Show #7695 2018-02-09 (taped 2017-11-08) Regular

Contestants

Alison Sahner — a stay-at-home mom from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Carlos Garcia — an immigration attorney from Los Angeles, California

Marty Cunningham — an accountant and voice artist from Arvada, Colorado (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,900)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Marty $2,400 $3,800 $26,600 $30,200
2-day champion: $49,100
$23,400
27 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Carlos $2,800 $4,400 $3,600 $100
3rd place: $1,000
$3,600
11 R, 3 W
Alison $1,800 $6,000 $6,800 $5,800
2nd place: $2,000
$5,600
12 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

20th CENTURY FACTS RECENT TV ROLES MEALS SHAKESPEARE, & I QUOTE CRIME PUN-ISHMENT
$200 [3]
In 1920 this blind & deaf woman co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union
(Helen) Keller
Alison
$200 [1]
In 2017 Jodie Whittaker was tapped to be the 13th Doctor, & the first woman in the role, on this series
Doctor Who
Alison
$200 [11]
It's usually on weekends & a post-wedding one for out-of-town guests is a nice tradition
brunch
Carlos
$200 [17]
"Shake it off. Come on, we'll visit Caliban my slave, who never yields us kind answer"
The Tempest
Marty
$200 [16]
Jack McCoy offers you a deal for pleading guilty to Man 1; Man is short for this
manslaughter
Marty
$200 [23]
Even Psychology Today used the pun saying this "is not just a river in Egypt"
denial
Alison
$400 [7]
On June 4, 1944 this city fell to the Allies, the first Axis capital to be captured
Rome
Carlos
$400 [2]
Heturned up on Netflix as one of our "Friends from College"
(Keegan-Michael) Key
Carlos
$400 [12]
The 2-word name of this small British meal combines a part of the day and a beverage
afternoon tea
Marty
$400 [18]
"You shall have me assisting you in all. But will you woo this wild-cat?"
The Taming of the Shrew
Alison
$400 [19]
Descriptive term for the act of stealing wallets & other personal items in public places
pickpocketing
Carlos
$400 [24]
The trigonometry teacher was reluctant to do this for her son's loan
co-sign
Marty
$600 [8]
Infamous for its Communist hunting in the '50s, HUAC, short for this, became the Internal security Committee in 1969
the House Un-American Activities Committee
Marty
$600 [4]
He went from being a dad on "Arrested Development" to a dad on "Ozark"
(Jason) Bateman
Alison
$600 [13]
In England in 1500 the main meal was eaten around noon & called this
dinner
Marty
$600 [30]
"People and senators, be not affrighted; fly not; stand still: ambition's debt is paid"
Julius Caesar
Carlos
$600 [20]
Designated a crime in more & more states each year, it's using the internet to threaten or harass others
cyberbullying
Carlos
$600 [25]
Of a German philosopher, it's said, "Immanuel doesn't pun, he" this
he can't
Marty
$800 [9]
In 1990 Saddam Hussein said this country was part of Iraq & annexed it as a province; not Saddam's best move
Kuwait
Carlos
$800 [5]
Are you seeing what I'm seeing? It's this actor from "Mr. Robot"
(Rami) Malek
Alison
$800 [14]
zagat.com lists "DC's Best for" this type of breakfast where business & political deals get done
a power breakfast
Marty
$1,000 [28]
"Why, there they are, both baked in this pie; whereof their mother daintily hath fed"
Titus Andronicus
$800 [21]
Theft is the crime of stealing in general; this is specifically stealing from a residence or other dwelling
burglary
Alison
$800 [26]
It was an emotional wedding--even the cake was in these
in tiers
Alison
$1,000 [10]
Apt 2-word term for the 6,000-mile journey of the Chinese Communists escaping Nationalists in 1934 & '35
the Long March
Alison
$1,000 [6]
He went from "Deadwood" to "American Gods", where he plays Mr. Wednesday
Ian McShane
Alison
$1,000 [15]
Shakespeare's Falstaff asks, "Will you" do this "with me", a verb meaning "to eat the evening meal"
sup
Carlos
DD $2,000 [29]
"His horse is slain, and all on foot he fights"
Richard III
Alison
$1,000 [22]
From the Latin for "play together", this is people working or conspiring together to commit a crime
collusion
$1,000 [27]
Those wacky 19th century Democrats won with the campaign slogan "We Polked you in '44. We shall" do this to "you in '52"
Pierce

