierra Negra volcano on Isabela Island in this Ecuadorian group has a caldera roughly 6 miles wide
the Galápagos
Todd
$400 [24]
Until a cow gives birth to a calf, she is known by this term that scoffs at the "I before E except after C" rule
a heifer
$800 [5]
U:As an adjective, it means "unvarying"
uniform
Liz
$800 [7]
In the 1980s Congressman Charlie Wilson secretly steered money to rebels fighting the USSR in this country
Afghanistan
Andrew
$600 [8]
(Al Gore delivers the clue.) This film about my campaign to recognize climate change as a worldwide problem won the Oscar in 2006 for Best Documentary Feature
An Inconvenient Truth
Andrew
$600 [13]
The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 against taxes on booze took place in this state's Monongahela Valley
Pennsylvania
Todd Liz
$600 [17]
This country's General Manuel Belgrano peak is the highest point in the Sierra de Famatina, a range in the Andes
Argentina
Andrew Todd
$600 [25]
Cattlemen watch out for this weed so named because it makes cows act crazy
locoweed
$1,000 [6]
N:Melville wrote of "a damp, drizzly" one "in my soul"
November
DD $4,800 [22]
In the 1850s this American inventor wrote "Gum-elastic and Its Varieties"
(Charles) Goodyear
Andrew
$800 [9]
1980's Best Picture nominees included 2 black & white films: "The Elephant Man" & this boxing film
Raging Bull
Todd
$800 [11]
This Tennessee man's career in the whiskey business started in 1863 while he was still a teenager
Jack Daniel
Andrew Todd Liz
$800 [19]
This New Mexico city renamed in 1950 for a radio game show is the seat of Sierra County
Truth or Consequences
$800 [18]
The black, polled beef cattle aka the Aberdeen this was introduced to the U.S. in 1873
Angus
Andrew
$1,000 [10]
She received 2 1982 acting Oscar nominations, both for playing actresses--a soap star & a '40s film star
Jessica Lange
Liz
$1,000 [14]
Sure, I'll take a glass of Russell's Reserve this, the third "R"
rye
Andrew
$1,000 [20]
The Sierra de Gata mountains in Spain & Portugal serve as a barrier between the basins of the Douro River & this river
the Tagus
$1,000 [26]
Developed in the same-named county in England, this breed is a big name in beef
Hereford

Double Jeopardy! Round

A VISIT TO SLEEPY HOLLOW IT'S A "CUR"IOUS THING FRENCH HISTORY ENTERTAINMENT ADVERBS LITERARY CAST OF CHARACTERS ETERNAL DAN NATION
$400 [23]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Sleepy Hollow, New York.) Among Sleepy Hollow Cemetery's notable residents is this titan of industry; his marker says, "Born Dunfermline Scotland 25 November 1835"
Carnegie
Todd
$400 [22]
A treat for the feet including toenail trimming
a pedicure
Liz
$400 [7]
France, you've lost a 1340 naval battle to England to start this war, but it's a long way from over--I mean a long way
the Hundred Years' War
Andrew
$400 [21]
"The rain in Spain stays" this way "in the plain"
mainly
Liz
$400 [20]
Santiago &Manolin
The Old Man and the Sea
Liz
$400 [24]
19th century nationalist leader Daniel O'Connell
Ireland
Todd
$800 [26]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Sleepy Hollow, New York.) It was here in Sleepy Hollow's Patriots Park, on September 23rd, 1780, where three militiamencaptured John André, who held the plans of this man to turn over West Point to the British
(Benedict) Arnold
Todd
$1,600 [27]
It's caused by vitamin C deficiency
scurvy
Andrew
$800 [8]
It's the facility representedhereduring a 1789 event
the Bastille
Liz
$800 [10]
It precedes "Ballroom" in a Baz Luhrmann title
strictly
Todd
$800 [17]
Claude Frollo &Esmeralda
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Todd
$800 [19]
Dan Aykroyd, before he crossed the streams
Canada
Liz
$1,200 [28]
Thehomecalled Kykuit, meaning "lookout", housed 4 generations of this family who founded Standard Oil
Rockefeller
Todd
$2,000 [25]
Its last car, a Grand Marquis, rolled off the assembly line in 2011
Mercury
Liz
$1,200 [9]
France enjoyed a round of "Frere Jacques" in 1995 when he went from being mayor of Paris to the presidency
Jacques Chirac
Andrew
$1,200 [4]
Risky adverb Christopher Koch chose to complete his novel title "The Year of Living..."
dangerously
Todd
$1,200 [1]
Elinor & Marianne Dashwood
Sense and Sensibility
Liz
$1,200 [11]
Longtime politician Daniel Akaka
the United States
Andrew
$1,600 [13]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Sleepy Hollow, New York.) A familymausoleumin Sleepy Hollow Cemetery contains this Queen of Mean hotel heiress, whose will left $12 million to her dog named Trouble
(Leona) Helmsley
Andrew
$1,600 [14]
In 1929 France began to build this "line" of heavy defensive fortifications against Germany
the Maginot Line
Todd
$1,600 [5]
Devotedly or staunchly; Journey sang, "I'm forever yours..." this
faithfully
Liz
$1,600 [2]
Celie, Nettie, Shug Avery
The Color Purple
Liz
$2,000 [18]
Psychologist & 2002 Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman
Israel
DD $2,400 [15]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Sleepy Hollow, New York.) In an 1849 letter, Washington Irving wrote, "Naming it" this "instead of the Sleepy Hollow cemetery was a blunder"; Irving also noted, "I shall one day lay my bones there", & was correct
Tarrytown Cemetery
Todd
$2,000 [16]
In 1685 Louis XIV revoked the Edict of this, which had guaranteed freedom of worship to French Protestants
Nantes
Liz
$2,000 [6]
In a Motels song title taken from Tennessee Williams, it comes before "Last Summer"
suddenly
Andrew
$2,000 [3]
Cecilia & Briony Tallis, Robbie Turner
Atonement
Todd
DD $5,400 [12]
Dan Jacobson, author of 1959's "The Zulu and the Zeide"
South Africa
Todd

Final Jeopardy!

EUROPEAN CITIES

The European Central Bank is based in this city sometimes called "Mainhattan"

Frankfurt

Liz "What is Zurich?" — wagered $1,600
Andrew "What is Frankfurt?" — wagered $13,200
Todd "What is Amsterdam?" — wagered $12,801

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