Show #7586 2017-09-11 (taped 2017-04-17) Regular

First game of Season 34.New title graphics.

Contestants

Andrew Clyne — a lawyer and legal recruiter from Hoboken, New Jersey

Laura Kelsay — a hotel desk reception clerk from Grand Island, Nebraska

Shadi Peterman — a high school history teacher from St. Louis, Missouri (whose 2-day cash winnings total $18,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Shadi $200 $1,800 $5,600 $4,600
2nd place: $2,000
$9,000
14 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs)
Laura $4,000 $8,200 $16,400 $14,400
New champion: $14,400
$14,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Andrew $1,400 $2,400 $6,400 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$6,400
11 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

REJECTED GREETING CARDS SELF-HELP BOOKS BACK IN BLACK HIGHWAY TO HELL "A-C"/"D-C" NAME HER SPORT
$200 [17]
"Have fun in" this country! "But remember the State Department travel warning of Taliban insurgents in Kabul!"
Afghanistan
Andrew
$200 [16]
Don't procrastinate, get your copy of Eckhart Tolle's spiritual self-help book "The Power of" this
now
Shadi Andrew
$200 [8]
A slump in comic book sales drove it into bankruptcy in 1996; since then its cinematic universe alone has raked in $10 billion
Marvel
Andrew
$200 [4]
Route 495 takes those in New Jersey to Hell's Kitchen via this "presidential" tunnel
the Lincoln Tunnel
Shadi
$200 [1]
It means "severe", as in "we have to resort to" these "measures"
drastic
Shadi
$600 [28]
Sue Bird
basketball
$400 [18]
"It's OK, applicant! You didn't want to go to" this Calif. university a 6-mile drive from the Googleplex "anyway"
Stanford
Shadi
$400 [22]
In dealing with others, we need to set these lines, the title of a book subtitled "When to Say Yes, How to Say No"
boundary
Laura
$400 [9]
On the verge of going bust in 1997, it was saved by a $150 million investment by rival Microsoft
Apple
Andrew
DD $400 [5]
This state's Highway 67 will get you a nice view of Devils Head Mountain in Pike National Forest
Colorado
Shadi
$400 [2]
Term for someone who can't remember who he is
amnesiac
Laura
$800 [26]
Gabrielle Reece
volleyball
Laura
$600 [19]
"Tummyache? Next time, take a close look at" this "C" food "casino", made with wine, Parmesan & bacon
clams
Laura
$600 [23]
"Quantum Healing" & other books by this New Delhi-born man aim to put you on the path to wellness
Deepak Chopra
Laura
$600 [10]
It went from filing for bankruptcy in 2011 to merging with U.S. Airways & becoming the world's largest airline in 2014
American Airlines
Andrew
$600 [13]
West of Akron, Route 57 takes you over this 4-letter river, & you don't have to pay a toll to Charon
the Styx
Andrew
$600 [3]
Late in 2016 President Obama expelled from the U.S. several Russian members of this corps
the diplomatic corps
Andrew
$1,000 [27]
Simona Halep
tennis
Andrew
$800 [20]
"Nice surgery! You finally vented" this soft, purplish organ, that filters blood & stores platelets
spleen
Laura
$800 [24]
One purpose of this evangelical leader's "The Purpose Driven Life" is to answer the question "What am I here for?"
Rick Warren
$800 [11]
It took more than a "moment", but this Rochester, N.Y. company emerged from bankruptcy & still sells cameras
Kodak
Shadi Laura
$800 [14]
Take the 395 in this state to Inyo National Forest and to Devils Postpilealong the middle fork of the San Joaquin River
California
$800 [6]
Meaning "antiquated", it has nothing to do with a Biblical boat
archaic
Laura
$1,000 [21]
"Sorry you two had" these 14-letter "differences" that couples often cite as legal grounds for divorce
irreconcilable
Shadi
$1,000 [25]
Thisself-help guru penned bestsellers like "Your Erroneous Zones" and "The Power of Intention"
(Wayne) Dyer
Laura
$1,000 [12]
U.S. taxpayers ponied up $180 billion to rescue this 3-letter insurance co., but got it all back, plus a profit
AIG
Laura
$1,000 [15]
Highway 71 gets you to America's deepest gorge, Hells Canyon, & this river that flows through it
the Snake
Laura Andrew
$1,000 [7]
St. Nilus of Ancyra was AKA Nilus the this type of monk who lives simply
ascetic
Shadi

