Show #7185 2015-12-04 Regular

Contestants

Jon Rossiter — a college geography instructor from San Diego, California

Alexandra Whitehill Smith — an administrative assistant from Columbia, South Carolina

Kelly Wright — a cataloging specialist from Rocky Ridge, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,700)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Kelly $1,400 $600 $7,200 $100
3rd place: $1,000
$7,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Alexandra $2,200 $4,200 $13,400 $11,399
2nd place: $2,000
$13,400
17 R, 1 W
Jon $2,200 $3,400 $6,800 $13,600
New champion: $13,600
$11,800
17 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

CLASSICAL REGGAE, MON SUPREME COURT INITIALS GARDENS THAT WAS ON TV WILL YOU REMEMBER ME? "IFY" SEE YOU AGAIN
$200 [19]
His Number 5 is alive &jammin'much differently than in its 1808 premiere in Vienna
Beethoven
Jon
$200 [10]
(The Notorious) RBG
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Jon
$200 [25]
For the gardens of this palace just outside Paris, Louis XIV had trees brought from all the French provinces
Versailles
Kelly
$200 [1]
Wayne's sidekick Garth & Austrian bodybuilder Hans were 2 of his characters on "Saturday Night Live"
Dana Carvey
Kelly
$200 [6]
This chilly word that's still used for a refrigerator originally referred to an older, non-electric version
an icebox
Alexandra
$200 [14]
From the Latin for "true", it means to confirm a truth
verify
Kelly
$400 [22]
Get up, stand up & enjoy atuneby this Austrian, the Younger
Johann Strauss
$400 [11]
OWH Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Jon
$400 [26]
Morocco's Jardin Majorellegot a redesign from this fashion designer also known as YSL, & his ashes were scattered over it
Yves Saint Laurent
Alexandra
$400 [2]
(Hi. I'm Ken Burns.) One of my favorite documentaries was about this Missouri-born humorist who once said, "The human race has one really effective weapon, & that is laughter"
Mark Twain
Jon
$400 [7]
A sentimental 1876 song gave this relative's name to what had been called a longcase clock
a grandfather clock
Jon
$400 [15]
To make a statement under oath in court
testify
Alexandra
$600 [23]
Hallelu-jah! Feel the rastamanvibration from part of a 1741 oratorio by this composer
Handel
Jon
$600 [12]
WHT
William Howard Taft
Alexandra
$600 [27]
Saiho-ji in Kyoto is famous for velvety carpets of 120 species of this bryophyte plant
moss
$600 [3]
Episodes of this sitcom included "The Maris Counselor" & "The Late Dr. Crane"
Frasier
Kelly
$600 [8]
Made largely obsolete by cellphones, these are still used by emergency teams if communications are disrupted
beepers (or pagers)
Kelly
$600 [16]
To renovate a downtrodden city area to make it more middle class
gentrify
Alexandra
$800 [24]
Trenchtown will sleep soundly after hearing the newversionof an 1868 piece by this man
(Johannes) Brahms
Alexandra
$800 [20]
JPS
John Paul Stevens
Jon
$800 [28]
Rhyming with yew, these gardens near London have yew trees among the world's largest collection of living plants
Kew Gardens
Jon
$800 [4]
(Hi. I'm Zachary Quinto.) I played Sylar, a superhuman serial killer on this TV show about ordinary humans who discover they have extraordinary abilities
Heroes
Kelly
$800 [9]
One of the selections on your email originally referred to a duplicate created with this type of office supply
carbon copy
Jon
$800 [17]
To declare a deceased person to be blessed in preparation for sainthood
beatify
Alexandra Jon
$1,000 [21]
CEH
Charles Evans Hughes
DD $2,000 [29]
Befitting the name, Pennsylvania's Chanticleer Gardens feature design motifs of this bird
a rooster
Jon
$1,000 [5]
Lovey Howell was one of the castaways on this show
Gilligan's Island
Alexandra
$1,000 [13]
In the name of those large CRT computer monitors of yore, CRT stands for this
cathode ray tube
Kelly
$1,000 [18]
To pacify someone by appeasing his anger or anxiety
mollify
Kelly Alexandra

