Show #7203 2015-12-30 (taped 2015-12-02) Regular

Alex uses acaneduring the closing credits chat.

Contestants

Johnny Saunders — a retired convenience store manager from Dallas, Texas

Erik Johns — a marketing manager from Chicago, Illinois

Camille Hooper — an accountant from Port Saint Lucie, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,799)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Camille $2,600 $5,400 $6,600 $5,599
2nd place: $2,000
$6,600
13 R, 2 W
Erik $600 $3,600 $9,200 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$9,200
16 R, 3 W
Johnny $3,600 $4,000 $13,000 $13,000
New champion: $13,000
$13,800
17 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

AVIATION A TOUGH FOOD CATEGORY RANDOM HOUSE DEFINITIONS LITERARY CHARACTERS BOXER BRIEFS SEWING
$200 [3]
The mid-1930s TBD Devastator was the first American naval aircraft with one of these that could be totally enclosed
a cockpit
Erik
$200 [4]
Biltong is a South African version of this tough & salty 5-letter food, thin strips of meat that's been dried
jerky
Erik
$200 [20]
"The body of a dead person given the semblance of life"
zombie
Erik Johnny
$200 [9]
Beatty is the captain of the firemen in this Bradbury novel
Fahrenheit 451
Johnny
$200 [13]
He was a lad of 12 when he struck up the pose seen here
Muhammad Ali
Camille
$600 [14]
To shorten one of these, use wire cutters to remove the top stops, remove teeth, & then crimp the stops back on
a zipper
Camille
$400 [6]
Members of the Caterpillar Club are those whose lives have been saved by using one of these to escape a disabled aircraft
a parachute
Camille
$400 [1]
Eating this organ meat can be tough but does help ward off anemia; an oil is also made from the cod's
liver
Camille
$400 [21]
In 13 letters, "a freshman or sophomore"
underclassman
Johnny
$400 [10]
This 1901 Chekhov drama features siblings Olga, Masha & Irina
Three Sisters
Johnny
$400 [16]
Played himself in "The Hangover"
Mike Tyson
Erik
$800 [15]
It's the spool that holds the bottom thread on a sewing machine
a bobbin
Erik
$600 [26]
This international airport was named for an agricultural village near London inhabited in Neolithic times
Heathrow
Johnny
$600 [2]
Large pods of this gumbo ingredient may be tough & fibrous
okra
Erik Johnny
$600 [22]
"A male given name: from an Arabic word meaning 'generous'" (& not "skyhook master")
Kareem
Erik
$600 [8]
Lucy Honeychurch, on vacation in Italy, wants this, the title of the E.M. Forster novel, from her hotel
A Room with a View
Johnny
$600 [17]
Father of 5 sons named for him & a Lean Mean Grilling Machine
George Foreman
Johnny
$1,000 [25]
Like a paperweight, there is a type of "weight" to keep this paper template on the fabric
a pattern
Camille
DD $1,000 [27]
The National Aviation Hall of Fame was founded in 1962 in this city, the "Birthplace of Aviation"
Dayton, Ohio
Johnny
$800 [5]
It's the Italian name for squid, whose meat is firm & chewy
calamari
Johnny
$800 [23]
Under "T", "a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head"
tassel
Camille
$800 [11]
Heavenly last name of Sal, who goes "On the Road" with Dean Moriarty
Paradise
$800 [18]
1992 gold medalist known as "The Golden Boy"
Oscar De La Hoya
Erik
$1,000 [7]
Tough & requiring long cooking, it's the lining of beef stomach
tripe
Camille
$1,000 [24]
"Latin. In the same book, chapter"
ibid
Camille
$1,000 [12]
In a 1946 novel an unnamed narrator heads to Crete & hires him, "the Greek", as a foreman & cook
Zorba (the Greek)
Johnny
$1,000 [19]
This $300 million man is nicknamed "Money" as well as "Pretty Boy"
(Floyd) Mayweather
Erik

Double Jeopardy! Round

WHAT A SUCCESSION! GEO-PARDY PLAYING REEL PEOPLE FAILED CHILDREN'S BOOK ANIMALS "RAG"s RICHES
$400 [6]
A Civil War in 1532 over succession within this empire made it easy for Pizarro to seize control of it within a year
the Incan Empire
Johnny
$400 [1]
The name of this Ethiopian capital means "new flower"
Addis Ababa
Erik
$400 [16]
In 1994 Johnny Depp played this B- or maybe Z-movie director
Ed Wood
Camille
$400 [25]
Champion Slobbering Runaway has misadventures at this dog show's 50th edition in 1926
the Westminster Dog Show
Erik
$400 [15]
Composer Eubie Blake excelled in this heavily syncopated style
ragtime
Erik
$400 [11]
In the U.S. thoroughbred horses are usually bred with quarter horses to produce the ponies for this team sport
polo
Camille
$800 [7]
This first Roman emperor flailed about looking for a successor, adopting sons & having them die or disappoint
Octavian (or Augustus)
Johnny
$800 [2]
Svalbard, meaning "cold coast", is an archipelago that's part of this country
Norway
$800 [18]
Austin Stowell plays this pilot detained in the Soviet Union in "Bridge of Spies"
Francis Gary Powers
$800 [26]
Little Gusano is one of these living in a bottle of mezcal, until the day he's set free
a worm
Camille
$800 [22]
It's slang for a convertible automobile with a soft cover
a ragtop
Erik
$800 [13]
The Oyster Perpetual watch is from this pricey brand
Rolex
Johnny
$1,600 [9]
The Salic law of succession included the principle that these people couldn't succeed to a throne
women
Camille
DD $1,000 [4]
In the U.S. it borders Florida; in Europe, it borders Russia & Turkey
Georgia
Johnny
$1,200 [19]
"Nixon" could only be this Welshman
Anthony Hopkins
Camille
$2,000 [27]
Terry Termite learns to read when he follows the line made by a pen whose ink mimics these chemicals
pheromones
Erik
$1,200 [23]
People susceptible to allergy symptoms from this plant may also get them from cantaloupe & banana
ragweed
Johnny
$1,200 [10]
Better than first class! I'm flying private in one of these jets named for electrical engineer William
a Learjet
Erik
DD $2,000 [8]
The war of this country's succession erupted in 1701 after the death of the childless Charles II
Spain
Johnny
$1,200 [3]
These islands off the coast of South America are known by Argentina as Islas Malvinas
the Falklands (the Falkland Islands)
Camille Erik Johnny
$1,600 [20]
He was "Hoffa" in 1992
Jack Nicholson
$1,600 [21]
Odin dies, but his son Vidar survives this Norse mythic twilight
Ragnarok
Johnny
$1,600 [12]
A route to riches is managing this type of investment fund named for the practice of balancing a risk with a safer bet
hedge (hedging accepted)
Erik
$2,000 [5]
This country controls the only land route from Asia to Malaysia & Singapore
Thailand
Camille
$2,000 [17]
In a 2005 movie Gretchen Molplayed"The Notorious" this sex symbol
Bettie Page
Erik
$2,000 [24]
Thisstyle of sleeve is named for a British commander in the Crimean War
Raglan
Erik
$2,000 [14]
In 1868 Baron James de Rothschild acquired this winemaking chateau
the Château Lafite Rothschild

Final Jeopardy!

GERMAN SCIENTISTS

Best known for his theories about planetary orbits, in 1604 he became the first to explain how eyeglasses correct vision

Johannes Kepler

Camille "Who is Copernicus" — wagered $1,001
Erik "Who was ?" — wagered $9,200
Johnny "Who is Keplar" — wagered $0

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