Show #7558 2017-06-21 Regular

Contestants

Lisa Evans — an office manager from Easthampton, Massachusetts

Matt Sokol — a gas turbine repair operations manager from The Woodlands, Texas

Peter Guekguezian — a Ph.D. student in linguistics from Fresno, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $44,800)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Peter	$9,200	$9,200	$17,200	$32,099 2nd place: $2,000	$13,400 21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Matt	$2,000	$3,600	$1,200	$100 3rd place: $1,000	$1,200 8 R, 2 W
Lisa	$600	$4,600	$21,600	$34,401 New champion: $34,401	$22,200 24 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

WE'VE GOT MOMMY ISSUES	LITERARY HODGEPODGE	CELEBRATIONS OF THE MONTH	LINCOLN QUOTES	DOUBLE LETTER FUN	PUB TRIVIA
$200 [1] In 2017 this former cover girl made a splash in SI's swimsuit issue posing with daughters Sailor & Alexa Ray Christie Brinkley Lisa	$200 [16] A poem in which the first letters of each line spell out a word or phrase an acrostic Peter	$200 [11] Presidents' Day February Matt	$200 [23] Lincoln was at this location when he said that "we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain" Gettysburg Lisa	$200 [18] It indicates a pause between parts of a sentence a comma Matt	$200 [6] A form of this popular pub game was used as training for British archers in the Middle Ages darts Peter
$400 [2] In its Jan. 16, 2017 issue, People magazine paid special tribute to Carrie Fisher & this legendary mom on their passings Debbie Reynolds Peter	$400 [17] Originally the heroine of this novel was to be called Pansy O'Hara Gone With the Wind Matt	$400 [12] King Kamehameha Day & D-Day Anniversary June Lisa	$400 [27] About the Union's control of his river, Lincoln remarked, "The father of waters again goes unvexed to the sea" the Mississippi Lisa	$400 [19] A glove at home or first a mitt	$400 [7] Bartenders would once commonly measure their hard liquor pours by the width of these body parts fingers Matt
$600 [3] In Vanity Fair Adele talked about motherhood & her struggles with this, PPD for short, after her son was born postpartum depression Matt	$600 [24] This Henry Fielding hero, "one of the hand somest young fellows in the world", shares the name of a sex symbol singer Tom Jones	$600 [13] Thanks to "Seinfeld", Festivus December Peter	$600 [28] Abe called him "vigilant & self-reliant" but never really said, Oh, he drinks? Then send his brand to my other generals Grant Lisa	$600 [20] Useful utensil from the Old English for "chip of wood" a spoon Peter	$600 [8] This term for a type of bar came from the need of not talking too loud a speakeasy Peter
$800 [4] For Mother's Day 2016 E.W. chose "20 TV Moms We Love", including Lynette Scavo, a resident of Wisteria Lane on this series Desperate Housewives Peter	$800 [25] This Sinclair Lewis title became a word for someone narrow-minded who conforms readily to middle class values Babbitt Lisa	$1,000 [15] National Adoption Day & the Great American Smokeout November Lisa	$800 [29] Concerning his 1864 renomination, Abe quoted an old farmer who said it was "not best to swap" these "when crossing streams" horses Lisa	$800 [21] They follow each other & are home to a solstice & an equinox, respectively summer and fall Peter Lisa	$800 [9] Those not wanting to get too tipsy in a pub may want to check the ABV, this abbreviation on their brew alcohol by volume Matt
$1,000 [5] Mom to Charlie & Vale, this"Today" anchor told "Fit Pregnancy and Baby" magazine, "Being a mom always comes first" Savannah Guthrie Peter Lisa	$1,000 [26] Dashiell Hammett dedicated "The Thin Man" to this fellow writer & longtime love Lillian Hellman Lisa	DD $4,600 [14] National Nurses Day & Star Wars Day May Peter	$1,000 [30] In 1859 he wrote being elected capt. of volunteers in this Indian war gave him "more pleasure than any I have had since" the Black Hawk War Lisa	$1,000 [22] (Kelly of the Clue Crew shuffles a deck.) A mathematician has shown that the overhand method takes 10,000 shuffles to randomize a deck, but you can do it in just seven tries using this shuffling method that also contains a double "F" riffling Matt	$1,000 [10] Mojito recipes ask you to crush mint & lime with a wooden implement via this process muddling Peter

