Show #7312 2016-05-31 (taped 2016-03-10) Regular

Contestants

Laurie Corrin — a community volunteer from Kirkland, Washington

Tim Mercure — a graduate student in mathematics from Washington, D.C.

Erin Delaney — an English professor from North Hills, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $53,999)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Erin	$1,200	$3,200	$8,400	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$8,400 13 R, 3 W
Tim	$1,400	$7,000	$13,500	$20,401 New champion: $20,401	$11,400 24 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W (including 1 DD)
Laurie	$3,600	$4,600	$10,200	$3,599 2nd place: $2,000	$10,200 15 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

RODENTS	LOGOS	BODY PARTS IN SONG	"FRONT" & "BACK"	DO YOU HAVE ANY NINES?	GO HAMILTON FISH!
$200 [16] The African crested one of these, that continent's largest rodent, has foot-long quills a porcupine Laurie	$200 [21] Here's the logo of this gaming console (Sony's) PlayStation 4 Tim	$200 [1] DJ Kool had a request--"Let Me Clear My" this throat Tim	$200 [6] The political candidate who's leading in the polls frontrunner Tim	$200 [7] The goal of this game aka skittles is to knock down as many as you can ninepin Laurie	$200 [26] In March 1869 this ex-general & new president appointed Hamilton Fish his Secretary of State Grant Tim
$400 [17] This striped squirrel can gather more than 150 acorns in a day & enough in several days to last the winter a chipmunk Laurie	$400 [24] Patrick McDarby designed many sports logos, including one featuring Lady Liberty used by this NHL team the New York Rangers Laurie	$400 [2] In 1984 the Police told of being "Wrapped Around Your" this finger Erin Laurie	$400 [8] The Romans played a game called ludus duodecim scriptorum that was virtually identical to this board game backgammon Laurie	$400 [12] Females of the nine-banded type of these plated mammals always give birth to identical quadruplets armadillos Tim	$400 [30] In 1873 Ham helped avert war with this nation, which had executed U.S. citizens seized aboard a rebel Cuban ship Spain Erin
$600 [18] Alice in Wonderland could tell you this creature that needs its rest lives mostly in trees a dormouse Erin	$600 [23] The logo of this German car brand is a 3-pointed star Mercedes-Benz Laurie	$600 [3] ZZ Top informed us, "She's got" these, "she knows how to use them" legs Erin	$600 [9] (Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) It's the term forilluminating someone to give greater separation between the person & what's behind them backlighting Laurie	$600 [13] The nine Muses of Greek mythology include Thalia & Melpomene, these 2 forms of drama symbolized by masks tragedy & comedy Tim	$600 [27] Ham signed an 1875 treaty with this kingdom exempting it from U.S. sugar duties & paving the way for its later annexation Hawaii Tim Laurie
$800 [19] This 2-foot-tall South American rodent has webbed feet to help it swim & to keep from sinking into the mud of river banks a capybara Tim	$800 [22] A bat was chosen as this rum's brand logo since Cuban folklore said it symbolized good health & fortune Bacardi Tim	$800 [4] Josh Turner has a song called "Cold" this shoulder Tim	$800 [10] Junior legislators in Britain's House of Commons get this nickname from where they sit backbenchers	$800 [14] "Blessed are the merciful" is from this group of nine found in Matthew 5 the Beatitudes Tim	$1,000 [29] Hamilton Fishes II, III & IV served in Congress; V owned this lefty magazine, the country's oldest political journal The Nation
$1,000 [20] When Lewis & Clark encountered this Great Plains rodent, they called it a "barking squirrel" a prairie dog Erin	$1,000 [25] Graphic designer Rob Janoff created this company's rainbow-striped logo by studying cross sections of real fruit Apple Tim	$1,000 [5] Kelly Clarkson sang "Behind These" colorful body parts hazel eyes Erin	$1,000 [11] Ben Hecht co-wrote this classic newspaper play that became the movie "His Girl Friday" Front Page Laurie	$1,000 [15] According to Milton, there are nine gates of hell: 3 of rock, 3 of brass & 3 of this metal iron Laurie	DD $2,000 [28] A park & library on Houston Street are named for Ham, who graduated from this Ivy League school Columbia Tim

