Show #7506 2017-04-10 Regular

Contestants

Maren Beazer — a homemaker from Erda, Utah

Greg Chin — a direct service provider from New York, New York

Pat Greiner — a radio copywriter and voiceover announcer from Casper, Wyoming (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Pat $1,600 $4,700 $7,700 $14,201
2nd place: $2,000
$9,600
17 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Greg $2,800 $5,200 $17,200 $16,200
New champion: $16,200
$17,200
24 R, 5 W
Maren $800 $-600 $7,100 $1
3rd place: $1,000
$6,200
9 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

ANIMATED CHARACTERS CAVES HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! ANIMAL LIT FILL-IN EQUAL SIGN
$200 [5]
A 2017 film subtitled "The Lost Village" introduces newcharactersin this title group, familiar from TV
the Smurfs
Greg
$200 [27]
Unlike humans, caves can have several of these openings; Niah Cave on Borneo has 5
mouths
Pat Greg
$200 [29]
2017 is the 15th anniversary of the launch of this continental monetary unit
the euro
Greg
$200 [1]
Michael Bond:"A ____ Called Paddington"
a bear
Greg
$200 [25]
Traditionally, to share equally in the cost, you go this number/this number
50/50
Pat
$200 [30]
Wisconsin law says no traffic sign except a stop sign shall be this shape
an octagon
Greg
$400 [4]
In 1988 this wacky Toontown resident was framed for the murder of gag king Marvin Acme
Roger Rabbit
Pat
$400 [9]
Crystal Cave in this national park known for its giant trees consists of ornate marble polished by streams
Sequoia
Pat Greg
$600 [14]
In 2017 it's 20 years since the announcement of the existence of this cloned sheep who only made it to 6
Dolly
Pat
$400 [10]
E.B. White:"The Trumpet of the ____"
swan
Greg
$400 [24]
In harmonious arrangement, or the second part of a Fox News slogan
balanced
Pat
$400 [7]
The animal that stands for this zodiac sign is usually associated with the Nemean one slain by Hercules
Leo
Greg
$600 [2]
This PBS Kids title guy in a hard hat brings his construction projects in on time & under budget
Bob the Builder
Greg
$600 [26]
Jewel Cave in this state's Black Hills is home to 9 species of bats, including the rare Townsend's big-eared
South Dakota
Maren
$800 [6]
In 2016, the Popewas a surprising guest at the kick-off of a year celebrating the 500th anniversary of this event
the Protestant Reformation
$600 [8]
Dahl:"Fantastic Mr. ____"
the fox
Greg
$600 [3]
As an adjective, it means "unvarying"; as a noun, it's clothing worn by some people doing the same job
uniform
Maren
$600 [23]
Clear Channel got a Florida law passed removing trees that blocked motorists' view of these big signs
billboards
Greg
$800 [12]
Having passed his 150th birthday hasn't dimmed the brilliance of this TV show's Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth
Futurama
Greg
$800 [20]
Until 1925 visitors to Carlsbad Caverns were lowered by buckets also used to remove this bat dung, a fertilizer
guano
Greg
$1,000 [15]
2017 is the 60th anniversary of the "Nine" schoolkids integrating Central High in this state capital
Little Rock
Pat
$800 [16]
Tennessee Williams:"The Night of the ____"
an iguana
Pat
$800 [13]
Time to go "pro" with this type of "response" to an attack that is sufficient to prevent further ones
proportionate
Pat Maren
$800 [18]
God gave Hezekiah a sign that he'd live extra long by turning back not the clock but this ancient timepiece
a sundial
Greg
$1,000 [11]
This mouse in "An American Tail" is named for Steven Spielberg's grandfather
Fievel
Maren
$1,000 [28]
An inscription in Iran's Ali Sadr cave says the cave was found in the reign of this "Great" king who lost the Marathon
Darius
Pat Maren
DD $1,500 [22]
This "Old" book that lists anniversaries along with crop facts turns 225 itself in 2017
The Old Farmer's Almanac
Pat
$1,000 [17]
Vonnegut:"Welcome to the ____ House"
monkey
Greg
$1,000 [21]
The Italian for "to amount to as much" gives us this word of equivalency, as in "Why, that's ____ to treason!"
tantamount
Pat Maren
$1,000 [19]
The mathematical plus sign evolved from this word, Latin for "and"
et
Greg

