Show #7551 2017-06-12 Regular

Contestants

Janna Seals — a retired library assistant from Mont Belvieu, Texas

Liz Kuster — an attorney from Chesterfield, Missouri

Tucker Dunn — an ESL teacher from Tucson, Arizona (whose 1-day cash winnings total $23,601)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Tucker $3,800 $6,200 $8,200 $3,999
2-day champion: $27,600
$8,200
16 R, 4 W
Liz $2,600 $4,400 $8,400 $399
2nd place: $2,000
$8,400
15 R, 3 W
Janna $1,400 $2,800 $6,200 $2
3rd place: $1,000
$9,600
17 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

"A" IN THE LAW THE SPORTING LIFE DISTRICTS DIFFERING BY ONE LETTER THIS & THAT LITERARY CHARACTER MASHUP
$200 [7]
In Latin, it means "elsewhere"--do you have one for your whereabouts the night of the 16th?
an alibi
Janna
$200 [1]
(I'm Mario Andretti.) Over the years I had bad luck at this famous American race, but I caught some breaks in 1969 when I won it in a backup car after a crash during practice
the Indianapolis 500
Janna
$200 [26]
This state has the largest Congressional district in area, 571,000 square miles
Alaska
Liz
$200 [16]
A thin-waisted stinging insect & a tuft of hair
wasp or wisp
Janna
$200 [14]
The Inca orchid hairless is the national dog of this third-largest South American country
Peru
Tucker
$200 [2]
Goldberry Baggins
Tolkien
Liz
$400 [8]
This divine phrase refers to a natural event that couldn't have been prevented or foreseen using reasonable care
an act of God
Liz
$400 [3]
In the 2 styles of this Olympic sport, one is played on sand & the other on a hard surface
volleyball
Tucker
$400 [27]
The film "District 9" was inspired by the apartheid-based clearing out of District 6 in this South African seaport & capital
Cape Town
Liz
$400 [17]
To deaden sound & to disturb a bird's feathers
muffle and ruffle
Liz
$400 [15]
From a proper name, it was often excessive zeal in pursuing Communists in 1950s America
McCarthyism
Tucker
$400 [9]
Nymphadora Slughorn
J.K. Rowling
Tucker
$600 [11]
This word, also the name of a Triple Crown-winning thoroughbred, is used when agreeing with local court decisions
affirmed
Liz
$600 [4]
After a loss to the Warriors in the 2016 Western finals, this Thunder stud didn't beat 'em, he joined 'em
(Kevin) Durant
Tucker
$600 [28]
Ullswater is this geographical feature in the English district of the same name, made famous by Wordsworth
a lake
$600 [18]
A tube inserted into a blocked blood vessel & a period of time spent in a job
a stent and a stint
Janna
$600 [23]
On "Gilligan's Island", this character's movie credits included "Belly Dancers from Bali-Bali"
Ginger
Tucker
$600 [10]
Leopold Dedalus
(James) Joyce
Liz
$800 [12]
These jurors hear all the evidence, but don't have a say in the outcome unless the judge replaces someone
an alternate
Liz
$800 [5]
Yasiel Puig & Jorge Soler are recent MLB signings from this country
Cuba
Tucker
$800 [29]
South of the Tenderloin is this city's Mission District, named for Mission Dolores
San Francisco
Janna
$800 [19]
Slang term for one's sweetheart & a division of a game of bowling
flame and frame
Tucker
$800 [24]
In ancient times you might send a letter written on this Nile dweller
papyrus
Liz
$800 [21]
Santiago Ashley
Hemingway
Janna
$1,000 [13]
This type of statement is usually signed by a notary & says where it was signed
an affidavit
Janna
$1,000 [6]
This Columbus, Ohio NHL team pays homage to Union soldiers with its nickname
the Blue Jackets
Tucker
$1,000 [30]
This type of wine, AKA claret, can be classified by 36 districts, which are then divided into communes
Bordeaux
Tucker
$1,000 [20]
To scatter & the first little pig's building material
strew and straw
Janna
$1,000 [25]
This "creep" doesn't mean an unpleasant guy; it's when you pay a higher tax rate due to inflation
bracket creep
DD $2,000 [22]
Hepzibah Chillingworth
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Janna

