Show #7277 2016-04-12 (taped 2016-03-01) Regular

Contestants

Joyce Lynch — a water exercise instructor from Austin, Texas

Carter Spires — a law student originally from Birmingham, Alabama

Ricky Young — a tax accountant originally from Canyonville, Oregon (whose 2-day cash winnings total $40,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ricky	$3,200	$7,600	$13,000	$23,601 2nd place: $2,000	$10,400 19 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W
Carter	$4,000	$5,600	$13,600	$26,001 New champion: $26,001	$13,600 19 R, 4 W
Joyce	$1,600	$3,800	$11,800	$17,800 3rd place: $1,000	$9,800 14 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

POP MUSIC	BRIDGES	THREE OF A KIND	NATIVE AMERICANS	ONLY "O" AS A VOWEL	KNOT THE TIE
$200 [1] The 2016 Grammycast featured "Make Me Like You", a video recorded live on roller skates by this singer Gwen Stefani	$200 [21] In 2015 45 tons of love locks were removed from the Pont des Arts, one of the bridges on this river the Seine Joyce	$200 [9] Norrland, Svealand, and Götaland are this country's three main regions Sweden Ricky	$200 [26] In 1839, after leading his people on the Trail of Tears, John Ross helped write a new constitution for this tribe the Cherokee Carter	$200 [6] Let's be "frank"; it's a food term for a flamboyant athlete trying to draw attention hot dog Ricky	$200 [16] In the title of an Irving Berlin song, it comes between "Top Hat" & "Tails" "White Tie" Ricky Joyce
$400 [2] She co-wrote her hit "All About That Bass" Meghan Trainor Carter	$400 [22] The Tacoma Narrows Bridge was the first suspension bridge across the narrows of this sound Puget Sound Ricky	$400 [11] For decades, this trio of automobile manufacturers known as the Big Three dominated the U.S. auto market Chrysler, GM and Ford Carter	$400 [27] To indicate this type of transport in Plains Indian sign language, combine the signs for boat & fire steamboat Ricky	$400 [7] A secure position for a business to advance, or a great spot for a mountain climber to put his toes foothold Ricky	$400 [17] A style of bow tie with widening ends like wings is named for this insect a butterfly Ricky
$600 [3] We've got the same love for this duo, a rapper & DJ-producer, seen here Ryan Lewis & Macklemore Carter	$600 [23] Opened in 1883, it spans the East River into lower Manhattan the Brooklyn Bridge Ricky	$600 [13] Watch classic black & white comedy shorts on crackle.com from this trio, like "Cactus Makes Perfect" the Three Stooges Ricky	$600 [28] Baggataway is what Native Americans called this sport they played with balls of leather stuffed with animal hair lacrosse Carter	$600 [8] Hairdo feature seen here topknot Joyce	$600 [18] A pin is often used to secure this necktie named for a fashionable English horse-racing site ascot Ricky
$800 [4] In 2015 Zayn Malik officially quit this band One Direction Carter	$1,000 [25] If you want to match the International Orange paint color of this bridge, Sherwin Williams' Fireweed is close the Golden Gate Bridge Ricky	$800 [14] The fireproof trio Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego appear in this book of the Old Testament Daniel Ricky	$800 [29] In an 1898 article in McClure's Magazine, Two Moon gave his account of what happened at this June 1876 battle Little Bighorn Joyce	$800 [10] It means "truth" or "fact" & in olden days there were many "-sayers" of it sooth Carter	$800 [19] This type of wide, triangular knot is traditionally used for tying a four-in-hand necktie a Windsor Carter
$1,000 [5] Former "SNL" cast member Rob Schneider is the father of this "Ex's & Oh's" singer Elle King Ricky	DD $2,000 [24] In Italian it's known as the Ponte dei Sospiri the Bridge of Sighs Ricky	$1,000 [15] The 3 Norns were the Norse counterparts of this trio in Greek myth who determined human destinies the Fates Carter	$1,000 [30] The name of this tribe, the USA's largest, comes from a word meaning "planted fields", since they were farmers Navajo	$1,000 [12] It's another word for a crucifix or cross rood Joyce	$1,000 [20] This Western tie is named for its resemblance to a certain weapon bolo Joyce

