Show #7461 2017-02-06 (taped 2016-11-09) Regular

Lisa Schlitt game 7.

Contestants

Matt Kellison — an economist from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Jill Rausch — a captioner from Phoenix, Arizona

Lisa Schlitt — a microbiologist from Berwyn, Pennsylvania (whose 6-day cash winnings total $139,100)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Lisa $0 $3,800 $13,000 $0
2nd place: $2,000
$13,400
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Jill $4,400 $6,000 $13,200 $12,801
New champion: $12,801
$13,200
13 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Matt $2,800 $4,600 $9,800 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$9,800
17 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

FAMILIAR ACTING FACES A RUDE AWAKENING A FICTIONAL DEATH FOREIGN EXCHANGE "MIS"QUOTES RENTING A CAR
$200 [6]
Ned? Ned Ryerson? No, it's actually Stephen Tobolowsky, who played Ned over & over in this 1993 comedy
Groundhog Day
Matt
$200 [21]
You may grow to hate this bugle call used by the Army to awaken the troops for morning roll call
"Reveille"
Jill
$200 [1]
Post-mortem the title character of this H.G. Wells novel can be seen, hands & feet first
The Invisible Man
Lisa
$200 [26]
2 grazing yaks, the temple of Taleju & Mount Everest are depicted on its 5-rupee note
Nepal
Matt
$200 [11]
Mark Twain wrote about "the magnificent" this river "rolling its mile-wide tide along, shining in the sun"
the Mississippi
Lisa
$200 [16]
How about this company that shares its name with Captain Kirk's craft?
Enterprise
Matt
$400 [7]
Many familiar faces played judges on this Julianna Margulies show, including the omnipresent Denis O'Hare
The Good Wife
Matt
$400 [22]
I really wish you wouldn't wake me up using one of these
an air horn
Lisa
$400 [2]
This author said, "I killed Ned in the first book and it shocked a lot of people"; he was far from finished with the shocking
George R.R. Martin
Matt
$400 [27]
In 2015 Russia began issuing 100-ruble notes commemorating the annexation of this peninsula from Ukraine
Crimea
Lisa
$400 [12]
Frank Lloyd Wright claimed that "the physician can bury his" these "but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines"
mistakes
Lisa
$400 [17]
Get a car from this company whose use of yellow comes from its founder's cab company
Hertz
Matt
$600 [8]
James Hong's 400-plus credits include "Blade Runner" and a restaurant host calling Cartwright & not Costanza on this sitcom
Seinfeld
Matt
$600 [23]
Ugh! It's one of these leg cramps with an equine name!
a Charlie horse
Lisa
$600 [3]
The bell tolls for Esmeralda, executed as a sorceress in this 1831 classic
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Jill
$600 [28]
Sweden's 200-kronor note honors this director with a depiction of him on the set of "The Seventh Seal"
(Ingmar) Bergman
Jill
$600 [13]
Chekhov wrote that he had "two professions.... Medicine is my lawful wife and literature is my" this
mistress
Matt
$600 [18]
If you're watching what you spend, try this company whose name is also found between "Congressional" & "Office"
Budget
Lisa
$800 [9]
Lately dealing with "Code Black" on TV, the always busy Luis Guzmanwas on the big screen in this 1997 drama about Dirk Diggler
Boogie Nights
Matt
$800 [24]
This challenge to raise money for ALS ended in 2014, so why the cold shower, especially at 3 A.M.?
the Ice Bucket Challenge
Lisa
$800 [4]
This justifiably upset "Romeo and Juliet" character says, "A plague o' both your houses!" before he dies
Mercutio
Lisa Jill
$800 [14]
The constitution states that a president can be removed from office for "high crimes and" these
misdemeanors
Matt
$800 [19]
In terms of currency, there's always this company that allows you to "lock low and go"
Dollar
Jill
$1,000 [10]
Carol Christine Hilariabecame initially yours as she worked under this name on shows like "The Shield"
CCH Pounder
Jill
$1,000 [25]
Chronic snoring that's loud enough to wake a bed partner can be a sign of OSA, obstructive sleep this disorder
sleep apnea
Matt
DD $1,000 [5]
In 1991 John Updike won his second Pulitzer for this aptly titled final novel about Harry Angstrom
Rabbit at Rest
Jill
$1,000 [15]
In TV's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", Charlie-in-the-box tells Hermey he's the "Sentry of the Island of" these
misfit toys
Jill Matt
$1,000 [20]
Bird lovers will love this car rental company whose name is also the Latin for "bird"
Avis
Lisa

