Show #7108 2015-07-08 Regular

Contestants

Jenny Thorngate — a chemist from Madison, Wisconsin

Ian Borland — a professor from Baltimore, Maryland

Sawyer Morgan — an engineering student originally from Fishers, Indiana (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,590)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Sawyer	$2,200	$6,200	$11,000	$21,900 2nd place: $2,000	$9,200 20 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Ian	$2,400	$3,600	$10,400	$20,800 3rd place: $1,000	$10,400 15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Jenny	$600	$2,200	$14,800	$22,001 New champion: $22,001	$12,600 11 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

FEWER THAN A THOUSAND ISLANDS	TRIPLE HOMOPHONES	PLAYING THE INTERNAL ORGAN	IT SHOULDA BEEN A CONTENDER	MATERIAL	WITNESS
$200 [11] We'll pony up if you know there are about 100 of these islands about 100 miles north of mainland Scotland the Shetlands Sawyer	$200 [3] A coin, an aroma &mailed cent/scent/sent Ian	$200 [21] More than 2,500 pints of blood pass through these 2 bean-shaped organs every day the kidneys Sawyer	$200 [17] 1933:The Academy didn't go ape for this RKO adventure starring Bruce Cabot & some gal King Kong Sawyer	$200 [1] (Kelly of the Clue Crew fondles a bolt of fabric.) As you might know from a petting zoo, this fiber, when twisted, naturally springs back; that's why it's perfect for suits that you don't want to wrinkle wool Sawyer	$200 [7] On July 20, 1925 he called opposing counsel William Jennings Bryan to the stand as a witness, & a hostile one at that Clarence Darrow Sawyer
$400 [12] In 1993 this southern borough voted to secede from New York City, but the state legislature did not approve Staten Island Ian	$400 [19] To calculate relative mass, a specific road &a part of milk weigh/way/whey Sawyer	$400 [8] The bladder connects with the urethra; farther north, the neck of this organ connects with the cystic duct the gallbladder Ian	$600 [25] 1946:Maybe the Academy thought the title of this Bogie & Bacall detective classic described the film too well The Big Sleep Ian	$400 [2] Reddish soil called laterite gets its name from later, Latin for this reddish building material brick Sawyer Ian	$800 [26] Literally millions witnessed this man murder another on Nov. 24, 1963 Jack Ruby Sawyer Ian
$800 [13] This Greek island, site of a famous mythical homecoming, has also been known as Thiaki Ithaca Sawyer	$600 [20] Something worn to conceal the face, a low area &a ski resort of Colorado veil/vale/Vail Jenny	$600 [6] It breaks down alcohol & destroys old red blood cells the liver Sawyer Jenny	$800 [23] 2006:This girl-group musical featuring Beyonce got the most nominations but Best Picture wasn't one Dreamgirls Ian	$600 [22] The almost-see-through Asian noodles shownhereare called by the name of this material cellophane (or glass) Ian	—
$1,000 [14] A turning point in WWII's Pacific campaign, this island is 1,300 miles northwest of Honolulu Midway Ian	$800 [9] A czar's tenure, a stallion stopper &a sprinkle reign/rein/rain Sawyer	$800 [4] Glucagon, take me away from this organ that produces it to regulate the body's sugar balance the pancreas Ian	$1,000 [24] 1956:Give this classic John Ford/John Wayne western a nomination? That'll be the day! The Searchers	$800 [15] Raden is the Japanese name for this "familial" type of inlay used decoratively in lacquer ware mother-of-pearl	—
DD $2,400 [18] A part of this island that's on the Susquehanna hit 4,000 degrees in a hurry in 1979 Three Mile Island Sawyer	$1,000 [10] A sense, a place &to quote sight/site/cite	$1,000 [5] The fundus is one of the regions of this organ that lies between the esophagus & the small intestine the stomach Sawyer	—	$1,000 [16] A lowly British job of yore was the "rag and" this man; the rag was used in papermaking & this went into glue bone Jenny	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