Double Jeopardy! Round

"ALT" LEFT ISLAND NATIONS BASS-O-MATIC YOU STAY CLASSICAL, MUSIC THE NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAMER MOVIE TITLE MATH
$400 [6]
A heated dispute
an altercation
Alison
$400 [1]
Cyprus is the legendary home of this Greek goddess of love
Aphrodite
Marty Carlos
$400 [21]
Open yer yap & identify M. salmoides & M. dolomieu, these 2 popular game fish with contrasting names
largemouth and smallmouth bass
$400 [11]
His composing sons fanned out across Europe, from C.P.E. in Prussia to Johann Christian in London
Johann Sebastian Bach
Marty
$400 [13]
Invented an "apparatus for transmitting sound by electricity" & "techniques for teaching speech to the deaf"
(Alexander Graham) Bell
Marty
$400 [24]
Both from 1960: "Ocean's ____" times "The Magnificent ____"
77
Marty
$800 [7]
How high am I? Let's look at this standard aviation device
an altimeter
Marty
$800 [2]
7 miles east of Venezuela is this island, the larger of the 2 that make up a nation
Trinidad
Marty
$800 [22]
The belted sandfish, a sea bass, is this Greek-derived word, meaning having both male & female sex organs
hermaphrodite
Marty Carlos
$800 [12]
I have to admit, one tune in "The Valkyrie" by this composer always gets me singing, "Kill da wabbit, kill da wabbit..."
Wagner
Carlos
$800 [14]
This partner of Steve Jobs "was awarded the National Medal of Technology... in 1985"
Wozniak
Marty
$800 [25]
"The ____ Year-Old Virgin" minus "The Dirty ____"
28
Carlos
$1,200 [8]
This type of painted screen seenherewas made for a Ghent cathedral
an altarpiece (or altar screen)
Marty Carlos
$1,200 [3]
This capital of an island nation is at the extreme south of North Island
Wellington
Marty Alison
$1,200 [28]
You're in perfect spot to observe the bass species called the white this, a synonym for "roost"
a perch
Marty
$1,200 [18]
The Weber work heardhereis this alliterative kind of composition for woodwind & orchestra
a clarinet concerto
$1,600 [16]
His "discovery, which came to be known as vulcanization, strengthened rubber"
Goodyear
Carlos Alison
$1,200 [23]
"____ Men and a Baby" times "____ Degrees of Separation"
18
Marty
$1,600 [9]
You are nude if you are "in the" this
the altogether
Marty
DD $2,000 [4]
This U.N. member is 500 miles northwest of Scotland
Iceland
Marty
$1,600 [29]
A sea bass called the "giant" this G-word can reach 900 pounds; despite the name, it's solitary
a grouper
Marty
$1,600 [19]
Ravel's instructions for this 1928 work were to start softly & play the end as loudly as possible
Boléro
Marty
$2,000 [17]
This American "pioneered modern rocketry and space flight... held 214 patents in rocketry"
(Robert) Goddard
Marty
$1,600 [26]
"Gone in ____ Seconds" plus "Assault on Precinct ____"
73
$2,000 [10]
It's the brightest star in the constellation Aquila
Altair
$2,000 [5]
Haiti & the Dominican Republic share custody of this island
Hispaniola
Marty
$2,000 [30]
The calico bass is AKA the black this, & we're not making a judgment
the black crappie
$2,000 [20]
"Anitra's Dance" is from a suite by Grieg written for this Ibsen play
Peer Gynt
Marty
DD $4,000 [15]
"Inventor of the Checkered Game of Life, (he) us here d in a new age of parlor games"
Milton Bradley
Marty
$2,000 [27]
"(____) Days of Summer" times "____ Heads in a Duffel Bag"
4000
Marty

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY BOOKS

An "ineffable quality", this 3-word title represents "the ability to go up in a hurtling piece of machinery" day after day

The Right Stuff

Carlos "What is Cold as Ice?" — wagered $3,500
Alison "What is Brave New" — wagered $1,000
Marty "What is The Right Stuff?" — wagered $3,600

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