Show #7420 2016-12-09 (taped 2016-08-30) Regular

Tim Aten game 6.

Contestants

Lara Croft — an aquatic veterinarian from Orlando, Florida

Jim Yulman — a retired lawyer and software developer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Tim Aten — an editor from Vermilion, Ohio (whose 5-day cash winnings total $79,299)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Tim $5,200 $7,600 $17,600 $22,600
6-day champion: $101,899
$16,800
22 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W
Jim $800 $4,200 $4,600 $5,000
2nd place: $2,000
$3,800
9 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Lara $1,400 $2,800 $5,600 $1,990
3rd place: $1,000
$5,600
14 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

PALMISTRY TV TAGLINES THE BIBLE IT BORDERS BOTH H.P. LOVE CRAFT
$200 [25]
Famous as a psychic, Jeane Dixon said an old gypsy saw her talents in her palm &--of course--gave her this ball
a crystal ball
Tim
$200 [1]
This Zooey Deschanel sitcom is billed as "Simply adorkable"
New Girl
Lara
$200 [26]
This third gospel is the only one that mentions the Roman emperors Augustus & Tiberius
Luke
Tim
$200 [16]
Maine & Vermont: this state
New Hampshire
Jim
$200 [11]
The pooch seenhererepresents this brand of footwear
Hush Puppies
Tim
$200 [2]
As a tribute to your passion, create this type of work, a melange of different symbols meaningful to the beloved one
a collage
Lara
$400 [24]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a palm on the monitor.) Palm readers say that each of thebreaksthat are found in this alliterative line may represent a serious experience that has either happened or could happen in the future
the life line
Tim
$400 [7]
This CBS comedy that ran from 2005 to 2014 had the tagline "A love story in reverse"
How I Met Your Mother
Tim
$400 [27]
When confronted by God for misbehavior in Genesis 3, Adam blames Eve & Eve blames this creature
the serpent
Lara
$400 [17]
California & Utah
Nevada
Lara
$400 [12]
This small measure was Pa's nickname for Laura on "Little House on the Prairie"
Half-Pint
Tim
$400 [3]
Want to make an anatomically correct felt heart for Valentine's Day? Make sure it has this many chambers
4
Tim
$600 [21]
This 19th century skeptical humorist said a celebrity palmist "exposed my character... with humiliating accuracy"
Mark Twain
Jim
$600 [8]
The U.S. version of this PBS show was hyped as "Part adventure, part history lesson and part treasure hunt"
Antiques Roadshow
$600 [28]
The 26th of these biblical poems begins, "Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine integrity"
Psalms
Lara
$600 [18]
Wisconsin & Ohio
Michigan
Tim
$600 [13]
H2O2, used as a bleach
hydrogen peroxide
Tim
$600 [4]
Susanna Hoffs loves this type of bracelet that sounds like the band she was in
a bangle
Tim
$800 [22]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a palm on the monitor.) The seven hill-likebumpstell of a range of traits from sensuality to determination; they're referred to as these, a term for a horse one might ride
mounts
$800 [9]
"Save the cheerleader. Save the world"
Heroes
Tim
$800 [29]
The name of this villain in the Book of Esther comes before "tasch" in the name of a Purim pastry
Haman
Lara
$800 [19]
Kansas & South Dakota
Nebraska
Jim Lara
$800 [14]
Young Teddy Roosevelt served as club secretary for this Harvard club known for its theatricals
the Hasty Pudding Club
Jim
$800 [5]
The do-it-yourself "flowers" imade from these paper breakfast helpers look great, but now I have none to hold my arabica
coffee filters
Tim
$1,000 [23]
In the 20th century palmistry found a new life via this Swiss-born analytic psychiatrist who gave it credence
Jung
Lara
$1,000 [10]
Jennifer Love Hewitt was the "she" in the slogan "The dead are talking... and she is listening"
Ghost Whisperer
Tim
$1,000 [30]
Zechariah predicted the new king would arrive in Jerusalem on one of these animals, & Jesus later does
an ass (a donkey accepted)
Tim Lara
DD $1,800 [20]
Missouri & Louisiana
Arkansas
Jim
$1,000 [15]
This phrase is Greek for "the many"
hoi polloi
Jim
$1,000 [6]
Be crafty & make your own one of these rings, given to a lover prior to an engagement ring
a promise ring
Jim Lara

