Show #7435 2016-12-30 Regular

Clip of this game shown on the 2019-04-04 episode ofBetter Things.

Contestants

Ryan VanderYacht — a substitute teacher and stay-at-home dad from Lake Forest, California

Kate Gran — an attorney from East Northport, New York

Mukund Marathe — a music teacher and singer from Montclair, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Mukund $3,000 $3,800 $14,800 $10,399
2-day champion: $31,799
$15,800
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Kate $1,400 $4,000 $8,800 $800
2nd place: $2,000
$11,800
14 R, 2 W (including 2 DDs)
Ryan $1,200 $2,800 $9,600 $600
3rd place: $1,000
$9,600
17 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE GUMMELIER THE LEADERS & BEST "HAPPY" NEW YEAR COAST DOVE WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE SOAP?
$200 [6]
I've chosen for you this company's Juicy Fruit, with subtle hints of cassis & a flamboyant finish
Wrigley's
Mukund
$200 [12]
After Moses died this man led the children of Israel over the Jordan & conquered Jericho
Joshua
$200 [1]
From the mind of a McDonald's ad exec, this selection was first served up in 1979
a Happy Meal
Kate
$200 [16]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Starting in Southern California, south of San Juan Capistrano, & ending in Mendocino County, Highway 1, or thePCH, short for this, provides some gorgeous scenery as it lives up to its name
the Pacific Coast Highway
Ryan
$200 [11]
No. 1 in 1984, this Prince hit reaches the Top 10 again in 2016 soon after his death
"When Doves Cry"
Ryan
$200 [23]
In 1981 Elizabeth Taylor played a villainous & uninvited guest who crashed Luke & Laura's wedding on this soap
General Hospital
Ryan
$400 [7]
With the name of a three-pronged weapon, this brand produces a fine wintergreen that is steely & unctuous
Trident
Kate
$400 [13]
In 1992 the Presidential Medal of Freedom was awarded to this Chinese-American architect
I.M. Pei
Mukund
$400 [2]
Summertime counselors know who is & who isn't this, a phrase popularized in the 1980s
happy campers
Ryan
$400 [17]
Gulf Coast State College is in Panama City in this state
Florida
Kate
$400 [21]
Noah knew the waters of the earth had abated when a dove flew back with a leaf from this tree in its beak
an olive
Mukund
$400 [24]
Its creator described this Fox series centering on a hip hop music & entertainment co. as "black Dynasty"
Empire
Mukund
$600 [8]
You'll swoon over Ice Arctic Chill from this "toothy" gum brand; its crisp, earthy vibe is all the rage
Dentyne
Ryan
$600 [14]
Leading the fight against polio, his 1955 vaccine quickly dropped incidences of the disease from about 20 to 2 in 100,000
Jonas Salk
Ryan
$600 [3]
Tap-dancing is cool--very cool--in this 2006 Oscar winner
Happy Feet
Mukund
$600 [18]
Costa Smeralda, or Emerald Coast, on this island just south of Corsica has been a haven for the jet set since the 1960s
Sardinia
Kate
$600 [22]
According to the ads, the Dove Beauty Bar's "gentle cleansing formula contains 1/4" this kind of cream
moisturizing cream
Ryan
$600 [25]
In 1991 Ben Cross looked good for a 200-year-old as vampire Barnabas Collins on this remake of a '60s soap
Dark Shadows
Ryan
$800 [9]
You'll love the pink packaging of this rhyming brand's bubble tape gum; pull some out & embrace the lean suppleness
Hubba Bubba
Ryan
$800 [15]
French president from 1995 to 2007 he was followed by his onetime protege Nicolas Sarkozy
Jacques Chirac
Kate Ryan
$800 [4]
This common 3-word wish literally means "I hope you have many more joyous such events"
many happy returns
Mukund
$800 [19]
Wows like Cape Spear Lighthousemake the Avalon Peninsula on this Canadian island "National Geographic's" top coast
Newfoundland
Mukund Kate
$800 [28]
In 2013 a peace dove consisting of 1.2 million buttons was created at the Burj Khalifa complex in this UA Emirate
Dubai
Kate
$800 [26]
One of the first successful primetime serials, it aired 2 nights a week & was based on a Grace Metalious novel
Peyton Place
Mukund
$1,000 [10]
Also a nickname for Cornell, this cinnamon gum I have chosen conveys a bold, cloying zest
Big Red
Mukund
$1,000 [5]
A good balance, or the ghost-summoning Madame Arcati in "Blithe Spirit"
a happy medium
Ryan
$1,000 [20]
This Croatian coast with destinations like Split & Brac has been called the next Riviera
the Dalmatian Coast
Kate
DD $1,000 [29]
1997's "Comanche Moon" was the last published of the 4 novels in this Western series
Lonesome Dove
Kate
$1,000 [27]
For 45 years the town of Llanview was the setting for this serial
One Life to Live

