Show #7594 2017-09-21 (taped 2017-04-18) Regular

Contestants

Diane Esemplare — an engineer from Riverdale, New Jersey

Thom Page — an OB/GYN doctor from Auburn, Maine

Betsy Knudson — an attorney from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 2-day cash winnings total $38,601)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Betsy $4,200 $5,600 $17,800 $22,801
3-day champion: $61,402
$18,000
20 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Thom $600 $2,400 $6,400 $1,400
2nd place: $2,000
$6,400
14 R, 4 W
Diane $2,000 $5,600 $12,800 $800
3rd place: $1,000
$12,800
17 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE WORLD FACTBOOK SAYS... THE COLORS OF MUSIC OTHER HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES "D" IN AMERICAN HISTORY EXERCISE SPEAKING GERMAN
$200 [16]
This country "includes... Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands... Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands"
New Zealand
Thom
$200 [2]
Van Morrison:"____ Eyed Girl"
Brown
Thom
$200 [7]
November 24 is this day, honoring the publication of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species"
Evolution Day
Diane
$200 [1]
You name it, they have it in these retail palaces like Wanamaker's, shown here, that saw big growth after the Civil War
a department store
Diane
$200 [23]
Don't neglect this 4-letter central area of the body that includes the abs & back
the core
Betsy
$200 [17]
When greeting the new day, it precedes Morgen or Tag
guten
Thom
$400 [22]
It "was the center of the first eastern Slavic state, Kyivan Rus"
the Ukraine
Betsy Thom Diane
$400 [3]
John Mellencamp:"____ Houses"
Pink
Thom
$400 [8]
Optimism abounds on February 11, National Don't Cry Over this 2-word problem Day
spilled milk
Betsy
$400 [12]
The Soil Conservation Service was created to counter this disaster that struck the Great Plains in the 1930s
the Dust Bowl
Betsy
$400 [27]
Simply holding a pose can maintain muscle tone as one of these low-impact exercises, from the Greek for "equal measure"
isometric
Thom
$400 [18]
German for "thank you", it was a big hit for Wayne Newton
"Danke Schoen"
Diane
$600 [24]
Its 3 border countries: "Timor-Leste 253 km, Malaysia 1,881 km, Papua New Guinea 834 km"
Indonesia
Thom
$600 [4]
Chris de Burgh:"The Lady In ____"
Red
Diane
$600 [9]
Party with your follically challenged pals on October 14, Be this "& Free Day"
bald
Betsy
$600 [13]
To combat fuel shortages, Congress enacted this for almost 10 months in 1974, from January to October
Daylight Saving Time
Diane
$600 [28]
In spinning, you raise the level of this on your bike to go from "the flats" to "the Alps"
resistance
Betsy Diane
$600 [19]
You might want to stay in when there's Donner und Blitz, this pair
thunder & lightning
Diane
$800 [25]
It "spent more than $5 billion to repair oil infrastructure damaged during 1990-91"
Kuwait
Betsy Diane
$800 [5]
R.E.M.:"____ Crush"
Orange
Diane
$800 [10]
August 8 is National Sneak Some this summer squash (aka courgette) Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day
zucchini
Betsy
$800 [14]
In 1873 borax was discovered at this California site, & in the 1880s the famous 20-mule teams began hauling it out
Death Valley
Diane
$800 [29]
When you run, your foot naturally rolls inward about 15% with each step, a movement called this
pronation
Thom
$800 [20]
In spring, if someone wishes you "Frohe Ostern", they're wishing you this
happy Easter
Betsy
$1,000 [26]
Its "27 year civil war... followed independence from Portugal in 1975"
Angola
Diane
$1,000 [6]
Sting:"Fields Of ____"
Gold
Betsy
$1,000 [11]
(2 unfittable lines precede) /This day's on May 12th /I like it, myself /& now it's on you to speak up
National Limerick Day
$1,000 [15]
Officially known as the States' Rights Democrat Party, it carried 4 Southern states in 1948, winning 39 electoral votes
the Dixiecrats
Betsy
$1,000 [30]
Astronauts on the I.S.S. use exercise & diet to ward off osteopenia, this common problem in space
bone density loss
Diane
DD $1,000 [21]
Your knowledge of opera might help with this one: it's the German word for "bat" (the flying kind)
Fledermaus
Betsy

