Show #7634 2017-11-16 (taped 2017-09-19) Tournament of Champions

2017 Tournament of Champions final game 1.

Contestants

Austin Rogers — a bartender from New York, New York

Alan Lin — a software engineer from Riverside, California

Buzzy Cohen — a music executive from Los Angeles, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Buzzy	$1,600	$3,000	$4,200	$0	$4,000 10 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Alan	$600	$2,400	$14,400	$8,800	$14,400 16 R, 1 W
Austin	$2,000	$4,800	$10,000	$6,500	$12,800 18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE JOY OF SLUGS	YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY	CURRENT EVENTS	CELEBRITY MEMOIRS	CARD GAMES	CHEESY NAME ORIGINS
$200 [15] Slug heads have 2 of this sensory organs similar to antennae, on the top for sight & on the bottom for smell & touch tentacles	$200 [20] "Strike while" this "is hot" iron Austin	$200 [7] Wyoming's population temporarily doubled as skygazers headed for this event's zone of totality the (solar) eclipse Alan	$200 [26] In "The Soul of a Butterfly", he talked about his conversion to Islam & living with Parkinson's disease (Muhammad) Ali Alan	$200 [4] You have to bid and take all 13 tricks to make a grand slam in this game bridge Austin	$200 [9] It's often made from ewe's milk:from the Modern Greek for "slice" feta Buzzy
$400 [16] A slug leaves behind a trail of this substance produced by a mucous gland slime Alan	$400 [21] This "knocks but once" opportunity Alan	$400 [6] An assembly elected in July in this S. American nation has moved to consolidate power and rewrite the constitution Venezuela Austin	$400 [30] In a memoir called "Wildflower", she thanks Steven Spielberg, calling the making of "E.T." magical (Drew) Barrymore Alan	$400 [5] You don't have to be in Nebraska to play this Texas Hold 'Em variant in which you're dealt 4 cards down instead of 2 Omaha Alan	$400 [10] It's made from goat's milk:French for "goat" chevre Buzzy
$600 [17] Like sharks, slugs routinely lose & replace these; unlike sharks, some slugs can have 27,000 active ones teeth Austin	$600 [23] "The opera ain't over till" this the fat lady sings Buzzy	$600 [8] A hack of this credit reporting agency potentially compromised the information of 143 mil. Americans Equifax Buzzy	$600 [28] "The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss" is by Anderson Cooper & her Gloria Vanderbilt Alan	$600 [1] This game similar to Go Fish was originally played with special cards featuring pictures of famous writers Authors Buzzy	$600 [11] This yellow cheddar:the Oregon county where it is produced Tillamook Austin
$800 [18] The mascot of UC Santa Cruz, this large slug with an edible name can reach 10 inches in length & live for 7 years a banana slug Alan	$800 [24] "Let him who is without sin" do this cast the first stone Buzzy	$800 [13] A 31-year-old Prince Mohammed replaced a 57-year-old Prince Mohammed as heir to this country's throne Saudi Arabia Austin	$800 [27] Chapters in her "My Life So Far" include "Vadim", "Leaving My Father's House" & "Coming Home" Jane Fonda	DD $1,000 [2] Chapter 9 of Ian Fleming's "Casino Royale" is called "The Game is" this baccarat Buzzy	$800 [12] A soft, creamy cheese:Italian for "beautiful country" Bel Paese
$1,000 [19] Slugs eat plants & members of this kingdom of plantlike organisms lacking chlorophyll fungi Alan Austin	$1,000 [25] From the Brits:"Life isn't all beer &" this game (not candy) skittles	$1,000 [14] A spike in overdoses has made this drug a common lifesaver as it reverses the effects of opioids Narcan	$1,000 [29] It is the title of Loretta Lynn's 1976 autobiography & of her best known song Coal Miner's Daughter Austin	$1,000 [3] Recently celebrating its 50th anniversary, Skip-Bo is a variation of the card game known as Spite & this Malice	$1,000 [22] This one similar to cheddar:the town in Wisconsin where the Steinwand family created it colby cheese