STARTS & ENDS WITH DIFFERENT VOWELS	AN AGATHA CHRISTIE MYSTERY	SHADOW PLAY	FIGHT OR FLIGHT	NAME-DROPPING SONG LYRICS	THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851
$400 [11] Sharp, or a type of angle acute Sawyer	$400 [1] "The Mirror Crack'd" was dedicated to Margaret Rutherford, who played this sleuth on film Miss Marple Jenny	$400 [3] Seen here, the Silver Shadow was a classic luxury offering from this company Rolls-Royce Ian	$400 [17] Observation of buzzards' wings helped these brothers get off the ground in 1903 the Wright Brothers Sawyer	$400 [7] "Mrs. Robinson" asks, "Where have you gone", this guy? "A nation turns its lonely eyes to you" Joe DiMaggio Ian	$400 [22] India exhibited a jeweled coat & a magnificent rajah's howdah placed on a stuffed one of these an elephant Sawyer
$800 [12] Dull, or a type of angle obtuse Sawyer	$800 [2] The Temple of Abu Simbel is one of the stops on a cruise in this 1937 mystery Death on the Nile Ian	$800 [14] Psalms 23:4 begins, "Yea, though I walk through the valley of" this "I will fear no evil" the shadow of death Jenny	$800 [15] In May 1588 this was thought invincible when it came together at the port of Lisbon, but it was totally vincible the Spanish Armada Sawyer	$1,200 [26] "Liston beats Patterson" is a line from his hit "We Didn't Start The Fire" Billy Joel Ian	$800 [23] Visitors were enamored with the Koh-i-Noor this but were disappointed when jets of gas failed to make it sparkle a diamond Ian
$1,200 [13] Bear with us: this adjective pertains to bears ursine Jenny	$1,200 [28] Agatha adapted her 1947 radio story "Three Blind Mice" into this long-running stage play The Mousetrap Jenny	$1,200 [27] By comparing shadows in wells during the summer solstice, Eratosthenes calculated this around 240 B.C. the circumference of the Earth Sawyer	$1,200 [16] 30,000 of these German soldiers fought for the Brits in the Rev. War, getting a handsome 25 cents a day the Hessians Sawyer	$1,600 [20] (Bob Costas gives the clue.) In "Hip Hop Quotabtes'", this rapper name-checked me with "Now I roll up torpedoes, get blunted with Rastas, & for a hefty fee, I'm on your record like Bob Costas" Ludacris	$1,200 [5] U.S. exhibitors included Cyrus McCormick & this photographer who displayed his daguerreotypes of famous Americans Mathew Brady Ian
$1,600 [18] Plurals end in J in this language devised in the 19th century Esperanto Sawyer	DD $1,600 [25] In this 1934 novel the solution to the murder is revealed in a dining car Murder on the Orient Express Ian	$1,600 [8] The fictional character of radio drama known as the Shadow had "the power to" do this to "men's minds" cloud	$1,600 [9] William Henry Harrison came to fame at the 1811 battle of this, which ruined Tecumseh's Indian Confederacy plans the Battle of Tippecanoe Sawyer	$2,000 [21] This song by House of Pain mentions John McEnroe & Arnold Schwarzenegger "Jump Around" Jenny	$1,600 [4] Frederick Bakewell demonstrated his "image telegraph", an early version of this; the images were received on cylinders a fax machine Sawyer
$2,000 [19] You stand with arms this way with your hands on your hips & your elbows bent outward akimbo Ian	$2,000 [29] This title object "falls" in the 1975 novel that kills off Hercule Poirot Curtain (curtains accepted) Jenny	$2,000 [24] Sean O'Casey penned "The Shadow of a Gunman", & this other Irish playwright penned "In the Shadow of the Glen" John Millington Synge	$2,000 [10] It's the last name of the Galveston man who took off for L.A. but went the wrong way & landed in Dublin on July 17, 1938 Corrigan Sawyer	DD $3,000 [30] Pink complained, "Tired of being compared to damn" this blonde singer; "She's so pretty, that just ain't me" Britney Spears Jenny	$2,000 [6] The Great Exhibition was also called this for the main glass exhibition hall in London's Hyde Park the Crystal Palace Jenny

Final Jeopardy!

THE THOMAS JEFFERSON ADMINISTRATION

Of this agreement, Thomas Jefferson said he "stretched the Constitution until it cracked"

the Louisiana Purchase

Ian "What was the Louisiana Purchase?" — wagered $10,400

Sawyer "What is the Louisiana Purchase" — wagered $10,900

Jenny "What is the Louisiana Purchase" — wagered $7,201

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