Show #7497 2017-03-28 (taped 2016-12-13) Regular

Contestants

Steve Asiatico — a network engineer from McKinney, Texas

Julie Brannon — a professor of English from Jacksonville, Florida

Adam Vesterholt — an energy engineer from Brooklyn, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,801)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Adam	$3,400	$8,400	$17,400	$17,601 2nd place: $2,000	$10,800 14 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W
Julie	$1,000	$3,600	$19,200	$28,400 New champion: $28,400	$18,800 22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Steve	$3,000	$7,200	$17,600	$5 3rd place: $1,000	$17,600 21 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

PIE-POURRI	ENDS WITH K	PICK YOUR POISON	A FALLEN CATEGORY	WHAT DAY IS IT?	THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!
$200 [24] To make this pie topping, stiffly beat egg whites & add granulated sugar one tablespoon at a time meringue Julie	$200 [19] 3-foot measuring implement a yardstick Julie	$200 [12] First Alert's CO600 detects it:ammonia, carbon monoxide, radon carbon monoxide Steve	$200 [18] If something is inevitably going to happen, you're idiomatically waiting for "the other" one of these "to drop" a shoe Adam	$200 [6] The Bangles had a manic one Monday Steve	$200 [1] Sparking the "Winter War", Russia's Red Army invaded Finland in this first year of World War II 1939 Julie
$400 [26] Confusingly, this official state dessert of Massachusetts is called pie but made with sponge cake Boston cream pie Steve	$400 [22] Term for a male witch a warlock Steve	$400 [11] Agatha Christie taught us it smells like bitter almonds:cyanide, nicotine, opium cyanide Steve	$400 [17] (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue.) Inertia causes the eggs to seemingly defy logic and fall straight down; it's all part of this guy's first law of motion Newton Julie	$400 [7] Mitch Albom spent them with Morrie Tuesdays Adam	$400 [2] In 1703 the Russians established this city & future capital on territory won in a war with Sweden St. Petersburg Adam
$600 [28] In olden times, finely chopped meat gave this pie its name; today, it's a mix of fruit & spices but usually no meat mincemeat (pie) Steve	$600 [23] The kickoff's through the end zone, it's a this, & the ball's comin' out to the 25 a touchback Adam	$600 [13] My philosophy is avoid this herb, Conium maculatum:belladonna, hemlock, wolfsbane hemlock Adam Julie	$800 [20] This activity traces its roots to Pentecost Island, where "land divers" connected a vine to their feet bungee jumping Julie	$600 [8] Morticia's daughter Wednesday Julie	$600 [3] Merry Christmas! On Christmas Eve 1979, the Russians invaded this country Afghanistan Steve
$800 [29] Seen here, it's also known as pie plant, because of its frequent use in pies rhubarb Steve	$800 [25] Lindenwald was Martin van Buren's 225-acre farm in this New York town Kinderhook Adam	$800 [14] First used by the Germans at Ypres, April 22, 1915:bromine, chlorine, me than e chlorine Steve	$1,000 [21] An Australian scooped up some of this that landed near him in 1979 & sold it to the S.F. Examiner for $10,000 Skylab Steve	$800 [9] Day to be "in the Park with George" Sunday Steve	$800 [4] During this 1850s war, Russia occupied parts of the Ottoman Empire including what is today Romania the Crimean War Julie
$1,000 [30] This crisscross top of a pie crust is often woven lattice Julie	$1,000 [27] Small, enclosed exercise field for animals a paddock Steve	$1,000 [15] Used to murder ex-KGB man Alexander Litvinenko:plutonium, polonium, potassium polonium Adam Julie	DD $3,400 [16] When a breeze knocked fruit to the ground, it was called this, now a term for any unexpected boon a windfall Adam	$1,000 [10] Robert Smith of The Cure is in love on this day Friday Julie	$1,000 [5] Fighting separatists, Russian forces occupied 1/3 of this republic in 1999 in an effort to subdue it Chechnya Adam

