Show #7676 2018-01-15 (taped 2017-10-31) Regular

Gilbert Collins game 4.WE ASKED: Iain Armitage.

Contestants

Tyler Miksanek — a student from Warrenville, Illinois

Steve Garbacz — a newspaper editor and reporter from Fort Wayne, Indiana

Gilbert Collins — a university administrator from Princeton, New Jersey (whose 3-day cash winnings total $36,599)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Gilbert	$4,600	$9,600	$9,600	$14,801 4-day champion: $51,400	$7,200 15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Steve	$1,200	$2,600	$2,200	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$3,800 12 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Tyler	$-1,800	$400	$7,400	$5,199 2nd place: $2,000	$8,400 13 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

A WOOLLY CATEGORY	4-LETTER WORDS	ARRIBA ARUBA!	THE END OF TIME	SCIENCE WITH IAIN ARMITAGE	WHOSE ALBUM?
$200 [6] This word for a sheep's coat can also mean a warm woolen pullover a fleece Gilbert	$200 [1] To clip an animal's ears, or to trim a photo crop Steve	$200 [11] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows Aruba's flag on the monitor.) The red star on Aruba's flag represents the island & the white outline, its sand beaches; the blue represents this body of water the Caribbean Tyler	$200 [16] This period during the Mesozoic Era ended about 145 million years ago, but it's still ripping up the box office today! Jurassic Gilbert	$200 [18] (Iain Armitage presents the clue.) Faults like the San Andreas are named for their movement along the fault plane...this way, which Sheldon's dad would know as a sideways pass in football lateral Steve	$600 [28] Her "Beautiful Trauma" recently debuted at No. 1 Pink Steve
$400 [7] This term for an athletic shirt originally meant fabric made from the wool of that island a jersey Steve Tyler	$400 [2] Darn! None of my numbers came up in this game Keno Tyler	$400 [12] One tradition says Aruba's name comes from oro huba, Spanish for "there was" this (they hoped) gold Gilbert	$400 [17] Donatello, Leonardo, Raphael & Michelangelo were figures in this cultural movement that ended around 1600 the Renaissance Steve	$400 [19] (Iain Armitage presents the clue.) Take away the teleprompter--one look & I'll demonstrate an eidetic memory, an ability of Sheldon's that's also called this other name a photographic memory Tyler	$800 [27] She had 4 No. 1 hits from "Forever Your Girl" Paula Abdul Gilbert
$600 [8] Wool from this llama relative comes in 22 natural colors, the most of any wool-producing animal an alpaca Steve	$600 [3] It's a small whirlpool an eddy	$600 [13] (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) For much of the 20th century, one of the mainstays of Aruba's economy was the refining of oil from this big neighbor to the south Venezuela Gilbert	$800 [24] The last major one of these ages ended with the Pleistocene Epoch nearly 12,000 years ago the Ice Age Tyler	$600 [20] (Iain Armitage presents the clue.) In 1964 the brilliant physicist Richard Feynmansaid, "Nobody understands" this type of mechanics of the subatomic world, but we're doing a lot better now quantum mechanics Steve	$1,000 [26] "Sonic Highways", also an HBO miniseries the Foo Fighters
$800 [9] With about 25% of the global total, this commonwealth nation leads the world in wool production Australia Gilbert	$800 [4] It's the 4-letter name for the mammal seen here orca Gilbert	$800 [14] Aruba's official languages are Papiamento, a Creole language, & this language of the kingdom to which it belongs Dutch Gilbert	$1,000 [25] Taking its name from the title of Twain's 1st novel, this gaudy U.S. age came to a close around the turn of the 20th century the Gilded Age Tyler	$800 [21] (Iain Armitage presents the clue.) The way we got this term for a bond between an electron pair is that the electrons in the outermost shell of an atom are called valence electrons covalent Steve	—
$1,000 [10] Many moisturizers contain this fatty substance extracted from sheep wool lanolin Tyler	$1,000 [5] A popular type of protein powder is made from this watery byproduct of cheesemaking whey Gilbert Tyler	$1,000 [15] This "colorful" seaport & tourist spot is Aruba's administrative center Oranjestad	DD $3,000 [23] This 64-year British era ended for a very specific reason in 1901 the Victorian Gilbert	$1,000 [22] (Iain Armitage presents the clue.) The 2017 Nobel Physics Prize was for using these waves, the "G" in the LIGO observatory, to understand the universe gravitational Gilbert	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

