Show #7442 2017-01-10 (taped 2016-09-21) Regular

Contestants

Libby Hunt — a retired consultant from Dallas, Texas

Colby Taylor — an assistant professor of psychology from Olive Branch, Mississippi

Blair Moorhead — a social worker from Arlington, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,402)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Blair $1,200 $2,600 $10,600 $14,801
2nd place: $2,000
$10,600
15 R, 1 W
Colby $5,200 $11,600 $19,800 $18,399
New champion: $18,399
$20,800
25 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Libby $800 $3,600 $7,400 $2
3rd place: $1,000
$10,400
13 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

"ROLL" CALL ENTERTAINMENT UNDER THE SEA NEW WORDS IN THE 1600s THE CIVIL WAR WE PREDICT YOUR HOROSCOPE WHERE'S THAT OPERA HOUSE?
$200 [6]
As a noun it's a big wad of cash; as a verb, it means to finance a business venture
bankroll
Blair
$200 [1]
Living near Antarctica, Hoff crabs were named for this "Baywatch" star due to their hairy chests
David Hasselhoff
Blair
$200 [4]
What sayest thee? Dost thou mean this thing whereon beads are slid for counting?
an abacus
Blair
$200 [11]
Lincoln made George Meade the leader of the "Army of" this river in 1863
the Potomac
Blair
$200 [18]
Born June 18, under this sign? Don't let your dual nature make you vacillate
Gemini
Blair Colby
$200 [17]
Teatro Real, like a nearby soccer club
Madrid
Blair
$400 [7]
The official website for University of Alabama Athletics is this .com
rolltide
Colby
$400 [2]
In "Finding Nemo", Marlin says, "I know funny. I'm" this type of fish that's born male but can switch sexes one time
a clownfish
Blair
$400 [19]
The striped & brindled coat of yon cat now hath its own name, this
a tabby
Libby
$400 [13]
"Goober grabbers" were Civil War soldiers who hailed from this state
Georgia
Colby
$400 [27]
Like this fire sign, today you'll be ram-tough against your troubles
Aries
Colby
$400 [23]
La Scala
Milan
Libby
$600 [8]
Boxers know that to cope with adversity is to do this 4-word phrase
roll with the punches
Colby
$600 [3]
The song "Rock Lobster" rhymes, "He was in a jam, 's in a giant" this
clam
Colby
$600 [20]
My anatomist doth dub it the "hipbone basin" but I must inform him that it is now known by this word of 6 letters
the pelvis
Libby
$600 [14]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) General Winfield Scott wanted to blockade the South in a siege-like fashion, control the Mississippi River & strangle the Rebels in his plan named for this South American serpent
the Anaconda Plan
Colby
$600 [28]
Halloween baby, beware the sting of this water sign; you may sabotage a deal today, but just say that's your nature
Scorpio
Colby
$600 [24]
The Staatsoper, once helmed by Gustav Mahler & Richard Strauss
Vienna
Libby
$800 [9]
While climbing into a cart in "Young Frankenstein", Gene Wilder is asked by Teri Garr if he'd like one of these
a roll in the hay
Libby
$800 [5]
Before you "Free Willy", this creature, better have a place for it; males can weigh 10 tons & females can live 90 years
an orca (or killer whale)
Colby
$800 [21]
From the zesty Italian tongue cometh this word for a large, plush residence; someday methinks it will have its own pants
the palazzo
Libby
$800 [15]
Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 5 days after this 1862 Union victory in Maryland
Antietam
Colby
$800 [29]
OK, this water sign is feeling crabby. Being ruled by the moon isn't easy, so lighten up!
Cancer
Colby
$800 [25]
The Croatian National Theatre--this capital
Zagreb
Colby
$1,000 [10]
An airplane performing one slow revolution around its longitudinal axis is performing one of these
a barrel roll
Colby
$1,000 [12]
SpongeBob Square Pants loves the TV show "The Adventures of Mermaid Man and" him
Barnacle Boy
$1,000 [22]
Good news! No longer need we say "shedding its leaves at the end of its growing season"--herewith a word for that
deciduous
Blair
DD $3,000 [16]
U.S. Grant's initials came to stand for this after giving extremely limited capitulation terms to Gen. Buckner
unconditional surrender
Colby
$1,000 [30]
Changes abound for this mutable earth sign; perhaps you'll be touched for the very first time
Virgo
Colby
$1,000 [26]
Festspielhaus, in this double-talk town
Baden-Baden

