Show #7679 2018-01-18 (taped 2017-10-31) Regular

Contestants

Marilyn Rose — a quilt teacher and retired legal secretary from Ridgeland, Mississippi

Ryan Graham — an account manager from Los Angeles, California

Lee Quinn — a teacher from Raleigh, North Carolina (whose 1-day cash winnings total $22,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Lee	$3,400	$5,200	$18,400	$20,400 2-day champion: $42,800	$18,400 23 R, 0 W
Ryan	$1,200	$4,200	$8,000	$6,000 3rd place: $1,000	$11,000 16 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Marilyn	$600	$5,000	$8,000	$15,995 2nd place: $2,000	$12,800 12 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

BRITISH CABINETRY	MOVIE SPOILERS	SCIENCE VOCABULARY	CROSSWORD CLUES "S"	TARZAN	JANE
$200 [16] The modern British cabinet contains 15-25 people with this religious-sounding title minister Lee	$200 [21] In this M. Night Shyamalan film, Bruce Willis' character eventually discovers that he's a ghost The Sixth Sense Lee	$200 [8] It's the resistance that opposes the motion of one surface across another friction Ryan	$200 [1] Swipe from a store(8) shoplift Lee Marilyn	$200 [24] The first novel is "Tarzan of" these creatures, like his adoptive mom Kala the apes Ryan	$200 [6] It was the nickname of the Wild West's Martha Jane Canary Calamity Jane Ryan
$400 [17] The modern-day idea of an advisory cabinet derived from the "council" whose name comes from "private" Privy Lee	$400 [22] The "bird" sought by Kasper Gutman & others in this Bogart film turns out to be a fake The Maltese Falcon Ryan	$400 [9] Acone-shapeddeposit ofcalcium saltsthat builds up from a cave floor stalagmite Marilyn	$400 [2] Beverly Sills or Maria Callas(7) soprano Ryan Marilyn	$400 [27] Elmo Lincolnwas the first actor to play Tarzan on film in this year that also saw the end of a war 1918 Lee	$400 [7] Briefly Queen of England in 1553--9 days brief Lady Jane Grey Lee Ryan
$600 [18] The equivalent to our Treasury secretary is chancellor of this French-derived word exchequer Marilyn	$600 [23] "Verbal" Kint is Keyser Soze in this Bryan Singer film The Usual Suspects Lee	$600 [10] This adjective from the Greek for "moving" describes the mechanical energy of an object due to motion kinetic Lee	$600 [3] Tenured teacher's paid leave(10) sabbatical Ryan	$600 [28] For $125,000, this author bought 550 acres in the San Fernando Valley; the area is now called Tarzana Edgar Rice Burroughs Ryan	$600 [13] In 2001 Jane Swift of Massachusetts became the first U.S. governor to do this while in office give birth Lee
DD $1,000 [19] Most cabinet meetings take place at a residence with this address 10 Downing Street Marilyn	$800 [25] This colorful food in the title of a 1973 Charlton Heston film is really people, not fish Soylent Green Ryan	$800 [11] (Sarah shows an insect on the monitor.) This section of an insect's body takes its name from the Latin for "breastplate" thorax Lee	$800 [4] Jack-tar(6) a sailor	$800 [29] In "Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar", Tantor, this mighty beast, goes into Musth & tries to crush Tarzan an elephant Marilyn	$800 [14] In 1915, this Chicago social reformer organized the Woman's Peace Party and became president of the International Congress of Women Jane Addams Lee
$1,000 [20] The leader of this chamber has traditionally been a full cabinet member & there were howls in 2014 when that changed the House of Lords Ryan	$1,000 [26] Attorney Ransom Stoddard wasn't "The Man Who Shot" this Lee Marvin villain--it was John Wayne's Tom Doniphon Liberty Valance Marilyn	$1,000 [12] In an experiment, the group used for comparison is called this control Ryan	$1,000 [5] Buddha's personal given name(10) Siddhartha Ryan	$1,000 [30] Tarzan is lord of the jungle & also "Lord" this colorful noble family name Greystoke Marilyn	$1,000 [15] Her books like "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" argued for local planning & vibrant neighborhoods Jane Jacobs Ryan

