Show #7550 2017-06-09 Regular

Contestants

Johanna Andrews — a retired software engineer from Sunnyvale, California

Tucker Dunn — an ESL teacher from Tucson, Arizona

Bala Kumar — a lawyer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (whose 2-day cash winnings total $42,999)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Bala $2,800 $4,600 $11,800 $11,388
2nd place: $2,000
$13,000
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Tucker $2,200 $1,800 $12,200 $23,601
New champion: $23,601
$12,200
17 R, 2 W
Johanna $400 $5,000 $9,400 $6,900
3rd place: $1,000
$8,800
15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE I.T. DEPARTMENT GERMAN HISTORY RECENT MOVIES BETWEEN THE LIONS U.S. MOUNTAINS IN MY ELEMENT
$200 [20]
What can we do with users who can't even plug into their computers this "drive" named for a part of the hand
a thumb drive
Tucker
$200 [1]
In 9 A.D. this empire tried to conquer the Germanic tribes but got crushed at the Battle of Teutoburg Forest
the Roman Empire
Bala
$200 [6]
Oscar winner Casey Affleck takes care of his nephew in this place "By the Sea"
Manchester
Johanna
$200 [16]
Pass between thelionsand check out this venerable Big Apple readery
the New York Public Library
Tucker
$200 [14]
Shortly after Ansel Adams' death, a mountain in this national park was named for him
Yosemite
Tucker
$200 [9]
This foe
enemy
Bala Tucker
$400 [23]
I had to explain to one worker that this term had nothing to do with catching carp, but was an attempt to scam info from him
phishing
Bala
$400 [2]
In June 1948 the Soviet Union began a rail, road & canal blockade of this city; Allied supplies had to be delivered by air
Berlin
Bala
$400 [7]
In 2016 she donned the pillbox hat to play Jackie (Kennedy)
Natalie Portman
Johanna
$400 [17]
We've gone Old Testament with this guy in the midst of some lions
Daniel
Bala
$400 [27]
It's the peak seenherein the spring of 1980
Mount St. Helens
Johanna
$400 [10]
One of these, whether tuna or patty
melt
Tucker
$600 [24]
I told a guy to wait for this moment, a term for when the modems negotiate contact; he gave me his palm in greeting
the handshake
$600 [3]
In the 843 Treaty of Verdun, the Carolingian Empire was split into 3; Louis the German got the land east of this river
the Rhine
Bala
$600 [8]
Michael Keaton starred as this McDonald's man, the title role in "The Founder"
(Ray) Kroc
Tucker
$600 [18]
Here's an 1867 sketch of London and this landmark named for a national hero
Nelson's column
Tucker Johanna
$600 [28]
At 13,700 feet the highest peak of this range in Wyoming is "Grand", literally
the Grand Tetons
Johanna
$600 [11]
This serve that hits the net before bouncing in
a let
Johanna
$800 [25]
A Packers fan insisted on a laptop with memory in GBs instead of TBs, this measurement
terabytes
Tucker
$800 [4]
Although inspired by the Reformation, the Peasants' War of 1524-1525 was condemned by this theologian
Martin Luther
Bala
$800 [15]
Squad goals for him included his role of the Joker in "Suicide Squad"
Leto
Tucker
$800 [21]
The "Fuente de los Leones" is supported by 12 marble lions at this fortress in Granada, Spain
Alhambra
Johanna
DD $1,400 [29]
Popular with hikers, this Phoenix landmark is named for its resemblance to a humped mammal kneeling
Camelback Mountain
Johanna
$800 [12]
This strong alkaline solution
lye
Johanna
$1,000 [26]
The staff was skittish during the transition to Linux from this O.S. that dates back to 1969 at Bell Labs
Unix
Bala
$1,000 [5]
When West Germany & East Germany united in 1990, this West German chancellor was leader of the new/old country
(Helmut) Kohl
Bala
$1,000 [19]
Ron Howard's documentary on the Beatles' touring years had this song in its title
"Eight Days A Week"
Tucker Johanna
$1,000 [22]
This tree that begins & ends with an "A" is a big hit with a group of cats seen here
an acacia
Johanna
$1,000 [13]
This Mideast country
Yemen