Double Jeopardy! Round

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KELVIN ONE-NAMED AUTHORS OPUS DAY NOT THEIR FIRST RODEO DRAMATIC TV DRAMA! SEE "SPAN"
$400 [6]
In 1834 10-year-old future Lord Kelvin went to college at the University of this, Scotland's most populous city
Glasgow
Betsy Diane
$400 [7]
As Peyo, Belgian comic book author Pierre Culliford created this group of small blue humanoids who live in the forest
Smurfs
Diane
$400 [1]
Mephistopheles was in the house December 6, 1846 for Berlioz' "Damnation of" this guy, opus 24
Faust
Thom
$400 [9]
The stripes on the competitors might tell you that Louisiana's Angola Rodeo is held annually in one of these
a prison
Betsy
$400 [12]
Frank Underwood made sure Kate Mara's Zoe Barnes caught a train on this drama
House of Cards
$800 [24]
Dipping into fashion, DuPont developedthis1980s fabric during the '50s
spandex
Betsy
$800 [8]
On the Kelvin scale -459.67 degrees equals this 2-word term, & though "very cold!" is technically right, we won't accept it
absolute zero
Thom
$800 [10]
Moliere dominated 17th c. theatre with works like "Tartuffe", "The Miser" & this 1666 play about a true hater
Le Misanthrope
Diane
$800 [2]
Saint-Saens based this "Danse" on a poem about death appearing at midnight to play a tune
macabre
Thom
$800 [19]
Each July there's a "Stampede" in this Canadian province
Alberta
Thom
$800 [13]
This actor, setting things straight: "I am not in danger, Skyler. I am the danger"
Bryan Cranston
Betsy Thom
$1,200 [23]
With about 30,000 men aboard in the late 16th century, itset sail for England
the Spanish armada
$1,200 [27]
Kelvin was the driving force in the laying of the transatlantic one of these in 1866
telegraph cable
Diane
$1,200 [11]
This Roman poet's "Art of Love" from around 1 B.C. is a hedonistic seduction manual still useful today
Ovid
$1,200 [3]
On July 17, 1717 King George heard his "Water Music" & liked it so much he demanded it be played 4 times
Handel
Thom
$1,200 [20]
A huge outdoor rodeo is the centerpiece of this Wyoming city's Frontier Days, held since 1897
Cheyenne
Betsy Thom
DD $1,000 [16]
Pandora's box was nothing but trouble for Abbie on this Fox drama & Ichabod would mourn her shocking loss
Sleepy Hollow
Betsy
$1,600 [25]
To the British, it's the object seen here
a spanner
Diane
$1,600 [14]
The heroine Gigi is known by just one name, and so is this author, her creator
Colette
Diane
$1,600 [4]
Performed at Carnegie Hall on Dec. 16, 1893, this piece by a Czech was inspired by American music
Symphony "From the New World"
Thom
$1,600 [21]
Head to Jindabyne in this country for its annual Man from Snow River Rodeo
Australia
Thom
$1,600 [17]
Jude Law laid down the law to the faithful from a dark balcony on this show, saying, "I don't know if you deserve me"
The Young Pope
Betsy
$2,000 [26]
Crispy, flaky phyllo dough is key to this dish
spanakopita
Diane
$2,000 [15]
The 13th c. Persian poet of "spiritual couplets", Rumi followed this mystical practice that's about as old as Islam itself
Sufiism
Betsy
$2,000 [5]
May 13, 1833 was the premiere of Mendelssohn's opus 90, a symphony inspired by this southern European land
the Italian Symphony
Thom
$2,000 [22]
"Let 'er buck" is the slogan of the round-up in this Oregon town also famous for the plaid products of its woolen mills
Pendleton
Betsy
$2,000 [18]
Maeve became a host with more than the most, increasing her self-awareness & throat-slashing ability on this show
Westworld
Betsy

Final Jeopardy!

COMIC BOOKS

Told to create a character called this, Len Wein learned the real animal is short, hairy & will attack an enemy 10 times its size

Wolverine

Thom "What is The Badger" — wagered $5,000
Diane "What is weasel?" — wagered $12,000
Betsy "What is a Wolverine?" — wagered $5,001

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