Show #7225 2016-01-29 (taped 2015-12-15) Regular

Contestants

Sandy Hall — a nurse residency program manager originally from Evansville, Indiana

Chris Becker — a bus driver and trainer from Orlando, Florida

Mara Apostol — a criminal defense attorney from Miami, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,801)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Mara $5,600 $7,800 $12,200 $2,999
2nd place: $2,000
$10,200
15 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Chris $2,400 $5,800 $21,400 $18,399
New champion: $18,399
$21,400
24 R, 1 W
Sandy $2,400 $5,000 $9,800 $1
3rd place: $1,000
$11,400
14 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

WHICH NYC BOROUGH? ANAGRAMMED BOOKS OF THE BIBLE ALPHABET SOUP LONG-RUNNING SITCOMS DOUBLE-LETTER BRANDS BY SLOGAN PO PRESENTS UNCONVENTIONAL WARRIORS
$200 [21]
Has its name on a ferry that transports approximately 70,000 passengers each weekday
Staten Island
Mara
$200 [1]
DENIAL
Daniel
Mara
$200 [16]
Served with or without matzo balls, C is for this soup "for the Soul"
chicken soup
Mara
$200 [3]
Dwight Schrute, on this sitcom: "I did not become a... volunteer sheriff's deputy to make friends. & by the way, I haven't"
The Office
Chris
$200 [11]
"When you care enough to send the very best"
Hallmark
Sandy
$200 [26]
(Po delivers the clue.) This British admiral, killed during his greatest victory at Trafalgar, was blind in one eye but didn't wear an eyepatch. You know I would have. Nobody messes with you when you wear an eyepatch
(Horatio) Nelson
Chris
$400 [22]
Shares its name with a city in northeastern Kansas
Manhattan
Chris
$400 [2]
OX DUES
Exodus
Sandy
$400 [17]
T is for this soup that's paired with grilled cheese on the Campbell's Kitchen website
tomato
Mara
$400 [7]
Episodes of this 1970s show included "Some 38th Parallels" & "Patent 4077"
M*A*S*H
Chris
$400 [12]
"The best a man can get"
Gillette
Mara
$400 [28]
(Po delivers the clue.) This Danish master wrote a tale about a brave one-legged tin soldier & his love for a tiny toy dancer; he ended up being melted by the fire into the shape of a heart--sorry, that one always kinda gets me
Hans Christian Andersen
Chris
$600 [23]
Is home to Coney Island
Brooklyn
Mara
$600 [4]
VIOLENT ERA
Revelation
Mara
$600 [18]
"F" is for this soup with a little cheesy goodness on top
French onion soup
Chris
$600 [8]
On "The Simpsons" this character said, "You may remember me from such medical films as 'Alice Doesn't Live Anymore'"
Troy McClure
$600 [13]
"Think outside the bun"
Taco Bell
Mara
$600 [27]
(Po delivers the clue.) In the American Revolution, I would have been grateful to this woman for bringing water in the heat of battle... though Molly Bowl of Noodles & Molly Dessert would have been nice to see, too
(Molly) Pitcher
Sandy
$800 [24]
Is the only one entirely on the U.S. mainland
the Bronx
Chris
$800 [5]
HER WEBS
Hebrews
Chris
$800 [19]
B is for this thick 6-letter soup, perhaps lobster or mushroom
bisque
Mara
$800 [9]
Mark Wahlberg produced & guest starred on this series that ran on HBO from 2004 to 2011
Entourage
Sandy
$1,000 [15]
"A diamond is forever"
De Beers
Chris
$800 [29]
(Po delivers the clue.) I'm a big fan of this Shakespeare knight but Prince Hal ends up telling him, "the grave doth gape for thee thrice wider"--c'mon, that's not what you say to an old buddy
Sir John Falstaff
$1,000 [25]
Hosted the 1939 & 1964 World's Fairs
Queens
Chris
$1,000 [6]
SEE SIGN
Genesis
Mara
$1,000 [20]
A is for this spicy Mexican soup whose name is Spanish for "meatball"
albóndigas
Sandy
$1,000 [10]
Before he was Leonard on "The Big Bang Theory", this actor made out with future co-star Mayim Bialik on "Blossom"
Johnny Galecki
Sandy
DD $2,800 [14]
"The toughest 4-letter word on wheels"
Jeep
Mara
$1,000 [30]
(Po delivers the clue.) Jordan Noble was just 14 when he played the long roll in this 1815 battle, Andrew Jackson's victory over the British; so was a drummer, but's that's OK. We can't alI be, you know, in the thick of the fight
the Battle of New Orleans
Sandy

