Show #7161 2015-11-02 (taped 2015-09-16) Regular

Contestants

Marcus Lewis — a tutor from Brooklyn, New York

Christine Qualey — a retired teacher from Abington, Massachusetts

Katie Walker — a biomedical science teacher from Chapel Hill, North Carolina (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Katie	$1,400	$2,000	$8,200	$12,300 2nd place: $2,000	$9,200 11 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Christine	$1,000	$2,900	$6,100	$10,000 3rd place: $1,000	$7,400 19 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Marcus	$2,200	$3,600	$15,400	$14,399 New champion: $14,399	$14,000 17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

ORDERS OF MAMMALS	DOUBLE LETTER 6-LETTER WORDS	MINT CONDITION	TALKING GEOGRAPHY	MAIL CALL	SPORTS IN LITERATURE
$200 [25] The order Lagomorpha is made up of pikas, hares & these rabbits Christine	$200 [1] To utter in a loud, deep voice, or the last name of writer Saul bellow Christine	$200 [16] This type of mint originated in Cuba, where it is used to flavor the alcoholic drink of the same name mojito Marcus	$200 [14] In Spanish this word is bahia, as in Bahia de Cochinos, this "of Pigs" bay Marcus	$200 [9] Rhyming phrase for letters sent via the postal service rather than instantaneously using a computer snail mail Christine	$400 [24] Athlete-lawyer Ken Dryden wrote "The Game", this one he played with Serge Savard, Bob Gainey et al. hockey Christine
$400 [26] Animals like anteaters in the order Pilosa are called edentates, meaning they lack these or have few of them teeth Katie	$400 [2] A carpenter's tool, it's also a term for a xylophone mallet hammer Katie	$400 [17] This "freshmaker" brand of mints now offers pure fresh gum Mentos Marcus	$400 [21] A Pennsylvaniaboulder fieldis an example of moraine, debris deposited by a melting one of these a glacier Christine	$400 [10] 7-word phrase made famous in an editor's reply to a child's 1897 letter to the New York Sun Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus Christine	$600 [6] "Hot Money" by Dick Francis centers on Ian Pembroke, who does this sporting job a jockey Christine
$600 [27] An ancient living order of mammals, the Monotremata are oviparous, meaning they do this lay eggs Christine	$600 [3] A form of lottery in which you win a prize if your ticket is picked raffle Marcus	$600 [18] Ah do declare, there's nothing like this bourbon, sugar & mint drink served over crushed ice on derby day mint julep Christine	$600 [15] The altitude of every point in the U.K. is measured against a brass bolt in Newlyn, Cornwall, marking this sea level Katie Marcus	$600 [11] "You've got mail!" is still what users of this email service hear AOL (America Online) Christine	$800 [7] (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Boathouse Row in Philadelphia, PA.) Organized competitive rowing dates back thousands of years, with the first known literary mention in this work by Virgil, who wrote, "the whole sea gapes, torn by the oars" the Aeneid Katie
$800 [28] Chiroptera is made up exclusively of these, which may be fruit- or insect-eating bats Christine	$800 [4] It's from the Latin for "to bristle with fear"; the this... the this horror Marcus	$800 [19] Minthe, a nymph from whom we get the plant's name, was turned into mint after the wife of this underworld god got mad Hades (or Pluto) Katie Marcus	$800 [22] Midlatitude is another word for this zone whose name suggests a nice, moderate climate temperate Christine	$800 [12] A Sept. 17, 1888 letter signed by this infamous man read, "Sorry about the blood" Jack the Ripper Katie	$1,000 [8] "Ball Four" by this pitcher begins, "I signed my contract today to play for the Seattle pilots at a salary of $22,000" Jim Bouten
DD $1,300 [29] The Proboscidea order only has one living family today, this one the elephant Christine	$1,000 [5] A flubber in the fairway, a bungler in the bunker duffer Christine	$1,000 [20] Mint is good if you live around lots of mosquitoes as it is an antipruritic, meaning it relieves this itch Christine	$1,000 [23] In the 1950s a change of prefix created this word for the areas beyond the suburbs exurbs Katie	$1,000 [13] A onetime owner of the 1856 British Guiana stamp that sold in 2015 for $9.5 million was this heir featured in "Foxcatcher" John Du Pont	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