Double Jeopardy! Round

DOCUMENTARIES EPONYMS YOU MAD, BRO? BALLET UP TO THE BARRE CIVIL WAR LITERATURE THE "N"IMAL KINGDOM
$400 [6]
The 1967 doc "The Anderson Platoon" went to war with the title military unit during this conflict
the Vietnam War
Jim Lara
$400 [13]
This Mennonite sect found in rural Pennsylvania & Ohio was named for a 17th century Swiss bishop
the Amish
$400 [10]
Artaxerxes II, king of this land, had to deal with rebellion from his brother Cyrus the Younger--not cool, bro
Persia
Tim
$400 [16]
In the romantic style, this skirt falls to mid-calf; in the classical style, the entire leg is showing
a tutu
Jim
$400 [27]
This "directional" trilogy by John Jakes looks at the Civil War from the viewpoints of 2 families on opposite sides
North and South
$400 [1]
Meriwether Lewis' dog Seaman & Nana in "Peter Pan" were both this Canadian breed
Newfys (or Newfoundlands)
Jim Lara
$800 [17]
Mais oui, a documentary short on this Looney Tunes character is called "The Charm of Stink"
Pepé Le Pew
Lara
$800 [14]
In 1887 this German scientist invented the dish now named for him that's used in making bacteria cultures
Petri
Tim Lara
$800 [11]
In 2009 the Mirror reported the Gallagher brothers of this "Wonderwall" band "only communicate by web insults"
Oasis
Tim
$800 [7]
One scene in this fairy tale ballet is called "The Awakening"
Sleeping Beauty
Jim Lara
$800 [28]
"Manhunt" by James Swanson is an account of the multi-day chase to find this killer
John Wilkes Booth
$800 [2]
An eft is the immature terrestrial stage of this amphibian
a newt
Jim
$1,200 [18]
This 2015 series on Netflix puts both possible killer Steven Avery & a Wisconsin county sheriff's dept. on trial
Making a Murderer
Jim
DD $1,200 [15]
This above-ground burial chamber was named for an ancient Greek leader whose tomb was an Ancient Wonder
a mausoleum
Tim
$1,600 [26]
In "The Godfather Part II", Michael says to this character, "I know it was you... you broke my heart"
Fredo
Tim
$1,200 [8]
When Serge Diaghilev brought this ballet company to the U.S. in 1916, Vaslav Nijinsky was a featured dancer
the Ballets Russes
$1,200 [21]
It's the "snaky" title of Bernard Cornwell's novel about a Confederate officer jailed as a Yankee spy
Copperhead
$1,200 [3]
Here's a group of these toothed whales
narwhals
Tim
$1,600 [20]
She was declared a Nazi sympathizer for directing films like "Olympia" & "Triumph of the Will"
(Leni) Riefenstahl
Lara
DD $2,000 [12]
Henry I eased onto England's throne in 1100 because his brother Robert Curthose was away fighting in the first of these
the Crusades
Tim
$1,600 [9]
This Russian ballerina is seenhereat her home; note the birds in the background
Anna Pavlova
$1,600 [23]
Begun in 1863 & published in 1994, John Ransom's diary is his eloquent account of survival in this notorious prison
Andersonville
$1,600 [4]
It's Hawaii's state bird, you silly goose!
the nene
Lara
$2,000 [19]
The 1979 doc "From Mao to Mozart" recounts this master violinist's groundbreaking trip to China
Isaac Stern
Lara
$2,000 [25]
This late British atheist said his brother's article about him was a "fraternal stab between the shoulder blades"
(Christopher) Hitchens
Jim
$2,000 [22]
It's been said that "Coppelia" is ballet's great comedy & this 1841 tale of a doomed maiden, its great tragedy
Giselle
$2,000 [24]
A Union officer is killed but not in warfare in "Murder at" this Virginia town, name of the war's first major battle
Manassas
$2,000 [5]
It's a bottom-feeding shark with an occupational name
a nurse shark
Tim

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD CAPITALS

Ruled at times by Persians, Mongols & Russians, Baku is the only capital that borders this body of water

the Caspian Sea

Jim "What is the Caspian Sea?" — wagered $400
Lara "What is Lake Baikal?" — wagered $3,610
Tim "What is the Caspian Sea?" — wagered $5,000

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