Show #7313 2016-06-01 Regular

Contestants

Liz Miles — a doctoral candidate in anthropology from New Haven, Connecticut

Kelly Bayles — a librarian from Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tim Mercure — a graduate student in mathematics from Washington, D.C. (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,401)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tim	$4,000	$6,000	$4,200	$1,599 3rd place: $1,000	$9,200 16 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Kelly	$1,600	$1,900	$16,900	$16,900 New champion: $16,900	$16,600 18 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Liz	$2,200	$6,000	$7,600	$4,600 2nd place: $2,000	$7,600 11 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

NAME'S THE SAME	"UCK"Y STUFF	IVY LEAGUE	THE MOVIE ACTOR'S ROLE	GEOGRAPHY IN RHYME	PRESIDENTS FROM OHIO
$200 [25] Writers Kilmer &Carol Oates Joyce Kelly	$200 [19] Guests are arriving for this type of dinner potluck Liz	$200 [24] Cubs outfielder Hank Sauer used to store his chewing tobacco in the ivy of this ballpark Wrigley Field Liz	$200 [5] In 2003 Morgan Freeman played God, lover of the jingle for "The Clapper", in this comedy Bruce Almighty Tim	$200 [1] Sundsvall should be all you're needin' /'Cause you know, we're referring to... Sweden Liz	DD $500 [26] His earlier career included stints as U.S. Solicitor General & judge of the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court Taft Kelly
$400 [20] Fashion designer Lagerfeld &car designer Benz Karl Tim	$400 [18] In 1719 James Figg became the first English boxing champion, fighting in this hyphenated style bare-knuckled	$400 [2] AKA botanical expert Pamela Isley, she's one of the Gotham City Sirens Poison Ivy Tim	$400 [11] In the Coen Brothers movie "Hail, Caesar!", this movie star plays a 1950s movie star who gets kidnapped George Clooney Tim	$400 [3] Oran on the sea /Then off to Adrar for me /Farther east, you got Syria /But we're staying here in... Algeria Tim	$600 [23] Charles Guiteau wrote that this 20th president's assassination would "reunite the Republican party" Garfield Kelly
$600 [12] Ford who starred in "Gilda" &Close who starred in "Damages" Glenn Liz	$600 [15] A curled-up position in diving a tuck Tim	$600 [21] L.A. restaurant The Ivy is a favorite of celebrities, hence also of these celeb-focused photographers the paparazzi Liz	$600 [6] In this 1969 film Peter Fonda was marvelous as Captain America, man (no, not that one, man!) Easy Rider Liz	$600 [4] Come visit Mongo /Not far from the Congo /Tibesti mountains are not that bad /Yes, we're talking, talking 'bout... Chad Kelly	$800 [27] In 2015 DNA evidence validated Nan Britton's claim that this man from Marion fathered her daughter Harding Tim
$800 [13] Schnabel of the art world &civil rights leader Bond Julian Liz	$800 [16] Slang for someone from my homeland Canuck Tim	$800 [17] Project Ivy is the Home for Technology Innovation for this political group abbreviated DNC the Democratic National Committee Liz	$800 [7] Wait until the kids are asleep before watching Heather Graham play Rollergirl in this 1997 flick Boogie Nights Tim	$800 [9] Uttaradit & Surin were places to go /In Hua Hin, what a fabulous show /I was out on tour with my band /In the country of... Thailand	$1,000 [28] In 1879 he signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the U.S. Supreme Court Hayes Tim Kelly Liz
$1,000 [14] First Lady Coolidge &computer whiz Hopper Grace Tim	$1,000 [29] A flamboyant swordsman, or a book or movie that features lots of swordplay swashbuckling Liz	$1,000 [22] The colorful ivy seenhereis called the Virginia this, which sounds like a sneaky person creeper Tim	$1,000 [8] "Looking good, Billy Ray!" says Dan Aykroyd in this 1983 film; "Feeling good, Louis!" replies Eddie Murphy Trading Places Tim	$1,000 [10] I'd like to go, by golly /To Zabid, Ibb & Bir Ali /Enjoy some fruit, perhaps a ripe lemon /That would mean I'd be in... Yemen Kelly	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

