Show #7496 2017-03-27 (taped 2016-12-13) Regular

Contestants

Meral Cultu — a nonprofit strategist from Cleveland, Ohio

Adam Vesterholt — an energy engineer from Brooklyn, New York

Robert Weibezahl — a writer from Westlake Village, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Robert	$2,000	$6,600	$13,400	$11,800 3rd place: $1,000	$13,400 19 R, 1 W
Adam	$5,800	$7,200	$13,401	$26,801 New champion: $26,801	$9,000 19 R (including 3 DDs), 6 W
Meral	$1,200	$3,000	$11,800	$13,402 2nd place: $2,000	$11,800 13 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

HIS REAL FIRST NAME	EUROPEAN HISTORY	THE BUSY BUSINESSMAN	OH MY GODS!	THE WORD IS FLAT	1970s "SONG" TITLES
$200 [8] Jay Z Shawn Meral	$200 [1] Between 1095 & 1291, Europeans launched as many as 10 of these Mideast campaigns; the first had the most success Crusades Adam	$200 [26] I just say telco--no time for these 2 words that can refer to Vonage or T-Mobile telecommunications company Robert	$200 [13] Roman emperor Augustus claimed descent from this Olympian & sun god Apollo Robert	$200 [6] When preceding "money", it denotes equal odds in a bet even Meral	$200 [18] In 1972 this colorful tune was a No. 1 hit for Neil Diamond; "Everybody knows one" "Song Sung Blue" Robert
$400 [9] Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill Thomas Robert	$400 [2] A group of loyal clergy & boyars called the Selected council helped this awful guy rule Russia in the 16th century Ivan the Terrible Adam	$400 [27] Who wastes breath saying this startup-funding person? Just call him a V.C. venture capitalist Meral	$400 [14] In Norse mythology, this trickster god can change his shape & gender at will Loki Adam	$400 [7] This type of crew cut is also an informal term for an aircraft carrier a flat-top Robert	$400 [19] This 1976 Barry Manilow hit made "the whole world sing" & "the young girls cry" "I Write The Songs"
$600 [10] Charlie Sheen Carlos Robert	$600 [3] Seen here is Oliver Cromwell's signature in 1655 during the five years he held this two-word title, hence the P Lord Protector Robert Adam	$600 [28] I don't have time to go to court or even to say this whole word, so it's just patent lit or civil lit litigation Meral	$800 [16] Ganesha, the Hindu god of beginnings & good fortune, has a human body & the head of this animal an elephant Robert	$600 [23] This word meaning level is associated with bathrooms & also means well supplied, particularly with money flush Adam	$600 [20] You'd think that people would have had enough of this 1976 Paul McCartney hit, but I look around me & I see it isn't so "Silly Love Songs" Robert
$800 [11] Calvin Coolidge John Adam	$800 [4] In 1571's Battle of Lepanto, a coalition defeated this empire's navy, saving Europe from invasion the Ottoman Empire Meral	$800 [29] An underling sent me a 10-page report when I asked for 1, so I responded, "TLDR", short for "too long," this didn't read Adam	$1,000 [17] This god of fire & patron of craftsmen was really lame... really Vulcan (or Hephaestus) Robert	$800 [24] This breakfast food, a symbol of flatness, also means a football block that puts a defender on his back a pancake Robert	$800 [21] The Fugees caught some (Roberta) Flack when the band covered this 1973 hit "Killing Me Softly With His Song" Meral
$1,000 [12] Elvis Costello Declan Robert	$1,000 [5] King Charles XII of this nation was a boy military genius who won battles against Russia, Poland & Denmark in the 1700s Sweden Adam	—	DD $2,400 [15] This Roman god has his ownfountainin Madrid Neptune Adam	$1,000 [25] "O" yes, this 6-letter word means flattened at the poles oblate	$1,000 [22] This Three Dog Night tune was "comin' down in 3-part harmony" "An Old Fashioned Love Song" Robert