Double Jeopardy! Round

LOVE SONGS, NOTHING BUT '80s LOVE SONGS	TRIPLE RHYME TIME	GULP FICTION	PLACE "MAT"S	PICK A POPE	FIRST-TIME RESPONSES
$400 [30] A duet: "To all the girls we've loved before, who traveled in & out our doors, we're glad they came along" Willie Nelson & Julio Iglesias	$400 [6] A sensitive but minor car accident tender fender bender	$400 [20] In "Henry IV, Part 2", this knight says if he had a thousand sons, he'd teach them "to addict themselves" to wine Falstaff Austin	$400 [13] This word for a bullfighter is also a town in northwest Texas a matador Buzzy	$400 [27] Died around 64 A.D. Peter Austin	$400 [2] This 11-letter word is the "T" in LGBTQ transgender Alan Austin
$800 [17] "Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around & desert you" Rick Astley Buzzy	$1,200 [8] Mission: wed the Cubs' announcer seen here marry Harry Caray Austin	$800 [21] While interviewed, Louis tells the story of how this vampire slashed a rat's neck & drank the blood from a glass Lestat Buzzy Alan	$800 [11] This Bay Area hometown of Tom Brady was named for Spanish explorers for a Gospel writer San Mateo Austin	$800 [25] Was guilty of excommunicating the heretic Pelagius Innocent	$800 [1] With a masculine suffix, it's the male counterpart of bridesmaid groomsman Austin
$1,200 [14] "Hello, is it me you're looking for?... & you know just what to do, & I want to tell you so much, I love you" Lionel Richie Buzzy	$1,600 [9] A russet harlequin has collapsed brown clown down Austin	$1,200 [18] In "For Whom the Bell Tolls", Robert Jordan says of the taste of this liquor before gulping it, "That's the wormwood" absinthe Austin	$1,200 [12] John Sayles titled a movie about a violent labor dispute after this coal-mining town Matewan	$1,200 [26] Was in the Hitler Youth Benedict Austin	$1,200 [3] The most viewed "qu"estions on this website include Is Bitcoin a good idea? & Why do some people hate Gandhi? Quora Alan
$1,600 [15] "This tainted love you given, I give you all a boy could give you, take my tears & that's not nearly all... tainted love" Soft Cell Austin	$2,000 [10] Getting back your unholy cotton pests evil weevil retrieval Buzzy Alan	$1,600 [22] Rex Pickett, author of this 2004 novel, really did once take a swig of wine from the spit bucket Sideways Alan	$2,000 [24] The name of this state of central Brazil is Portuguese for "thick forest" Mato Grosso Alan	$1,600 [28] Worked in a factory to avoid arrest by the Nazis John Paul II Buzzy	$1,600 [4] In Amish culture it's the time when teenagers may experiment with activities the culture normally frowns on Rumspringa Austin
$2,000 [16] "Making love out of nothing at all... out of nothing at all... out of nothing at all... out of nothing at all" Air Supply	DD $2,800 [7] A happy 10K for women in habits nun fun run Austin	$2,000 [23] In a Rabelais work, this son of Gargantua & his posse drink 237 casks of wine in a sitting Pantagruel Alan	DD $4,800 [19] Olive you should know that this capital of the Greek department of Messenia is a major fruit market Kalamata Austin	$2,000 [29] Died 230 A.D. in the "big city" of Rome Urban (I) Alan	$2,000 [5] From the Latin for "porridge", it's a soft, warm mass placed on an aching or injured body part a poultice

Final Jeopardy!

INVENTIONS

When Time magazine named it Invention of the Year in 2007, it was described as too slow, too big, pretty & touchy-feely

the iPhone

Buzzy "What the tesla model S?" — wagered $4,200

Austin "What is theiPhone?iPad?" — wagered $3,500

Alan "What is the iPad" — wagered $5,600

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