Show #7249 2016-03-03 (taped 2016-01-14) Regular

WE ASKED: Weatherman Al Roker.

Contestants

Soumia Meiyappan — a research associate from Brampton, Ontario, Canada

Ted Dorsey — an author and educator from Los Angeles, California

Rachel Zoch — a writer and editor from Deer Park, Texas (whose 2-day cash winnings total $17,500)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Rachel	$1,800	$1,800	$12,600	$25,199 3-day champion: $42,699	$13,600 14 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Ted	$2,400	$4,400	$10,000	$7,385 2nd place: $2,000	$10,000 16 R, 2 W
Soumia	$4,200	$4,800	$12,600	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$16,800 20 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

CLEVER LOGOS	BOOK SONGS	ITALIAN, WITH THE SPEAKING	YOU GET 95 YEARS	TIME OFF	FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR
$200 [6] A gorilla & a lioness face each other on either side of the tree in thelogofor the zoo in this Steel City Pittsburgh Soumia	$200 [1] 1968's "Bookends", the fourth album by this duo, included "Bookends Theme" & "Mrs. Robinson" Simon & Garfunkel Ted	$200 [11] The merry month of maggio is this May Soumia	$200 [21] 1795:The first state university in the U.S. opens in this North Carolina town Chapel Hill Ted	$200 [30] Take some R&R, these 2 things part of a regular vacation period from military duty rest & recreation (rest & relaxation accepted) Ted	$200 [16] The Walter Payton Man of the Year Award goes to a player in this league who excels off the field the NFL Ted
$400 [7] An imprint of Penguin, Gotham Books has a logo of 3 stacked books that form this type of building seen in New York City a skyscraper Rachel	$400 [2] This Beatles song says, "Dear sir or madam, will you read my book" "Paperback Writer" Rachel	$400 [12] Dieci is this perfect number 10 Soumia	$400 [22] 1595:Commanding an Armada of English ships, he sails from Plymouth on his last voyage Sir Francis Drake	$400 [25] In Middle English it was a beggar; today it's one who plays hooky or the officer who pursues him truant Ted	$400 [17] The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award is part of these awards the Oscars Rachel
$600 [8] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta, GA.) Called "the Widget", Delta Airlines' corporate logo is designed to resemble both the swept wings of a jet flying overheard & the fourth letter of this alphabet the Greek alphabet Ted	$600 [3] "I Could Write A Book" from "Pal Joey" has words by Lorenz Hart & music by this man Richard Rodgers	$600 [13] That calzone will knock your calzini (these) off socks Soumia	$600 [23] 1695:This captain is commissioned to hunt pirates; he later becomes one Captain Kidd	$600 [26] In 2015 Microsoft said it would require its vendors to provide workers with 15 total days a year for vacation & this sick leave Rachel	$600 [18] The award named for this hotelier gives $2 million, the largest humanitarian prize in the world Hilton Soumia
$800 [9] In this logo seen on trucks & planes, the white space between the "E" & the "X" forms a right-facing arrow FedEx Soumia	$800 [4] This bespectacled singer made his Top 40 debut with "Everyday I Write The Book" Elvis Costello Ted	$800 [14] You look lovely in verde, this color green Ted	$800 [24] 1395:Tamerlane invades the Caucasus & takes the glitter off this horde the Golden Horde Soumia	DD $1,000 [28] It's a peaceful & happy interlude &, perhaps fittingly, a homophone of a word for "lazy" idyll Rachel	$800 [19] In 2015 Maggie Doyne, who helped girls in Nepal, was the top honoree at this news network's annual tribute "Heroes" CNN Soumia
$1,000 [10] 2 of the "T"s in the name of this brand of chips are actually sharing a chip; a bowl of salsa rests on the "I" between them Tostitos Soumia	$1,000 [5] This song alludes to "Lolita" when Sting sings, "just like the old man in that book by Nabokov" "Don't Stand So Close To Me" Rachel	$1,000 [15] Making reservations for 8 PM, an hour hence? Open with this common expression literally meaning "good evening" buonasera Soumia	$1,000 [27] 1895:J'accuse the French army of stripping this man of his rank in a public ceremony Alfred Dreyfus Soumia	$1,000 [29] Considering that Dartmouth job? Remember, full-time faculty get this type of leave for 1 term after 9 terms of teaching a sabbatical Ted	$1,000 [20] The legacy of this Canadian, who died in 1981, lives on in scholarships in his name, for youngsters who help others Terry Fox Soumia

