Show #7381 2016-10-17 Regular

Contestants

Shannon Dillmore — a genomics research manager from Raleigh, North Carolina

Marianne Novak — an Orthodox rabbinical student from Skokie, Illinois

Susan Cole — a legislative librarian from Bowie, Maryland (whose 3-day cash winnings total $67,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Susan $-800 $1,800 $7,000 $14,000
2nd place: $2,000
$7,000
13 R, 5 W
Marianne $3,000 $4,000 $10,300 $1
3rd place: $1,000
$12,800
17 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Shannon $4,200 $5,200 $12,600 $20,631
New champion: $20,631
$8,400
17 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

SPEECH! SPEECH! ABBREV. AN "F" IN SCIENCE IF THE WORLD WERE 100 PEOPLE STAR FISH THAT'S REPETITIVE
$200 [12]
This Indiana gov. introduced himself at the 2016 GOP convention as "a Christian, a conservative & a Republican"
Pence
Shannon
$200 [2]
This bureau of the D.O.J. is the ATF for short
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
Shannon
$200 [6]
This compound can help prevent cavities when added to drinking water at concentrations of 1 part per million
fluoride
Marianne
$200 [27]
60 would be from this continent
Asia
Shannon
$200 [1]
The shark in the original "Jaws" was this species
a great white
Marianne
$200 [14]
Like the president's effort, this speech given by governors catches up residents on how things went last year
the State of the State
Shannon
$400 [13]
In 1984 this activist gave a speech entitled "What the Future Holds for Farm Workers and Hispanics"
Cesar Chavez
Marianne
$400 [8]
The vehicle seenhereis engaged in SNG, short for this type of news gathering
satellite
$400 [4]
There are static & kinetic types of this force on objects that are in contact with each other
friction
Marianne Shannon
$400 [26]
33 would be of this religion
Christianity
Shannon
$600 [20]
This forgetful blue tang from "Finding Nemo" got her own movie in 2016
Dory
Susan
$400 [18]
This idiom implies that a primate copies what it views
monkey see, monkey do
Shannon
$600 [16]
He's seenheregiving a memorable speech giving up his title to marry the woman he didn't want to give up
Edward VIII
Susan
$600 [9]
You can really feel the heat with BTUs, these units of measure
British thermal units
Shannon
$600 [3]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical illustration on the monitor.) The most common ankle fracture is a break of the bony knob called the lateral malleolus, which is actually an outer projection of this lower-leg bone
the fibula
Marianne Shannon
$600 [25]
75 would be users of this communication device
a cell phone
Marianne
$800 [22]
A Roger Corman cult classic is about these title killers, who've somehow made it from the Amazon to a U.S. resort
Piranha
Susan
$600 [19]
Ian Fleming changed a word in this phrase of tolerance of others who are different
live and let live
Marianne
$1,000 [17]
The 1988 Democratic Convention featured this non-nominee's "keep hope alive" speech
Jesse Jackson
Marianne
$800 [10]
Don't be sad--Lam. is this Bible book
Lamentations
Shannon
$800 [5]
This simple sugar is found in honey
fructose
Susan Shannon
$800 [24]
7 would have completed study at this type of institution
a university
Susan
$1,000 [21]
Despite his name, 1964's "The Incredible Mr." this becomes a fish, not a gastropod
Limpet
Susan
DD $1,600 [15]
In 2008 this pope's visit to NYC included a human rights speech at the U.N. & a visit to a neighboring synagogue
Pope Benedict
Shannon
$1,000 [11]
For a fix of Lee Remick or Randolph Scott, I turn to TCM, short for this
Turner Classic Movies
Marianne
$1,000 [7]
This technology has virtually replaced copper wire in long-distance telephone lines
fiber optic
Marianne
$1,000 [23]
17 would be this 10-letter term signifying the lack of 2 skills
illiterate

