Show #7686 2018-01-29 (taped 2017-11-07) Regular

Ryan Fenster game 1.

Contestants

Maria Pecoraro — a teacher and learning support specialist from New Haven, Connecticut

Ryan Fenster — a banker from SeaTac, Washington

Jennifer Tomassi — a freelance writer from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,401)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jennifer	$400	$200	$200	$200 3rd place: $1,000	$1,800 8 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 2 DDs)
Ryan	$-200	$5,200	$16,800	$20,999 New champion: $20,999	$16,800 26 R, 6 W
Maria	$-400	$1,200	$6,000	$11,000 2nd place: $2,000	$6,000 10 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY ACROSS AMERICA	WINTER OLYMPICS PREVIEW	FRUITS & VEGETABLES IN FRENCH	MYTHOL-"O"-GY	DOG BREEDS	THE WORDS OF H.G. WELLS
$200 [8] (Hi, I'm Alison Starling from ABC 7.) The largest crowd in the history of the National Mall was an estimated 1.8 million people celebrating this January 2009 event Barack Obama's inauguration Jennifer	$200 [2] The Pyeongchang games are the 2nd Olympics held in South Korea; the first were the 1988 summer games in this city Seoul Ryan	$200 [16] Les petits pois baby peas Ryan Maria	$200 [10] He's also known as Ulysses Odysseus Ryan	$200 [1] A Springer type is seen here a spaniel Maria	$200 [15] Appropriately, it's the novel in which Wells coined the phrase "time traveller" The Time Machine Jennifer
$400 [3] (I'm Danielle Niles from WBZ.) 16 months before he famously rode off into American history, this man joined the other patriots in the Boston tea party protest Paul Revere Ryan	$400 [5] New events in 2018 will include mass start speed skating & a mixed doubles version of this "stony" sport curling Ryan	$400 [20] La prune a plum Ryan	$400 [11] This god wielded a spear named Gungnir, which never missed its mark Odin Jennifer	$400 [9] In 1931 this Japanese breed was designated a national monument in its native land the Akita Jennifer Ryan Maria	$400 [19] Wells imagined an overwhelmingly destructive explosive called this 6-letter "bomb" more than 100 years ago atomic Jennifer
$600 [4] (I'm Julie Nelson from KARE 11.) On September 2, 1901 at the Minnesota State Fair, Theodore Roosevelt advised, "Speak softly and" do this carry a big stick Maria	$600 [26] This all-time leader in women's skiing World Cup wins has been named an honorary ambassador at the Games Lindsey Vonn	—	$800 [13] He's the Egyptian god of judgment & resurrection Osiris Ryan	$600 [17] The name of this breed includes a reference to its coat & another animal a wire-haired fox terrier Jennifer	$600 [21] Wells preached & definitely practiced this 2-word phrase for ignoring the conventional constraints of marriage free love (or an open marriage) Ryan Maria
$800 [6] (I'm Madison Adams with CBS 11 News.)The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza is in this building that in November 1963 became instantly world famous Texas School Book Depository Ryan Maria	$1,000 [25] The Games promise a new dimension with events like this flat-on-your-back sled event held after dark under floodlights luge Ryan	—	DD $1,000 [12] This son of Apollo & Calliope could enchant gods, people, animals & even trees with the sound of his lyre Orpheus Jennifer	$800 [18] This breed is an English greyhound in miniature a whippet (or an Italian greyhound) Ryan Maria	$800 [22] Long before "Sliders" or "Fringe" hit TV screens, Wells talked about these universes in "Men Like Gods" parallel universes Ryan
$1,000 [7] (I'm Patrice Sanders from Fox 45 News.) The American Revolution ended when, here in the Maryland State House, Congress ratified this peace treaty signed in Europe the Treaty of Paris Ryan Maria	—	—	$1,000 [14] Electra encouraged this brother to kill their mother Clytemnestra Orestes Jennifer Maria	$1,000 [24] One-word name of the breed seen here with its characteristic smile a Samoyed Ryan	$1,000 [23] We use it today for the arrival ashore of a storm; Wells used it to mean the arrival of an airplane landfall Ryan