Double Jeopardy! Round

ART & HISTORY ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE PUBLISHED POSTHUMOUSLY COLORFUL EXPRESSIONS MOVIEGO"ING" CANADIAN LANDMARKS
$400 [21]
Turner focused on the struggling soldiers in his painting "Snow Storm: Hannibal" crossing these mountains
the Alps
Kelly
$400 [25]
This technique to achieve a tranquil mental state without drugs may be "transcendental"
meditation
Alexandra
$400 [12]
"The Original of Laura", published 3 decades after his death, did not create the same literary sensation as his "Lolita"
(Vladimir) Nabokov
Kelly
$400 [6]
Embezzlement is usually this type of crime
white collar
Jon
$400 [1]
Marlin (not a marlin) searches the seas for his son
Finding Nemo
Alexandra
$400 [7]
At 5.3 million sq. feet, the West Edmonton Mall in this province is the largest shopping mall in North America
Alberta
Kelly
$800 [22]
This capital's national museum has "The Battle of Grunwald", showing Marcin of Wrocimowice among the victors
Warsaw
Jon
$800 [27]
Acupressure relies on pressure at specific body meridian points to control qi, the flow of this
energy
Alexandra
$800 [13]
Tucked away for decades, the manuscript of his picture book "What Pet Should I Get?" was found in a box & published in 2015
Dr. Seuss
Alexandra
DD $1,000 [17]
The OED traces this term back to an 1809 article about cerebral fibers
grey matter
Kelly
$800 [2]
Joe Pesci manages his boxer brother, who can't really be managed by anyone
Raging Bull
Kelly
$800 [8]
You'll find all 1,815 feet of this 2-letter tower in Toronto
the CN Tower
Jon
$1,200 [23]
This Spaniard's "The Third of May 1808" commemorates an uprising in Madrid
Goya
Jon
$1,200 [28]
A type of therapy is named for this field that surrounds the body & is visible as light
aura
Alexandra
$1,200 [14]
Sadly, he missed the phenomenal success of his "Millennium" series that begins with "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
(Stieg) Larsson
Alexandra
$1,200 [18]
Something that enrages another is "like" this "to a bull"
red
Alexandra
$1,200 [3]
Kathleen Turner seeks a fabled treasure in the jungles of Colombia
Romancing the Stone
Kelly
$1,200 [9]
The 30-foot Big Nickelis in this Ontario city that's near & dear to my heart
Sudbury, Northern Ontario
Kelly
$1,600 [24]
Jacques-Louis David painted "The Death of" this French political leader just days after his murder by Charlotte Corday
(Jean-Paul) Marat
Alexandra
$1,600 [29]
The royal family were big supporters of the RLH hospital, the H for this type of diluted medicine practice
homeopathic
Alexandra
$1,600 [15]
Released in 2011 "The Pale King" was assembled from an unfinished manuscript by this author of "Infinite Jest"
David Foster Wallace
Jon
$1,600 [19]
Dinner is a good time for these pre-prepped rolls named for their brief cook time
brown'n serve
Jon
$1,600 [4]
Travolta returns for more dancing, but this time on Broadway
Staying Alive
Kelly
$2,000 [11]
Auld acquaintance will not be forgot at this bandleader's Music Centre & Museum in London, Ontario
Guy Lombardo
Jon
$2,000 [26]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a painting on the monitor.) Charles Willson Peale's portrait shows George Washington after his victory in this battle; Nassau Hall, where the battle ended, is in thebackground
the Battle of Princeton
Kelly
$2,000 [16]
This author wanted his manuscripts burned on his death, but editor Max Brod ignored him & published "The Trial" in 1925
(Franz) Kafka
Kelly
$2,000 [20]
9-letter term for an area of parkland that makes a city more verdant
a greenbelt
Jon
$2,000 [5]
Joe Don Baker kicks butt as the new sheriff in a corrupt southern town
Walking Tall
Kelly
DD $3,000 [10]
The Hopewell Rocksare formations created by tidal erosions on the upper shores of this bay
the Bay of Fundy
Jon

Final Jeopardy!

RELIGION IN AMERICA

The Dakotas & Minnesota are the 3 states with the largest % of residents identifying as this denomination

Lutherans

Jon "What are Lutherans?" — wagered $6,800
Kelly "What is Lakota?" — wagered $7,100
Alexandra "Whatareis Quak" — wagered $2,001

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