Show #7393 2016-11-02 Regular

Contestants

Dennis Fipps — a retired Navy medical specialist from San Diego, California

Courtney Cissel — a rental coordinator from Raleigh, North Carolina

Vivek Ravishanker — a freelance consultant from Higganum, Connecticut (whose 1-day cash winnings total $23,199)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Vivek	$2,000	$6,200	$15,000	$20,001 2-day champion: $43,200	$15,000 20 R, 1 W
Courtney	$3,600	$3,800	$10,000	$8,000 2nd place: $2,000	$11,200 17 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Dennis	$-400	$1,000	$7,000	$3,999 3rd place: $1,000	$7,000 14 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

WHAT A BUNCH OF BOLOGNA	LITERARY FROGS & TOADS	"B"RANDS	WE LOVE '80s MUSIC	GUNS N' ROSES	NEW ORDER
$200 [26] The city of Bologna is at the foot of these mountains that form the backbone of Italy the Apennines Dennis	$200 [11] She wrote & illustrated "The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher", about a frog with more fashion sense than common sense Beatrix Potter Courtney	$200 [6] Fittingly, a muscular man represents this brand of paper towels Brawny Courtney	$200 [13] This album earned Michael Jackson 7 Grammys in 1984, including album of the year Thriller Courtney	$200 [21] Not surprising, there's a sweet little rosebud called the yellow rose of this, also the title of a folk song Texas Dennis	$200 [1] PARTIES:For costume ones, grab your eye patches & dress as these pirates Vivek Courtney
$400 [27] The Bologna stones found by Vicenzo Cascariolo were thought to turn base metals into this gold Vivek	$400 [12] In this 1908 novel Mr. Toad lives in a big house called Toad Hall & drives a fancy car The Wind in the Willows Vivek	$400 [7] This company introduced the world's first cordless electric drill in 1961 Black & Decker Vivek	$400 [17] This Culture Club singer said, "America, you've got taste, style and you know a good drag queen when you see one" Boy George Courtney	$400 [22] If you're holding a Smith & Wesson .38, the .38 refers to this, the diameter of the bore of the gun caliber Vivek	$400 [2] ADMIRER:Having one could lead to being this married Vivek Courtney
$600 [28] Alums of the University of Bologna include this scientist aka Mikolaj Kopernik, who transferred from Krakow Copernicus Vivek	$600 [14] He gained early fame for a tale about a celebrated jumping frog in California Mark Twain Vivek Dennis	$600 [8] Here's a sandal from this brand Birkenstock Vivek	$600 [18] In 1983 she had the aptly titled album "She's So Unusual" Cyndi Lauper Dennis	$600 [23] A Best Picture Oscar winner shares its name with this rose American Beauty Dennis	$600 [3] ANGERED:Rearrange the letters to get this synonym enraged Vivek
$800 [29] Hometown painter Vitale da Bologna created art for the city, like this saintslaying a dragon (Saint) George Vivek	$800 [15] The chocolate frogs in her books are just candy, but a spell makes them jump J.K. Rowling Courtney	$800 [9] This bubble gum brand said it was named for a wacky musical instrument, not a weapon bazooka Courtney	$800 [19] In a Duran Duran hit, Simon Le Bon sang, "I smell like I sound, I'm lost and I'm found, and I'm" this title "Hungry Like The Wolf" Courtney	$800 [24] This word that means "aimlessly wandering" is used to describe climbing roses like Bobbie James rambling Dennis	$800 [4] SILENT:Be that way & you'll find it's easier to do this listen Courtney
$1,000 [30] As part of the drive toward unification, in 1860 Bologna voted to unite with this Italian island, then a separate kingdom Sardinia Courtney	$1,000 [16] In fables of this ancient Greek, frogs blow themselves up, get eaten by storks & are crushed by bulls Aesop Vivek	DD $1,200 [10] Mr. Shavitz, for whom this alliterative beauty brand is named, appeared in a 2008 PSA about colony collapse disorder Burt's Bees Courtney	$1,000 [20] "Who can it be now?" perhaps this Colin Hay group, from the land "Down Under" Men at Work Vivek	$1,000 [25] The Remington 700 is an example of a rifle with this manual action to load a cartridge into the chamber a bolt action Dennis	$1,000 [5] PERSIST:Do you persist in believing in goblins & faeries, types of these? sprites Dennis