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANIMALS PLAYING DEAD	STRINGED INSTRUMENTS	THE SOUTHWEST	CONSERVATIVE BOOKSHELF	GHOSTLY ACTORS	THE "OC"
$400 [13] We couldn't do the category without showing the death face of this critter, the big faker an opossum Adam	$400 [5] In 1951 Leo Fender introduced the first popular electric one of these rhythm instruments called the Precision a bass Robert Adam	$400 [25] New Mexico boasts a museum dedicated to this outlaw aka William Bonney Billy the Kid Robert Adam	$400 [26] Cartoonist Michael Ramirez inked the humorous "Give Me Liberty or Give Me" this program aka the Affordable Care Act Obamacare Adam	$400 [2] Dead Charlie finds Hurley at a mental institution on this show, slaps him & tells him that his friends far away need him Lost Adam	$400 [1] These smaller earthquakes that follow a larger one can continue for weeks, months & even years aftershocks Robert
$800 [15] A male nursery web spider offers a female an insect wrapped in this; if snubbed, he deads up & gets dragged off with the gift silk Adam	$800 [6] Presidents Thomas Jefferson & John Tyler were both skillful players of this instrument a violin Meral	$1,200 [12] Located along the Little Colorado River, this colorful desert was called El Desierto Pintado by Spanish explorers the Painted Desert Meral	$800 [28] A 2016 title is "The Intimidation Game: How the Left is Silencing" this 2-word First Amendment right free speech Adam	$800 [24] A new "Return of the Jedi" ending unfortunately had a ghost played by Sebastian Shaw replaced by this actor Hayden Christensen Meral	$800 [7] Where the Winter Olympics were held in 2014 Sochi Adam
$1,200 [14] When confronted, the hognose snake canplay deadorspread its skinaround its head & neck like a king this snake a cobra Meral	$1,200 [3] This small piece of wood with legs is the most delicate part of your cello the bridge Adam	$1,600 [18] The Hopi tribe has its main reservation in this state Arizona Adam	$1,200 [27] This former running mate has published "Going Rogue" & the more tender "Sweet Freedom: A Devotional" Sarah Palin Robert	$1,200 [20] In "Beetlejuice" this teenage actress saw stranger things, like the ghosts of Alec Baldwin & Geena Davis Winona Ryder Meral	$1,200 [8] It's how the scarf seenherewas made crocheted Robert Adam
$1,600 [16] Found in the Southwest, the 9-banded type of this plays dead if captured, but if that fails, kicks like crazy armadillo	$1,600 [4] Bluegrass virtuosos of this small lutelike instrument include Bill Monroe & Ricky Skaggs a mandolin Robert Adam	$2,000 [23] In 1542 this Spanish explorer heralded as the discoverer of California explored its coastline & southern islands Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo Adam	DD $1,401 [29] In 1913 federal law & the 16th Amend. levied this on many Americans; in 1954 a book called it the "root of all evil" income tax Adam	$1,600 [21] On this show Denis Leary was often visited by ghosts, some of whom died during 9/11 Rescue Me Meral	$1,600 [9] It's the old 7-letter term for an eye doctor an oculist Robert
$2,000 [17] Fire-bellied toads say "don't eat me" by showing their red bellies, a warning of this poison Meral	$2,000 [11] This traditional Russian instrument consists of a triangular wooden body & usually 3 strings a balalaika Adam	DD $3,600 [19] Of the 4 states that meet at Four Corners National Monument, this state is last alphabetically Utah Adam	$2,000 [30] In 1948 Richard M. Weaver pointed out the dangers of relativist thinking in "Ideas Have" these consequences	$2,000 [22] Nicole Kidman finds out in this 2001 movie that the ghosts her family has been dealing with are a little closer to home The Others	$2,000 [10] In 1935 tree planter Rudolph Hass received a patent for a variety of this avocado

Final Jeopardy!

SCIENTISTS

This European's 1751 "Philosophia Botanica" gave rules of nomenclature & said don't change generic names

Carl Linnaeus

Meral "Who is Charles Linnaeus?" — wagered $1,602

Robert "Who is Boyle" — wagered $1,600

Adam "Who Linnaeus" — wagered $13,400

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