Show #7588 2017-09-13 (taped 2017-04-17) Regular

Contestants

Jay Olman — a data analytics manager from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Jen Sosnowski — a high school science teacher from Roanoke, Virginia

Laura Kelsay — a hotel desk reception clerk from Grand Island, Nebraska (whose 2-day cash winnings total $42,300)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Laura	$1,600	$3,200	$14,400	$21,900 2nd place: $2,000	$16,400 19 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Jen	$600	$2,000	$15,400	$28,801 New champion: $28,801	$13,600 15 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Jay	$4,000	$4,000	$8,400	$12,001 3rd place: $1,000	$8,400 16 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

"WILD" MOVIES	ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE OR MARINES	FOREIGN-SOUNDING TEXAS PLACES	CLOTHING THROUGH THE AGES	EAT IT!	PAIRS FAMOUS
$200 [1] Kevin Kline was the gadget-loving 1860s government agent Artemus Gordon in this film based on a TV show Wild Wild West Jay	$200 [22] Secretary of State Colin Powell the Army Jen	$200 [13] Faith & begorrah! A 2005 state bill proclaimed this town the official Irish capital of Texas Dublin Jay	$200 [27] A surcoat in medieval times was a loose tunic worn over this type of protection armor Jen	$200 [8] I can't decide between chocolate, vanilla & strawberry ice cream; wait, I'll have all 3 in a brick called this Neapolitan Jay	$200 [3] A bank employee paying out money at the counter & a common name for a university in west Philly Teller and Penn Laura Jay
$400 [2] Sam Peckinpah. Lots of blood. This 1969 Western The Wild Bunch	$400 [23] Iwo Jima flag raiser Ira Hayes Marines Jay	$400 [14] Bogata in Red River County is named for the capital of this country Colombia Laura	$400 [19] In ancient Rome a balteus was a shoulder "belt" formed from the twisted folds of one of these garments a toga Jay	$400 [9] Jonathan Swift wrote, "He was a bold man that first" ate these; let's be bold & enjoy them on the half shell oysters Jay	$400 [4] A flour/water mixture used to stick papers together (don't eat it, kids!) & an edit of a film in progress paste and cut Jay
$600 [24] An Elvis-obsessed Nicolas Cage takes up with Laura Dern in this 1990 David Lynch film Wild at Heart Laura	DD $1,000 [28] Cold War figure Francis Gary Powers Air Force Jen	$600 [15] A mile east of the Rio Grande, this hamlet shares its name with a French area whose beaches became famous in 1944 Normandy Jen	$600 [18] In the 1920s, a jacket with large pockets and a rolled collar was popularized by this aviator Charles Lindbergh Laura	$600 [10] Mozzarella, tomatoes & basil are in this simple salad that gets its name from an Italian island caprese Laura	$600 [5] A Duracell item & one of the "A"s in the Marines' AAV-7 vehicle battery and assault Jay
$800 [25] Meryl Streep needed a lot more than one degree of separation from Kevin Bacon on the water in this movie The River Wild Laura	—	$800 [20] A land divided by Jordan, Egypt & Israel, or the seat of Anderson County, Texas Palestine Jay	$800 [16] Beastly term for a scarf of feathers or fur, but usually not scales a boa Laura	$800 [11] For a quick version of this French sauce, mix together mayo, minced garlic, a little salt & lemon juice aioli Jay	$800 [6] A plant that grows & climbs around a support & the place that gets a "Hooray for" it in song vine and Hollywood Laura
$1,000 [26] Hushpuppy deals with some prehistoric creatures called aurochs in this 2012 drama set in the delta Beasts of the Southern Wild	—	$1,000 [21] There's one in southern Italy, one in Florida & one in Texas near the Ark. border, "an old town with new horizons" Naples Laura	$1,000 [17] 18th c. riding boots decorated with tassels shared this name with German mercenaries hired by the Brits Hessians Laura	$1,000 [12] A Spanish word for a sloop gives us the name of this appetizer, a crisp corn tortilla "boat" filled with beef & cheese a chalupa	$1,000 [7] The first names of California governor Brown & Nebraska senator Sasse are less than delicious when paired Jerry and Ben Jay