Double Jeopardy! Round

ROTTEN TOMATOES WHERE'S THAT BOOK? SENIOR-ITIS STARTS & ENDS WITH DIFFERENT VOWELS THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE BAND WITH
$400 [1]
In the early 1900s some ketchup used rotten tomatoes masked by sodium benzoate, but this co. went artificial-preservative-free
Heinz
Mara
$400 [7]
"Where the Sidewalk Ends" is a collection of his poems & drawings
Shel Silverstein
Chris
$400 [5]
In 1952 Thomas Watson Sr. turned over the presidency of this tech company to Thomas Jr.
IBM
Sandy
$400 [12]
Leo Durocher said that he "never questioned the integrity of" one; his eyesight, yes
umpire
Sandy
$400 [26]
The area of this capital of Peru stretches over 1,500 square miles
Lima
Chris
$400 [21]
Freddie Mercury &Brian May
Queen
Chris
$800 [2]
Begun during the Franco era, the tomato-hurling event known as "La Tomatina" is a fixture of this country
Spain
Sandy
$800 [8]
This title of E.M. Forster's first novel completes the line "fools rush in..."
where angels fear to tread
Chris
$800 [17]
This "senior" pastor was born with the first name Michael but changed that to Martin & did the same for his son
Martin Luther King
Chris
$800 [13]
From the Latin for "not known", it means having one's identity concealed
incognito
Sandy
$800 [28]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has officially said that bad weather & poor navigation were to blame for any loss of transports in the area between Miami, Puerto Rico &this island
Bermuda
Mara
$800 [22]
Mike Love, Al Jardine &the Wilson brothers
the Beach Boys
Chris
$1,200 [3]
On PETA's website you can play a video game where you throw tomatoes at people who wear this
fur
Mara
$1,200 [9]
If you are looking for the title guy of this series, you might also spot his gal pal Wenda & his foe Odlaw
Waldo
Sandy
$1,200 [18]
This sr. hit 152 home runs in his major league career; add Jr.'s total & you get 782
Ken Griffey
Chris
$1,600 [15]
You'll find K-I, ki, meaning "energy", within the name of this martial art
aikido
Chris
$1,200 [29]
"Canada's Breadbasket", this province is sandwiched between Alberta & Manitoba, eh?
Saskatchewan
Chris
$1,200 [23]
Eddie Vedder on vocals
Pearl Jam
Sandy
$1,600 [4]
In 2013 Russian activists pelted King Willem-Alexander of this country with tomatoes
the Netherlands
DD $2,000 [10]
Max is wearing his wolf suit & causing mischief at the start of this Sendak classic
Where the Wild Things Are
Sandy
$1,600 [19]
This "Father of the Waltz" (& of Jr.) composed more than 150 waltzes
Johann Strauss
DD $2,000 [14]
A term for military weapons, ammunition & combat vehicles; insert an "I" & you get a statute
ordnance
Sandy
$1,600 [27]
Rivers emptying into this gulf include the Sonora & Colorado
the Gulf of California
Chris
$1,600 [24]
Richie Sambora on guitar
Bon Jovi
Chris
$2,000 [6]
When people don't get enough of this element, it may lead to osteoporosis; when tomatoes don't, they get blossom end rot
calcium
Chris
$2,000 [11]
In Maria Semple's novel, Bee is the daughter of this woman & asks the title question, "Where'd you go"
Bernadette
Mara
$2,000 [20]
Around 1830 this pere wrote a series of historical plays like "Napoleon Bonaparte"
Alexandre Dumas (Père)
$2,000 [16]
It's the central dark spot of the shadow cast by the Moon or Earth during an eclipse
umbra
Chris
$2,000 [30]
It's believed that Lake Nicaragua & this city-named lake to the northwest once formed part of a Pacific Ocean bay
Managua
Chris
$2,000 [25]
Donald Fagen &Walter Becker
Steely Dan
Chris

Final Jeopardy!

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

He wrote, "As life and fortune are risked by serving his majesty, it is necessary that the latter shall be secured"

Benedict Arnold

Sandy "Who was Hamilton?" — wagered $9,799
Mara "Who is ?" — wagered $9,201
Chris "Who was Cornwallis?" — wagered $3,001

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