Show #7219 2016-01-21 (taped 2015-12-14) Regular

Contestants

Jennifer Sterling — an I.T. specialist from Burbank, California

Russell Allen — a public health program manager originally from Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Kyle Webb — a veterinary clinical pathologist originally from Boyertown, Pennsylvania (whose 2-day cash winnings total $27,999)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Kyle $4,200 $4,800 $12,400 $17,201
3-day champion: $45,200
$14,200
21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 2 DDs)
Russell $2,200 $2,600 $8,600 $1
2nd place: $2,000
$8,600
10 R, 0 W
Jennifer $0 $2,200 $7,800 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$7,800
11 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

ON THE MOVE PERSON, PLACE OR THING "DE" MIDDLE I READ HOMER IN THE ORIGINAL MY NAME IS PERCY
$200 [11]
The draisine, one of the first of these, appeared in 1817 & had to be straddled & walked--there were no pedals
a bicycle
Kyle
$200 [19]
From Jan. through March, enjoy a cool experience in Quebec at the Hotel de Glace, which is made of this
ice
Kyle
$200 [6]
To set in from the margin, as the first line of a paragraph
indent
Kyle
$200 [18]
I'm happy to recite passages from the "Iliad", which tells the tale of this war
the Trojan War
Kyle Jennifer
$200 [1]
In the original movie "Psycho", Tony Perkins played this guy who ran a motel
(Norman) Bates
Russell
$400 [26]
This poet had a yacht named for Don Juan; sadly, he drowned when the yacht sank
(Percy) Shelley
Kyle
$400 [12]
Flown by this German airline, the first nonstop transatlantic commercial flight touched down in Brooklyn in 1938
Lufthansa
Jennifer
$400 [13]
Shedoes double duty covering sports & co-hosting "Dancing with the Stars"
Erin Andrews
Kyle
$400 [7]
Free from great pretensions or showy extravagance
modest
$400 [23]
Homer's poetry is full of memorable metaphors, like when he refers to this star as "Orion's dog"
Sirius
Russell
$400 [2]
In the original musical film about this orphan, Aileen Quinn belted out "Tomorrow"
Annie
Jennifer
$600 [20]
Thomas Percy was one of the original conspirators in this 1605 scheme to blow up Parliament
the Gunpowder Plot
Jennifer
$600 [14]
This Dodge mid-size SUV is named for a city in Southwest Colorado
Durango
$600 [15]
The names of these 2 South American countries end in the same 4 letters
Paraguay & Uruguay
Russell
$600 [8]
Adultery or unfaithfulness
infidelity
Kyle
DD $1,000 [27]
I commiserate with Homer when he invokes these "daughters of aegis-bearing Zeus" to inspire him
the Muses
Kyle
$600 [3]
With this horror movie, director George Romero started a franchise but never used the word "zombie"
Night of the Living Dead
Russell
$800 [21]
In the book "The Lightning Thief", this kid finds out that his deadbeat dad is Poseidon
Percy Jackson
Kyle
$800 [25]
In 1921 the Fageol Safety Coach Company of Oakland created the first chassis specifically for these vehicles
buses
$800 [16]
Term for the type of tall, tapering pillar seen here
an obelisk
Jennifer
$800 [9]
Legal proof
evidence
Russell Jennifer
$800 [4]
In 1966's "Alfie", Michael Caine was the title ladies' man; it was this Brit in the remake
Jude Law
Kyle
$1,000 [22]
This American astronomer predicted the existence of Pluto, whose name includes his initials
Percival Lowell
$1,000 [24]
A passenger train in China reaches 270 mph using this above-the-rail technology
maglev (magnetic levitation)
$1,000 [17]
The rambutan from Asia is a type of this
a fruit
Jennifer
$1,000 [10]
Glowing or white with heat
incandescent
Kyle
$1,000 [5]
In the original of this haunted house film, the TV people communicate with Carol Anne; she's called Madison in the 2015 remake
Poltergeist
Kyle

