Show #7633 2017-11-15 (taped 2017-09-19) Tournament of Champions

2017 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 3.

Contestants

Tim Aten — an editor from Vermilion, Ohio

Pranjal Vachaspati — a Ph.D. student from Urbana, Illinois

Alan Lin — a software engineer from Riverside, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Alan	$2,000	$3,400	$18,000	$24,401 Finalist	$19,000 19 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD)
Pranjal	$1,400	$3,000	$12,200	$12,200 2nd place: $10,000	$13,200 19 R, 7 W (including 1 DD)
Tim	$600	$1,200	$3,200	$3,187 3rd place: $10,000	$3,200 9 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

A TRIANGLE SCHEME	GIRAFFES	PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES	FROM A TO Y	STEPPENWOLF THEATRE ALUMNI	STATE SYMBOLS
$200 [28] After 1918, no one had an eye on the USS Cyclops, one of the first U.S. ships recorded missing in this mysterious region the Bermuda Triangle Alan	$200 [27] With one of these, a giraffe can not only kill but decapitate a person a kick Pranjal	$200 [26] "Sword of the Revolution" Washington Alan	$200 [11] In Britain it's one of the 5 main grounds for divorce adultery Pranjal	$400 [23] Before he stalked the president in the film "In the Line of Fire", this actor stalked the Steppenwolf stage (John) Malkovich Tim	$400 [24] The Colorado Hairstreak, one of these, has floated in as Colorado's state insect a butterfly Tim
$400 [25] 2 interlaced triangles make up this symbol of Judaism, which dates back more than 2,500 years the Star of David Pranjal	$400 [19] These sharp protective items on acacia trees are no match for giraffe molars thorns Pranjal	$400 [1] "Dutch" Ronald Reagan Pranjal	$400 [10] All of a sudden abruptly Pranjal	$600 [16] Yeah, if you could go ahead & tell me this movie where alumnus Gary Cole played Bill Lumbergh, that'd be great Office Space Pranjal	$600 [5] The official state Christmas tree for North Carolina is the Fraser type of this tree, not the Douglas the fir Pranjal
$600 [4] The reciprocal of cosine, it's the ratio of line AC to line AB in the triangle here secant Alan	$600 [15] What we think of as these on giraffes are technically ossicones covered with skin horns Pranjal	$600 [2] "The Trust Buster" Teddy Roosevelt Pranjal	$600 [6] Bounty paper towels invites you to test them for this quality absorbency Alan	$800 [22] Actor-writer Tracy Letts first mounted this "August" play at Steppenwolf & won a Tony & Pulitzer for it August: Osage County Tim	DD $1,000 [3] Created at its Toll House Restaurant, the chocolate chip cookie is this state's official state cookie Massachusetts Pranjal
$800 [13] Longfellow detailed a love triangle between Priscilla Mullins, John Alden & this guy in "The Courtship of" him Miles Standish Alan	$800 [17] If a human baby has done this, he's positioned for birth; if a giraffe baby has done it, 6' to the ground, he's been born dropped	$800 [7] "Father of the Bill of Rights" Madison Pranjal Tim	$800 [8] "Pilgrim's Progress" is a noted one an allegory Tim	$1,000 [20] On film this alumna has hunted Jason Bourne & played the pious Elizabeth Proctor in "The Crucible" Joan Allen	$1,000 [12] The Catahoula Leopard dog, bred to find livestock in swamps, is its state dog Louisiana Pranjal
$1,000 [14] The regulation of sweatshops got heavier after the 1911 fire at this factory named for the blouses it made the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Pranjal	$1,000 [18] Giraffe subspecies are classified by coatpattern; the onehereshares this name with a type of python reticulated Alan	$1,000 [21] "The Hermit Author of Palo Alto" Herbert Hoover Tim	$1,000 [9] A women's group working with a men's club or fraternal order is a "ladies" one auxiliary Tim	—	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

