Show #7243 2016-02-24 (taped 2016-01-12) Regular

Contestants

Suzy Law — an administrative officer from Loveland, Colorado

Jill Panall — an H.R. consultant from Newburyport, Massachusetts

Ben Yuhas — a research scientist from Evanston, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $23,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Ben $2,200 $6,200 $12,800 $16,800
2nd place: $2,000
$15,800
23 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Jill $1,800 $4,400 $16,400 $26,400
New champion: $26,400
$16,000
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Suzy $600 $2,000 $1,600 $200
3rd place: $1,000
$2,000
8 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

WEIRD WORDS DISNEY ANIMATED SUPPORTING CHARACTERS LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "P" SCIENCE DECADES OF DANCE DISASTER CITY
$200 [3]
Something that's cupreous contains this metal
copper
Ben
$200 [11]
2006:Luigi, a 1959 Fiat 500
Cars
Ben
$200 [1]
AKA Robin Goodfellow(4)
Puck
Ben
$200 [17]
Newts & toads are members of this class of animals
amphibians
Jill
$200 [21]
The lambada & Michael Jackson's moonwalk
the '80s
Ben
$200 [23]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Texas A&M Disaster City in College Station, TX.) At Disaster City, first responders learn how to deal with tornado or earthquake debris; if someone is trapped beneath more than can be lifted, use what's around as this simple machine to gain the edge you need
a lever
Suzy
$400 [7]
The abomasum is the fourth division of this in ruminants such as cattle or sheep
the stomach
Jill
$400 [12]
1942:Flower, a skunk
Bambi
Ben
$400 [2]
"The Birthday Party" playwright(6)
Pinter
Jill Suzy
$400 [18]
Olden sailors got scurvy due to a lack of this vitamin
C
Ben
$400 [27]
The Macarena
the '90s
Ben
$400 [16]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Texas A&M Disaster City in College Station, TX.) Search & rescue dogs are adept at finding trapped people, because humans drop about 40,000 of these cells per minute, which dogs detect with their sensitive noses
skin cells
Ben
DD $400 [10]
Named for an 18th century earl, an orrery is an elaborate clockwork model of this alliterative arrangement
the solar system
Suzy
$600 [13]
1995:Slinky Dog
Toy Story
Suzy
$600 [4]
This meter is 5 feet long(10)
pentameter
Ben
$600 [19]
"Truth" & "beauty" are alternate names that physicists once used for the "top" & "bottom" types of these particles
quarks
Ben
$600 [26]
The hustle
the '70s
Suzy
$600 [28]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Texas A&M Disaster City in College Station, TX.) When dealing with chemical spills, first responders need to be as quick as possible, so they're trained beforehand in these suits with a portmanteau name
a HAZMAT suit
Jill
$600 [8]
From the Greek for "holy", hagiology is the study of the lives of these people, perhaps Peter or Christopher
saints
Ben
$800 [14]
1991:Chip the teacup &Mrs. Potts, a teapot
Beauty and the Beast
Jill
$800 [5]
Well-named "Magazine of Verse" dating from 1912(6)
Poetry
Jill
$800 [20]
This potent greenhouse gas has the formula CH4
methane
Suzy
$800 [25]
The Charleston
the '20s
Suzy
$800 [29]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Texas A&M Disaster City in College Station, TX.) By itself, a downed transformer is dangerous, but branches that touch one can be, too, as they could conduct electricity via sap or water; use rubber gloves that act in this capacity due to their low conductivity
an insulator
Jill
$800 [9]
An archaic interjection used to express a polite request, it's an alteration of "I pray thee"
prithee
Suzy
$1,000 [15]
1950:Gus & Jaq, mice
Cinderella
Jill
$1,000 [6]
One of Natty Bumppo's title vocations(10)
Pathfinder
$1,000 [22]
For water, .0098 degrees Celsius & .00603 atmospheres is this point at which it can exist as a solid, liquid or gas
the triple point
Ben
$1,000 [24]
The bunny hop & the hand jive
the '50s
Jill
$1,000 [30]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Texas A&M Disaster City in College Station, TX.) Law enforcement can secure rooms by stunning suspects with this type of nonlethal grenade; its name is from light that overstimulates the retina & a boom that disorients
a flashbang
Ben Suzy

