Show #7716 2018-03-12 (taped 2017-12-12) Regular

Contestants

Zach Dark — an investment analyst from Hoover, Alabama

Ashley O'Mara — a Ph.D. candidate and teaching associate from Baldwinsville, New York

Mark Ashton — a software engineer from Elmhurst, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $29,100)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mark	$200	$2,000	$6,000	$6,000 2nd place: $2,000	$6,000 16 R, 5 W
Ashley	$400	$1,600	$600	$600 3rd place: $1,000	$4,200 9 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Zach	$1,000	$4,600	$24,000	$29,000 New champion: $29,000	$22,200 22 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE 7 ANCIENT WONDERS	THIS IS NOT A DRILL (OR IS IT?)	REVERSIBLE COMPOUND WORDS	"M"TERTAINMENT	BEAUTY TRENDS	QUOTH THE AMENDMENT
$200 [1] They're the oldest & best preserved of the 7 ancient wonders the pyramids Mark	$200 [26] New recruits at Parris Island get whipped into shape by a D.I., short for this a drill instructor Zach	$200 [21] An apple pastry & to reverse a legal decision turnover and overturn Mark	$200 [14] Ariel Winter was the title Dunphy in "The Day Alex Left for College", a 2015 episode of this sitcom Modern Family Mark	$200 [4] When overlining to make these look fuller, Khloe Kardashian says do it top & bottom but not at the sides lips Mark	$200 [3] "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state..." the Second Amendment Ashley
$400 [2] The fire at its top guided ships for over a thousand years the Lighthouse at Alexandria Zach	$400 [27] The more fashionable amongst us know that espadrilles are a type of these shoes Ashley	$400 [22] An unexpected victory by a lesser team & a plan that makes use of an unsuspecting person upset and setup Mark	$400 [15] You can play with blocks in creative mode or fight monsters in survival mode in this video game Minecraft Mark	$400 [8] This vacuum brand reversed the flow with its "supersonic" hair dryer Dyson	$400 [6] "Congress shall make no law..." the First Amendment Ashley
$600 [5] Standing over 100 feet tall, the Colossus of Rhodes was a huge bronze statue of this sun god whose name mean "sun" Helios Zach	$600 [28] It's a 1 followed by 15 zeroes a quadrillion Mark Zach	$600 [23] The sound of a firearm & a firearm used to ensure a pregnant daughter gets married a gunshot and a shotgun Ashley	$600 [16] In a 2016 hit a hospitable Flo Rida offered a "welcome to" this title place my house Zach	$600 [9] This word for "shape" can mean using makeup to create a new shape for your face contouring Ashley	DD $600 [7] "No person shall... be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb" the Fifth Amendment Ashley
$800 [12] Her temple at Ephesus was destroyed by invading Goths in 262 Artemis Mark	$800 [29] The Lafayette Escadrille in World War I was made up of men who operated these airplanes Mark	$800 [24] Food sold to be eaten elsewhere & a film clip left on the editing room floor takeout and outtake Zach	$800 [17] Simon Baker must have had a vision that he'd be a hit as Patrick Jane on this series The Mentalist Zach	$800 [10] Skip the glue--One Two lashes attach to your real lashes using tiny these to hold them in place magnets Ashley	$800 [19] "The right of the people to be secure in their persons... shall not be violated" the Fourth Zach
$1,000 [13] Fragments of sculpture from this tomb are in the British Museum the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus Mark Ashley	$1,000 [30] Here's this distinctive monkey of the African rainforest a mandrill Ashley	$1,000 [25] Chores around the domicile & a Dickensian institution where the poor exchanged labor for lodging housework and a workhouse Mark	$1,000 [18] Heracclaimed roles range from Roseanne's sister Jackie to the mom in "Lady Bird" Laurie Metcalf	$1,000 [11] Add some bling to your fingers with Swarovski Pixie--crushed these to sprinkle on wet nails crystals Mark	$1,000 [20] "The powers not delegated to the United States... are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people" the Tenth Zach

