Show #7209 2016-01-07 (taped 2015-12-08) Regular

Contestants

Brian Rafferty — a public information office supervisor from Forest Hills, New York

Lizzie Turner — a student originally from Birmingham, Alabama

Steve Belding — an engineer from Knoxville, Tennessee (whose 2-day cash winnings total $48,402)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Steve $3,000 $7,000 $8,600 $10,399
3-day champion: $58,801
$16,600
21 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs)
Lizzie $1,600 $3,400 $11,400 $5,400
2nd place: $2,000
$11,400
16 R, 3 W
Brian $1,600 $3,400 $3,400 $999
3rd place: $1,000
$3,000
6 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT! LIVING THE SPACED-OUT LIFE LAST EPISODES CALIFORNIA CITY‑"O" JAMES: THE FIRST OR LAST NAME WHICH DISNEY DWARF?
$200 [11]
About 80% of its people live on two out of the 700 coral islands that make up this nation
the Bahamas
Steve
$200 [8]
In 2015 NASA astronauts on the International Space Stationsnackedon space lettuce, a variety of romaine grown with the aid of these, LEDs
light-emitting diodes
Brian
$200 [20]
This series ended with Rachel asking if the group wanted to get some coffee & Chandler saying "Sure. Where?"
Friends
Lizzie
$200 [1]
In 1897 saplings from Civil War battlefields were planted in a memorial grove in Capitol Park in this city
Sacramento
Steve
$200 [13]
Name shared by a 1980s Secretary of the Interior & a Scottish inventor who improved upon the steam engine
James Watt
Steve
$400 [22]
Jocund
Happy
Lizzie
$400 [12]
Despite leading a rebellion against the United States, thisex-Mississippi senator is represented in the Capitol Statuary Hall
Jefferson Davis
$400 [9]
The I.S.S. crew of 6 lives in low-Earth orbit not in zero gravity but in this condition of very small G-forces
microgravity
$400 [19]
In 2013 this AMC show ended its run as Badfinger's song "Baby Blue" played us out
Breaking Bad
Lizzie
$400 [2]
Tijuana is about 15 miles south of the downtown of this city, "The Birthplace of California"
San Diego
Steve
$400 [7]
Seen here is this recording artist, the way we like to remember him
Rick James
Brian
$600 [21]
Allergy Sufferer
Sneezy
Steve
$600 [27]
A roast is being served, so this nautical-sounding item makes anchor on the dinner table
a gravy boat
Brian
$600 [10]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from NASA Glenn Research Ctr in Cleveland, OH.) The treadmill on the International Space Station, which is simulated here, is critical in maintaining bone mass; loss of this element from the bones can not only lead to weakness & fractures, but to kidney stones
calcium
Steve
$600 [17]
In Letterman's last Top 10, she gave thanks for letting her "take part in another hugely disappointing series finale"
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Lizzie
$600 [3]
In 1945 the U.N. was organized in this city built on & around more than 40 hills
San Francisco
Lizzie
$600 [4]
This "King of Queens" actor has also spent time as a "Mall Cop"
Kevin James
Steve
$800 [23]
Languid
Sleepy
Steve
$800 [25]
Females are dominant in troops of them; "take me to your" this
lemur
Steve Lizzie
DD $1,200 [28]
More than an acre of these provide power to the I.S.S. & also make it the brightest object in the night sky after the Moon
solar panels
Brian
$800 [16]
The last words of this NBC sitcom in 1993: "Sorry, we're closed"
Cheers
Steve
$800 [5]
Settled in 1882, this city was named for the province in Canada
Ontario
Steve
$800 [14]
In 1999 he released a collection of 15 CDs called "Sixty Years, Sixty Flute Masterpieces"
James Galway
$1,000 [24]
Querulous
Grumpy
Lizzie
$1,000 [26]
2-syllable word for the hat seen here, which faded away after the French & American Revolutions
tricorne
Steve
$1,000 [18]
In 1967 72% of TV viewers watched as this David Janssen show ended its run
The Fugitive
$1,000 [6]
This city in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains is home to Apple Computer
Cupertino
Lizzie
$1,000 [15]
In 1946 he began hosting the first cooking program on network TV
James Beard
Brian