Double Jeopardy! Round

BROADWAY SHOWS IN LATIN VENICE ALLITERATIVE 2-WORD TERMS HARD "G" NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE CLASSICAL MUSIC
$400 [6]
"Homo Musicus"
The Music Man
Lisa
$400 [21]
To curb excessive decoration of these boats by nobles, Venice passed a law that kept them black
a gondola
Lisa
$400 [1]
"She sells seashells by the sea shore" is a classic one of these
a tongue twister
Lisa
$400 [12]
The midnight to 8 A.M. shift
the graveyard shift
Matt
$400 [7]
(Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) At the gift shop, you can pick up akinara, a candleholder that represents African roots; it'll hold candles in the symbolic colors of black for the people, red for their struggle & green for hope, all to help you celebrate this late December holiday
Kwanzaa
Matt
DD $400 [26]
Gustav Holst finished this work by writing "Mercury" in 1916
The Planets
Lisa
$800 [15]
"Feles"
Cats
Matt
$800 [22]
At the height of its naval power, Venice was known as the "Queen of" this sea
the Adriatic
Lisa
$800 [2]
No need to cry over this tree
a weeping willow
Lisa
$800 [13]
"Mikado" librettist
Gilbert
Matt
$800 [8]
(Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) Thomas Jefferson wrote that "all men are created equal", yet, as seen from then ames on the bricks, he was a major slaveholder, owning hundreds at this home & plantation in Virginia
Monticello
Matt
$800 [27]
After Bizet's death at age 36, Ernest Guiraud assembled 2 instrumental suites from this opera
Carmen
Jill
DD $1,200 [18]
"Mea Domina Bella"
My Fair Lady
Lisa
$1,200 [23]
Venice's "Main Street", it winds through the city's center for almost 2 1/2 miles
the Grand Canal
Lisa
$1,200 [3]
It's the bovine term for a business or product that generates a steady flow of income
a cash cow
Jill
$1,200 [14]
There's a ruffed type of this game bird
a grouse
Lisa
$1,200 [9]
(Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) Among Harriet Tubman's most treasured possessions was a lace shawl she received in recognition of her heroic efforts from this woman, who was celebrating her diamond jubilee
Queen Victoria
Lisa
$1,600 [28]
Mendelssohn's "Calm Sea And Prosperous Voyage" is a concert one--not before an opera but standing alone
an overture
$1,600 [19]
"Quadragesimus Secundus Vicus"
42nd Street
$1,600 [24]
This sandbar, home to the Venice Film Festival since 1932, is one of Europe's most popular beach resorts
Lido Beach
$1,600 [4]
They're the classic footwear seen here
saddle shoes
$1,600 [16]
He built what's now Hollywood's TCL Chinese Theatre
(Sid) Grauman
Jill
$1,600 [10]
(Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) "Our feet are tired, but our souls are rested", said Martin Luther King, & then soaked his feet in the bucket on displayhereafter leading thousands on a 5-day, 54-mile freedom march from Selma to the steps of the Capitol in this city
Montgomery
Jill
$2,000 [29]
In a performance of this 1931 suite, the percussionist needs coconut shells to imitate a burro on the trail
Grand Canyon Suite
Jill
$2,000 [20]
"Caligae Torquentes"
Kinky Boots
$2,000 [25]
The Museum of Glass Art in the Giustinian Palace chronicles this nearby island's glassmaking history
Murano
$2,000 [5]
Alliterative synonym for a shaman
a medicine man
$2,000 [17]
Japanese dumplings
gyoza
Lisa
$2,000 [11]
(Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) The tape recorder was used by this man, whose ideas for black activism couldn't be contained by the Nation of Islam, leading to the sad correctness of his prediction in his autobiography that, "I, too, will die by violence"
Malcolm X
Matt

Final Jeopardy!

MYTHOLOGICAL NAMES

With depths of up to 30,000 feet, ocean trenches make up a zone named for this brother of Poseidon & his domain

Hades

Matt "Who is Marianas?" — wagered $9,800
Lisa "Who is Pelagus?" — wagered $13,000
Jill "Who is Tantalus" — wagered $399

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