Double Jeopardy! Round

NATIVE SONS	THEY COME IN PAIRS	BALLET COMPANIES	FREEZE FRAME	JAPANESE AUTHORS	2-LETTER WORDS
$400 [2] The Breakfast of Champions cocktail in Kurt Vonnegut's Indianapolis had this cereal crumbled on the rim Wheaties Ryan	$400 [9] We bet you know it's the game seenhereplayed with a pair of dice craps Ryan	$400 [1] Jean Drapeau, mayor of this city, convinced Ludmilla Chiriaeff to turn her company into Les Grandes Ballets Canadiens Montreal Ryan	$400 [14] Films in this animated series include "Dawn of the Dinosaurs" & "The Meltdown" Ice Age Jennifer	$400 [25] In the 17th century the 17 syllables were mastered by Basho, who pioneered the "new style" of this poetry haiku Maria	$400 [17] As a preposition it can express location or time; as a symbol it helps define your email address at Maria
$800 [3] Mayberry Days is a September festival in Andy Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy in this state North Carolina Jennifer	$800 [10] In Chinese, the name of these utensils means "nimble ones" chopsticks Ryan	DD $1,000 [7] Les Ballets de Monte Carlo was created in 1985 to honor this woman who died 3 years earlier Princess Grace of Monaco Jennifer	$800 [15] The movie "Frozen" was inspired by his story "The Snow Queen" Hans Christian Andersen Jennifer	$800 [26] In 1994 rebellious Kenzaburo Oe rejected the Japanese Order of Culture but accepted this more famous prize the Nobel Ryan	$800 [18] This interjection can follow "westward" or "land" ho Ryan
DD $1,000 [6] A plain white fence on Hill Street is a tourist attraction in this Missouri town Hannibal, Missouri Jennifer	$1,200 [11] It's the only sign of the Zodiac that's symbolized by a pair of non-human animals Pisces Ryan	$1,200 [8] Rolf de Maré raided this country's Royal Ballet to create Les Ballets Suedois in Paris Sweden Ryan	$1,200 [22] In a depressing 1997 film about '70s key parties, this title weather condition freezes New Canaan, Connecticut the ice storm	$1,200 [27] In Yasunari Kawabata's "Snow Country", Komako is this type of courtesan a geisha Ryan	$1,200 [19] The unconscious mind, according to Freud the id Ryan
$1,200 [4] A museum named for this pilot & famous firster is on Apollo Drive in his hometown of Wapakoneta, Ohio Neil Armstrong Ryan	$1,600 [12] While the left one has 2 lobes, the right one has 3 & is slightly larger lungs Ryan	$1,600 [24] Born in Novgorod province, Serge Diaghilev was living in Paris when he founded this French-named ballet company the Ballets Russes	$1,600 [23] Snow Miser sings, "I'm Mr. Icicle, I'm Mr. Ten Below" in this 1974 TV Christmas special The Year Without a Santa Claus Ryan	$1,600 [28] This bloody Koushun Takami novel pitted teens against each other nearly a decade before "The Hunger Games" Battle Royale Ryan	$1,600 [21] Ancient city where Abraham lived Ur Ryan
$1,600 [5] You can buy Lucille bottle openers & flyswatters at the museum for this bluesman near his birthplace in Mississippi B.B. King Jennifer	$2,000 [13] The famous pair of marble lions outside the New York Public Library are Patience & this Fortitude Maria	—	$2,000 [16] 2 animated shows have been based on this Ezra Jack Keats kids' book in which Peter plays in the city's first snowfall The Snowy Day Ryan	$2,000 [29] Change one of the digits of 1984 to a letter to get the title of this Orwellian Haruki Murakami novel 1Q84	$2,000 [20] This satellite, seenhereon the left, is the most volcanically active body in our solar system Io Maria

Final Jeopardy!

THE 1960s

It was already a crime to alter one of these; a 1965 law passed 393-1 in the House criminalized burning one too

a draft card

Jennifer "What isthe American flag?a draft card?" — wagered $0

Maria "What is a Draft card? Hi Robert!" — wagered $5,000

Ryan "What is a draft card" — wagered $4,199

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