Double Jeopardy! Round

NICE SIDE WHISKERS!	VIRAL VIDEO	STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WORD WITH YOU	FIGHTER PLANES	POET-TREE	YES, THE THAI
$400 [16] Before becoming a prolific author, hetaught biochemistry (Isaac) Asimov Joyce	$400 [6] An isolation tactic used to stop the spread of disease lends its name to this 2008 thriller featuring a few CDC agents Quarantine Ricky	$400 [1] In 1924 Rogers Hornsby's was .424 batting average Ricky Joyce	$400 [11] (Kelly gives the clue from the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson.) The F-14 Tomcat'smovable swing wingscan sweep through an arc of nearly 50 degrees in response to changes in this number, the ratio of an aircraft's speed to the speed of sound Mach Ricky	$400 [24] This Longfellow hero "heard the whispering of the pine-trees" Hiawatha	$400 [23] Krung Thep or "City of Angels" is an alternate name for this largest Thai city Bangkok Joyce
$800 [17] Hewas both the eighth vice-president and the eighth president Van Buren Carter	$800 [7] Rob Lowe is among the superflu survivors in this 1994 miniseries based on a Stephen King tale The Stand Carter	$800 [2] In the sequence1, 3, 4, 8, 9,4 is this, like a highway strip the median Joyce	$800 [12] Code-named "Zeke" by the Allies, Japan's WWII Mitsubishi A6M fighter was better known by this numerical name the Zero Carter	$800 [25] In "Birches", this New England poet wrote that he'd like to "climb black branches up a snow-white trunk toward heaven" (Robert) Frost Carter Joyce	$800 [22] Until the 1930s Thailand was an absolute monarchy & known as this Siam Ricky
$1,200 [18] Here's this waltz king at around age 50 (Johann) Strauss Ricky	$1,200 [8] In this 2002 film a man awakens after 2 fortnights in a coma to find London devastated by a chimp-borne virus 28 Days Later Carter	$1,200 [3] Chicago's oldest commercial airport Midway Carter	$1,200 [13] This short name of a Russian design bureau was applied to jet fighters like the one seen here MiG Carter	$1,200 [26] This lake poet's "The Haunted Tree" is about an oak tree in England's Lake District Wordsworth Joyce	$1,200 [21] Rot-dtit, from words meaning "car" & "stuck", is Thai for this event, a common Thai complaint a traffic jam Ricky
$2,000 [20] Hislong reign over Austria-Hungary ended with his death in 1916 Franz Joseph Carter	$1,600 [9] The title of this 1995 Dustin Hoffman film refers to the appearance of a deadly African virus in California Outbreak Carter	$1,600 [4] It's the "I" in an IRBM ballistic missile intermediate Ricky Carter	$1,600 [14] A Paris tennis stadium is named for this fighter pilot, the first to mount a gun that fired through the propellor arc Roland Garros Carter	$1,600 [27] "Loveliest of trees", this fruit tree "now is hung with bloom along the bough", wrote A.E. Housman the cherry tree Joyce	$1,600 [29] The name of Singha, Thailand's most popular beer, comes from a word for this animal that once widely roamed Asia the lion Ricky Carter Joyce
DD $3,000 [19] Here's this general late in life, still sporting his signature side whiskers (Ambrose) Burnside Ricky	$2,000 [10] An extraterrestrial virus puts a galaxy of hurt on a New Mexico town in this 1971 sci-fi thriller The Andromeda Strain Carter	$2,000 [5] If you're as far away from one place as another, you're this 11-letter word equidistant Ricky	$2,000 [15] (Kelly gives the clue from the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson.) Designed for high-altitude reconnaissance in the days before surveillance satellites, the Lockheed SR-71still holds the world speed record for a manned jet, nearly 2200 miles per hour; it's known by this avian nickname the Blackbird Carter	DD $4,000 [28] Christina Rossetti wrote, "Who has seen" this, "neither you nor I, but when the trees bow down their heads", it "is passing by" the wind Joyce	$2,000 [30] Divided into 100 satangs, this is the Thai unit of currency baht

Final Jeopardy!

THE 1960s

In 1963 he wrote to MLK seeking a united front of "all Negro factions" against "a common problem posed by a common enemy"

Malcolm X

Joyce "Who was Malcolm X?" — wagered $6,000

Ricky "Who is Malcolm X?" — wagered $10,601

Carter "Who is Malcolm X?" — wagered $12,401

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