Show #7635 2017-11-17 (taped 2017-09-19) Tournament of Champions

2017 Tournament of Champions final game 2.

Contestants

Austin Rogers — a bartender from New York, New York (subtotal of $6,500)

Alan Lin — a software engineer from Riverside, California (subtotal of $8,800)

Buzzy Cohen — a music executive from Los Angeles, California (subtotal of $0)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Buzzy	$600	$2,800	$25,600	$24,299	$16,400 18 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Alan	$3,400	$5,600	$1,600	$400	$12,000 13 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Austin	$3,800	$6,200	$10,200	$200	$9,600 15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

STARTS & ENDS WITH "H"	STATE BY COUNTIES	HISTORIC OBJECTS	PUBLISHING	MUSICAL GROUP NAMES DEFINED	MONSTER MASH
$200 [29] Hyphenated term that's used to describe all the latest cutting-edge electronic devices high-tech Buzzy	$200 [28] Houston (not that state!), Dallas (really, no!), Tuscaloosa (there you go) Alabama Buzzy	$200 [8] Over 5 feet long, one of these in Stirling, Scotland is claimed to be the personal weapon of 13th c. Scottish leader Wm. Wallace a sword Buzzy	$200 [3] Money paid upfront to an author to write a book an advance Buzzy	$200 [5] The fatty part of milk Cream Buzzy	$400 [16] Luis Suarez, who bit a player in the 2014 World Cup, inspired one of these undead in a kids' book a vampire Buzzy Alan
$400 [20] For lunch, how aboutthis2-word filler-upper? a hero sandwich (or a ham sandwich) Buzzy	$400 [27] It's a Hitchcock mystery! Kearney! Lincoln! Can you solve it? Nebraska Austin	$400 [9] The first of these Times Square objects was 700 pounds, made out of iron & wood & covered with 100 light bulbs the New Year's ball Austin	$400 [2] Abbreviated MMP, it's an inexpensive softcover book sold in multiple outlets a mass market paperback Austin	$400 [6] Home to Fenway Park Boston Austin	$600 [17] Former Reddit CEO Ellen Pao said in 2015 that these "are winning" the battle for the internet the trolls Austin
$600 [21] We have a feeling you might know that Merv Griffin once hosted a game show called "Play Your" this hunch	$600 [24] Where's Waldo? & Androscoggin & Kennebec, too! Maine Austin	$600 [10] The ancient Persian artifact called the "Spring of Khosrow" was this, reputedly covering 40,000 square feet carpet	$600 [13] After buying Harper & Row, Rupert Murdoch made another merger & turned it into this giant HarperCollins Austin	$600 [1] In 3 letters, what your mom gives you when you're sick TLC Alan	$800 [18] Ralph Waldo Emerson called "a foolish consistency" this monster "of little minds" a hobgoblin Alan
$800 [22] Barely having enough money for food & basics is living this-to-this hand-to-mouth Austin	$800 [26] We dig Mineral, Elko & Clark & bet you do, as well Nevada Alan	$800 [11] The club he used to whack a golf ball over 200 yards on the moon in 1971 is today in the USGA Museum Alan Shepard Austin	$800 [14] A pubisher's previously issued titles & current titles are these 2 "lists" with opposite names the backlist & frontlist Alan	$800 [4] A shoddy joke to pull on someone a Cheap Trick Austin	$1,000 [19] The artworkheredepicts Behemoth &this aquatic monster also mentioned in the Bible Leviathan Alan
$1,000 [23] Grown from bulbs, this colorful spring flower was named for a youth Apollo loved a hyacinth Buzzy	$1,000 [25] Time to give you a Hand (County): we'll throw in Walworth & Yankton South Dakota	$1,000 [12] Thehelmetis part of the Anglo-Saxon trove from this oddly-named site--a "hoo" is a little hill Sutton Hoo Alan	$1,000 [15] An unsolicited manuscript is said to have come in "over" this bar above a door a transom Alan	DD $1,600 [7] On a standard piano, there are 36 of these, sharps & flats The Black Keys Austin	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

EPONYMS	TYPES OF MOVIES	THE BODY HUMAN	WORLD THEATER	5 EXES	4 O's
$400 [26] This ornamental mat or napkin is named for an 18th century London draper a doily Buzzy	$400 [2] "Le Pistole Non Discutono", AKA "Bullets Don't Argue", is this type of low-budget western a spaghetti western Alan	$400 [24] Adults have 2,000 to 4,000 of these on the surface of the tongue; catfish have them on their barbels taste buds Austin	$800 [15] In 1970, the year this actor was made a baron, he played Shylock at the Old Vic Lord Laurence Olivier	$800 [8] When Paula Abdul became an ex-judge on "American Idol", this talk show host was brought in to fill her shoes Ellen DeGeneres	$800 [27] This adjective means not confined by responsibilities; kick off your Sunday shoes! footloose Austin
$800 [25] This helicon was named for America's "March King" the sousaphone Austin	$800 [22] This alliterative term can refer to any type of olden furniture as well as a movie set in olden times a period piece Austin	$800 [23] As its name implies, this muscle has 3 points of origin: below the shoulder joint & at 2 parts of the humerus the tricep Buzzy	$1,200 [14] This gentleman was a typical character in the 17th century's golden age of Spanish theater; Disney had 3 of him a caballero Alan	$1,200 [7] Best-known nickname of ex-White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci The Mooch Buzzy Alan	$1,200 [21] 2-word term for where to go in the mall to get a strip of memories of the day a photo booth Buzzy
$1,200 [18] A 1965 observation that computer capacity keeps on doubling is called this Intel co-founder's "law" Moore's law Alan	$1,200 [1] 1970s genre of film depicting African Americans in unrealistic & often violent situations blaxploitation Austin	$1,200 [9] It's the larger weight-bearing bone of the lower leg the tibia Buzzy	$1,600 [13] About 220 years before Goethe's came this English playwright's version of the Faust legend Marlowe Alan	$1,600 [6] Seen here is this ex-top cop of Boston, Los Angeles & New York City--twice (Bill) Bratton Austin	$1,600 [17] Hyphenated term for one who lingers at the scene of an accident a lookie-loo Buzzy
$1,600 [20] The name of a mistress of Louis XV was given to this high hairdo the pompadour Alan	$1,600 [3] Films about male duos like Bill & Ted or Harold & Kumar aren't "pal movies" or "bro movies" but these a buddy movie Buzzy	$2,000 [11] A lumbar puncture removes a sample of this watery solution, CSF for short cerebrospinal fluid Alan	$2,000 [12] This Ibsen drama is the story of a medical inspector who refuses to be silenced An Enemy of the People Alan	$2,000 [5] After this man became an ex-U.N. Secretary-General, he was replaced by fellow African Kofi Annan Boutros Boutros-Ghali Buzzy	$2,000 [16] This Spanish sherry is "O" so good oloroso
DD $10,400 [19] These slips of the tongue that bear a man's name include "It is now kisstomary to cuss the bride" a Spoonerism Alan	$2,000 [4] The 1961 documentary "Chronicle of a Summer" is said to have originated this 2-word French-named style cinéma vérité Buzzy	DD $10,800 [10] The hip is this type of joint, meaning that a rounded surface of one bonemoves with the depression of another bone a ball and socket joint Buzzy	—	—	—

Final Jeopardy!

STATE CAPITALS

A state capital since 1805, its name begins with the last 4 letters of the state's name

Montpelier

Alan "What is" — wagered $1,200

Austin "What is Indianapolis?" — wagered $10,000

Buzzy "What is Love You!" — wagered $1,301

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