Double Jeopardy! Round

NOTED AFRICAN AMERICANS	PARTS OF THE MOUNTAIN	U.S. AIRPORT CODES	ALSO A CHURCH WORD	DRAMA	AND THE OBSCURE OSCAR GOES TO...
$400 [1] In 1942 Charles Drew received a patent for preserving this, allowing it to be stored in "banks" blood Erin Tim	$400 [15] The Khumbu Icefall Mount Everest Tim	$400 [3] SLC serves this state capital Salt Lake City Tim	$400 [9] One who entertains people at his home a host Laurie	$400 [7] Actors John Heminge & Henry Condell brought together Shakespeare's plays into this 1623 collection the First Folio Tim Laurie	$400 [23] Visual Effects, 2000: John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke & Rob Harvey, for this film about MMA in ancient Rome Gladiator Erin
$800 [2] Harold Amos, the first black department chair at this Ivy League med school, taught there for nearly 50 years Harvard Tim	$800 [16] Uhuru Peak Mount Kilimanjaro Erin Laurie	$800 [4] The codes for the 2 airports in Queens, NYC are LGA & this JFK Tim	$800 [10] Surname of Apollo of "Rocky" fame Creed Erin	DD $500 [30] The 1936 book "An Actor Prepares" was a methodical approach to the subject by this Russian (Konstantin) Stanislavsky Tim	$800 [24] Now discontinued, Assistant this, 1936: Jack Sullivan, for "The Charge of the Light Brigade" Director Erin
$1,200 [11] The 2016 TV series "The People v. O.J. Simpson" put this late attorney, seenhereat the trial, front & center Johnnie Cochran Tim	$1,200 [18] Dome du Gouter, Brouillard Ridge Mont Blanc Erin Laurie	$1,200 [5] Thurgood Marshall Airport has the code BWI, for these 2 cities "International" Baltimore & Washington Tim	$1,200 [12] An assembly of typesetting of like size & style a font Tim	$800 [19] Albert Bassermann is seenherein an early 20th century production of Schiller's play about this Swiss hero William Tell Tim	$1,200 [25] Makeup, 1988: Ve Neill, Steve La Porte & Robert Short, who made up a great bio-exorcist for him! him! him! Beetlejuice Erin
$1,600 [17] As a mission specialist on STS-8 aboard one of these, Guion Bluford helped deploy INSAT-1B a Space Shuttle Laurie	$2,000 [21] St. Katherine's Monastery, the Steps of Repentance Mount Sinai	$1,600 [6] American Airlines' largest hub is the Texas airport with this code DFW Erin	$1,600 [13] The hero of this video game is Master Chief Halo Tim	$1,200 [28] 3 main types of classical Japanese theater are noh, kabuki & bunraku, which uses these instead of the actors puppets Tim	$1,600 [26] Dance Direction, 1936: Seymour Felix, for a number from "The Great" him; it was no folly Ziegfeld Tim Laurie
$2,000 [22] James Armistead told Lafayette that the British were moving into this Va. town; siege & surrender soon followed Yorktown Erin	DD $3,000 [20] Eruption Trail, Cougar Sno-Park Mount St. Helens Tim	$2,000 [8] DTW serves this city; the airport's full name includes Wayne County Detroit	$2,000 [14] A tedious account of something a litany Tim	$1,600 [29] Samuel Beckett wrote "Waiting for Godot" & American playwright Clifford Odets wrote "Waiting for" him Lefty Erin	$2,000 [27] Black & White Costume Design, 1954: This woman for whom the Academy should've just renamed the award Edith Head Tim Laurie

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD FAUNA

Platypuses are to this Pacific island what alligators are to Florida

Tasmania

Erin "What is New Zealand" — wagered $8,400

Laurie "What is Papua New Guinea?" — wagered $6,601

Tim "What is Tasmania?" — wagered $6,901

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