Double Jeopardy! Round

IN MEMORIAM 2015 SCULPTURE MEATY LANGUAGE ANTHROPOLO-"G" THE AMERICAN PAST CHINA TOWNS
$400 [1]
Sadly for moviegoers, the "Nightmares" are over with the passing of this horrormeister at age 76
Wes Craven
Kyle
$400 [23]
His "Florentine Pieta" was planned for his own tomb but he attacked it in a rage; he gave it to a friend & it was repaired
Michelangelo
Kyle Jennifer
$400 [22]
There's a porcine product in this word for a small village
a hamlet
Kyle
$400 [8]
It's the study of family origins, lineage & history
genealogy
Kyle
$400 [18]
It's "The First State" but Thomas McKean, a delegate from there, is believed to be the last to sign the Dec. of Indep.
Delaware
Jennifer
$400 [15]
Keep up, city folk! The Forbidden City & the Imperial City lie within the Inner City of this city
Beijing
Jennifer
$1,200 [3]
One of the greatest hitters in Major League Baseball history, hepassed away in January
(Ernie) Banks
Russell
$800 [24]
Like most of his mobiles, his standing work "Red Petals" is made of painted sheet metal & wire
Calder
Jennifer
$800 [21]
Meaty name for the type of hat worn here
a porkpie
Kyle
$1,200 [10]
This 2-word term refers to an individual's private conception of being female or male
gender identity
Russell
$800 [17]
In August 1862 the Union had about 15,000 casualties & the Confederates, 9,000 in the Second Battle of this
Bull Run
Jennifer
$800 [16]
The city of Harbin owes its existence to the construction of the Chinese Eastern this by the Russians
a railroad
Russell
$1,600 [4]
This composer best known for scoring the movie "Titanic" died when the small plane he was piloting crashed
James Horner
$1,200 [25]
This Yale master of fine arts is known for works like "The Fifth Season" & for being husband to Meryl Streep
(Don) Gummer
Kyle
$1,200 [19]
When used before "up", it means to make something bigger or bulkier
beef
Kyle
$1,600 [11]
Seen here, it's a cultural symbol or character carved into a medium
glyph
$1,200 [12]
In 1774 it was "Meet the Fluckers" for this general whose name is on a Kentucky fort, as he married Lucy Flucker
Knox
Russell
$1,200 [28]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Tianjin, the leading port of northern China, lies on the Bohai Sea, an arm of this sea
the Yellow Sea
Kyle
DD $2,000 [2]
Headlines read, "The Thrill Is Gone" after this legendary bluesman passed away at 89
B.B. King
Kyle
$1,600 [26]
His 1901 sculpture "The Cheyenne" was inspired by the photo book "Animals in Motion"
Frederic Remington
$1,600 [5]
Don't be sheepish in your response determining this hairy facial feature
mutton chops
Russell
DD $2,000 [9]
"Cultural" this says that the human experience around the world is becoming more homogenous
globalization
Kyle
$1,600 [13]
He was arrested on Oct. 26, 1871, shortly after his reelection as a Tammany Hall chairman
Boss Tweed
$1,600 [29]
China's 2 biggest stock exchanges, both among the world's 10 biggest, are in Hong Kong & this city
Shanghai
Jennifer
$2,000 [7]
This neurologist & author of "Awakenings" passed away at age 82
Oliver Sacks
Kyle
$2,000 [27]
This Swiss-born sculptor was noted for his bronze works of thin, elongated figures like the one seen here
Alberto Giacometti
$2,000 [6]
Old-time comic George Jessel was the "toastmaster general"; today the snarkier Jeff Ross has this title
roastmaster general
Kyle
$2,000 [20]
Logically, it's the name for the study of a group of people by examining the trash they throw away
garbology
$2,000 [14]
"The Wreck Of" this ship that sank on Nov. 10, 1975 lies 530 feet below the surface of Lake Superior, broken in 2 sections
the Edmund Fitzgerald
Jennifer
$2,000 [30]
Guangzhou was the headquarters for the Kuomintang or nationalist party of this man from 1916 to his death in 1925
Sun Yat-sen

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS BRITS

Growing up, her favorite literary heroine was Jo March; they shared a name & a hot temper & they both wanted to write

J.K. Rowling (Joanne Rowling)

Jennifer "Who is" — wagered $7,800
Russell "Who is Abbot" — wagered $8,599
Kyle "Who is JK Rowling?" — wagered $4,801

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