Double Jeopardy! Round

ROLE CALL SCIENCE WOMEN POETS VARIETY PACK 11-LETTER WORDS FORT-ITUDE
$400 [1]
1942:Victor Laszlo, Major Strasser
Casablanca
Blair
$400 [6]
When Cassini takes pictures of this planet, stars aren't usually seen, due to the brightness of the rings
Saturn
Blair
$400 [13]
She began a poem, "I felt a funeral, in my brain, and mourners to and fro"
Emily Dickinson
Colby
$400 [27]
The magazine published by this organization for those 50 & older has the largest circulation of any U.S. periodical
AARP
Libby
$400 [18]
In 1965 astronaut Ed White became the first American this when he stepped out of his Gemini capsule for a 23-minute stroll
spacewalker
$400 [8]
This "boastful" N.C. fort is home to the Army's psychological warfare dept., which once trained Manuel Noriega
Fort Bragg
Colby
$800 [2]
2009:Jake Sully, Neytiri
Avatar
Blair
$800 [7]
Microcephaly is one of the birth defects related to this tropical virus that's becoming more prevalent
Zika
Colby
$800 [15]
In 2003 & 2004 Louise Glück held this esteemed position
poet laureate
Colby
$800 [29]
The Latin word talpa, meaning "mole", gives us the word for this brownish gray color that resembles moleskin
taupe
Libby
$800 [19]
The office of a pope or, pronounced differently, to express an opinion in a dogmatic way
pontificate
Colby
$800 [9]
Treasures of Hungary's St. Stephen, including his crown & orb, were stored at this Kentucky facility from 1945 to 1978
Fort Knox
Colby
$1,200 [3]
1995:Marilyn Lovell, Mary Haise
Apollo 13
Libby
$1,200 [14]
The Higgs boson is what endows all elementary subatomic particles with this fundamental property of matter
mass
Libby
$1,200 [30]
In September 1846 this English poet secretly married her poet boyfriend
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Colby
$1,200 [25]
Charles Fey's first 3-reel one of these had 5 symbols: diamonds, hearts, horseshoes, spades & a Liberty Bell
a slot machine
Libby
$1,200 [20]
It's a presentation of the complete set of inflected forms of a verb
conjugation
Blair Colby
$1,200 [10]
While at Fort Riley in this state, visit the U.S. Cavalry Museum & the grave of Chief, the last cavalry horse
Kansas
$1,600 [4]
1994:Andy Dufresne,"Red" Redding
The Shawshank Redemption
Blair
$1,600 [16]
New studies say the rise of the Himalayas & cooler climates helped to form these winds over 12 million years ago
monsoons
Colby
$2,000 [24]
In addition to writing poems like "Goblin Market", Christina of this family often posed for Pre-Raphaelite painters
Rossetti
Libby
$1,600 [26]
According to Hawaiian legend, anyone who removes a piece of volcanic rock will be cursed by this fire goddess
Pele
Colby
$2,000 [22]
Peter Lely's 17-centuryportraits from the English court were noted for daring in this part of the ladies' costume
décolletage
Libby
$1,600 [11]
A few Native Americans are buried at Fort Sill, Ok., including this Apache chief who lived at the fort in his later years
Geronimo
Colby
$2,000 [5]
2000:Yu Shu Lien, Jade Fox
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Blair
$2,000 [17]
This type of pulse that follows a nuclear explosion is also a feared weapon on its own
an electromagnetic pulse
DD $3,000 [23]
"In Exile" & "In the Jewish Synagogue at Newport" are 2 other poems by this woman who was put on a pedestal in N.Y.
Emma Lazarus
Libby
$2,000 [28]
In 1913 Bela Schick developed a test for determining the susceptibility of infants to this infectious "d"isease
diphtheria
Blair
DD $3,000 [21]
A dinner in appreciation & remembrance of one's past service or achievements
a testimonial
Colby
$2,000 [12]
In July 1864, while he was V.P., he served on active duty as a private at Fort McClary in Maine where he became camp cook
(Hannibal) Hamlin
Blair Libby

Final Jeopardy!

BEATLES SONGS

Of the Beatles songs on which Ringo Starr sang lead, this one charted the highest, reaching No. 2

"Yellow Submarine"

Libby "What is Get Back?" — wagered $7,398
Blair "What is Yellow Submarine?" — wagered $4,201
Colby "What is Hey Jude?" — wagered $1,401

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