BALTIC BELIEFS	THEIR MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT	COMPOUND WORDS	BOOK SMARTS	WORKING WOMEN	RECENT TV EPISODES
$400 [30] (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Estonian Open Air Museum in Tallinn, Estonia.) This movement from Germany reached Estonia in the 1520s and made Lutheranism the dominant religion here and in most of Scandinavia the Protestant Reformation Alan	$400 [28] Dizzy Gillespie trumpet Alan	$400 [26] The name of a playing card resides in this word that refers to a big lottery payday jackpot Tim	$400 [29] Told that this influential book was too long, Harriet Beecher Stowe said she didn't write it, it wrote itself Uncle Tom's Cabin Tim	$400 [27] Ding dong, it's one of these salespeople calling; the first began soliciting friends & neighbors in 1886 the Avon Lady Tim	$400 [25] "Bob & Carol & Nick & Schmidt" & "Jeff Day" New Girl Pranjal
$800 [22] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Gannarve Ship Grave on Gotland Island in Sweden.) At Gannarve, here on Gotland, and elsewhere in Scandinavia, it's thought that ancient seafarers were buried in ship-shaped stone settings, to ensure a safe voyage to the next world; recovered tools & urns date the graves to this first metallic age the Bronze Age Alan	$800 [2] Tommy Lee &Gina Schock drums Tim	$800 [13] They were like GPS for Hansel & Gretel breadcrumbs Pranjal	$800 [19] The 8 books recommended by Neil de Grasse Tyson for smart people include the Bible & this book about Yahoos Gulliver's Travels Alan	$800 [12] In 1980 Lynn Rippelmeyer, who began her career as a flight attendant, became the first woman to pilot this jumbo jet a Boeing 747 Pranjal	$800 [24] "Better Call Saul" &"Our Man in Damascus" Homeland Pranjal
$1,200 [9] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Gotland Museum in Sweden.) Hundreds of these picture stones, dating as far back as the 5th century, have been found on Gotland; the Tjängvide stoneseems to show the ship bearing a warrior's body to this dwelling place of the god Odin Valhalla Alan	$1,200 [3] Pat Metheny guitar Pranjal	$1,200 [1] As a lad Paul Revere was apprenticed to one of these a silversmith Pranjal	$1,200 [7] This popular genre is the title of an 1859 book by Samuel Smiles with chapters on "Perseverance" & "Character" self-help Alan	$1,200 [15] Inventor & entrepreneur Joy Mangano got her big break after pitching her Miracle Mop on this HSN competitor QVC Alan	$1,200 [14] "The Upside Down" &"The Vanishing of Will Byers" Stranger Things Alan
$1,600 [10] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Church on the Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg, Russia.) Originally, no traditional church services were performed at St. Petersburg's Church on the Spilled Blood, but these religious memorial masses conducted for the assassinated Tsar Alexander II attracted large numbers of worshippers a requiem Pranjal	$1,600 [4] Joshua Bell violin Alan	$1,600 [5] They're found on stationery; digital ones can be added to images to help with copyright protection a watermark Alan	$1,600 [11] This 1759 Voltaire work opens, "In the castle of Baron Thunder-Ten-Tronckh in Westphalia there lived a youth" Candide Alan	$1,600 [17] When she quietly refused to give up her bus seat, Rosa Parks was on her way home from her job as one of these a seamstress Alan Pranjal	$1,600 [16] "The Race of His Life" &"Attack on Central City" The Flash
DD $4,000 [23] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Bornholm Island in Denmark.) Of the few round churches in Northern Europe, four are here, on Denmark's Island of Bornholm, leading some to theorize a visit from this religious order of knights, whose churches were all round the Templars Alan	$2,000 [8] Bela Fleck the banjo Pranjal	$2,000 [6] It meant a dumpling before it meant an American infantryman, especially in World War I a doughboy Pranjal	DD $5,000 [20] This Thomas Keneally bestseller was originally published with "Ark" as the 2nd word in the title Schindler's List Alan	$2,000 [18] In 2017, this wife of Mitch McConnell became Secretary of Transportation (Elaine) Chao Pranjal	$2,000 [21] "Travel Agents" &"The Rat" The Americans Pranjal

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC NAMES

In 2013 the village of Belrain renamed the last street in France that bore the name of this hero who became a traitor

Maréchal Philippe Petain

Tim "Who was just too old and slow?" — wagered $13

Pranjal "Who is Petain" — wagered $0

Alan "Who is Petain" — wagered $6,401

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