Double Jeopardy! Round

NONFICTION	SCARLETT JOHANSSON ROLES	WORLD RELIGION	"UNK" IN THE TRUNK	BRIDGE ON THE RIVER	KAUAI
$400 [2] First published in 1997, this Mitch Albom work was the nonfiction bestseller of the year for 1999 Tuesdays with Morrie Rachel Ted Soumia	$400 [4] Charlotte, a young American in Tokyo looking for her place in life Lost in Translation Soumia	$400 [1] Hauhauism & Ringatu are religious movements of these native people of New Zealand the Maori Ted	$400 [17] The stink badger of Indonesia is a variety of this critter a skunk Soumia	$400 [25] Southwark Bridge the Thames Ted	$400 [13] The most green of Hawaii's islands, Kauai is nicknamed this "isle", reflecting its botanical bounty the Garden Isle Ted
$800 [3] Andrew Young's "The Politician" is about this scandal-plagued presidential candidate, to whom Young was an aide John Edwards	$1,200 [6] Cristina, on vacation in Spain in a Woody Allen film Vicky Cristina Barcelona Soumia	$800 [9] The Abhidharma Pitaka is one of the "baskets", or texts, of this religion Buddhism Soumia	$800 [18] This term for a dilapidated old auto like my '52 Chrysler refers to the sound it makes a clunker Rachel Ted	$800 [26] Brownsville & Matamoros International Bridge the Rio Grande Rachel	$800 [14] Kauai is known for its ubiquitous feral these, descendants of wild junglefowl brought by ancient Polynesians chickens Ted
$1,200 [22] (Hi. I'm Al Roker.) In my book "The Storm of the Century", I tell about the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history, a monstrous hurricane in 1900 that nearly wiped this Texas seaport off the map Galveston Rachel	$1,600 [7] The title role, vying for the attention of Henry VIII The Other Boleyn Girl Soumia	$1,200 [10] Though part of the Hindu Trinity with Shiva & Vishnu, he has only a handful of temples in all of India Brahma Rachel Soumia	$1,200 [19] An underling of unquestioning obedience a flunky Rachel	$1,200 [27] Old Vicksburg Bridge the Mississippi Rachel	$1,200 [15] One look at Waimea Canyon& you'll see why it's called this of the Pacific, after a mainland natural wonder the Grand Canyon Ted
$1,600 [23] "The Modern Science of Mental Health" is the subtitle of this L. Ron Hubbard work Dianetics Rachel	DD $2,000 [5] An artificially intelligent operating system Her Soumia	$2,000 [12] Rastafarianism traces its origins to this Jamaican who said to look to Africa, where a black king shall be crowned (Marcus) Garvey Ted	$1,600 [20] To expose false claims, theories or legends debunk Ted	$1,600 [28] The O'Connell & Sean O'CasO'CaseO'CaseygO'CaseygesO'O'CaseygesO'CaseygO'CaseygesO'CaseO'CaseygO'CaseygesO'Caseyges the Liffey Rachel	$1,600 [16] Kauai & its small neighbor Niihau were the only Hawaiian islands not conquered by this king Kamehameha Soumia
$2,000 [24] The chapters in his "Cosmos" corresponded to episodes of his TV show Carl Sagan Soumia	$2,000 [8] In 2014, a woman who gets superhuman abilities from a powerful synthetic drug Lucy Soumia	DD $2,200 [11] From the Arabic for "master" & also starting with "M", it's a teacher or leader in Islam mullah Soumia	$2,000 [21] It's the activity the explorershereare practicing spelunking Rachel	$2,000 [29] The 3,580-foot-long Peace Bridge the Niagara River Soumia	$2,000 [30] In the movie version of "South Pacific", Kauai's beautiful North Shorewas used as this exotic isle Bali Ha'i Rachel

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN HISTORY

In the 1690s its legislature referred to this place as "his Majesty's ancient colony and dominion"

Virginia

Ted "What is Massachusetts?" — wagered $2,615

Soumia "What is Jamestown?" — wagered $12,600

Rachel "What is Virginia?" — wagered $12,599

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