Show #7076 2015-05-25 Regular

Contestants

Amy Berg — a graduate student in philosophy from San Diego, California

Michael Buss — a creative director from Tiburon, California

Choyon Manjrekar — an urban planner from Providence, Rhode Island (whose 2-day cash winnings total $42,700)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Choyon	$3,600	$5,600	$14,000	$14,000 3-day champion: $56,700	$14,000 25 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W (including 1 DD)
Michael	$1,000	$4,600	$6,600	$1 2nd place: $2,000	$6,600 11 R, 1 W
Amy	$-800	$2,200	$6,600	$1 3rd place: $1,000	$6,600 11 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

STATE OF THE UNION HEADQUARTERS	TV-"G"	PORTMANTEAU WORDS	WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARROTS	GRIME & PUNISHMENT	DOSTOYEVSKY
$200 [2] The Screen Actors Guild-AFTRA California Choyon	$200 [16] After graduating from high school on this series, Rachel & Kurt headed to New York Glee Amy	$200 [1] The little-used word diaphane provides this transparent packaging material with the second half of its name cellophane Michael	$200 [17] The smallest species of lovebirds are nicknamed maddies because they are native to this African island Madagascar Choyon	$200 [10] These "quality" cotton swabs now come in antimicrobial--great for cleaning scrapes Q-tips Choyon	$600 [15] 4 years in this type of place in Siberia yielded "The House of the Dead", which began a tradition of Russian works set there a prison (camp) Choyon Michael
$400 [14] United Auto Workers Michigan Choyon	$400 [21] James Arness played a marshal on this long-running Western Gunsmoke Choyon	$400 [3] Robert Borkenstein patented this device that police use to determine a driver's level of intoxication a Breathalyzer Choyon	$400 [29] The high-living kea lives in mountainous areas of this country's South Island & pesters skiers New Zealand Choyon	$400 [12] (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.) An electrostatic precipitator removes pollution from the air with shocks; positively charged plates collect impurities that have gained these subatomic particles & become negatively charged electrons Choyon	$800 [18] Ivan Karamazov has a vision of the "Grand" this Spanish person, who arrests Jesus as a heretic the Inquisitor Amy
$600 [8] United Steelworkers Pennsylvania Choyon	$600 [22] "Mr. Sandman" was an episode of this series inspired by fairy tales Grimm Amy	$600 [4] In 1966 Jerry Lewis began hosting one of these long broadcasts as a fundraiser every Labor Day weekend a telethon Choyon	$600 [23] All parrots are zygodactyl, meaning that 2 of these face forward, 2 backward their toes Amy	$600 [13] Amano shrimp & twig catfish are very popular for getting rid of these eukaryotic organisms from your aquarium algae Choyon Amy	$1,000 [25] Sometimes called "The Devils", this novel about nihilists sounds like a prequel to "The Exorcist" The Possessed
$800 [9] The Jockey's Guild Kentucky Amy	$800 [26] Ben McKenzie plays rookie detective James Gordon on this Fox series Gotham Choyon	$800 [6] To divide a geographic area into voting districts, giving an unfair advantage to one party during elections gerrymander Michael	$800 [24] The Sisserou parrot is found only on this Caribbean island whose name is Latin for "Sunday" Dominica Choyon	$800 [19] The wall is finished--now to clean the enamel paint off your brushes, use this resinous pine tree extract turpentine Amy	DD $1,200 [5] A series of his articles in the 1870s attacked Catholicism & predicted the triumph of this church the Orthodox Church Choyon
$1,000 [11] UNITE here (UNITE=Union of Needletrades, Industrial & Textile Employees) New York Amy	$1,000 [27] "Thank You For Being A Friend" was the theme song to this sitcom starring Bea Arthur Golden Girls Michael	$1,000 [7] This thing on strings puts the "M" in Muppet a marionette Choyon	$1,000 [28] Natl. Geographic calls the African this color parrot "the most accomplished user of human speech in the animal world" grey Michael	$1,000 [20] To properly shine a belt buckle, use this cleaner, a metal alloy plus 1 letter Brasso Michael	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