Double Jeopardy! Round

CLASSICAL MUSIC NBA ROOKIES OF THE YEAR IT'S A FACT THE GILDED AGE SO "UGE" LET'S VISIT DOMINICA
$400 [11]
"La Marseillaise" & the Russian national anthem are both heard in this Tchaikovsky work
the 1812 Overture
Maren
$400 [16]
1998:Tim Duncan beginning quite a career with this team
the (San Antonio) Spurs
Maren
$400 [19]
A bolide is a bright one of these outer space objects that explodes in the atmosphere
a meteor
Pat Greg
$400 [26]
From 1869 to 1881 3 consecutive U.S. presidents were Ohio-born former Civil War generals of this political party
the Republicans
Greg
$400 [1]
In cosmetics it's another name for blush
rouge
Maren
$1,200 [27]
Divers love a Dominican reef where geothermal springs vent streams ofbubblesnamed for this alcoholic drink
champagne
Pat
$800 [12]
Handel's "Music For the Royal" these accompanied a display of them in its 1749 premiere
fireworks
Pat Greg
$800 [3]
2004:This 19-year-old from Akron
LeBron James
Greg
$800 [20]
Citing fire risks, in 2016 the FAA banned this company's Galaxy Note 7 phones from all U.S. flights
Samsung
Pat
$800 [24]
By 1892 this former fort in upper New York Bay had become the USA's main immigration reception center
Ellis Island
Greg
$800 [2]
These winter sportsmen lay it down at speeds of more than 80 mph
luge men
Greg
$1,600 [25]
Dominica is home to some 3,000 of these natives who gave a longer version of their name to a sea
the Caribs
Pat
$1,200 [13]
At 7 this Polish-born composer wrote a "Polonaise In G Minor"
Chopin
Greg
$1,200 [15]
2015 & 2016: Messrs. Wiggins & Towns, both of this team
the Timberwolves
Greg
$1,200 [4]
The Tomb is the clubhouse of this Yale secret society
the Skull and Bones
Greg
$1,200 [5]
A champion of social welfare reform, Jane Addams founded Hull House to help the poor in this Midwest city in 1889
Chicago
Greg
$1,600 [9]
This discredited science focused on improving populations by controlling breeding
eugenics
Pat
$2,000 [28]
As a volcanic island, Dominica has this as its main mineral commodity, for all your scouring needs
pumice
Pat
$2,000 [18]
This rousing piece by Aram Khachaturian that has a weapon in its name is from his ballet "Gayane"
the "Sabre Dance"
Maren
$1,600 [6]
2009:This point guard who blossomed into an MVP in Chicago
Derrick Rose
Greg
$1,600 [21]
In 2010 Air Force captain Daniel Welch began piloting this same plane his grandfather flew
the B-52
$1,600 [22]
Sheshared her first name with England's monarch of the time, and in 1872, became the first woman to run for president
Victoria Woodhull
Pat
$2,000 [8]
A strategem or deception
a subterfuge
Maren
DD $2,500 [17]
This Mozart symphony shares its name with a god & a planet
Jupiter
Maren
$2,000 [14]
2011:This Clipper from Oklahoma who found success even sooner, winning the dunk contest that year
Blake Griffin
Greg
$2,000 [7]
In 2016, hechampioned the victorious Brexit campaign, then declined to run for prime minister & ended up as foreign secretary
Boris Johnson
Greg
$2,000 [23]
On the same day in 1876, these 2 men both filed papers for a patent for the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray
DD $3,000 [10]
Let's make your heads spin: bottle, tubular & vacuum are types of this
a centrifuge
Pat

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN AUTHORS

Leviathan is a journal put out 3 times a year by an organization dedicated to this author & his works

Herman Melville

Maren "Who is Twain" — wagered $7,099
Pat "Who is Melville?" — wagered $6,501
Greg "Who is Thomas Hobbes?" — wagered $1,000

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