Show #7640 2017-11-24 (taped 2017-08-22) Regular

Contestants

Jennifer Chang — a journalist from Brooklyn, New York

Marcus Gresham — a WRAP facilitator from Corydon, Indiana

Jesse Parks — a performance manager from Houston, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jesse $1,600 $3,400 $10,200 $5,400
3rd place: $1,000
$9,000
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Marcus $5,600 $8,600 $14,600 $20,401
New champion: $20,401
$14,200
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Jennifer $-600 $-600 $4,600 $9,200
2nd place: $2,000
$6,600
7 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

BILL'S BILL OF RIGHTS RIGHTS DETECTIVE FICTION PENCIL IT IN TEAM MASCOTS NOTABLE WOMEN ALL "IZE" ON YOU
$200 [25]
According to the fifth amendment, Bill can't be compelled to do this on the witness stand
testify against himself
Jesse
$200 [21]
"You incommoded me" is one of the sinister utterances of this Sherlock Holmes archfoe
Moriarty
Jesse
$200 [16]
Pencils have been around for centuries, but this aid wasn't patented until 1828, using "metal files set at 90°"
a pencil sharpener
Jesse Marcus
$200 [1]
The Seattle Seahawks' mascot is named this, a football term for an assault on the opposing quarterback
Blitz
Jesse
$200 [11]
Even after stepping down as a world leader, this woman stayed in Parliament and later moved on to the House of Lords
Margaret Thatcher
Jesse
$200 [6]
To add earrings or a belt to an outfit
accessorize
Marcus
$400 [26]
According to the first amendment, the government can't establish this, but Bill is allowed to start the Billitarians
an official church (or religion)
Jesse
$400 [22]
Under the name Robert Galbraith, she's taken to writing detective novels featuring Cormoran Strike
J.K. Rowling
$400 [17]
In 1908 Faber-Castell, one of the oldest pencil brands, introduced the Polychromos line of these
colored pencils
Marcus
$400 [2]
In 2017 this New York team found a new "Mr." after the old one made a colorful gesture to a fan
the Mets
Marcus
$400 [12]
In 1978 she co-hosted "People Are Talking" in Baltimore but we bet she's the only host who became a multibillionaire
Oprah
Jesse
$400 [7]
An hors d'oeuvre is one
an appetizer
Jennifer
$600 [27]
Bill knows that according to the 4th amendment, the police can't search his house for illegal snakes without this
a warrant
Marcus
$600 [23]
Kathy Reichs' novels featuring Temperance Brennan include "Bare" these & "Cross" these
bones
$600 [18]
There's no danger of lead poisoning with a normal pencil--the "lead" is a mixture of clay & this form of carbon
graphite
Marcus
$800 [4]
After the Expos left town, this NHL squad inherited Youppi!
the Canadiens
Marcus
$600 [13]
An assistant attorney general in Arizona in 1965, she got a nifty promotion in 1981: Supreme Court justice
Sandra Day O'Connor
Jesse
$600 [8]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a helicopter on the monitor.) Magic seemingly happens when a helicopter's rotor blades & a video camera's frame rate become this, from the Greek for "at the same time"
synchronized
Marcus
$800 [28]
Bill got out of jail without having to sell his Trans Am because the eighth amendment prevents excessive this
bail
Jesse
$800 [24]
She's won several Shamus Awards for her Alphabet mysteries, including "G is for Gumshoe"
Sue Grafton
Marcus
$800 [19]
Called plugs by manufacturers, these were first attached to pencils in 1858
erasers
Marcus
DD $1,000 [3]
In the "birthplace of rock 'n' roll", Moondog (an homage to DJ Alan Freed's nickname) barks for this NBA team
the Cleveland Cavaliers
Marcus
$800 [14]
Ooh la la! The little black dress first got put on--& put out--by this designer in the 1920s
Coco Chanel
Marcus
$800 [9]
By definition, triage is an effort to do this to patients, in terms of their care
prioritize
Jesse Marcus
$1,000 [29]
The fifth & sixth amendments were cited in the creation of this warning in 1966, but we know Bill can't remain silent
the Miranda rights
Jesse
$1,000 [30]
In his novel "Devil in a Blue Dress", he introduced Easy Rawlins, an African-American detective in 1940s Los Angeles
Walter Mosley
$1,000 [20]
AKA china marker, this waxy-tipped pencil is said to be what the Soviets used in space because ballpoints require gravity
grease pens
Jesse
$1,000 [5]
Orbit circles the field for this Texas team
the Astros
Marcus
$1,000 [15]
Herfight against gorilla poachers intensified in 1978 after the killing of Digit, one of her favorite animals
Dian Fossey
Jennifer
$1,000 [10]
Endemic goiter is reduced when you do this to salt
iodize
Jesse