AESOP ASAP	GIMME 5	FAMOUS SHOPPING STREETS	THE BRITISH MONARCH WHO...	MOVIE HEAVEN	IT'S "PARA"DISE
$400 [11] Over 600 fables are attributed to Aesop, including the one about this pair with the moral "slow but steady wins the race" "The Turtle and the Hare" Katie	$400 [26] It's an unscientific time-based rule of thumb for assessing the edibility of dropped food the 5-second rule Christine	$400 [21] Rodeo Drive Beverly Hills Christine	$400 [16] became king of Scotland in 1567 & of England in 1603 James I Marcus	$400 [8] In "Kingdom of Heaven", Orlando Bloom played Balian, a man fighting to defend this besieged city Jerusalem Marcus	$400 [1] A simple story with a moral or religious message a parable Christine
$800 [12] To visit Diego Velazquez's 17th centuryportraitof Aesop, you'll have to visit this Madrid museum the Prado Christine	$1,200 [27] This Pirates shortstop was among the first group of 5 elected to baseball's Hall of Fame Honus Wagner	$800 [22] Peachtree Road &Buckhead Avenue Atlanta Katie	$800 [17] helped organize relief efforts & visited hospitals during the Crimean War Victoria Marcus	$800 [6] "Heaven & Earth" was Oliver Stone's last film in a trilogy about Vietnam that began with this film Platoon Marcus	$800 [2] This type of plant or animal takes its name from the Greek for "one who eats at another's table" a parasite Marcus
DD $1,000 [15] Plutarch said Aesop once worked as an advisor to this fabulously rich king of Lydia Croesus Katie	$1,600 [28] Borodin was one of "the Five", a group of composers from this country Russia Marcus	$1,200 [23] Bond Street in Mayfair London Christine	$1,200 [18] did not earn his subjects' love on succeeding his brother Richard the Lionheart King John Christine Marcus	$1,200 [3] A bestselling book about a young boy's encounter with Jesus during an operation was the basis for this 2014 movie Heaven Is for Real Katie	$1,200 [4] Its independence from Spain came in 1811 Paraguay Katie
$1,200 [13] By some accounts Aesop was unjustly executed in this oracle city for stealing; his death cursed the city Delphi Christine	$2,000 [29] Aristotle said the universe was made up of 5 elements, the fifth being this elusive substance ether	$1,600 [24] Newbury Street Boston Christine	$2,000 [20] defeated the Danes at the Battle of Edington in 878 Alfred the Great	$1,600 [7] This western directed by Michael Cimino became shorthand for a costly, self-indulgent flop Heaven's Gate Marcus	$1,600 [5] It's the term for the apparent displacement of an object caused by a change in the observation point parallax Christine Marcus
$1,600 [14] In one fable this hungry animal concludes that some grapes must be sour when he can't reach them a fox Katie	—	$2,000 [25] Avenida Presidente Masaryk Mexico City	DD $3,000 [19] introduced England to a form of Norman feudalism William I (William the Conqueror) Marcus	$2,000 [9] Jim Carrey gets a visitor straight from heaven in this film & thanks him for the Grand Canyon Bruce Almighty Marcus	$2,000 [10] The curve formed by the intersection of a cone & a certain plane, it's the path of a projectile a parabola Katie

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD GEOGRAPHY

This country has 8 of the world's 10 highest peaks

Nepal

Christine "What is Nepal?" — wagered $3,900

Katie "What is Nepal?" — wagered $4,100

Marcus "What is Tibet?" — wagered $1,001

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