MEN IN BOOKS BY WOMEN	SUPPORTING CAST OF OSCAR'S BEST PICTURE	ENDS IN DOUBLE LETTERS	SPEAKING ITALIANS	STREET SMARTS	JEOPARDY!WRITERS' ONLINE GO-TOs
$400 [11] In "Sons", a sequel by this woman, Wang Lung's sons deal with their father's legacy & wealth (Pearl) Buck Steve	$400 [12] Frank Stallone as a timekeeper, Frank Stallone Jr. as a streetcorner singer, Butkus Stallone as a dog Rocky Gilbert	$400 [6] Seen here is all the equipment you need for this game tetherball Steve	$400 [22] Bartlett's attributes "But it does move!" to this 16th century astronomer Galileo Steve Tyler	$400 [1] (Alex presents the clue from the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C.) Reflecting the close relationship that exists between our two countries, Canada is the only one to have its embassy on a section of this stately Washington avenue that connects the White House to the U.S. Capitol Pennsylvania Tyler	$400 [16] This agency may be clandestine, but its World Factbook is online & the writers love its up-to-date info on nations the CIA Steve
$800 [13] Last name of Susan Eloise, who in "Tex" created McCormick brothers Tex & Mason S.E. Hinton	$800 [21] J.K. Simmons, Rosemarie DeWitt & John Legend...no, I'm sorry! I mean Naomie Harris, Patrick Decile & Andre Holland! Moonlight	$800 [7] Soft down, or a slang term for the police fuzz Tyler	$800 [23] This businessman/PM, unafraid to go big: "I am the Jesus Christ of politics... I sacrifice myself for everyone" Berlusconi Tyler	$800 [2] Named for a lake, this famed Chicago shopping street is also known as the Magnificent Mile Michigan Tyler	$800 [17] Biblehub is a good source to compare translations of passages from many different Bibles, like this one, the KJV the King James Version Tyler
$1,200 [14] The title character of this 1928 Virginia Woolf novel is male in the beginning, but that doesn't last... Orlando Gilbert	$1,200 [28] Dooley Wilson, Claude Rains & Peter Lorre Casablanca	$1,200 [8] A swift retort, or a conversation marked by an exchange of witty replies repartee Gilbert	$1,200 [24] He told GQ, "I made the jacket unstructured because I wanted to accentuate the body. See the sensuality" Giorgio Armani	DD $1,000 [3] Anne Rice's "Interview with the Vampire" influenced Sting's song "Moon Over" this street Bourbon Street Tyler	$1,200 [18] We have many fine books from this U.K. enterprise, OUP for short, & we can also access more than 400 of them online the Oxford University Press Tyler
$1,600 [15] Ayn Rand is the architect of this architect at the center of "The Fountainhead" (Howard) Roark Tyler	—	$1,600 [9] After metal has been cast, cut or drilled, this ragged edge remains burr Gilbert	$1,600 [25] In 1934 this leader said, "We have buried the putrid corpse of liberty" Mussolini Gilbert	$1,600 [4] This street runs from the Arc de Triomphe to the Place de la Concorde Champs-Élysées Gilbert	$1,600 [19] The Tech, a newspaper at this eastern college, maintains the first online edition of Shakespeare's works & we love it MIT (or Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Steve
$2,000 [26] This foppish lord began solving crimes for Dorothy Sayers in 1923 Lord Peter Wimsey	—	$2,000 [10] Tiny, sharp teeth give this plant its name, also an elite Florida golf course sawgrass	$2,000 [27] This 19th century virtuoso: "When women hear me play (the violin), they come crawling to my feet" Paganini Steve	$2,000 [5] The name of this Jerusalem street means "way of sorrows" Via Dolorosa Gilbert Tyler	DD $1,600 [20] For legends & suspect claims, the writers may check snopes.com, named for a family in this man's novels William Faulkner Steve

Final Jeopardy!

THE THEATER

In 1915 this play opened for the last time on Broadway, ironically at the Booth Theatre

Our American Cousin

Steve "What was ?" — wagered $2,200

Tyler "What is My American Cousin?" — wagered $2,201

Gilbert "What is Our American Cousin?" — wagered $5,201

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