Show #7524 2017-05-04 (taped 2017-02-01) Regular

Contestants

Laura Spoelstra — a library media center technician from San Jose, California

Erin Wilson — a professor from Baltimore, Maryland

Ragavan Ramsubramani — a financial analyst from New York, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,401)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ragavan	$5,200	$5,600	$14,400	$21,201 2-day champion: $41,602	$9,600 16 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W
Erin	$1,800	$3,800	$10,600	$21,200 2nd place: $2,000	$10,600 15 R, 1 W
Laura	$2,000	$4,600	$9,400	$4,399 3rd place: $1,000	$11,400 16 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

A MARRIAGE IN RUINS	CLASSIC CHILDREN'S BOOKS	MOVIE & TV TITLE CHARACTERS	LATIN IDIOMS	SPOKEN WORD GRAMMY AWARDS	U.N. ABBREVS.
$200 [14] Board the Hiram Bingham train in Cuzco & have your ceremony near these ruins with a shaman as your officiant Machu Picchu Laura	$200 [2] Flopsy, Mopsy & Cotton-tail are siblings of this title character; Benjamin Bunny is his cousin Peter Rabbit Laura	$200 [5] Jeff Bridges abided as the Dude, while the late David Huddleston played this title role the Big Lebowski Ragavan	$200 [24] "This for this" quid pro quo Ragavan Erin	$200 [19] This late night TV host won in 2013 for "America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't" Stephen Colbert Erin	$600 [9] WIPO:World this Property Organization--think about it Intellectual Erin
$400 [15] There's an idea to turn the ruins of this old metropolis S. of Baghdad into a wedding venue, but you may want to wait for calm Babylon Ragavan Laura	$400 [3] At birth, this title E.B. White character "could have been sent by first class mail for three cents" Stuart Little Erin	$400 [6] In the film, she was played by Kristy Swanson; on TV, by Sarah Michelle Gellar Buffy the Vampire Slayer Laura	$400 [25] "Seize the day" carpe diem Laura	$400 [20] Garrison Keillor earned a Grammy for telling tales about the "Days" of this spot Lake Wobegon Laura	$1,000 [13] UNICEF's CRC:Convention on the Rights of this type of person a child Laura
$600 [16] Chichen Itza may be a good site for your nuptials; it's located in this Mexican state with the same name as a peninsula the Yucatán Laura	$600 [4] This 1957 classic was written to see if its author "could rediscover something about Christmas" that he'd lost How the Grinch Stole Christmas!	$600 [1] Thetitle M.D.of this sitcom is played by a real physician Dr. Ken Ragavan Laura	$600 [26] "For the good" pro bono Ragavan	$600 [21] "The Words of Gandhi" won an 1984 Grammy for this actor who spoke them Ben Kingsley Erin	DD $2,400 [12] ICJ:meets in the NLD, not NYC the International Court of Justice Ragavan
$800 [17] Come clean with your bride at a wedding in Rome's baths of this emperor, opened in 216 A.D. Caracalla Ragavan Laura	$800 [10] "Let the wild rumpus start!" is a line from this favorite Where the Wild Things Are Erin	$800 [7] Bored with hell, this fallen angel, played by Tom Ellis on a Fox series, moves to Los Angeles Lucifer Ragavan	$800 [27] "Nourishing mother" alma mater	$800 [22] Beau Bridges was one or the actors who won for reading this warming warning by Al Gore An Inconvenient Truth Ragavan	—
$1,000 [18] Wed at the Talisay Ruins, once a sugar plantation on Negros Island, part of this Southeast Asian archipelago the Philippines Erin	$1,000 [11] The book about her begins, "In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines" Madeline Ragavan	$1,000 [8] Toshiro Mifune & Isao Kimura are 2 of the title septet of this Akira Kurosawa classic the Seven Samurai Ragavan	$1,000 [28] "Solid ground" terra firma Laura	$1,000 [23] In 1997 Hillary Clinton won for reading this book of hers about how we raise children It Takes a Village Laura	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

