Show #7344 2016-07-14 (taped 2016-04-25) Regular

Contestants

Ellen Corrigan — a law clerk from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ken Fischer — an attorney from New York, New York

Sue Baker — a medical coder from Madison, Wisconsin (whose 1-day cash winnings total $19,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Sue	$3,400	$6,400	$10,000	$1 3rd place: $1,000	$10,000 14 R, 0 W
Ken	$3,200	$8,000	$18,400	$800 2nd place: $2,000	$12,200 24 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
Ellen	$200	$2,400	$20,400	$3,999 New champion: $3,999	$17,600 16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

COLLEGE NEWSPAPERS	16th CENTURY AMERICA	FAMOUS GINGERS	HEALTH & MEDICINE	PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS	SONG WORDS
$200 [6] Daily Trojan USC Ken	$200 [7] The 1st theatrical performance in America was a Spanish comedy produced in 1598 beside this river near El Paso Rio Grande Ken	$200 [1] It was said of this Oscar-winning actress that she did everything Fred Astaire did, only backwards & in high heels Ginger Rogers Sue	$200 [18] If you're having a heart attack, a 325-mg tab of this is smart, says the Mayo Clinic--less damage due to blood clotting an aspirin Ken	$200 [12] He's the traveling salesman referred to in the title of Arthur Miller's play Willy Loman Sue	$200 [21] This old word for a song also follows "Frito" on a bag of chips lay Ken
$400 [17] The Cadet (in Virginia) VMI (Virginia Military Institute) Ken	$400 [8] In 1541 this Spanish explorer headed west across the Mississippi River into what's now Arkansas de Soto Ken	$400 [2] This King of Rock was engaged to Ginger Alden at the time of his sudden 1977 death Elvis Sue	$400 [19] Weight-bearing exercise & a calcium-rich diet can help prevent this bone thinning disease osteoporosis Ken	$400 [13] Thisplaywright spent many years living in Italy & Germany before returning home to Norway a literary hero in 1891 (Henrik) Ibsen Sue	$400 [24] John Mellencamp gave us a "little" one "about Jack and Diane" a ditty Sue
$600 [28] Washington Square News NYU Ken	$600 [9] While in California in 1579, this circumnavigator held the first Protestant religious service in the New World Sir Francis Drake Ken Ellen	$600 [3] As part of a group from 1994 to 1998, Geri Halliwell went by this name Ginger Spice Sue	$600 [20] (I'm New York Timesinvestigative reporter Dr. Sheri Fink.) In a 2014 series called "The Ebola Ward", I chronicled the disease's outbreak from an American clinic in this country with strong historic links to the U.S. Liberia Ellen	$600 [14] This playwright of "The Misanthrope" is said to be the greatest of all writers of French comedy Molière Sue	$600 [25] The "Battle" one "Of The Republic" begins, "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord" a hymn Sue
$1,000 [30] The Daily Evergreen (for its Cougars) Washington State Ken	$800 [10] In 1513 he led an expedition from Puerto Rico & found what he thought was an island, which he named "La Florida" Ponce de Léon Ken	$800 [4] Ginger Grant was the glamorous movie star on this sitcom Gilligan's Island Ellen	$800 [22] A study published in 2014 showed that this "sunshine vitamin" can reduce the pain some fibromyalgia patients suffer vitamin D Ellen	$800 [15] Pirandello's "Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore", known as this in English, invented "theater within the theater" Six Characters in Search of an Author	$800 [26] Also a seasonal song, it was a top 10 U.S. girl's first name from 1936 to 1950, but not since carol Ken Ellen
DD $1,800 [29] The Rebel Yell (out West) University of Nevada-Las Vegas Ken	$1,000 [11] Hundreds of years before the Marines got there, this South Carolina island was settled by French Huguenots in 1562 Parris Island Ken	$1,000 [5] Ginger Baker played drums in this 1960s rock trio that also had Jack Bruce & Eric Clapton Cream Sue	$1,000 [23] In a blepharoplasty, a surgeon may remove excess skin, fat & muscle to repair these droopy body parts eyelids Sue	$1,000 [16] Abandoned by her husband, Amanda Wingfield has raised 2 children by herself in this drama by Tennessee Williams The Glass Menagerie Sue	$1,000 [27] Tuneful sailors know this term for a small dingy dwelling often in a whole town of them a shanty Ken