Double Jeopardy! Round

AROUND THE ADRIATIC	NOT IN THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME	HISTORICAL FICTION	ANTHROPOLOGY	A CATEGORY OF FEW WORDS	STATE TREE-VIA
$400 [5] The Adriatic Seaseparates the Italian peninsula from the western part of this peninsula the Balkan Lisa	$400 [20] The Hall has admitted 5 of her siblings, but this "Nasty" woman is still on the wrong side of the velvet rope Janet Jackson Peter	$400 [4] In Robert Carter's "Courage", the hero attempts to save a lost love from this type of execution in 1790 France the guillotine Peter	$400 [10] The last native people to arrive in North America, they're divided into 8 groups, including the Iglulik on Baffin Island the Inuit Peter	$400 [19] Any seducer, or an 18th century Italian one Casanova Lisa	$400 [1] Nevada has 2 state trees; the single-leaf piñon & the bristlecone, both species of this pine Matt
DD $1,000 [6] Italyhas the longest coast on the Adriatic, from the Strait of Otrantonorth to this gulf named for a coastal city Venice Lisa	$800 [23] Morrissey & the rest of these charming men have been eligible since 2008, but what difference does it make? The Smiths Peter	$800 [15] Set in the 1840s, James Clavell's "Tai-Pan" depicts the turbulent founding of this British colony in Asia Hong Kong Peter	$800 [11] Wealth to the Yurok Indians included having albino deerskins & the scalps of these tree-drilling birds woodpeckers Lisa	$800 [27] Cume, short for this is total box office cumulative Lisa	$800 [2] This Delaware state tree with prickly green leaves & red berries is popular for Christmas decorating holly Peter
$1,200 [7] Dividing Croatia's coastline is the Neum Corridor, a 12-mile stretch on the Adriatic that means this country isn't landlocked Bosnia and Herzegovina Peter Matt	$1,200 [24] Johnny Cash, the Man in Black, is in; this redheaded fellow highwayman? Still out Willie Nelson Lisa	$1,200 [16] Set during the Italian Renaissance, "Romola" is George Eliot's study of life in this Tuscan city Florence Lisa	$1,200 [12] Contemporary rituals include the watching of these Latin American soap operas telenovelas Lisa	$1,200 [28] Type of jetty that rhymes with "jeer" a pier Peter	$1,200 [3] Florida's state tree is the sabal palm; add 4 letters to "palm" to get this scientific name palmetto Lisa
$1,600 [8] Head to Split, a coastal Adriatic city of 180,000 and a major city in this"dogged" region of Croatia Dalmatia Lisa	$1,600 [26] When this '70s "Comes Alive!" megastar sings "I'm In You", he doesn't mean the Hall Peter Frampton Lisa	DD $2,000 [17] "Gates of Fire" is an epic novel of this epic battle of ancient Greece Thermopylae Lisa	$1,600 [13] A 2016 report suggests that this European hominin of the Pleistocene Epoch may have practiced cannibalism a Neanderthal Peter	—	$1,600 [21] Mass. chose the American type of this in 194, when many were dying from a fungus first described in the Netherlands the American elm Peter Matt Lisa
$2,000 [9] One of the largest ports on the Adriaticisthis Italian city the Romans called Tergeste Trieste Peter	$2,000 [25] Joan Jett & the Blackhearts are in, but this pioneering band with Jan, Cherie Currie & Lita Ford is still missing The Runaways Lisa	$2,000 [18] The mother of three French kings, this real 16th century Italian woman is fictionalized in "The Confessions of" her Catherine de Medici Peter	$2,000 [14] This -ism is the belief that spirits inhabit natural objects & phenomena animism Lisa	—	$2,000 [22] The name of this state tree of Arizona is Spanish for "green stick", referring to its green bark & branches Palo Verde Peter

Final Jeopardy!

SPORTS & POLITICS

After moving to Johannesburg in 1903, he formed the Passive Resisters Soccer Club

Mohandas 'Mahatma' Gandhi

Matt "Who is —?" — wagered $1,100

Peter "Who is Mohandas 'Mahatma' Gandhi" — wagered $14,899

Lisa "Who was Gandhi?" — wagered $12,801

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