Show #7191 2015-12-14 (taped 2015-10-21) Regular

Contestants

Michelle Chan — an architect from Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Sam McLinn — a retiree from Independence, Ohio

Katie Price — a paraprofessional from Peabody, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Katie	$3,400	$3,000	$5,000	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$5,000 14 R, 6 W
Sam	$2,000	$2,000	$9,000	$12,500 New champion: $12,500	$9,600 14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Michelle	$400	$1,800	$6,200	$10,001 2nd place: $2,000	$8,600 15 R, 7 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

STATE FIRSTS	ANIMAL GROUPS	COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES	NEW MUSICAL SUPERGROUPS	IT'S MURDER	RHYME SCENE
$200 [6] The first gold discovered in this state was found along the Russian River & Kenai Peninsula around 1849 Alaska Michelle	$200 [24] A group of these black birds is known as an unkindness; you can "quoth" me on that ravens Katie	$200 [9] In 1920 going to Palo Alto to this university cost $120 but it's gone up a bit since then Stanford Michelle	$200 [1] The Velvet Dead The Velvet Underground & The Grateful Dead Katie	$200 [14] A hired killer syndicate of the 1930s got this name from the press; it didn't actually have shareholders Murder Incorporated Michelle	$200 [27] General maintenance of one's health & cleanliness hygiene Michelle
$400 [7] First published in 1833, Wisconsin's first newspaper was the Intelligencer of this "colorful" city Green Bay Katie	$400 [23] A group of cobras, or a holder for a group of arrows a quiver Sam	$400 [10] Rhodes to success lead from this university where William of Ockham brought his razor wit in lectures in 1317 Oxford Katie	$400 [2] The Mamas at the Disco The Mamas and The Papas & Panic! At The Disco Katie Michelle	$400 [15] The 1920s "Murderers' Row" played for this baseball team the New York Yankees Sam	$600 [26] White cell-producing organ the spleen
$600 [8] The first commercial one of these in Pennsylvania & in the nation was tapped in Titusville in 1859 an oil well Michelle	$600 [20] You might find a skulk of these crafty canines skulking about your henhouse foxes Katie Sam Michelle	$600 [11] This private university in New Orleans was founded as the Medical College of Louisiana Tulane Katie	$600 [3] My Morning Peppers My Morning Jacket & the Red Hot Chili Peppers Katie	$600 [16] Numeric term for deliberately premeditated murder committed with malice aforethought murder in the first Sam	—
$800 [12] In 1934 California's first of these facilities got noise complaints as there was only 1 big speaker for all the cars a drive-in theater Michelle	$800 [19] Shiver when you see a shiver of these, whether they be nurse, bull or mako types sharks Michelle	$1,000 [25] (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Billions of federal research & development funding goes to what is known as the research triangle, formed by these three universities all located within about 20 minutes of each other Duke, North Carolina State, and the University of North Carolina	$800 [4] Hall & Crofts Hall & Oates & Seals & Crofts Katie	$800 [17] In a 1968 hit this man sang, "I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die" Johnny Cash Michelle	—
$1,000 [13] The first controlled nuclear reaction took place in this state in 1942 Illinois Sam Michelle	$1,000 [22] Salamanders don't know that this word means a violent whirlpool, but they do know enough to gather in one a maelstrom Sam	DD $2,000 [21] Until the 20th c. it formed part of the University of Paris & its name was synonymous with the school's the Sorbonne Sam	$1,000 [5] Sly & the Airplane Sly and the Family Stone & Jefferson Airplane Sam	$1,000 [18] Susan Atkins & Charles "Tex" Watson were part of this murderous group the Charles Manson group Sam	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

ITALIAN EXPLORERS	MARK YOUR CALENDAR	ACTING TV MILITARY	SOMETHING TO READ	WOMEN IN POLITICS	"Y"? BECAUSE WE LIKE YOU
$400 [2] In 1492 he reached an agreement with the Spanish crown giving him 10% of any profit from their venture Christopher Columbus Michelle	$400 [16] Cyber Monday comes 4 days after this Thanksgiving Katie Michelle	$400 [7] Surprise! Surprise! Surprise! As Gomer Pyle, Jim Nabors joined & served in this military branch U.S. Marines Katie Sam Michelle	$400 [1] Samuel Johnson comes to life in the biography by this man whom Johnson called "Bozzy" Boswell Sam	$400 [21] In 1974 Ella Grasso of Connecticut became the first woman elected to this job whose husband hadn't once held the job governor Katie Sam Michelle	$400 [23] Last day of school! Will you sign this? Originally it was a type of volume containing reports of legal cases a yearbook Michelle
$800 [3] In 1266 his father Niccolo & Uncle Maffeo became the first Europeans to reach what is now Beijing Marco Polo Michelle	$800 [17] This number day in June is Juneteenth, commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation the 19th Katie	$800 [11] This onetime People magazine "Sexiest Man Alive" plays former sniper Leroy Gibbs on "NCIS" Mark Harmon Katie	$800 [12] At their wedding in an Edward Lear poem, this beastly bride & groom "dined on mince & slices of quince" the Owl and the Pussycat	$1,200 [22] Hattie Caraway, the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate, represented this state, the Land of Opportunity Arkansas	$1,200 [24] A Jewish skullcap a yarmulke Katie
$1,200 [4] In 1281 the Vivaldi bros. made an early attempt to find an ocean route from Europe to this subcontinent India Michelle	$1,200 [18] The U.N. has dubbed July 11th as this day, & each year, appropriately, it can be observed by more people World Population Day	$1,200 [10] He played ex-hostage & Sergeant Nicholas Brody on "Homeland" Damian Lewis Katie	$1,200 [13] Carl Sagan won a Nonfiction Pulitzer in 1978 for "The Dragons of" this Biblical Place The Dragons of Eden Sam	—	$1,600 [25] The Scottish village of Fortingall has an over 3,000-year-old one of these trees a yew tree Michelle
$2,000 [6] In 1495 Henry VII gave this man then known as Giovanni (later John) letters of patent to explore & he reached N. America John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) Katie	$1,600 [19] We take it for granted you can name this day celebrating the Virgin Mary's ascension on August 15th Assumption Michelle	$1,600 [8] It's what the 4 letters stand for in the TV show that featured Radar & Hot Lips Mobile Army Surgical Hospital Sam	$2,000 [15] Roddy Doyle's "Barrytown Trilogy" comprises "The Snapper", "The Van" & this novel about a rock band The Commitments Michelle	—	$2,000 [26] Grilled chicken on a skewer, Japanese style yakitori Katie
DD $2,400 [5] He not only has a New York City bridge named for him but bridges in Maryland & Rhode Island as well Verrazzano Michelle	$2,000 [20] On the 1st Monday in March, it's time for Illinois to celebrate this Polish patriot & Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski Katie Sam	$2,000 [9] Rhona Mitra stars as Dr. Rachel Scott on this TNT show about a Navy vessel surviving a deadly epidemic The Last Ship Katie Sam	DD $3,000 [14] The Greek general Agamemnon is a character in this Shakespeare play Troilus and Cressida Sam	—	—

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC PLACES

In 1761 he started running a ferry where the Potomac meets the Shenandoah

Robert Harper

Katie "Who is Fulton?" — wagered $5,000

Michelle "Who is Harper?" — wagered $3,801

Sam "Who isJohn BroHarper?" — wagered $3,500

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