Show #7559 2017-06-22 Regular

Contestants

Daniel Esch — an editor and writer from San Bruno, California

Natasha Baker-Bradley — an appellate attorney from Miami, Florida

Lisa Evans — an office manager from Easthampton, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $34,401)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Lisa	$5,000	$5,400	$15,800	$28,001 2-day champion: $62,402	$15,600 24 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Natasha	$1,600	$2,800	$2,800	$1,800 2nd place: $2,000	$8,800 12 R, 2 W (including 2 DDs)
Daniel	$1,800	$3,600	$14,000	$100 3rd place: $1,000	$14,000 18 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

LANGUAGES OF EUROPE	QUESTIONING MOVIE TITLES	A CHEESY CATEGORY	GUN TALK	RECENT HISTORY & BIOGRAPHY	LOW TECH
$200 [26] A November 2012 apostolic letter called for greater awareness & use of this language in the Vatican Latin Natasha	$200 [21] "Who Framed ____ ____" Roger Rabbit Natasha	$200 [6] At Canter's Deli in L.A., it's the traditional cheese for a Reuben sandwich Swiss Lisa	$200 [8] Before anesthesia, surgeons asked patients to do this, clamp down on a projectile bite the bullet Daniel	$200 [1] This actor penned "Leonard", a memoir of his 50-year friendship with Leonard Nimoy William Shatner Lisa	$200 [15] A heddle is one of the wires that separate & guide the warp threads on this machine used for weaving a loom Natasha
$400 [27] This nation's regional official languages include Galician & Basque Spain Daniel	$400 [22] "What's Eating ____ ____" Gilbert Grape Lisa	$400 [7] The name of this dish in which cubes of bread are dipped into a pot of melted cheese is French for "melted" fondue Daniel	$400 [9] This phrase meaning to act before the proper time refers to a false start jumping the gun Daniel	$400 [2] Sitric Silkbeard & his raiding friends from the north appear in Lars Brownworth's "The Sea Wolves: A History of" them the Vikings Lisa	$400 [17] Teams of 2 participate in the low-tech race named for this conveyance used in gardens a wheelbarrow race Lisa
$600 [28] Welsh & the Scottish variety of this language are recognized regional languages in the United Kingdom Gaelic Lisa	$600 [23] From 1962, "What Ever Happened to ____ ____?" Baby Jane Daniel	$600 [13] Sort of a blue Brie, Germany's Cambozola cheese gets its name from Camembert & this cheese Gorgonzola Lisa	$600 [10] A piece of artillery aboard a ship that comes untied & rolls around on deck gave us this term for a dangerous person a loose cannon Natasha	$600 [3] This story of the African-American women who helped launch the U.S. space program became a 2016 film Hidden Figures Lisa	$600 [18] What could be lower tech than buttons? The Amish use this pair to fasten coats & vests hook and loop (or hook and eye) Daniel
$800 [29] It's the smallest of all the nations with French as an official language Monaco Lisa Daniel	$800 [24] "Who's That ____" (it's Madonna) girl Lisa	$800 [14] Let's go Dutch with a hunk ofthis5-letter cheese Gouda Daniel	$800 [11] You don't want to "go off" this way; it refers to a safety mechanism to prevent accidental firing half-cocked Lisa	$800 [4] "The Midnight Assassin" lays out the 1880s "Hunt for America's First" one of these multiple murderers a serial killer Natasha	$800 [19] Thislow tech pair can be used in the kitchen or in a pharmacy a mortar and pestle Natasha
—	$1,000 [25] "What About ____?" with Bill Murray as the title guy Bob Daniel	$1,000 [16] More a thick cream than a cheese, this slightly sweet Italian staple traditionally fills the layers in tiramisu mascarpone Daniel	DD $1,200 [12] Today meaning a short-lived success, it refers to a misfire in a flintlock's powder flash in a pan Lisa	$1,000 [5] Boris Pasternak loved a girl named Olga but fictionalized her as this name, the title of a book on their romance Lara Lisa	$1,000 [20] c. 1100 it was found that these generators work better with blades turning on a horizontal rather than a vertical axis windmills Lisa Daniel