Double Jeopardy! Round

FLOWERY PROSE TRAINS OFF THE RECORD WORLD HISTORY NINTH WAVE A IS THE ONLY VOWEL
$400 [7]
Murders that might be the work of a vampire haunt "Violets Are Blue", James Patterson's follow-up to this novel
Roses Are Red
Steve
$400 [11]
This country's Maharajas' Express features wi-fi & a luxurious presidential suite that is an entire car
India
Lizzie
$400 [1]
Kristen Bell hit the Hot 100 with "Do You Want To Build A Snowman?" from this film
Frozen
Steve
$400 [21]
In 478 B.C. this city-state led the Delian League to remove the Persians from Greece
Athens
Lizzie
$400 [22]
In the ninth circle of Hell in the "Divine Comedy" are these people, like Judas
betrayers
Lizzie
$400 [2]
A simple narrative poem composed in short stanzas & made for singing
ballad
Brian
$1,200 [19]
This 1987 play about the friendship between a widow & her chauffeur won Alfred Uhry a Pulitzer Prize
Driving Miss Daisy
Lizzie
$800 [14]
The Canadian is a train that takes a scenic 2,775-mile ride from this Ontario city to Vancouver
Toronto
Steve
$800 [9]
Beyonce's 2008 double album was called "I am..." her, said to be Queen Bey's stage persona
Sasha Fierce
Lizzie
$1,200 [27]
Devised in 46 B.C. & named for a Roman leader, it marked time for more than 1,500 years before being replaced
Julian calendar
Lizzie
$800 [23]
In the King James Bible, the Ninth Commandment says "Thou shalt not bear false witness against" this person
your neighbor
Steve Lizzie
$800 [3]
It's an opacity of the eye lens
cataract
Steve Brian
$1,600 [18]
In a Daniel Keyes story, the title bouquet is for this lab mouse
Algernon
Lizzie
$1,200 [15]
In 1981 Amtrak revived the name of this Illinois Central train popularized in an Arlo Guthrie song
The City of New Orleans
Steve
$1,200 [10]
Deana Carter covers "State Trooper" on "Badlands", a tribute album to this "stately" Springsteen album
Nebraska
Brian
$2,000 [28]
On May 7, 1954 a French outpost at this location fell to Communist Vietnamese forces
Dien Bien Phu
Steve
$1,600 [25]
Mr. Bumble takes this title Dickens character to live at the main workhouse on his ninth birthday
Oliver Twist
Lizzie
$1,200 [4]
Don't be an idiot! Name this term for a learned scholar
savant
$2,000 [20]
Ingrid, in this "pale" tale by Janet Fitch, kills her boyfriend with poison made from the title flower
White Oleander
Steve
$1,600 [16]
The Indian Pacific's route between Sydney & this capital of Western Australia has a record 297 miles of straight track
Perth
Steve
$1,600 [12]
"Vertigo" is from U2's album "How To Dismantle" one of these
an atomic bomb
Lizzie
$2,000 [26]
The ninth Pope of this name served from 1846 to 1878, the longest reign ever
Pius
$1,600 [5]
Wornhere, it's comfy but can also be elegant
a kaftan
DD $4,000 [8]
In an Alexandre Dumas novel, the town of Haarlem offers a prize to anyone who can grow a black one of these
tulip
Steve
$2,000 [17]
In 2007, between Paris & Strasbourg, the train known by this French abbrev. hit a record speed on rails at 357 MPH
TGV
Lizzie
$2,000 [13]
Pharrell was executive producer of "Paperwork", a 2014 album by the rapper who goes by these 2 letters
T.I.
Steve
DD $4,000 [24]
At the 1824 premiere of this work, the musicians & choir were told to ignore the conductor
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
Steve
$2,000 [6]
It's an East Indian fig tree
banyan

Final Jeopardy!

PLACES ON THE MAP

Thanks to John Cabot, 16th century French documents included this island designated as "Terre Neuve"

Newfoundland

Brian "What isNoNova Scotia?" — wagered $2,401
Steve "What is Newfoundland?" — wagered $1,799
Lizzie "What is prince edward island" — wagered $6,000

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