Double Jeopardy! Round

MacARTHUR GENIUS GRANT RECIPIENTS	5-LETTER WORDS	WILL SMITH	WATER-LOVING MAMMALS	PLAY TIME	A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
$400 [27] In 2015 this Broadway star got 62,500 Hamiltons from the foundation (Lin-Manuel) Miranda Adam	$400 [11] A bloodsucking worm or friend a leech Steve	$400 [6] Will: "& I'd like to take a minute, just sit right there, I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called" this Bel Air Julie	$400 [21] This semiaquatic little guy of the genus Neovison was once almost synonymous with women's fur coats a mink Julie	$400 [2] This mythic woman launched some ships & a play by Euripides in 412 B.C. Helen of Troy Julie	$400 [16] I've got aviewof the lower Manhattan skyline from this New York City landmark to sell you the Brooklyn Bridge Steve
$800 [28] Biologist Yukiko Yamashita looked at the effect of aging on how well these cells replace ineffective specialized ones stem cells Steve	$800 [12] The baker's one is actually 13 dozen Julie	$800 [7] In "Men in Black" Will says, "You do know Elvis is dead, right?"--this actor replies, "No, Elvis is not dead, he just went home" Tommy Lee Jones Adam	$800 [22] It's now believed that the nerve endings in the tusk of this "unicorn of the sea" are used to find food & mating females a narwhal Steve	$800 [1] The first dramatic portrayal of this private eye was in an 1899 play that angered purists by giving him a love interest Sherlock Holmes Julie	$800 [17] The Pont Alexandre III has a lovelyviewof the seventh of these Paris districts arrondissements Adam
$1,600 [29] The "test" named for this 2014 genius: does a movie have at least 2 women talking to each other & not about a man? (Alison) Bechdel Julie	$1,200 [13] Domino's Pizza ads once wanted you to rhymingly do this to the noid avoid Julie	$1,200 [8] After escaping an alien ship with Jeff Goldblum in this film, Will announces, "Elvis has left the building!" Independence Day Steve	$1,200 [23] The paws of this Arctic carnivore are about 12 inches wide, & the pads have small depressions that help grip the ice a polar bear Steve	$1,200 [3] Riots accompanied performances of the 1907 John Millington Synge work called this "of the Western World" Playboy of the Western World Julie	$1,200 [18] Here's a view looking up from this colorful landmark the Golden Gate Bridge Julie
$2,000 [30] Dr. Eric Coleman, one of these "-icians", helps the elderly transition from hospital to home geriatric physician Julie	$1,600 [14] In 1948 the Catholic Church published its last this "of Forbidden Books" index	$1,600 [9] In this 1995 film as Det. Mike Lowrey, Will tells Martin Lawrence, "You drive almost slow enough to drive Miss Daisy" Bad Boys Julie	$1,600 [24] Toothless whales are also called this type, for the filtering material in their mouths baleen Steve	$1,600 [4] Italian actress Anna Magnaniinspired him to write "The Rose Tattoo" Tennessee Williams	DD $2,000 [19] From London's Tower Bridge, get alookat Renzo Piano's tower nicknamed this, like a glass fragment the Shard Julie
DD $5,000 [26] Cosmology paid off for Matias Zaldarriaga, who went back to the beginning studying faint signatures of this event the Big Bang Adam	$2,000 [15] A grouping of something; there's a "very large" one watching the skies in New Mexico an array Steve	$2,000 [10] Will & wife Jada produced this theatrical celebration of the life of Afrobeat pioneer Mr. Kuti Fela!	$2,000 [25] The prominent snout of this largest seal doesn't begin developing until sexual maturity, around 3-5 years an elephant seal Adam	$2,000 [5] Childhood memories of racism provided the basis for her 1959 play "A Raisin in the Sun" (Lorraine) Hansberry Julie	$2,000 [20] Here's sunrise from the Rialto in this city Venice Steve

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC ANNIVERSARIES

In July 1938 about 2,000 people with an average age of 94 gathered at this site for a 75th & final reunion

Gettysburg

Adam "What Gettysburg" — wagered $201

Steve "What is the firing on Ft. Sumter" — wagered $17,595

Julie "Wht is Gettysburg?" — wagered $9,200

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