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE PLAYS OF JEAN RACINE ROCKS & MINERALS FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES "BAD" ENTERTAINMENT STRIKE! THE IRON IS HOT
$400 [26]
Based on real events in the 1630s, "Bajazet" is about an attempt to depose the sultan of this Turkish empire
the Ottoman Empire
Liz
$400 [6]
Mud & minerals from this body of water 1,400 feet below sea level are used to make facial masks & body wraps
the Dead Sea
Janna
$400 [14]
In Norwegian this holiday greeting is god jul
Merry Christmas
Tucker
$400 [1]
In a Disney film, Practical Pig, Fiddler Pig & Fifer Pig wonder "Who's Afraid Of" him
the Big Bad Wolf
Janna
$400 [10]
As a concession to workers during a 1894 railroad strike, President Cleveland created this U.S. holiday
Labor Day
Tucker
$400 [20]
We're not pulling it over your eyes--set the iron for 300 degrees for this, which has lanolin as a byproduct
wool
Janna
$800 [27]
In the 1674 play "Iphigenie", this Greek king is asked to sacrifice the title character to get fair winds to sail to Troy
Agamemnon
Tucker Liz
$800 [7]
Kilt Rockon the Isle of Skye is a sea cliff made up of this dark-colored volcanic rock
basalt
Tucker Liz Janna
$800 [15]
Your girlfriend will be ecstatic if you send her a billet-doux or "sweet note", this alliterative item
a love letter
Janna
$800 [2]
We learned to love Christopher Mintz-Plasseas McLovin in this comedy
Superbad
Janna
$800 [11]
A 1947 act named for Robert Taft & this other Republican placed limits on the right to strike
(Fred) Hartley
Liz
$800 [21]
It should be at 400 degrees for this, a crop declared "king" in 1858 by a South Carolina senator
cotton
Liz
$1,200 [28]
"Berenice" is tragic, all right; its last word is "hélas", the French equivalent of this 4-letter English word
alas
Tucker
DD $1,000 [8]
A native sandstone, Roxbury puddingstone is the official rock of this state
Massachusetts
Janna
$1,200 [16]
If you don't take something too literally, you take it "cum grano salis", or this
with a grain of salt
Janna
$1,200 [3]
It's the song title (& maybe the only thing) in common to Neil Sedaka & Taylor Swift
"Bad Blood"
Janna
$1,200 [12]
On John Lindsay's first day as NYC mayor, the workers of this system went on strike
transport (or transit)
Liz Janna
$1,200 [22]
Get the iron hot but not too hot--275 degrees--for this stretchy stuff AKA elastane
spandex
Tucker Liz
$1,600 [29]
Louis XIV was costumer & usher for the Racine play about this Jewish wife of a Persian king
Esther
Tucker
$1,600 [9]
Containing more carbon than other types, this highest ranking coal has a metallic-like luster
anthracite
Tucker Liz Janna
$1,600 [17]
Brahms' 4th symphony begins in this lively tempo "non troppo", Italian for "don't go overboard"
allegro non troppo
DD $1,200 [4]
Leonard Maltin calls it "the quintessential spaghetti Western"
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Janna
$1,600 [13]
This governor's role in quashing a 1919 Boston police strike helped lead to his 1920 VP nomination
Coolidge
Tucker
$1,600 [24]
This flax product likes it really hot--around 445 degrees
linen
Janna
$2,000 [30]
In the 1669 play "Britannicus", this fifth Roman emperor kills his brother & rival
Nero
$2,000 [19]
The first diamonds to be mined came from this country, especially from the ancient city of Golconda
India
$2,000 [18]
Once the title of the Japanese emperor, it means "honorable gate"
mikado
$2,000 [5]
On this song from "Channel Orange", Frank Ocean sings to a cab driver of his unrequited love for a man
"Bad Religion"
$2,000 [23]
A protest against anti-strike police brutality led to the deadly 1886 Haymarket Riot in this U.S. city
Chicago
Tucker
$2,000 [25]
This manmade fiber that starts with a male first name likes the iron around 375 degrees
rayon
Liz

Final Jeopardy!

GEOGRAPHY

Cross the Strait of Bonifacio & you go between the 2nd- & 4th-largest Mediterranean islands & between these 2 countries

Italy & France

Janna "What are Italy & Greece" — wagered $6,198
Tucker "What are Corsica + Sardinia?" — wagered $4,201
Liz "What are Italy & Greece?" — wagered $8,001

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