Show #7223 2016-01-27 (taped 2015-12-15) Regular

Contestants

Bianca Hegedus — a financial analyst from Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania

Colin West — a graduate student in physics from Port Jefferson, New York

Fred Vaughn — an Internet operations technician from Mineral Point, Wisconsin (whose 3-day cash winnings total $49,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Fred	$3,400	$2,200	$10,600	$16,100 4-day champion: $65,700	$10,600 17 R (including 1 DD), 6 W
Colin	$2,200	$2,600	$11,200	$1,000 3rd place: $1,000	$13,400 19 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Bianca	$200	$4,600	$7,000	$11,201 2nd place: $2,000	$6,800 12 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

IT BORDERS AUSTRIA	AIR QUOTES	SKILLFUL ADJECTIVES	TECHNOLOGY	PRO WOMEN	"CON" MEN
$200 [3] Apulia & the Southeastern Plains form the "heel" of this country to Austria's south Italy Colin	$200 [7] In an 1868 song, he'd "fly through the air with the greatest of ease" the man on the flying trapeze Bianca	$200 [19] Fill in AD __ __ T & you're this skillful word adept Fred Colin	$200 [9] In weaving it's the machine used for interlacing the horizontal & vertical elements a loom Colin	$200 [26] She made her European racing debut in 1998, competing in the Formula Vauxhall Winter Series Danica Patrick Colin	$200 [1] Bernstein & von Karajan were famous in this job conductor Fred
$400 [8] The European headquarters of the U.N. are in this country, due in part to its foreign policy Switzerland Colin	$400 [14] Matthew 6:26 says, "Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they" this reap Colin	$400 [20] Fill in AD __ __ __ T & you're this skillful word adroit Bianca	$400 [10] A stopcock is an external this 5-letter item used to control a liquid flow through a pipe a valve Fred Colin	$400 [27] It was Martina Navratilova who suggested this Russian tennis player move to Florida; she turned pro at 14 Maria Sharapova Colin	$400 [2] British landscape painter John, or a British police officer Constable Fred
$600 [16] The geographic center of the European Union is in this country Germany Fred Bianca	$600 [15] Critic Dave Hickey called criticism "the written equivalent of" this, such as playing imaginary Stratocaster air guitar Fred	$600 [21] It's a 2-word sweet popcorn treat made into 1 word crackerjack Bianca	$600 [11] The first atom bomb using this transuranium element was detonated on July 16, 1945 in New Mexico plutonium Colin	$600 [28] This MMA champ said, "What makes me so confident that I can win is I'm the greatest fighter in the world" Ronda Rousey Fred	$600 [4] First name of Mr. Nast, who in 1909 began a publishing empire that today includes W, GQ, Vanity Fair & more Condé Fred
$800 [17] Northward ho! You'll find the Moravian Lowlands & Bohemian Basin in this country the Czech Republic Bianca	DD $1,000 [24] "These our actors, as I foretold you, were all spirits and are melted into air" in this island-set Shakespeare play The Tempest Bianca	$800 [22] From the Latin for "wise", it has the rare double-V savvy	$800 [12] To shape molten metal, or the furnace used to melt metal forge Colin	—	$800 [5] Unlike Edward the Martyr, English king Edward may have been called this to mean he died naturally & had time to see a priest Edward the Confessor Colin
$1,000 [18] In 2015, thousands of Middle Eastern migrants headed for the Austrian border, many via thisex-Yugoslav republic due south Slovenia Fred	$1,000 [25] Her poem "Lady Lazarus" ends, "Out of the ash / I rise with my red hair / And I eat men like air" Sylvia Plath	$1,000 [23] A skilled professional might be this, with the same first 4 letters as "professional" proficient Bianca	$1,000 [13] Most welding torches use this colorless gas, C2H2, burned with oxygen to produce a heat high enough to cut metal acetylene Fred	—	$1,000 [6] Iimbermen.com touts "men's flexibility at its best" & is a website for these guys contortionists Fred