Double Jeopardy! Round

PEOPLE IN POETRY	LESSER-KNOWN MUSEUMS	BROADWAY COMPOSERS	"L"	ORE	HIGH WATER
$400 [16] "But there is no joy in Mudville--" this guy "has struck out" Mighty Casey Jay	$400 [19] The Tate Geological Museum in Casper, Wyoming has a cast of a skull of this dinosaur "king" with battle scars Tyrannosaurus rex Jay	$400 [1] "Love Never Dies", Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel to this show, moves the action from Paris to Coney Island Phantom of the Opera Laura	$400 [11] It's on the tip of your tongue... wait, no--your ear lobe Laura	$400 [17] In its purest form, hematite is about 70% this element iron Jen	$400 [7] After floods in 1966, UNESCO made efforts to save this Italian city & its treasures, like the Biblioteca Marciana Venice Jen
$800 [18] "Was this the face that launched a thousand ships.... sweet" her, "make me immortal with a kiss" Helen Jay	$800 [20] There's an early X-ray room in the Albuquerque Museum of the ASRT, the "R" referring to this medical field radiology Laura	$800 [2] That's Lernerstanding, so that must behimat the piano (Frederick) Loewe Laura	$800 [12] Any anesthetic limited to a particular body part local anesthetic Jay	$800 [30] Galena, PbS, is the chief ore mineral of this grayish metal lead Jen	$800 [6] The Zuiderzee flood of 1287 killed 50,000 but also connected this then-village to the sea, & the rest is Dutch history Amsterdam Laura
$1,600 [25] From a T.S. Eliot poem: "In the room the women come and go talking of" this Italian master Michelangelo Jen	$1,200 [21] Berlin's Currywurst Museum is devoted to a type of this street food popular on the Platz sausage Laura	$1,200 [3] Jerry Herman turned down every project for 6 months until he was finally asked to adapt this film about 2 gay men La Cage aux Folles Laura Jen	$1,200 [13] Thesebirds have longer tails and longer names than the very similar lories a lorikeet Jen	$1,200 [29] Some gold ore is considered exogenetic, meaning it was formed in this layer of the Earth the crust Laura	$1,200 [8] The Mississippi flood of 1927 helped spur the mass movement of African Americans north & west, the "Great" this migration Jen
DD $2,000 [24] Longfellow referred to him as the "Tuscan that wanderest through the realms of gloom" Dante Laura	$1,600 [22] The Devil's Rope Museum in McLean, Texas is devoted to this type of barrier barbed wire Laura	$2,000 [5] Playing an early version of one of his songs from "Avenue Q" helped him woo future "Frozen" partner Kristen Anderson Robert Lopez	$1,600 [14] Verb meaning to dissolve out via percolation leach Laura	$1,600 [28] Cinnamon is a spice, not to be confused with this reddish ore of mercury with a similar-sounding name cinnabar Jen	$1,600 [9] A dam collapse in this state led to the deadly 1889 Johnstown flood Pennsylvania Laura
$2,000 [26] "And" he, "one calm summer night, went home and put a bullet through his head" Richard Cory Jay	$2,000 [23] The International Museum of this -ology in Maine has exhibits for the Montauk Monster & the Jersey Devil cryptozoology Laura	DD $3,000 [4] He composed the music for Oklahoma's state song (Richard) Rodgers Jen	$2,000 [15] Don't be this 13-letter synonym for "lazy" lackadaisical Laura Jen	$2,000 [27] Magnetite is also called this "stone" & was used as a primitive compass lodestone Jen	$2,000 [10] 2010-11 floods in Australia were exacerbated by this Pacific Ocean weather phenomenon with a feminine name La Niña Jen

Final Jeopardy!

ANCIENT HISTORY

Battles at Trebbia & Trasimene were among the victories of this man who was born in Africa & died near the Black Sea

Hannibal

Jay "Who is Hannibal?" — wagered $3,601

Laura "Who is Hannibal" — wagered $7,500

Jen "Who is Hannibal?" — wagered $13,401

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