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE "I.T." DEPARTMENT PEOPLE-POURRI TRAVEL & TOURISM MY BIG FAT ANCIENT GREEK LIBRARY AMPHIBIANS HART-FELT LYRICS
$400 [1]
You can ride down the James River on one of these from an old truck or tractor tire
an inner tube
Tucker
$400 [13]
In January of 2017, hecelebrated his 20th anniversary in NBC's Studio 1A
(Matt) Lauer
Bala
$400 [8]
The world's largest flower auction, in Aalsmeer in this country, sells 20 million flowers a day
the Netherlands
Johanna
$400 [3]
In the "Iliad" Achilles slays this eldest son of the Trojan king Priam & drags his body behind a chariot
Hector
Bala
$400 [23]
While most frogs have these only on the upper jaw, most toads lack them altogether
teeth
Bala
$400 [21]
This tune says, "She gets too hungry for dinner at eight, she likes the theater & never comes late"
"The Lady Is A Tramp"
Johanna
$800 [2]
Figuratively, it's a lofty, secluded place of retreat, particularly for intellectuals
an ivory tower
Bala
$800 [14]
Abigail "Dear Abby" Van Buren & this twin sister in the same line of work were born July 4, 1918
Ann Landers
Tucker
$800 [9]
The Apsarason a temple were beings who did this to entertain gods and men; apsara is a traditional type of the art in Cambodia
dance
Bala
$800 [4]
Trouble ensues in Euripides' tragedy about this enchantress abandoned by her husband for another woman
Medea
$800 [24]
The Red Hills species of this, Alabama's state amphibian, was discovered in 1960; a second one wasn't found until 1963
a salamander
Tucker
$800 [22]
Hart must have been channeling Dale Carnegie when he wrote, "Get coy, get shy, that's how to win friends" & do this
influence people
Bala
$1,200 [10]
In the film "Double Impact", Jean-Claude Van Damme played these
identical twins
Tucker
$1,200 [15]
Jefferson & Beauregard are the full first & middle names of this man who joined the Cabinet in 2017
(Jeff) Sessions
Tucker
$1,200 [18]
Today it's a place providing cheap food & lodging for traveling youth; in medieval times it was a medical facility
a hostel
Johanna
$1,200 [5]
Around 700 B.C., Hesiod wrote "Works & Days", one of these handbooks for farmers to know when to plant
an almanac
Bala
$1,200 [25]
Special these in a toad's warts secrete poison that can cause paralysis or death in small animals
glands
Tucker
$1,200 [28]
"We'll have Manhattan and" these 2 boroughs "too, it's lovely going through the zoo"
the Bronx and Staten Island
Johanna
$1,600 [11]
This term for a position of advantage comes from horse racing
inside track
Bala Tucker
$1,600 [16]
Nicknamed "The Pickle Dealer", this explorer who lent his name to continents first supplied ships with pickled goods
Vespucci
Tucker
$1,600 [19]
Cosimo de Medici built this "U"-shaped art gallery to house Florence's administrative offices
the Uffizi gallery
Johanna
$2,000 [7]
This playwright wrote 2 tragedies about Oedipus & one about Oedipus' daughter Antigone as well
Sophocles
Johanna
$1,600 [26]
Sirens look fishlike with tiny front legs, no back legs & external these for oxygen-CO2exchange
gills
Bala
$1,600 [29]
Title object being addressed in the lyric "You saw me standing alone without a dream in my heart"
"Blue Moon"
Tucker
$2,000 [12]
You can stretch out your back by means of this, basically hanging upside down
inversion therapy
$2,000 [17]
In 1959 Archbishop Makarios was elected the first president of this Mediterranean country
Cyprus
Bala Johanna
$2,000 [20]
Stroll the mighty stoneworks of Fort Jesus, built by the Portuguese in the late 16th century in this Kenyan port city
Mombasa
Johanna
DD $2,500 [6]
Aeschylus "Bound" up this troublesome god in the title of a drama
Prometheus
Bala
DD $2,100 [27]
A species of fish with a big round head & a skinny tail is called this "fish", after the young of many amphibians
a tadpole
Bala

Final Jeopardy!

CONSTELLATIONS

The brightest star in Scorpius is named this, meaning "rival" of the god equivalent to Mars

Antares

Johanna "What is Nu" — wagered $2,500
Bala "What is Vulcan" — wagered $412
Tucker "What isAresAntares?" — wagered $11,401

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