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE YOUNG POPE	1990s EMMYS	DISEASES NAMED AFTER PEOPLE	"W"ORDS	PLAYWRIGHTS	HIGH TEX.
$400 [22] The very recent XVI of this name, not so young, but IX was somewhere between 12 & his 20s when he became pope Benedict Lisa	$400 [15] Kelsey Grammer received 8 nominations in the 1990s for playing this role on 2 series, winning 3 times Frasier Crane Daniel	$400 [10] Meniere's disease is a disorder of this body part affecting balance, & linked to a surplus of fluid the inner ear Lisa	$400 [7] This fleshy thing that hangs down from a turkey's throat sounds a lot like a duck's walk a wattle Daniel	$400 [2] Daniel Day-Lewis, who starred in "The Crucible" on film, was this playwright's son-in-law Arthur Miller Natasha	$400 [20] Planned to rise 230', the largest of these symbols in the hemisphere is fittingly being built in Corpus Christi a cross Lisa
$800 [23] Before 37-year-old Leo X could be crowned pope in 1513, there was the little matter of ordaining him as this a priest Natasha	$800 [16] This HBO crime series received 4 writing nominations in 1999; David Chase & James Manos won the award The Sopranos Natasha Daniel	$800 [11] It can include a compulsion to utter obscenities & was named for a French doctor who called it "maladie des tics" Tourette's Natasha	$800 [8] It's the type of woven basket & chair seen here wicker Daniel	$800 [21] "Mrs. Warren's Profession" was scandalous when this Irish-born man wrote a 1902 play of that title George Bernard Shaw Lisa	$800 [25] During his 9 years in the NBA, this Shanghai-born athlete was among the tallest men in Texas Yao Ming Lisa
$1,200 [24] Gregory V (in his 20s) got in with the aid of cousin Otto; a few weeks later, Greg named Otto to head this "sacred" empire the Holy Roman Empire Daniel	$1,200 [17] Gillian Anderson received 4 straight nominations for playing this character, winning in 1997 (Dana) Scully Daniel	$1,200 [12] Graves' disease results in the thyroid's over-production of these & strikes women more often than men hormones Natasha	$1,200 [9] It's the breakfast food that also means "to be indecisive" waffle Lisa Daniel	$1,200 [1] He played Madea in many plays that he wrote & directed, beginning with 2000's "I Can Do Bad All By Myself" Tyler Perry Lisa	$1,200 [28] The New Texas Giant roller coaster tops off at over 150 feet at this "numeric" amusement park in Arlington Six Flags Lisa
$1,600 [26] In 27 B.C. a Roman of this name became Emperor Augustus; in 955 a Roman of this name became the teen Pope John XII Octavian Lisa	$1,600 [18] In 1999 winning wasn't alien to Kristen Johnston as an extraterrestrial visitor on this sitcom Third Rock From the Sun Lisa	$2,000 [14] This inflammatory digestive disease was named after one of the 3 men who published a paper on it in the 1930s Crohn's disease Daniel	$2,000 [6] This 9-letter word means "forlorn" woebegone Lisa Daniel	$1,600 [3] This alliteratively named playwright followed up her 1989 Pulitzer win with "The Sisters Rosensweig" Wendy Wasserstein Lisa	$1,600 [29] 1,000 years old & 44 feet tall, "The Big Tree" at Goose Island State Park is a "live" one of these an oak Lisa
$2,000 [27] The III pope of this adjectival name, elected in 1198 at 30-something, has been called the most important of the middle ages Innocent Lisa	$2,000 [19] This series not only won for best drama in 1993, but its stars Tom Skerritt & Kathy Baker won Best Acting awards Picket Fences Daniel	DD $2,500 [13] In Wilson's disease, this metallic element collects in tissues & can be detected by a brownish ring around the cornea copper Natasha	DD $3,500 [5] The part of a vesselshownor the area of a strike zone where a batter hits the ball best the wheelhouse Natasha	$2,000 [4] No Richie or Fonzie in his 1961 play "Happy Days"; who will rid me of this meddlesome playwright? (Samuel) Beckett Natasha	—

Final Jeopardy!

EUROPE 1962

Rudolf Abel & this American are most associated with Germany's Glienicke Bridge on February 10, 1962

Francis Gary Powers

Natasha "Who is JFK?" — wagered $1,000

Daniel "Who is —" — wagered $13,900

Lisa "Who was Francis Gary Powers?" — wagered $12,201

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