Double Jeopardy! Round

ARCHITECTURE	STOCK SYMBOLS	MORE FUNNY THAN SCARY	BIBLICAL EQUINES	WHERE'S WALD?	"O"
$400 [21] It was once an ornamental pavilion on the grounds of a bigger house; now it's where you gamble a casino Sue	$400 [16] M:This department store founded in New York in 1858 Macy's Ellen	$400 [1] Something strange is in the neighborhood again, so a new breed of help is on the way in this retooled 2016 film Ghostbusters Ellen	$400 [26] This book of the Bible says Abraham used a donkey to carry the wood he would need to sacrifice his son Genesis Ken	$400 [11] "Wald" is German for forest, as in Schwarzwald, this forest the Black Forest Ken	$400 [6] Kahlil Gibran wrote that this person "sees the rose and not its thorns" the optimist Ken
$800 [22] Frank Lloyd Wright's pyramidal Tokyo Imperial Hotel reflected a revival named for this C. Am. culture big around 700 A.D. the Maya Ken	$800 [17] LZB:This maker of comfortable furniture La-Z-Boy Ellen	$800 [2] The actors who played Ray & Shorty in the comedy "Scary Movie" had this surname, as did the director Wayans Ellen	$800 [27] The book of Zechariah says the Messiah will enter this city on a donkey Jerusalem Ellen	$800 [12] Hermannsdenkmalis amonumentto Arminius, who defeated three legions of this army in Teutoburger Wald in the 1st century the Roman army Ken	$800 [7] A case in grammar, or a goal of any sort an objective Ken
$1,600 [24] In the '60s it was D.C.'s 1st mixed-use development & the only U.S. project by Rome Olympics architect Luigi Moretti Watergate	$1,600 [19] GSK:This big pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline Ken Ellen	$1,200 [3] A human who's infiltrated the enemy commits the faux pas of asking for ketchup in this 1978 horror spoof Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Ken	$1,200 [28] Joel in the Old Testament & this author of a New Testament book both mention locusts that look like horses John Ken	$1,200 [13] Pfaelzer Wald Nature Park surrounds the city of Kaiserslautern, a city named for this "Redbeard" king Barbarossa Ken	$1,200 [8] It's the sense you use to sense scents olfactory Sue
$2,000 [25] The name of this uppermost part of an entablature is from the Latin for "crow", for its resemblance to a crow's beak the cornice	$2,000 [20] DBD:This maker of ATMs & voting machines Diebold Sue	$1,600 [4] Woody Harrelson is trying to avoid the walking dead while on a desperate quest for Twinkies in this 2009 road flick Zombieland Ellen	$1,600 [29] This diviner has a donkey who speaks, rebuking him Balaam Ken	$1,600 [14] (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a coat of arms on the monitor.) The coat of arms of the Austrian city is adorned by 3 spruce trees & 3 golden spheres that represent this festive saint, the Bishop of Myra Saint Nicholas Ken	$1,600 [9] The Siwa one southwest of Cairo has about 200 natural springs an oasis Ellen
DD $6,400 [23] Of the 3 classical Greek architectural orders, this one named for a city is the most decorative Corinthian Ken	DD $4,000 [18] ANF:This retailer known for its sexy "brand representatives" Abercrombie & Fitch Ellen	$2,000 [5] The lovable title pair are mistaken for serial killers in "Tucker & Dale vs." this Evil	$2,000 [30] French engraver Gustave Dore made a real revelation, depicting Deathon this horse, as mentioned in Revelation a pale horse Ellen	$2,000 [15] You can take one of these high-speed, limited-access highways to the Oberpfaelzer Wald in Bavaria an Autobahn Ellen	$2,000 [10] When you're walking & texting, you're this, totally unaware of your surroundings oblivious Ellen

Final Jeopardy!

CIVIL WAR HISTORY

Of the 4 prewar states that permitted slavery but did not secede, it was the largest in area & latest to join the Union

Missouri

Sue "What is Texas?" — wagered $9,999

Ken "What is Kentucky" — wagered $17,600

Ellen "What isTennesseeTexas?" — wagered $16,401

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