Show #7751 2018-04-30 (taped 2018-01-24) Regular

Contestants

Leslye Laderman — an employee benefits attorney from Creve Coeur, Missouri

Osman Syed — a student from Jamesville, New York

Alexandra Henkoff — a college admissions counselor from Houston, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,300)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Alexandra	$1,200	$2,200	$3,800	$300 3rd place: $1,000	$3,800 13 R, 4 W
Osman	$6,000	$9,000	$27,400	$33,333 New champion: $33,333	$21,400 30 R (including 3 DDs), 3 W
Leslye	$-200	$3,000	$6,200	$7,601 2nd place: $2,000	$6,200 7 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

LITERARY CHARACTERS	LET'S WATCH CARTOONS	STATE CAPITALS BY COUNTY	JIVE TALKIN'	YOU SHOULD BE DANCING	THE B.G.s
$200 [1] In a "Song" by Longfellow, Wenonah, the daughter of Nokomis, gives birth to this hero Hiawatha Alexandra	$200 [6] Bobby, hyper-aware on A.D.D. drugs on this Texas 'toon:"There's some milk in the fridge that's about to go bad... & there it goes" King of the Hill Osman	$200 [13] Fulton County Atlanta Alexandra Leslye	$200 [20] Used to alliteratively describe a brook, it means chatting or murmuring incoherently babbling Alexandra	$200 [16] "It takes two to do" this sensual ballroom dance that may have come from the brothels of Buenos Aires the tango Osman	$200 [11] Aboard this ship, Benjamin Guggenheim took off his lifebelt, put on evening clothes & wrote to his wife the Titanic Osman
$400 [2] With the Ghost of Christmas Past, he remembers a holiday party hosted by Mr. Fezziwig, his former employer Scrooge Osman	$400 [7] This Netflix character looked like he was headed for an Oscar nomination for his role as Secretariat BoJack Horseman Osman	$400 [14] Maricopa County Phoenix Osman	$400 [21] This word for unintelligible technical talk begins with the sound that a turkey makes gobbledygook Osman	$400 [27] Britannica credits this man with transforming "traditional Irish dancing into a popular spectator attraction" (Michael) Flatley Osman	$400 [12] He co-founded a company called Traf-O-Data while still in high school Bill Gates Alexandra
$800 [4] Profession of Miss Jean Brodie, whose "Prime" is the subject of a novel by Muriel Spark a teacher Alexandra	$600 [8] Bill Burr & Laura Dern lead their clan on "F is for" this, & don't turn your response into a YouTube moment F is for Family Osman	$600 [15] Anne Arundel County Annapolis Alexandra	$600 [22] You can also sing nonsense, like this style Louis Armstrong employed on "Heebie Jeebies" scat singing Osman	$600 [23] Heard here, considered risque back in the day, it's the dance dance down to the music the can-can Osman	$600 [17] A final score from 1964:LBJ 486, this B.G. 52 (Barry) Goldwater Leslye
DD $1,000 [3] In this 17th c. work God says the fallen angels are subject to free will & therefore the authors of their own fate Paradise Lost Osman	$800 [9] The yakuza, Kenny Loggins & selling a ton of cocaine were in this spy cartoon that added "Vice" to its title in season 5 Archer Osman	$800 [29] Laramie County Cheyenne Leslye	$800 [25] In the novel "1984" official propaganda is written in this artificial & euphemistic language Newspeak Osman	$800 [24] People doing this dance at a nightclub in the 1970s inspired Van McCoy to write a song about it the hustle Alexandra	$800 [18] In 1986 big band legend Benny Goodman spent his last hours of life practicing Brahms on this instrument the clarinet Leslye
$1,000 [5] P.G. Wodehouse in his first story said all this man did was announce, "Mrs. Travers, sir" but his role later expanded Jeeves Osman	$1,000 [10] Turns out one of Roger the Alien's disguises on this show was 1980 Miracle on Ice Olympic teamer Chex Lemeneux American Dad! Alexandra Osman	$1,000 [30] Kennebec County Augusta Alexandra Leslye	$1,000 [26] Speaking in a roundabout way is this, from the Latin for around & speak circumlocution Alexandra Osman	$1,000 [28] In 1926, this dance made the cover of an early version of Life magazine the Charleston Osman	$1,000 [19] This Georgia signer of the Declaration of Independence was as cute as a small clothing fastener Button Gwinnett

Double Jeopardy! Round

JAPAN-POURRI	MUSEUMS	RHYMES WITH BOB	HIPSTERY	POP CULTURE IN THE NEWS	THINKING ABOUT THE ENLIGHTENMENT
$400 [10] Integrating singing, dancing & music, this style of drama with a 1-syllable name is almost plotless noh Osman	$400 [1] Treasures in this London museum include the Rosetta Stone & one of the oldest images of Christ the British Museum Alexandra Osman Leslye	$400 [2] A large & disorderly crowd a mob Osman	$400 [15] Settler Pieter Wyckoff moved into this borough before it was cool--actually, in 1637, before it even existed Brooklyn Alexandra	$400 [6] Diagnosed with lupus nephritis, singer Selena Gomez received a transplant of this vital organ a kidney Alexandra	$400 [3] This Scot's "The Wealth of Nations" is a classic of laissez-faire capitalism Adam Smith Alexandra
$1,200 [12] A Japanese edict of the 1630s restricted most foreign ships to this port where "Madame Butterfly" is set Nagasaki Alexandra Osman	$800 [22] The National Liberty Museum, with its own bell, is in this city Philadelphia Leslye	$800 [17] Thackeray said that "he who meanly admires mean things is" one of these people who's convinced of his superiority a snob Alexandra	$800 [16] