Show #7632 2017-11-14 (taped 2017-09-19) Tournament of Champions

2017 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 2.

Contestants

Lisa Schlitt — a microbiologist from Berwyn, Pennsylvania

Jason Sterlacci — a fourth grade teacher from Somerset, New Jersey

Buzzy Cohen — a music executive from Los Angeles, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Buzzy	$3,600	$5,400	$16,200	$31,601 Finalist	$15,400 22 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Jason	$3,000	$8,200	$15,800	$1 2nd place: $10,000	$13,200 18 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Lisa	$600	$1,200	$2,000	$0 3rd place: $10,000	$2,000 8 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

POETS & POETRY	11-LETTER WORDS	MEET YOUR AUTOMAKER	SENATOR JOHN	FASHION: 1900 TO 1950	"M" TV SHOWS
$200 [30] This Scot's first poetry collection included "To a Mouse" & "To a Louse" (Rabbie) Burns Jason	$200 [24] Fear of water hydrophobia Buzzy Jason	$200 [28] The Escalade Cadillac Buzzy	$200 [26] Better-known name of longtime West Virginia senator John D. Rockefeller IV Jay Rockefeller	$200 [29] Mr. Christian, oh the time has come, to name this designer whose 1940s "New Look" made shoulders less NFL-like Dior Lisa	$200 [27] Sitcom with Anna Faris & Allison Janney Mom Jason
$400 [11] "Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?" asks T.S. Eliot's poem "The Love Song of" him J. Alfred Prufrock Jason	$400 [23] A government led by 3 co-rulers, like Caesar & pals a triumvirate Lisa	$400 [4] The Tundra Toyota Lisa	$600 [9] We trust that you recognize this trust-busting senator of the 1880s and 1890s (John) Sherman Lisa	$400 [22] Spreading their "wings", '20s women known as these wore hems at (gasp!) knee level, with bobbed hair under a cloche flappers Buzzy	$400 [16] Sometimes with duct tape, Richard Dean Anderson saved the day MacGyver Buzzy
$600 [13] This poem about a prince & a monster is preserved in a single manuscript from about 1000 A.D. Beowulf Buzzy	$600 [10] Adverb meaning once every 2 weeks fortnightly Lisa	$600 [1] The Forester Subaru Buzzy Jason	$800 [7] Father & son, John & Lincoln Chafee represented this state from 1976 to 2007 Rhode Island Jason	$600 [15] It's the rhyming '40s ensemble seen here a zoot suit Jason	$600 [12] On Discovery Channel, a "Bear" dropped in the middle of no where told you how he survived Man vs. Wild Buzzy
$800 [14] One of Australia's most beloved poems is Banjo Paterson's "The Man from" this river Snowy River	$800 [19] In German Schmerz is "pain" & this is "world pain", denoting sentimental pessimism Weltschmerz Jason	$800 [2] The S-Class Maybach Mercedes-Benz Buzzy	$1,000 [8] This Texan is Majority Whip, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate John Cornyn Jason	$800 [18] In the 1930s this rigid undergarment spawned a lighter-weight elastic variety, the girdle a corset Jason	$800 [5] '80s show about the Blue Moon Detective Agency Moonlighting Jason
$1,000 [21] This Matthew Arnold poem begins, "The sea is calm tonight. The tide is full, the moon lies fair" "Dover Beach"	$1,000 [20] It's grape science, especially with regard to winemaking viniculture Buzzy	$1,000 [3] The S90 sedan Volvo Buzzy Lisa	DD $3,000 [25] This Vietnam vet was senator from Massachusetts from 1985 to 2013 John Kerry Jason	$1,000 [17] Get your knickers in a twist or really get 'em baggy like these numeric golfing pants of the '20s plus fours	$1,000 [6] Dennis Weaver cowboyed up as a cop in New York City McCloud

Double Jeopardy! Round

COLORFUL AMERICAN CITIES	PRECIOUS TIME	DOCUMENTARIES	WIDOWS IN THE BIBLE	ART	HIDDEN FIGURES
$400 [26] The Menominee & the Winnebago once lived on the site of this football-mad city situated on Lake Michigan Green Bay Jason	$400 [27] "Listen, my children, and you shall hear of" this "ride of Paul Revere" midnight Buzzy	$400 [29] 2015's "Amy" traces the too-short life of this British singer Amy Winehouse Buzzy	$400 [30] The widow of Phinehas had a baby named this, also a character in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" Ichabod Jason	$400 [23] This 1889 van Gogh work depicts a crescent moon in a swirling sky, a church spire & a cypress tree The Starry Night Buzzy	$400 [20] Gym equipment-wise, a dumbbell is a free type of this a w eight Buzzy
$800 [25] The statue of Adolph Coors seenhereis in this Colorado city Golden Jason	$800 [24] A nursery rhyme begins, "A diller, a dollar, a ten o'clock" this person scholar Jason	$800 [3] The birds in this 2005 nature documentary walk single file to their Antarctic breeding grounds March of the Penguins Buzzy	$1,200 [9] In 1 Kings 17:22 this happens to the son of the widow of Zarephath, thanks to the prophet Elijah he is brought back to life	$800 [22] His childhood in Vitebsk influenced his work, which often includes fiddlers on roofs (Marc) Chagall Buzzy	$800 [18] From the Italian for "middle", it's where one might go to watch a play upstairs a mezza nine Buzzy
$1,200 [1] 2-word name for the N.J. city that's home to Thomas Edison's estate & laboratory West Orange Lisa	$1,200 [10] This 4-letter word is defined as "the dark part of twilight" dusk Buzzy	$1,200 [4] The title "Citizenfour" refers to an email alias used by this man who revealed NSA secrets (Edward) Snowden Jason	$1,600 [21] Paul's first epistle to this Greek city's church says widows may remarry Corinth	$1,600 [14] He coined the term ready-made for everyday objects he designated as art, like the one he titled "Fountain" (actually a urinal) (Marcel) Duchamp Buzzy	$1,200 [13] Pluperfect is one a ten se Buzzy
$1,600 [2] Skiing & Glacier National Park may lure you to this Montana city named for an aquatic creature Whitefish	$1,600 [11] 6 of these in the forenoon watch is 11 A.M. to you, ya scurvy landlubber bells Buzzy	$1,600 [6] "The Fog of War" told "Eleven Lessons from the Life of" this 1960s Secretary of Defense McNamara Buzzy	DD $2,000 [28] A book of the Bible is named for this widow of Mahlon & ancestor of David Ruth Buzzy	$2,000 [15] Edward Hicks' Quaker faith is evident in this painting, a favorite theme of his The Peaceable Kingdom Buzzy	$1,600 [17] A piece of lumber in the sea drif two od Lisa
$2,000 [5] Willa Cather drew her portraits of frontier life from her hometown, this Nebraska city named for an Oglala chief Red Cloud Jason Lisa	$2,000 [12] "You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth", begins a prayer to divine mercy named for this P.M. hour 3:00 P.M. Lisa	$2,000 [7] Some wondered if this film about street artists like Banksy was a documentary or a hoax Exit Through the Gift Shop Buzzy	$2,000 [16] Making Bathsheba a widow, King David sent her husband, this Hittite, to his death in battle Uriah Lisa	DD $4,000 [8] Edgar Degas did many works using this medium whose name is also used for subdued shades of color pastel Buzzy	$2,000 [19] This word meaning "burdensome" starts with the first positive integer one rous Jason

Final Jeopardy!

THEATRE

Despite objections from the playwright's estate, a 1991 French production of this 1952 play had a small all-female cast instead of male

Waiting for Godot

Lisa "What is [illegible]" — wagered $2,000

Jason "What is Peter Pan?" — wagered $15,799

Buzzy "What is Waiting for Godot?" — wagered $15,401

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