Double Jeopardy! Round

"Z" WORDS	ZOOLOGY	POP MUSIC	INFLUENTIAL NONFICTION	19th CENTURY AMERICA	MIXED BAG
$400 [5] This 2-word term for the start time of a military operation zero hour Colin	$400 [23] An African type of this carrion eater, the Ruppell's griffon has been known to fly as high as 7 miles a vulture Fred	$400 [12] During her 2015 "Unbreakable" tour, she duetted on "Scream" with her brother Michael's recorded voice Janet Jackson Fred	$400 [20] This ancient Greek wrote his "Poetics" around 340 B.C. Aristotle Colin	$400 [3] Joining Great Britain, Congress passed an act in 1807 abolishing this international African trade slave trade Fred	$400 [1] On an extra hot day on this planet closest to the sun, temperatures can reach over 800 degrees Mercury Bianca
$800 [10] This restaurant rating service that began in 1979 Zagat Colin	$800 [25] Anteaters belong to a suborder called vermilingua, which means "worm" this in Latin tongue Bianca	$800 [13] The Eagles had "7 women on my mind" in this hit "Take It Easy" Fred	$800 [21] "On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres" by this astronomer wasn't published until 1543, the year of his death Copernicus Bianca	$800 [6] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) 62,000 men in parallel corps columns covered up to 15 miles a day on their way to Savannah in this general's march to the sea Sherman Bianca	$800 [2] More than 4,500 ex-players have sued the NFL for not disclosing the long-term dangers of these brain injuries concussions Colin
$1,200 [11] This frothy Italian treat made with eggs, sugar & wine zabaglione Fred	$1,200 [26] This swift African cat has claws that are not fully retractable, enabling it to grip the ground when running after prey a cheetah Colin	$1,200 [14] Beyonce was featured as a guest vocalist on this artist's 2010 hit "Telephone" Lady Gaga Colin	$1,200 [22] Arnold Toynbee's 12-volume "Study of" this school subject provoked debate on the decline & fall of civilizations History	$1,200 [8] The Credit Mobilier scandal involved this "oceanic" railroad company the Union Pacific Fred Colin	$1,200 [4] What the couplehereis doing, or a No. 1 pop hit from the summer of '78 shadow dancing Fred
$1,600 [17] This Yiddish adjective meaning plumply voluptuous zaftig Fred	$1,600 [29] The nesting group of this large tropical seabird is called a colony, not a hatch a booby Bianca	$1,600 [15] This singer-songwriter reached the Top 10 twice with "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do", in 1962 & 1976 Neil Sedaka Fred	$1,600 [27] This Latin word follows "Principia" in the title of Newton's work often just called "Principia" Mathematica Colin	$2,000 [24] This American naval hero wasn't killed in the Illinois city that bears his surname, but rather in a duel in Maryland Stephen Decatur Fred	$1,600 [7] TLC describes this show with a rhyming title as "part fashion show, part bridal story, part family therapy" Say Yes to the Dress Colin
DD $2,000 [18] This eponymic word for Mexican rebels of the 1910s & their modern descendants Zapatistas Fred	$2,000 [30] This toothed whale has the largest brain of any animal & can dive to a depth of almost 2 miles the sperm whale Bianca	$2,000 [16] Since his huge success producing Amy Winehouse & funking with Bruno Mars, you may not be able to get him to DJ your party Mark Ronson Colin	$2,000 [28] His research study "Sexual Behavior in the Human Female" was a sensation in 1953 (Alfred) Kinsey Fred	DD $2,200 [9] In 1890 this bureau of the government reported that the West was so settled that no frontier could be said to exist the Census (Bureau) Colin	$2,000 [19] This writer of more than 80 plays was nicknamed "the father of Greek tragedy" Aeschylus Colin

Final Jeopardy!

THE EMMYS

It's the first show nominated for both Outstanding Comedy Series (2014) & Outstanding Drama Series (2015)

Orange is the New Black

Bianca "What is Orange is the NewBlackBlack?" — wagered $4,201

Fred "What is Orange is the New Black?" — wagered $5,500

Colin "What is Veep?" — wagered $10,200

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