Double Jeopardy! Round

IT TAKES 2 WORLD FACTS AGRICULTURE HARD-THROWING PITCHERS STRIKE OUT 15th CENTURY NOTABLES
$400 [6]
The 2 standard ingredients in a traditional mimosa cocktail
orange juice & champagne
Ben
$400 [1]
Abbreviated DM, this monetary unit ceased to be legal tender in Europe in 2002
a Deutsche Mark
Jill
$400 [2]
"Agriculture" & this unit of measure equal to 43,560 square feet both come from the Latin for "field"
acre
Suzy
$400 [7]
Along with the career record for strikeouts--5,714--he holds the career record for walks with 2,795
Nolan Ryan
Ben
$400 [15]
Strike "out" from a part of Australia & get this part of your anatomy
back (from Outback)
Ben
$800 [9]
In 1498 this Portuguese explorer acquired the services of a seaman who led him to India
Vasco da Gama
Jill
$800 [11]
They're the 2 main political parties in the United Kingdom
Conservative & Labour
Ben
$800 [3]
About a third of the people in this 25-mile-long coastal territory between Egypt & Israel live in refugee camps
Gaza
Ben Jill
$800 [26]
Before harvest, sugarcane fields undergo short burns to remove leaves, with these sugar-containing stems remaining
the stalks
Ben
$800 [8]
Only Greg Maddux & this 6'10" Diamondbacks flamethrower have won 4 straight Cy Young awards
Randy Johnson
Jill Suzy
$800 [16]
Remove "out" from a word meaning sociable & gregarious to get this word of departure
going (from outgoing)
Ben
$1,200 [10]
4-letter name of the ruler of Walachia whom the Turks referred to as "the impaler prince"
Vlad
Suzy
$1,200 [21]
They're the 2 Ivy League schools that are located in New York
Columbia & Cornell
Jill Suzy
$1,200 [4]
Oddly, Australia's highest peak is named for this Polish patriot
Kosciuszko
Jill
DD $3,000 [27]
In the 1930s, Pan Am grew vegetables on Wake Island for passengers by using this soilless method
hydroponics
Ben
$1,200 [12]
The pitcher most recently named the American league's MVP was this fireballing Tiger in 2011
(Justin) Verlander
Ben
$1,200 [17]
Strike "out" from a type of marine motor & get this plank
board (from outboard)
Jill
$1,600 [20]
This "Magnificent" Medici ruled Florence from 1469 to 1492 without any official title
Lorenzo
Ben
DD $2,000 [22]
Located in Asia, the only 2 countries whose names begin with "A" but don't end with "A"
Azerbaijan & Afghanistan
Jill
$1,600 [5]
They're the 2 official languages of both Chad & Djibouti
French & Arabic
$1,600 [13]
In 1978 this team's Ron Guidry, 25-3, achieved the highest winning percentage of any 20-game winner with .893
the Yankees
Jill
$1,600 [18]
Remove the "out" from a rejected person & get this medical item
cast (from outcast)
Ben
$2,000 [25]
In 1411 the pope excommunicated this Czech reformer for espousing the tenets of John Wycliffe
Jan Hus
$2,000 [23]
They're the only 2 egg-laying mammals
echidnas & platypus
Jill
$2,000 [24]
Japan's third-largest city, in 1970 it became the first city in Asia to host the World's Fair
Osaka
Ben Jill
$2,000 [14]
The Nationals' Blake Treinen has hit 100 mph with this type of pitch that gets its name from its downward motion
a sinker
Ben
$2,000 [19]
Strike "out" from a military maneuver & get this long, boneless cut of steak
flank (from outflank)
Jill

Final Jeopardy!

LEGENDARY WOMEN

Early British literature refers to her as "the first lady of the island"

Guinevere

Suzy "Who was Elizabeth I?" — wagered $1,400
Ben "Who is Guinevere?" — wagered $4,000
Jill "Who is Guinevere?" — wagered $10,000

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