Double Jeopardy! Round

STRANGE BEDFELLOWS	LITERARY L.A.	MOVIE WORDS	THE LAKE SHOW	EDUCATION	"SHOW" & "TELL"
$400 [6] When they met in 1959, Marilyn Monroe said this Soviet premier looked at her the way a man looks at a woman Khrushchev Zach	$400 [7] (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue from The Last Bookstore in Los Angeles.) Living in Los Angeles when he wrote "Fahrenheit 451", this author took the title from the temperature at which paper burns (Ray) Bradbury Zach	$400 [21] An actor playing a role vastly different from other roles he's known for is "cast against" this type Mark	$400 [26] Lake Uri is where this Swiss hero is said to have leaped from a prison-bound boat & escaped Gessler William Tell Mark	$400 [16] 19th c. teacher James Pillans boasted of being among the first to have students make chalk markings on this a slate (or blackboard) Ashley	$400 [1] Groucho Marx called "military" this "a contradiction in terms" intelligence Zach
$800 [10] Pam Anderson's trips to London's Ecuadorian embassy had People magazine asking if she was dating this man (Julian) Assange Mark	$800 [8] "I'm Losing You", "I'll Let You Go" & 2003's "Still Holding" are Bruce Wagner's showbiz trilogy named for this device a cell phone	$800 [22] It's the "circular" term for redoing dialogue of a low sound quality looping Mark	$800 [27] The Uda & Chikoy are among the 300-plus rivers & streams that flow into this huge Siberian lake Baikal Ashley	$800 [17] 24 states mandate this kind of education; 22 of them say to include HIV in the curriculum sex education Zach	$800 [2] To ostentatiously display ability, like your knowledge of Edna Ferber's works show off (or showboat) Ashley
$1,200 [11] When this Italian director & fan met Stan Lee, Lee's receptionist pronounced his name like a serious type of crime Fellini Mark	$1,200 [9] In this author's "The Long Goodbye", Philip Marlowe is living on Yucca Ave. & drinking at Victor's Raymond Chandler Mark	$1,200 [23] Fittingly, given what his name means, Joe Pesci starred as "My Cousin Vinny", this kind of tale of culture shock a fish out of water Zach	$1,600 [30] Every little breeze seems to whisper this Alberta lake, so named to honor the daughter of Queen Victoria Louise Zach	$1,600 [19] In 2017 this N.J. city regained local control over its schools & 55,000 students, taken over by the state in 1995 Newark Zach	$1,200 [3] Originally, it was a series of pictures viewed through a hole in a box--P.S., it now has a seedier meaning a peep show Zach
$1,600 [12] Sir Arthur Conan Doyle hosted a seance to contact this magician's mother; it didn't go well & the 2 friends parted ways Houdini Zach	$1,600 [14] L.A. foster homes & poisoning with the white plant of the title are part of this Janet Fitch novel White Oleander Zach	$1,600 [24] "Above the" this refers to the budgeted cost associated with the major talent above the line Zach	$2,000 [29] In 1802 Matthew Flinders discovered the rather unusual-looking & very salty Lake Hillierin this nation Australia Mark	$2,000 [20] A 1988 law boosting research & new strategies is named for these 2 qualities, 1 of a math whiz & 1 of a violin prodigy gifted and talented	$1,600 [4] A piece of fabric on a boat mast to show wind direction, or a Poe title adjective a telltale Mark
$2,000 [13] Thisone-time POTUS hopeful once had a drinking session with unlikely pal Hunter S. Thompson Pat Buchanan Zach	$2,000 [15] Michael Connelly says this cop & "Hollywood Station" author "took crime fiction to a whole new level" Joseph Wambaugh	$2,000 [25] Term for a sought-after item that drives a plot; Hitchcock said the word originated as a device to trap lions in Scotland MacGuffin Zach	DD $3,000 [28] Take a look & we'll Clooney you into this lake, 25 miles north of Milan Lake Como Ashley	DD $3,000 [18] There was a 21st C. boom in boot camps for this activity, a less scary version of computer programming coding Zach	$2,000 [5] Colorado ski resort & film festival locale Telluride Mark

Final Jeopardy!

FIRST LADY FACTS

In 1982, when Bess Truman died, she had been enrolled in this government program for about 17 years, longer than anyone else

Medicare

Ashley "What is Social Security?" — wagered $0

Mark "What is Medicare" — wagered $0

Zach "What is Medicare?" — wagered $5,000

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