Show #7538 2017-05-24 (taped 2017-02-21) Regular

Contestants

Matthew Cooper — a retail site specialist from Villanova, Pennsylvania

Mackenzie Vogt — a systems analyst from Point Pleasant, New Jersey

Tanya Obreiter — a cell biologist from Frederick, Maryland (whose 2-day cash winnings total $63,210)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tanya	$400	$2,000	$6,400	$3,400 3rd place: $1,000	$9,400 10 R, 2 W (including 2 DDs)
Mackenzie	$2,000	$4,800	$15,600	$12,600 New champion: $12,600	$15,600 25 R, 3 W
Matthew	$800	$1,400	$9,200	$12,200 2nd place: $2,000	$8,600 11 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

AT THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL POSTAL MUSEUM	MUSICAL NUMBERS	GEOGRAPHIC FORMATIONS	COME TOGETHER	CRIME RHYME	HEARST STORY
$200 [19] Visitors to the museum are greeted by a statue of this first postmaster general in the foyer Benjamin Franklin Matthew	$200 [14] "Don't Wanna Know" by Maroon ____ featuring Kendrick Lamar 5 Mackenzie	$200 [25] The triangular Deccan Plateau makes up most of the south of this nation, including Andhra Pradesh India Mackenzie	$200 [9] "Entomological" term for a gathering with a specific purpose, like a spelling competition a bee Mackenzie	$200 [6] A cantaloupe that's the perpetrator of a serious misdeed a felon melon Mackenzie	$200 [1] The Albany Times-Union, April 16, 1912:"436 on Carpathia Comprise All Who Were Saved" from this disaster the Titanic Mackenzie
$400 [20] In the early days, snow was no problem for rural letter carriers who converted this Ford model into a snowmobile a Model T Mackenzie	$400 [15] "____K Magic" by Bruno Mars 24 Mackenzie	$400 [26] Most of Norway's western coastline is made up of these steep narrow inlets created by glacial erosion fjords Matthew	$400 [10] The name of this type of banquet that's often accompanied by entertainment is Hawaiian for "young taro tops" a luau Mackenzie	$400 [7] Stealing that little indentation in someone's chin a cleft theft Matthew	$400 [2] The New York Journal-American, Oct. 29, 1956:this pop star "Would Quit Singing If He Aided Delinquency" Elvis Presley Matthew
$600 [21] Beginning in the 1850s, a machine like this one was used to put these holes between stamps for easier separation perforations Mackenzie	$600 [16] "____ Inch" by Beyonce 6 Mackenzie	$600 [27] (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a reservoir on the monitor.) Canada's Manicouagan Reservoir was formed by an asteroid impact 200 million years ago and because of its shape, is often called the eye of this province Quebec Mackenzie	$600 [11] This meal served at the beginning of Passover celebrates the Israelites' liberation from bondage a seder Matthew	$600 [8] The illegal killing of the guy who moves the cattle a herder murder	$600 [3] The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 30, 1975:"Vietnam War is Over"; this city (as then called) "Surrenders" Saigon Tanya Mackenzie Matthew
$800 [22] The character seenheremade his public debut in January of 1963 to remind Americans to add this to each address the zip code Tanya	$800 [17] "Heathens" by ____ ____ Pilots 21 Tanya	$800 [28] The remnants of an ancient lake, these U.S. salt flats are often used to set land speed records the Bonneville Salt Flats Mackenzie	$800 [12] Based on a character in the "Li'l Abner" comic strip, a Sadie Hawkins dance has this main feature the women ask the men Tanya	$800 [24] Responsibility for that sudden unprovoked attack an assault fault	DD $1,000 [4] The Boston American, July 31, 1942:"Reds Halt Nazis at" this Russian city (as then called) Stalingrad Tanya
$1,000 [23] Here's one of the rare U.S. airmail stamps known as this inverted biplane because of a printing error a jenny Mackenzie	$1,000 [18] "Summer ____" by Drake "Summer Sixteen"	$1,000 [29] Up to 750' feet high, the highest sand dunes in the US. are in Great Sand Dunes National Park in this Rocky Mountain state Colorado	$1,000 [13] This word for a religious festival devoted to a saint precedes Spain's "de San Fermin" fiesta	$1,000 [30] Unlawfully lingers outside the offices of that British news agency loiters Reuters Mackenzie	$1,000 [5] The Los Angeles Examiner, August 20, 1953:this man "Reveals 'Sex Life of Women'" Kinsey Mackenzie

