Show #7246 2016-02-29 (taped 2016-01-14) Regular

Contestants

Brigid Hannahoe — a pathologist from Buffalo, New York

Tyler Shattuck — a graduate student from Long Beach, California

David Bradley — an author from Atlanta, Georgia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $27,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
David	$600	$3,400	$25,000	$28,000 2-day champion: $55,000	$22,200 23 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W
Tyler	$1,400	$1,400	$6,200	$12,357 2nd place: $2,000	$6,200 9 R, 3 W
Brigid	$4,200	$8,600	$13,800	$2,599 3rd place: $1,000	$13,800 21 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

LEAP DAY	FURNITURE	ANIMATED TV	LANDMARKS	WHICH PLANET?	"RTH"
$200 [2] On Feb. 29, 1904, Teddy Roosevelt appointed a commission to oversee construction of this waterway the Panama Canal David	$200 [23] Sometimes used for privacy, a pingfeng is a Chinese type of this that may have paintings on its panels a screen Tyler	$200 [7] Burgers of the Day on this show: "I know why the Cajun Burger Sings", "Beets of the Southern Wild" & "To Err is Cumin" Bob's Burgers Brigid	$200 [8] South of the Great Pyramid of Giza is this limestone sculpture, part man, part lion the Sphinx Brigid	$200 [13] It has flowing water from time to time, NASA announced in 2015 Mars Brigid	$200 [18] 10-letter way of saying from now on henceforth David
$400 [4] In 1960, in this city, Hugh Hefner opened his first Playboy Club, where Bunnies could live for $50 a month rent Chicago David	$400 [24] Colonial American children often slept on these beds that would roll under bigger beds when not in use trundles Brigid	$400 [1] Cosmo & Wanda are unusual fairy godparents on this show that started its tenth season in 2016 Fairly OddParents Tyler	$400 [9] It's obstructing the flow of the Colorado River, creating Lake Mead the Hoover Dam Brigid	$400 [14] It has the symbol seen here Venus Brigid	$400 [19] In "The Red Queen" Philippa Gregory wrote, "Men die in battle; women die in" this childbirth David
$600 [28] In 1504 he used foreknowledge of a lunar eclipse to escape a dicey situation with local Jamaicans Christopher Columbus David	$600 [25] Popular in France in the 19th c., a psyche is a full-length one of these mounted on a frame so that it can be tilted a mirror David	$600 [3] This title girl gets around with her backpack & an item that isn't afraid to repeat "I'm the map. I'm the map, I'm the map" Dora (the Explorer) Brigid	$600 [10] Experts now reject the idea that this monument on Salisbury Plain was a Druid temple or calculator built to predict eclipses Stonehenge Brigid	$600 [15] The Great Red Spot is there Jupiter Brigid	$600 [20] In Scotland, it's similar to a fjord, but with lower walls a firth Brigid
$800 [29] Well, fiddle dee dee! In 1940 this film was honored with 8 Oscars Gone with the Wind Brigid	$800 [26] Thesesimple, rustic wooden chairs were designed in the New York mountains whose name they bear Adirondack Brigid	$800 [5] Trying to be more American, this Kwik-E-Mart man tells Homer, "The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" Apu Brigid	$800 [11] Built around 200 A.D., it's about 500 feet square & is Teotihuacan's second biggest structure behind the Pyramid of the Sun the Pyramid of the Moon Brigid	$800 [16] It has been under observation by the Cassini spacecraft since 2004 Saturn Tyler	$800 [21] In 1913, this five-&-dime magnate built what was then the tallest building in the world Woolworth Brigid
$1,000 [30] 2008's Leap Day saw the Va. Supreme Court uphold the USA's first felony conviction for this practice of flooding emails spamming David	$1,000 [27] A cassone nuziale was a special one of these that often showed the coats of arms of the 2 families united in marriage a hope chest	$1,000 [6] This spy said, "I didn't invent the turtleneck, Lana, but I was the first to recognize its potential as a tactical garment" (Sterling) Archer Tyler	DD $1,000 [12] It served as the entrance gateway to the 1889 World's Fair the Eiffel Tower Brigid	$1,000 [17] The one originally named Georgium Sidus, after King George III Uranus Tyler	$1,000 [22] In the name of the retail company specializing in products for the home & garden, it's paired with "plow" hearth Brigid