Double Jeopardy! Round

BIBLICAL ART	____ & ____	THE ATHLETE'S COLLEGE	PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS	HOMOPHONIC ANIMALS	PEAK TV
$400 [11] They're the father & son in the 1908 work seen here Abraham and Isaac Lee	$400 [6] It's the ceremonial academic attire worn to graduation cap & gown Lee	$400 [1] Gators Abby Wambach & Emmitt Smith the University of Florida Lee	$400 [16] Derisive nickname for the Hoa Loa prisoner of war camp in the capital of North Vietnam where John McCain was held the Hanoi Hilton Ryan	$400 [21] This big marine mammal has been known to emit a plaintive cry when times are tough whale	$400 [26] "Mile-High Mutt" is a 2015 episode of "Dr. Jeff", about a vet working in these mountains the Rockies Ryan Marilyn
$800 [12] Tintoretto depicted the moment in the book of Exodus when this man struck the rock Moses Ryan	$800 [7] In 2014 this classic role-playing game celebrated its 40th anniversary with a new logo & a new "Player's Handbook" Dungeons & Dragons Lee	$800 [2] Then in the Pac-8, Steve Prefontaine the University of Oregon Ryan	$800 [17] Capturing as many as 200,000 enemy troops, the Brits built one of the 1st P.O.W. camps in 1796 at Peterborough during these wars the Napoleonic Wars Lee	$800 [22] This big ape sometimes joins the indigenous military to harass the enemy a gorilla	$800 [27] "The Death Zone" is the first episode of the Discovery Channel TV series titled this mountain "Rescue" Mount Everest
$1,600 [14] Here's Lot fleeing his former home as the Lord destroys these two wicked cities Sodom and Gomorrah Lee	$1,200 [8] "Off the Cliff" is a recent book about the making of this 1991 film Thelma & Louise Lee	$1,200 [3] Lou Gehrig, who ended up playing professionally not far away Columbia	$1,200 [18] The prisoners at Japan's WWII Kanchanaburi camp in Thailand were there to build a railroad bridge over this river Kwai Lee	$1,200 [23] When this leaping insect can't pay rent, he just gets the heck out of Dodge a flea	$1,200 [28] "the Horn" follows the Air Zermatt Rescue Service as it saves lives on & around this peak the Matterhorn Lee
$2,000 [15] In the lithograph seen here, the priest Eli teaches this Biblical prophet as a boy Samuel Lee	$1,600 [9] If you're in L.A. & can't decide between breakfast & lunch, have both at Roscoe's famous "House of" these 2 foods chicken & waffles Ryan	$1,600 [4] In the Midwest, Drew Brees Purdue Lee	$1,600 [19] This Georgia facility was designed for 10,000 men but held as many as 32,000 by the end of the Civil War Andersonville Marilyn	$1,600 [24] When this cool cat is out of dough, he becomes different parts of a chain a lynx Lee	$1,600 [29] A documentary on Discovery Channel focuses on this mountain-climbing people of Nepal Sherpas Ryan
DD $3,000 [13] This Italian had a birth of religiosity late in life and painted works like "Mystic Nativity" in 1500 Botticelli Ryan	$2,000 [10] Cabbage & potatoes are part of this old-time English dish named for the sound it makes as it cooks bubble & squeak Marilyn	$2,000 [5] In purple & gold, Ben Simmons & Shaquille O'Neal LSU Ryan	DD $5,000 [20] The only president who had been a P.O.W., he was held in Camden, S.C. by the British while just a teenager in 1781 Andrew Jackson Marilyn	$2,000 [25] When this swinelike mammal needs extra money, he turns into a slender candle a tapir Marilyn	$2,000 [30] The Caucasus & this other mountain range were in titles of episodes of Animal Planet's "Wild Russia" the Urals Marilyn

Final Jeopardy!

SNACK FOODS

The name of this cracker that's been around since 1903 suggests that it was baked 3 times

Triscuit

Ryan "What is :) ?" — wagered $2,000

Marilyn "What is Triskit?" — wagered $7,995

Lee "What is Triscuit?" — wagered $2,000

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