LEFTOVERS	EPONYMS	TELE-NOVELAS	"CL"ASSICAL MUSIC	WORLD OF POETRY	THE 2015 IG NOBEL PRIZES
$400 [11] The dwarf type, a parasite on pine tree trunks, is a variety of this plant; now how about a Christmas kiss? mistletoe Kelly	$400 [16] A Greek Titan, a geographic volume Atlas	$400 [6] HBO's "The Leftovers" is based on a novel about the aftermath of one of these apocalyptic disappearing acts the Rapture Kelly	$400 [1] One of Saint-Saens' "Woodwind Sonatas" was for this instrument & piano the clarinet Kelly	$800 [25] Written by a Persian poet, "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" is a collection of rubai, these 4-line verses quatrains	$800 [22] Literature: for finding this 3-letter palindrome of bafflement "seems to exist in every human language" huh Tim Kelly
$800 [12] Feta is also called pickled cheese, as it is cured & stored in this, a strong solution of water & salt used to preserve food brine Kelly	$800 [17] An Italian immigrant family, a hot tub Jacuzzi Tim	$800 [7] This prolific author's novel "Zoo", about animals attacking humans, was turned into a TV series in 2015 James Patterson Kelly	DD $1,000 [2] The original title of this Debussy piece is translated as "Pierrot vexed by the Moon" "Clair De Lune" Kelly	$1,200 [26] Modern poetry of Japan is called shi to distinguish it from tanka & this other traditional form with a 5-letter name haiku Tim	$1,200 [21] Chemistry: for "Shear-Stress-Mediated Refolding of Proteins from Aggregates and Inclusion Bodies", or unboiling this the egg Tim
$1,200 [13] He depicted 20th century alienation in his 1942 novel "The Stranger" (Albert) Camus Kelly	$1,600 [19] A Major League lefty, a major type of arm surgery Tommy John Tim	$1,200 [8] Based on books by James S.A. Corey, it's Mars vs. Earth & more on "The Expanse", on this cable channel Syfy Kelly	$1,200 [3] The metronomic strains in this Haydn symphony might help you with its "timely" title "The Clock" symphony	$1,600 [27] A clever pun says that Paul Verlaine "was always chasing" these, referring to a fellow French poet Rimbaud Liz	$1,600 [23] Medicine: studying "the biomedical benefits or... consequences of intense" this activity, aka osculation kissing Tim
$1,600 [14] In 2015 Qatar issued a stamp marking 50 years of this international organization OPEC Tim	$2,000 [20] A Russian scientist, a "The Day the Earth Stood Still" musical instrument Theremin	$1,600 [9] Sally Field soared as Sister Bertrille on this sitcom based on a book by Tere Rios The Flying Nun Kelly	$1,600 [4] This pianist became an American hero when he won the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958 Van Cliburn	$2,000 [28] This country's poet known as Odidere Ayekooto, "the loquacious parrot", is a rock star among his Yoruba people Nigeria Kelly	$2,000 [24] Biology: for seeing when you attach a weighted stick to a chicken's rear, it walks like these "are thought to have walked" dinosaurs Kelly
$2,000 [15] After nearly 28 years in a coma, this heiress & "Reversal of Fortune" subject finally succumbed on Dec. 6, 2008 Sunny von Bülow	DD $5,000 [18] An inventor, a Jetta propulsion system Diesel Tim	$2,000 [10] "Dragonfly in Amber", the second novel in this series, is Season 2 of the TV show as Claire & Jamie flee Scotland Outlander Kelly	$2,000 [5] Bach wrote of the "Well-Tempered" this instrument, referring to a tuning system that would suffice for all keys the clavier Kelly	—	—

Final Jeopardy!

COLLEGE TEAM SPORTS

The USA's first intercollegiate athletic event was in 1852 in this, which as a sport goes back to at least the Middle Ages

rowing

Tim "What is javelin?" — wagered $2,601

Liz "What is fencing?" — wagered $3,000

Kelly "What is javelin?" — wagered $0

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