STARTS WITH AN NBA TEAM NAME	U.S. HISTORY	HOMELAND	THE METROPOLITAN OPERA	ELECTRICITY	LET THERE BE "LIGHT"
$400 [12] In an animated film Jasmine & Aladdin go flying on this type of remarkable rug a magic carpet Ragavan Erin	$400 [7] In 1945 scientists in this state witnessed the detonation of the world's first atomic bomb New Mexico Ragavan	$400 [13] Popes John XXIII & John Paul I Italy Erin	$400 [30] In 2011's "The Enchanted Island", Plácido Domingo gave abravura turnas this Roman sea god backed by floating mermaids Neptune Ragavan	$400 [25] Most generators on power networks use this type of current alternating current Ragavan	$400 [1] An old saying goes, "Many hands make" this light work Laura
$800 [18] Thelonious Monk would have loved this musical workout created by Judi Sheppard Missett Jazzercise Laura	$1,200 [9] Last name of the man who broke ground for his first powder mills on Delaware's Brandywine River on July 19, 1802 du Pont	$800 [14] "Daily Show" host Trevor Noah South Africa Erin	$800 [29] The companygoes at itquite literally with hammer & tongs in this rousing piece from "Il trovatore" the "Anvil Chorus" Laura	$800 [22] (Sarah of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) Plasmaspheres create an electric field that affects a fluorescent bulb outside the glass, but touching the bulb causes a type of short circuit as the current takes what's called the path of this, an idiom for the easiest way least resistance Ragavan	$800 [2] This phrase refers to nearing the end of a tiresome task; pessimists say it's actually "an oncoming train" the light at the end of the tunnel Erin
$1,600 [20] The University of the West Indies is located on the outskirts of this capital city Kingston Ragavan	$1,600 [10] John L. Lewis headed this pick-&-shovel-wielding union, the UMW, from 1920 to 1960 the United Mine Workers Laura	$1,200 [15] Model Bar Refaeli Israel Ragavan	$1,200 [26] Rodolfo, Mimi & Marcello aregatheredat the Café Momus when Musetta sings her own praises in this Paris-set opera La bohème Erin	$1,200 [6] If you have an HEV, you have this type of "electric vehicle" a hybrid Erin	$1,200 [3] When one goes dancing, one is said to "trip" this splendid way the light fantastic Erin Laura
DD $2,000 [19] This lucrative British lottery is also a 1960s James Bond movie title Thunderball Laura	$2,000 [11] The "Never Blaine" Republicans who didn't support the 1884 GOP candidate were called these, from an Indian word Mugwumps	$1,600 [16] Playwright & president Vaclav Havel the Czech Republic Ragavan Laura	$1,600 [28] Thistitle gypsy makes her entrance to the "Habanera", one of the most famous arias in all of opera Carmen Erin	$1,600 [23] Electrical impulses come form the heart's natural pacemaker, the S-A node, short for this the sinoatrial node	$1,600 [4] Amsterdam locals refer to this hyphenated place as the "Rossebuurt" the red-light district Erin
$2,000 [21] The Sidewinder missile is this type that uses infrared technology heat-seeking	DD $4,000 [8] In his 1964 State of the Union address, Lyndon Johnson declared an "unconditional war on" this "in America" poverty Ragavan	$2,000 [17] Conductor Gustavo Dudamel Venezuela	$2,000 [27] This composer was adamant that his "La traviata" be set in the present inmodern dress, as the Met's current staging is Giuseppe Verdi	$2,000 [24] In 1929 the application of crystals of this mineral allowed for electric timepieces quartz Laura	$2,000 [5] Lord Cardigan led a famous one in 1854 the light brigade Ragavan

Final Jeopardy!

NOVELS

In a Spanish translation of this novel, Chapter 1 begins, "Era el mejor de los tiempos, era el peor de los tiempos"

A Tale of Two Cities

Laura "What is Don Quixote?" — wagered $5,001

Erin "What is A Tale of Two Cities" — wagered $10,600

Ragavan "What is A Tale of Two Cities?" — wagered $6,801

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