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE QUOTA SYSTEM	LONG 1-SYLLABLE WORDS	NEBRASKANS	OLD-TIME SCIENCE	URBAN LITERATURE	"BUTTER" ME UP
$400 [29] So populations of this mammal could recover, the IWC began using quotas in the 1940s & set commercial ones to 0 in 1982 whales David	$400 [11] 7 letters: A preposition that can precede "out" or "line" through David	$400 [16] This Vietnam vet was elected a U.S. Senator for Nebraska in 1996 & made Secretary of Defense in 2013 Chuck Hagel Tyler	$400 [1] Neptunism was the idea this once covered the earth & all rock precipitated from it water Brigid	$400 [6] Portrayed by Sinatra on film, heruns the craps tables in the "Guys and Dolls" stories Nathan Detroit	$400 [25] This name for pickpocket Thomas Moran sounds like he was clumsy, but refers to his smoothness Butterfingers Brigid
$800 [28] In the 1978 Bakke case, the Supreme Court nixed racial quotas but said this alliterative system is constitutional affirmative action David	$800 [12] 8 letters: A poker hand with consecutive numbers a straight Tyler	$800 [17] Lincoln-born Ted Sorensen gained fame as this man's speechwriter & political strategist JFK David	$800 [2] The 1862 telluric screw organized atomic weights on a cylinder, a 3D version of this table the periodic table David	$800 [7] "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" chronicles a rollicking weekend for this gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson Tyler	$800 [21] After 40 years, it was revealed in 2009 that the first name of this breakfast food advertising icon is Joy Mrs. Butterworth Brigid
$1,200 [26] In 1905 this "revolving" service group set membership standards so that no one profession could dominate the Rotarians David	$1,200 [13] 8 letters: From the German for "mouthful", it's a general term for a strong Euro-liquor schnapps David	$1,200 [18] This 1968-1975 ABC talk show host had intellectual cachet--Norman Mailer head-butted Gore Vidal in his green room! Dick Cavett David	$1,200 [3] Early OB/GYNs thought eating too many strawberries during pregnancy gave the baby the strawberry type of this a birthmark David	$1,200 [8] A mysterious sack in a bank vault stirs greed in the Mark Twain tale "The Man that Corrupted" this town Hadleyburg David	$1,200 [22] Merry music makers of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" Iron Butterfly David
$1,600 [27] China initiated this numeric quota of sorts in the '70s to fight its growing population, but doubled it in 2015 one-child policy Brigid	$1,600 [14] 9 letters: From Yiddish, how we lugged that suitcase upstairs schlepped David	DD $2,000 [19] Standing Bear of the Ponca tribe won an 1879 court victory when a judge said that "an Indian is" indeed this 6-letter word a person David	$1,600 [4] 17th c. scientists thought adding a soiled shirt to wheat can create mice--the theory of the spontaneous type of this generation Tyler	$2,000 [10] In this Thomas Mann novella, a writer on a holiday in a cholera-stricken city grows infatuated with a boy Death in Venice Tyler	$1,600 [23] Elizabeth Taylor won an Oscar for playing Manhattan beauty Gloria Wandrous in this film BUtterfield 8 David
—	$2,000 [15] 9 letters: Shrilly cried, like a certain owl screeched Tyler Brigid	$2,000 [20] The spot for Malcolm X was Omaha, where he was born in 1925 with this original last name Little	$2,000 [5] Mutation is part of modern genetics; put a syllable before it to get this change of base metals to gold in alchemy transmutation Tyler	DD $4,000 [9] He sought his fortune in Yukon gold prospecting, but made it big as the USA's highest-paid writer Jack London David	$2,000 [24] In song The Foundations followed this formal plea with "Don't break my heart" "Build Me Up Buttercup" David

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD LEADERS

In 2006 a former llama herder became president of this country

Bolivia

Tyler "What is Bolivia?" — wagered $6,157

Brigid "What is Peru?" — wagered $11,201

David "What is Bolivia?" — wagered $3,000

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