Show #7342 2016-07-12 (taped 2016-04-25) Regular

Contestants

Jessica Plagens — a graphic designer from St. Paul, Minnesota

Amy Ware — a registered nurse from South Deerfield, Massachusetts

Jason George — a management consultant originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,401)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jason	$2,000	$9,400	$25,000	$35,199 2-day champion: $53,600	$17,600 21 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Amy	$3,800	$6,200	$5,200	$5 3rd place: $1,000	$10,200 18 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Jessica	$2,400	$3,400	$7,400	$4,300 2nd place: $2,000	$7,400 13 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

PICTURES THE WORD	HOW INVENTIVE!	THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE	SIGNATURE SONGS	OF BOOKS & BOATS	HAMBURGER JOINTS
$200 [2] Acetaceousmammal a dolphin Amy	$200 [21] Gideon Sundback came up with the interlocking teeth for the fastener that today is known as this the zipper Jason	$200 [23] Her citation mentioned "work in bringing help to suffering humanity" in Calcutta Mother Teresa Jessica	$200 [5] "Some people claim that there's a woman to blame" for this Jimmy Buffett anthem "Margaritaville" Jessica	$200 [17] Fame was fleecing for this captain of the mythological Argo Jason Jason	$200 [11] Quarter Pounder with cheese McDonald's Amy
$400 [3] Benny Goodman & Miles Davis had this job a bandleader Amy	$400 [20] (Sarah of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) Mirrors placed at 60 or 45 degree angles are key to this optical device invented in 1816 by British physicist Sir David Brewster a kaleidoscope Amy	$400 [30] 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo spent 2 years in prison for taking part in the 1989 student protests here Tiananmen Square Amy	$400 [6] Paul Anka rewrote the lyrics of a French song called "Comme d'Habitude" & called it this; it became Sinatra's signature song "My Way" Jason	$400 [24] Captain Hook's ship in "Peter Pan", it shares its name with a pirate banner the Jolly Roger Jason	$400 [12] Bacon & Swiss Buttery Jack Jack in the Box Amy
$600 [4] Showinggood manners polite Jessica	$600 [19] Early in the auto age, injuries from shattering windshields spurred Edouard Benedictus to invent this safety glass Amy	$600 [29] World leader & 1990 honoree seen here Gorbachev Jason	$600 [8] She really was a "Coal Miner's Daughter", the title of her signature song & her autobiography Loretta Lynn Amy	$600 [25] A storm sinks the freighter Tsimtsum, setting the title character adrift in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger in this novel Life of Pi Jason	$600 [13] Big King Sandwich Burger King Jason
$800 [1] It's the right way to go starboard Amy	$800 [16] In the 1940s Dutch doctor Willem Kolff developed the first machine to perform this body filtration process dialysis Jessica	$1,000 [28] 2008 Nobelist Martti Ahtisaari helped end a long-running conflict in this country's Aceh province Indonesia Jason	$800 [9] Celine Dion sang this movie theme in one take & said, "I never sang the song again...well, except 3 mil. times after that live" "My Heart Will Go On" Amy Jessica	$800 [26] The Sealing schooner ghost is brutal Captain Wolf Larsen's ship in a 1904 tale by this man Jack London	$800 [7] Flamethrower Grillburger (save room for a Blizzard) Dairy Queen Jessica
$1,000 [15] Arenter a tenant Jason	$1,000 [18] This pharma tycoon & inventor of dissolvable pills always said "Keep the quality up", & "up" is even in his name (William Erastus) Upjohn Jason	DD $3,400 [22] The 1984 Nobel Peace Prize went to this man, "Africa's peace bishop" (Desmond) Tutu Jason	$1,000 [10] Seen here, he turned George Gershwin's unsuccessful song "Swanee" into one of his trademark tunes Al Jolson Amy	$1,000 [27] This ship takes a memorable title voyage in the third book in the Narnia series the Dawn Treader Amy	$1,000 [14] Bacon Cheeseburger Toaster Sonic Amy

Double Jeopardy! Round

GETTING READY FOR THE OLYMPICS	3 LITTLE WORDS	MILITARY MEN?	EELS	"BEN" THERE	DONE THAT
$400 [1] Katie Ledecky was 6 when she got the autograph of this male swimmer who decided to try for more gold in 2016 Michael Phelps Amy	$400 [10] In prayer this phrase traditionally follows "Hail Mary" full of grace Jessica	$400 [22] Military rank-wise, there's PFC; fast food-wise, there's KFC, first led by this man Colonel Sanders Jason	$400 [11] There are more than 800 species of eels, including this large nocturnal hunter the moray Amy	$400 [12] If you follow all 1,560 miles of the Ganges from its source in the Himalayas, you'll end up in this bay the Bay of Bengal Jessica	$400 [21] Won the 2012 Utah Republican primary with 93% of the vote Romney Jessica
$800 [2] There are fears about how athletes in this palindromic conveyance will deal with Rio's polluted water a kayak Jason	$800 [8] It's what you "hate to" do if you can't linger after a meal eat and run Jason Amy	$800 [23] "It was 20 years ago today", this man "taught the band to play" Sgt. Pepper Jessica	$800 [30] These charged-up creatures are technically not eels at all, but knifefish electric eels Amy	$800 [13] Robert Frost's final resting place is in this Vermont college town Bennington Jessica	$800 [20] Became Chile's first Socialist president in 1970 Allende Jason
$1,200 [3] I can't wait to watch this event, back in the Games for the first time since 1904! Bubba Watson was hoping to give it a shot golf Jason	$1,600 [6] Proverbially, it "is better than none" half a loaf Jason Amy	$1,200 [24] This, the G.A.O., is the auditing agency that assists Congress the General Accounting Office Amy	$1,200 [29] This term is used for a young eel, especially when on migration upriver from the ocean an elver	$1,200 [14] 3-nation group bordered by Germany to the east & France to the south Benelux Jessica	$1,200 [19] Discovered "beads" around the sun during an 1836 eclipse Francis Baily
$1,600 [4] I'm looking forward to a lot of beauty shots of this beach in Rio, famed in song for "The Girl From" it Ipanema Jason	$2,000 [9] This phrase for a non-working appliance contains a diminutive of "Friedrich" on the fritz Jessica	$2,000 [26] We give a salute to this job, the chief steward of a great household majordomo Amy	$1,600 [28] These long, slender sharklike fish of the Sphyraenidae family are among an eel's natural enemies barracuda	$1,600 [15] Until 1975, it was Dahomey Benin Jason	$1,600 [17] Set outon an around the world trip in November of 1889 Nellie Bly Jason
$2,000 [5] It's Thomas Bach's first Summer Games in this job; Jacques Rogge will be a tough act to follow head (or president) of the I.O.C. Jason	DD $6,000 [7] In a 1988 political speech, they came before "No new taxes" read my lips Jason	DD $5,000 [25] Looks like many brave officers are here! This Kipling tale is subtitled "A Story of the Grand Banks" Captains Courageous Amy	$2,000 [27] There are about 100 species of this 6-letter variety of eel that can be 6 feet long the conger eel	$2,000 [16] At 4,406 feet, this Scottish peak towers over the rest of the British isles Ben Nevis Jason	$2,000 [18] Became director of Vienna's Society of Friends of Music in 1872 Johannes Brahms Jessica

Final Jeopardy!

POLITICAL WORDS

Hamilton began & ended the Federalist Papers warning of this type of person, Greek for "people's leader"

a demagogue

Amy "What is a populist?" — wagered $5,195

Jessica "What is a tyrant?" — wagered $3,100

Jason "What is a demagogue?" — wagered $10,199

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