Double Jeopardy! Round

PEACH! PEACH! CLASSICAL MUSICIANS THE TROPIC OF CANCER LESSER-KNOWN GRAMMYS IMPRISONED AUTHORS SAY "NE"THING
$400 [20]
Peach is a popular filling for this fruit dessert, also a word for one who mends shoes
cobbler
Susan
$400 [1]
This 19th century Italian violinist designed his "Napoleon sonata" to be played on just one string
Paganini
Susan
$400 [26]
Just south of the tropic line sits Mazatlan, this country's largest Pacific port
Mexico
Shannon
$400 [11]
In 1963 Vaughn Meader won album of the year for "The First Family", in which he did an impression of this president
JFK
Shannon
$400 [21]
The Marquis de Sade wrote his scandalous novel "Justine" in this lockup
the Bastille
Shannon
$400 [6]
Pointy part of a syringe
a needle
Marianne
$800 [19]
Peaches are primarily classified as freestone or this opposite, meaning the flesh adheres to the pit
clingstone
Susan
$800 [2]
Sakari Oramo has some proms to attend as chief conductor of the orchestra of this British radio & TV organization
the BBC (the British Broadcasting Corporation)
Susan
$800 [29]
You'll find Tropic of Cancer Beachon one of theislandsof this nation through which the line passes
the Bahamas
Shannon
$800 [12]
In 1999, 2000 & 2002 albums by this Muppet won the Grammy for best music album for children
Elmo
Susan
$800 [22]
This author of "The Call of the Wild" served 30 days in the Erie County Penitentiary for vagrancy
Jack London
Marianne
$800 [7]
Plant of the genus Urtica with stinging hairs
a nettle
Marianne
$1,200 [16]
A favorite peach is the Elberta, named for the wife of a peach grower in this state
Georgia
Marianne
$1,200 [3]
This Irish flautist is known as the "Man with the Golden Flute"
(James) Galway
Marianne
$1,200 [28]
In Africa, the line falls across the Sahara Desert & this largest Egyptian lake
Lake Nasser
Susan
$1,200 [13]
Prince beat members of this sports team, also nominated in 1987 for Best R&B Group Performance
the Chicago Bears
Marianne
$1,600 [24]
Marco Polo dictated his far east adventures while in prison in this city, Venice's rival
Genoa
Susan Shannon
$1,200 [8]
A small laptop for getting on the web
a netbook
Marianne
$1,600 [17]
Escoffier created a peach & ice cream dessert in honor of this Aussie opera singer
(Nellie) Melba
Susan
$1,600 [4]
Arthur Rubinstein, born in Poland, moved to the U.S. & is interred in this country that has a piano competition named for him
Israel
$2,000 [30]
Going from Mumbai to al Fujayrah in the UAE takes you across the Tropic of Cancer in this gulf east of the Persian Gulf
the Gulf of Oman
Susan Marianne
$1,600 [14]
Tia Carrere has won 2 Grammys in the category for music coming from this state
Hawaii
Susan
$2,000 [25]
In the 1670s this Puritan thinker began "The Pilgrim's Progress" while in prison for illegal preaching
(John) Bunyan
Susan
$1,600 [9]
Eponymous jacket with a stand-up collar
Nehru
Susan
$2,000 [18]
This technique, from the Latin for "to whiten", can be used to peel a peach's fuzzy skin
to blanch
Marianne
$2,000 [5]
In 1970 100 cellists gathered in NYC to pay tribute to this 94-year-old master by playing his "Sardana" under his direction
Pablo Casals
DD $5,000 [27]
Yushan, or Jade Mountain, in this island republic is the highest point the Tropic of Cancer crosses
Taiwan
Shannon
$2,000 [15]
Maya Angelou won for spoken word in 1993 & '95; in 1994 it was him for "Get in the Van: On the Road with Black Flag"
Henry Rollins
Shannon
DD $2,500 [23]
Oscar Wilde wrote his confessional essay "De Profundis" while imprisoned in this gaol
Reading Gaol
Marianne
$2,000 [10]
Medical device that converts liquid into a fine spray
a nebulizer
Marianne

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC RELATIVES

In the same year as Waterloo, the Duke of Wellington's brother-in-law Gen. Edward Pakenham died in this battle in North America

the Battle of New Orleans

Susan "What is the Battle of New Orleans?" — wagered $7,000
Marianne "What is the Battle of Gettysburg?" — wagered $10,299
Shannon "What is the battle of New Orleans?" — wagered $8,031

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