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE WORLD OF TENNIS	20th CENTURY NOVELS	WHO SAID WHAT?	"HAT" BOX	NUMBER THAT AMENDMENT	HEART SURGERY WITH DR. OZ
$400 [7] In 2014 at age 33 he led Switzerland to its first Davis Cup title Federer Mackenzie	$400 [6] The title of this Aldous Huxley novel comes from a line of Miranda's in "The Tempest" Brave New World Mackenzie	$400 [16] In 2016 to her supporters:"We must accept this result and then look to the future" Hillary Clinton Tanya	$400 [21] Fans at the game seenhereknow a player has just accomplished this a hat trick Mackenzie	$400 [26] Covers the right to bear arms the Second Amendment Mackenzie	$400 [1] (Dr. Oz delivers the clue.) When a coronary artery is blocked, & drugs & angioplasty can't fix it, we go in for this type of surgery where new blood vessels go around the artery, maybe even a triple or quadruple version a bypass Tanya
$800 [8] Andy Murray hails from this U.K. country Scotland Mackenzie	$800 [11] "Mrs. Woolf", about Virginia, is one section of this "timely" Michael Cunningham novel The Hours Tanya	$800 [17] Karl Marx:"A spectre is haunting Europe--the spectre of" this Communism Mackenzie	$800 [25] Commercial setting where Rhode Island Reds might be born a hatchery Mackenzie	$800 [27] Tony "Big Tuna" Accardo invoked it 172 times in one hearing in 1958 the Fifth Tanya	$800 [2] (Dr. Oz delivers the clue.) As director of a center for integrative medicine, I appreciate a pioneer of integrated medicine, the African-American surgeon Daniel Hale Williams, who in 1893 sutured a man's pericardium, becoming one of the first Americans to perform this then-risky type of surgery open-heart surgery
$1,200 [9] He's "The Matador of Manacor", Spain Nadal Mackenzie	$1,600 [13] A 1969 novel says, "His reward...the respectful title of 'Don', and sometimes the more affectionate salutation of" this Godfather Mackenzie	$1,200 [18] Lou Gehrig, July 4, 1939:"Today I consider myself" these 9 words the luckiest man on the face of the Earth Matthew	$1,200 [22] The U.S.S. Monitor sank off this East Coast promontory on New Years Eve 1862 Cape Hatteras Mackenzie	$1,200 [28] Contains the Establishment Clause the First Mackenzie	$1,200 [3] (Dr. Oz delivers the clue.) All the skill & technology that go into a heart transplant are no use without a donor; in 1996 it was a young man in the Bronx whose heart I put in this Yankee manager's brother Frankin a story that made a lot of hearts warmer in New York City & beyond (Joe) Torre Matthew
$1,600 [10] Ex-Czech, please! In 1990 she won Wimbledon singles title no. 9 Navratilova Matthew	DD $2,000 [12] Trotter is the last name of the title boy in this book by Roald Dahl James and the Giant Peach Tanya	$1,600 [19] On his crowning in 1804:"I am the successor not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne" Napoleon Mackenzie	$1,600 [23] Meaning "The Hope", it's the national anthem of Israel "Hatikvah" Matthew	—	$2,000 [5] (Dr. Oz delivers the clue.) Major heart surgery may involve an incision down the midline of the breastbone, medically called this; it's not as bad as it sounds because there are relatively few nerves in that area the sternum Tanya
$2,000 [14] Homeland of Gabriela Sabatini & Juan Martin Del Potro Argentina	$2,000 [15] This novel by Czech writer Milan Kundera was first published in French, as "L'Insoutenable Légèreté de L'Être" The Unbearable Lightness of Being Matthew	$2,000 [20] Queen Victoria to Arthur Balfour in 1899:"We are not interested in the possibilities of" this defeat	$2,000 [24] This ancient Egyptian queen erected granite obelisks at Karnak, one of which is still standing Hatshepsut Tanya Matthew	—	DD $2,200 [4] (Dr. Oz delivers the clue.) Replacement of these gateways that open & close is by far most common with the aortic & the mitral; they're on the left side of the heart so they endure higher pressure & wear out sooner than the other 2 valves Matthew

Final Jeopardy!

DOG BREEDS

This popular small dog breed is named for the man who was the Vicar of Swimbridge for almost 50 years, beginning in 1832

the Jack Russell Terrier

Tanya "What is a yorkie?" — wagered $3,000

Matthew "What is a Jack Russel Terrier?" — wagered $3,000

Mackenzie "What is a Cavlier King Charles Spaniel?" — wagered $3,000

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