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE EUROPEAN MIDWEST HOW MANY IN YOUR PARTY? THEY PLAYED JFK "P" IN PHYSICS THE 300+ THIS...WAS...SPARTA!
$400 [9]
New Glarus, Wisconsin, known as "Little" this country, has a Heidi festival every June
Switzerland
Jennifer
$400 [14]
A troika
three
Marcus
$400 [6]
In 1963 Cliff Robertson was Jack-ed up & took to the seas in this title transport
the PT-109
Jesse
$400 [24]
Pounds per square inch is one common way of expressing this
air pressure
Jesse
$400 [19]
In 1996 Baltimore became the first city where dialing this number got you non-emergency info from local government
311
Jesse
$400 [1]
Like its main rival city, Sparta had an acropolis with a temple dedicated to this goddess
Athena
Jesse
$800 [10]
Elk Horn, Iowa, known as "Little" this country, hosts the Tivoli Fest
Denmark
Jennifer
$800 [15]
A score
20
Jesse
$800 [7]
Hegot an Emmy nomination for the role in a 2011 miniseries
Greg Kinnear
Jesse
$1,200 [26]
It's any object that after being given an initial velocity is allowed to fall under the effects of gravity alone
a projectile
$800 [20]
U.S. Route 322 traverses New Jersey, Pennsylvania & Ohio, from the Atlantic Ocean to this lake
Lake Erie
Marcus
$800 [2]
Kings of Sparta traced their descent from this mythic strongman considered by them the greatest warrior of all time
Hercules
Jennifer
$1,200 [11]
A Nebraska city named for this Bohemian capital has "Beer Barrel Days" in August--everybody polka!
Prague
Marcus
$1,200 [16]
A battery (in baseball)
two
Marcus
$1,200 [8]
In 1993 he was "JFK: Reckless Youth"; by 2005 life was McDreamy for him on ABC
Patrick Dempsey
Marcus
$1,600 [29]
One constant in the uncertain world of quantum mechanics is the constant named for this physicist
(Max) Planck
Jesse
$1,200 [21]
Whether his lifetime batting average was .367 or .366, it's still the all-time record
Ty Cobb
Marcus
$1,600 [4]
In war Spartan soldiers called hoplites used this closely linked formation, from the Greek for "line of battle"
the phalanx
$1,600 [12]
Delftware & wooden shoes are made in the DeKlomp factory in this Michigan town
Holland
Jennifer
$1,600 [17]
A coven (traditionally)
thirteen
$1,600 [27]
In 2016 Caspar Phillipson played John & Natalie Portman had a bigger role in this film
Jackie
Jennifer
DD $2,000 [25]
This quantum of light is the particle that carries the electromagnetic energy
a photon
Jesse
$1,600 [22]
AL 333, AKA "the first family", is a group of hominid fossils found in Hadar in this Horn of Africa nation
Ethiopia
Marcus
DD $2,000 [3]
In 480 B.C. King Leonidas & his men perished to the last Spartan defending this mountain pass from invasion
Thermopylae
Jennifer
$2,000 [13]
You can get authentic fare at Old Lviv restaurant in Chicago's this nationality "Village"
the Ukraine
Marcus
$2,000 [18]
A minyan (minimally)
ten
$2,000 [28]
Tim Matheson was hubby to "Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis" in 2000; you otter know Tim was Eric Stratton in this 1978 film
Animal House
Marcus
$2,000 [30]
In 1880 it was found that if you compress a crystal like quartz, you can produce this effect
the piezoelectric effect
$2,000 [23]
Built starting in 1948, the356was this company's first production automobile
a Porsche
$2,000 [5]
This king of Sparta & brother of Agamemnon lost his wife Helen to Paris, leading to the Trojan War
Menelaus
Jennifer

Final Jeopardy!

NOVEL TITLE CHARACTERS

One orphan arriving before him was given the surname Swubble; some arriving later were to be Unwin & Vilkins

Oliver Twist

Jennifer "Who is Oliver Twist?" — wagered $4,600
Jesse "Who is Tom Thumb" — wagered $4,800
Marcus "Who is Oliver Twist?" — wagered $5,801

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