Double Jeopardy! Round

ARCHITECTURE COMEDY TONIGHT! NICKNAMES HISTORY OF SCIENCE IT HAPPENED IN EUROPE SPANISH WORDS & PHRASES
$400 [15]
The flamboyant type of this medieval style of architecture features curves in the tracery that resemble flames
gothic
Laura
$400 [10]
Sheheaded to Netflix for "The Leather Special"
Amy Schumer
Andrew
$400 [20]
This type of body of water is in a nickname for Massachusetts
bay
Shadi
$400 [6]
This man announced his periodic law of the elements before the Russian Chemical Society in 1869
Mendeleyev
Shadi
$400 [1]
In 1453 the Turks captured Constantinople & killed the 11th emperor there to have this very appropriate name
Constantine
Laura
$800 [29]
Cesar Chavez heard Latino leaders say "No se puede" & immediately his United Farm Workers had this slogan
Sí, se puede
Shadi
$800 [16]
This uppermost part of the capital of a column shares its name with an ancient calculator
an abacus
Shadi
$800 [11]
Thisgravel-voiced funny guy won a Grammy for his comedy album "Stark Raving Black"
Lewis Black
Shadi
$800 [21]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a diagram of troop movements on the monitor.) At the first Battle of Bull Run, Union troops threatened a decisive breakthrough but couldn't get past a Virginia brigade, earning its commander this nickname
Stonewall
Laura
$800 [7]
In 1880 Alphonse Laveran discovered that parasites caused this disease named for the "bad air" thought to cause it
malaria
Shadi
$800 [2]
In spring 1939 the U.K. instituted this compulsory measure in peacetime for the first time
the draft
Shadi
$1,200 [28]
Order camarones in a restaurant & you'll get this seafood
shrimp
Laura
$1,600 [18]
Flat roofs & lots of glass were a trend around 1950, thus the alliterative term this period "modern"
mid-century
Laura
$1,200 [12]
He's the late, great comedy legend seen here
Richard Pryor
Laura
$1,600 [23]
Robert A. Lewis was the co-pilot of the plane with this nickname that dropped the A-bomb on Hiroshima
the Enola Gay
Andrew
$1,200 [8]
There would be no sodas without the invention of carbonated water by this scientist as part of his 18th c. oxygen studies
Joseph Priestley
$1,200 [3]
A symbol of this intellectual movement, Frederick II was dubbed "philosopher king"
the Enlightenment
Laura
$1,600 [27]
It means "market" & precedes bursatil to mean "stock market"
mercado
Andrew
$2,000 [19]
In 1923 this Swiss mister with a French nom de architecture wrote, "A house is a machine for living in"
Le Corbusier
$1,600 [13]
He asked, "Do you think that God gets stoned once in a while? Look at a platypus. I think so"
Robin Williams
Laura Andrew
$2,000 [24]
Alexander Pope's nicknames include "The Bard of Twickenham" & "The Sweet" this bird "of Thames"
The Sweet Swan of Thames
$1,600 [9]
Around 1929 this physicist with labs later named for him built the first cyclotron to produce artificial radioactivity
Ernest Lawrence
Laura
$1,600 [4]
In 1622 this cardinal was elected president of the Sorbonne & began rebuilding the university; he's buried in its chapel
Richelieu
Laura
$2,000 [26]
"¿Cómo estás?" is casual; "¿cómo está" this pronoun, more formal
usted
Andrew
DD $3,000 [17]
As seen here, vermiculated masonry features wandering grooves that resemble tracks of these creatures
worms
Shadi
$2,000 [14]
George Carlin said, "Scientists have discovered a vaccine for" this, but "no one is showing the slightest interest"
apathy
Shadi
DD $3,000 [22]
A gaudy, glittering metallic substance is in this nickname for the L.A. movie industry
Tinseltown
Laura
$2,000 [25]
In 1807 President Jefferson created the Coast Survey; today, it's part of this oceanic agency
NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
$2,000 [5]
King Zog I ruled this Balkan country until 1939; Communist Enver Hoxha would lead it from 1944 to 1985
Albania

Final Jeopardy!

ARTISTS & AUTHORS

In 1929 Georgia O'Keeffe painted the tree in New Mexico under which this British-born author used to write

D.H. Lawrence

Shadi "Who is Lewis??" — wagered $1,000
Andrew "Who ?" — wagered $6,400
Laura "Who is Stein?" — wagered $2,000

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