Double Jeopardy! Round

YOUTH MOVEMENTS	ANATOMICAL QUOTES	FOX(X) NEWS	TV SHOWS BASED ON BOOKS	THE COUNTRY'S UNKNOWN SOLDIER...	"D" IN SCIENCE
$400 [11] During WWII Great Britain's Air Defence Cadet Corps prepped boys for service in this "Royal" group formed in 1918 Royal Air Force (RAF) Vivek	$400 [1] Longfellow's village blacksmith had "brawny arms" ending in "large and sinewy" these hands Courtney	$400 [21] "Unpredictable" was a million-selling album for this Oscar-winning actor who is unafraid of multitasking Jamie Foxx Courtney	$400 [16] Author Jeff Lindsay created this serial killer who worked by day as a blood spatter expert; Michael C. Hall played him Dexter Vivek	$400 [22] lies in a Tasmanian blackwood coffin, with a slouch hat & a sprig of wattle Australia Dennis	$400 [6] The mass of a substance divided by volume gives you this density Dennis
$800 [12] Put your kindergartener in a jacket & tie & send him to JA, this group teaching kids entrepreneurship Junior Achievement Dennis	$800 [2] In a 1901 detective story, Dr. James Mortimer tells this sleuth, "I confess that I covet your skull" Sherlock Holmes Courtney	$800 [25] The bold surprise attacks in North Africa by Nazi general Erwin Rommel earned the man this nickname "Desert Fox" Courtney	$800 [17] Sink your teeth into this HBO series that was based on Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse novels True Blood Courtney	$800 [23] is honored with a pyramid-shaped memorial in Nasr City Egypt Dennis	$800 [7] A common form of glucose, it's also known as grape sugar or corn sugar dextrose Vivek
$1,200 [13] The student-led anti-Park protests in this country were quelled when Park Chung Hee was assassinated South Korea Dennis	$1,200 [3] In "The Glory of the Garden", Kipling said that "half a proper gardener's work is done upon" these knees Courtney	$1,200 [28] First done to ragtime, by the 1920s this dance was performed to any popular music the foxtrot Vivek	$1,200 [18] A nonfiction book subtitled "The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City" was source material for this HBO series Boardwalk Empire Dennis	$1,200 [24] has a monument flanked by inscriptions from Pericles' funeral oration Greece Vivek	$1,200 [8] It's the term for the bending of light waves around the edge of an object diffraction Vivek
$1,600 [14] Wood-gatherer is one rank attained by girls aged 7-18 in this Luther Gulick organization Campfire Girls Dennis	$1,600 [4] Into a cauldron in "Macbeth", a witch tosses this "of newt and toe of frog, wool of bat and tongue of dog" an eye Courtney	$1,600 [29] In the '70sthiscomedian played the Sanford part of "Sanford and Son" Redd Foxx Dennis	$1,600 [19] This modern-day Western on FX was based on Elmore Leonard's novels "Pronto" & "Riding the Rap" as well as on a short story Justified Vivek	$2,000 [27] has his tomb in Hietaniemi Cemetery near the tomb of Marshal Mannerheim Finland	$1,600 [9] In 1898 this chemist known for his flask liquefied hydrogen gas James Dewar
$2,000 [15] Aung San was the principal leader of the ABSU, or "All-" this country "Student's Union" Burma	DD $2,200 [5] In "Iolanthe" Sir William Gilbert wrote that this 2-word phrase "never won fair lady" faint heart Courtney	$2,000 [30] In 2016 this ex-president of Mexico had a few choice words about a certain candidate for U.S. president Vicente Fox	$2,000 [20] Oboist Blair Tindall's memoir of sex, drugs & classical music inspired this Amazon series of the same name Mozart in the Jungle	DD $2,400 [26] is entombed in Plac Pilsudskiego Poland Courtney	$2,000 [10] (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows wildlife images on the monitor.) Physical differences between males & females of the same species, like the large male lion with his mane or the coloring of apeacock versus a peahen, is called "sexual" this, from Greek for "having two shapes" dimorphism Vivek Dennis

Final Jeopardy!

EW's 50 GREATEST MOVIE DIRECTORS

He "inaugurated a new depth--both visually... and emotionally... and (had) a voice that paid the bills until he died"

Orson Welles

Dennis "Who is Frank Kapra?" — wagered $3,001

Courtney "Who is Selznick?" — wagered $2,000

Vivek "Who is Orson Welles?" — wagered $5,001

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