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANAGRAMMED SCIENTISTS' LAST NAMES GEORGIA IN SONG DOCTORED BOOKS FOREVER STAMPS THE MIDDLE AGES ALL IN THE FAMILY?
$400 [26]
He really set things in motion:WENT ON
Newton
Ryan
$400 [1]
"Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through, just an old sweet song, keeps" this 4-word title around
"Georgia On My Mind"
Ryan
$400 [6]
Like his roommate, this doctor first shows up in "A Study in Scarlet"
Dr. Watson
Ryan
$400 [16]
Ding dong! The first Forever stamps, issued in 2007, featured this iconic symbol
the Liberty Bell
Kate
$400 [21]
By 1240 Batu Khan, grandson of this man, had conquered most of Russia
Genghis Khan
Mukund
$400 [11]
Bordeaux & Beirut are 2 of these in relation to Los Angeles
sister cities
Ryan
$1,600 [28]
A prolific breeder:BARK BUN
Luther Burbank
$800 [2]
This singer/guitarist gave us "Your Body Is A Wonderland" & "Why Georgia"
John Mayer
Kate
$800 [7]
This doctor/poet was Boris Pasternak's alter ego
Doctor Zhivago
Mukund
$800 [17]
Stamps celebrating this character's 75th anniversary included the one seen here
Batman
Mukund
$800 [22]
Adopted "municipal" name of Odo de Lagny, elected pope in 1088 & a leader of ecclesiastical church reform
Pope Urban
Ryan
$800 [12]
Ittastes tart and may go into a tart
a Granny Smith apple
Ryan
$2,000 [27]
Ran hot & cold:FINE HEARTH
Fahrenheit
Ryan
$1,600 [4]
Reba McEntire is among those who've sung about this title evening of murder injustice & power outage
"The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia"
Mukund
DD $1,000 [10]
Dr. Bernard Rieux forgoes escape to stay behind & fight the deadly contagion in this Albert Camus work
The Plague
Mukund
$1,200 [18]
In 2015, just in time for winter, the Postal Service issued 4 colorful stamps featuring geometric these
snowflakes
Mukund
$1,200 [23]
With its excellent port facilities, Riga, Latvia was an important center of this league of merchant cities
the Hanseatic League
Kate
$1,200 [13]
A Tina Fey skit popularized this name for unfashionable high-rise pants
mom jeans
Kate
DD $2,000 [3]
Nice neighbor! This "stately" mega-group of country sang "Burn Georgia Burn"
Alabama
Kate
$1,200 [8]
Eternally optimistic Dr. Pangloss is a companion & tutor to this title Voltaire fellow
Candide
Ryan
$1,600 [19]
In 2015, gifts of friendship stamps, including the one seen here, were jointly issued by the United States & this country
Japan
Kate
$1,600 [24]
After his death in 1226, "The Life of" this Italian saint told of his life of poverty & the founding of his order
St. Francis (of Assisi)
Kate
$1,600 [14]
In the English version of a song, he's informed that "morning bells are ringing, morning bells are ringing"
Brother John
Mukund
$2,000 [5]
In 1973 Gladys Knight & the Pips rode this title transportation to No. 1
the "Midnight Train To Georgia"
Ryan
$1,600 [9]
Dr. Faustus is a scholar & magician in a work by this English playwright published posthumously in 1604
(Christopher) Marlowe
Mukund
$2,000 [20]
A 2016 series celebrating the National Park Service included a stamp of this park that covers over 3 million acres
Glacier Bay
Mukund
$2,000 [25]
Cathedrals went higher & higher with the use of pointed arches, forming this anatomical type of vault
a ribbed vault
Mukund
$2,000 [15]
In the King James Bible, these 3 words starting with a relative precede "for they know not what they do"
"Father, forgive them"
Mukund

Final Jeopardy!

OSCAR-WINNING TITLE SUBJECTS

The only Nobel Prize winner to be the title subject of a Best Picture Oscar winner is this man

John Nash

Kate "Who is Roosevelt" — wagered $8,000
Ryan "Who is Stephen Hawking?" — wagered $9,000
Mukund "Who is Oppenheimer?" — wagered $4,401

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