LOOK DOWN	PRESIDENTS & SECRETARIES OF STATE	____ OF THE ____	MOVIE PUNS	BIBLICAL WOMEN	"S" WORDS
$400 [26] Here's a Space-Shuttle view of this U.S. landmark that began to be carved out millions of years ago the Grand Canyon Choyon	$400 [1] He appointed Madeleine Albright Bill Clinton Amy	$400 [18] At Baskin-Robbins for March 2015, it was Snacknado ice cream flavor of the month Michael	$400 [27] In "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2", screams occur when this onion relative is found "in the boat" a leek Michael	$400 [2] Appropriately, after she was called "woman", she was given a name meaning "life" of "life-giving" Eve Choyon	$400 [15] The preponderance of people who can sway things politically are this quiet "majority" silent Choyon
$800 [9] Animageof part of Algeria shows areas of what's called "desert varnish" &these formations sand dunes Choyon	$800 [7] Cordell Hull served under him for 11 years FDR Michael	$800 [17] Lawyer and author John Mortimeris on the left, with Leo McKernas this fictional lawyer he created Rumpole of the Bailey Choyon	$800 [20] The title of this 2000 Jackie Chan & Owen Wilson film plays on the title of a 1952 Gary Cooper movie Shanghai Noon Choyon	$800 [4] It's to whom the confession is made "If I be shaven, then my strength will go from me" Delilah Choyon Amy	$800 [12] Yes, Lee, it means to align in a zigzagged fashion, or to move unsteadily stagger
$1,200 [24] Thisbay is the largest estuary on the Pacific Coast of the United States the San Francisco Bay Michael	$1,200 [8] The second president under whom William Seward held the post Andrew Johnson Choyon Amy	$1,600 [19] (I'm Neil de Grasse Tyson.) I don't have He-Man's muscles, but I was punningly dubbed this by Lynn Sherr in the title of a 2014 Parade magazine article "Master of the Universe" Choyon	$1,200 [22] In "Thunderball", 007 shoots a bad guy with a spear gun & says, "I think he got" this the point Michael	$1,200 [3] She told her mother-in-law Naomi, "Whither thou goest, I will go" Ruth Amy	$1,200 [13] This shift of emphasis in rhythm is a basic element of jazz syncopation Amy
$2,000 [25] The name of this desert peninsula may be derived from the name of an ancient moon god Sinai Choyon Michael	DD $2,000 [10] One of the 2 presidents Dean Rusk served (1 of) John Fitzgerald Kennedy & Lyndon Johnson Choyon	$2,000 [21] Al Hirt's version of this classical piece was the theme for the TV show "The Green Hornet" "Flight Of The Bumblebee" Amy	$1,600 [23] In "Mr. Deeds" Adam Sandler asks how this job is going; the response is "It has its ups and downs" an elevator operator Choyon	$1,600 [5] This mother of John the Baptist was a descendant of Aaron Elizabeth Amy	$1,600 [14] In a right triangle, it's the ratio of a side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse a sine Choyon
—	$2,000 [11] John Marshall served this Founding Father (for one year) John Adams	DD $2,400 [16] The Coffin Texts & the Pyramid Texts were part of this 3,500-year old collection placed in tombs the Book of the Dead Choyon	$2,000 [28] At the end of "Airplane", we find that the inflatable pilot who pops up to help in the cabin has this first name Otto	$2,000 [6] A novel & TV miniseries, "The Red Tent" reimagines the story of this daughter of Jacob & Leah Dinah Choyon	—

Final Jeopardy!

HYMNS

A Christian hymn & a Jewish holiday hymn are both titled this, also the name of a 2009 Tony-nominated musical

Rock Of Ages

Michael "What is ?" — wagered $6,599

Amy "What is" — wagered $6,599

Choyon "What is Kinky Boots?" — wagered $0

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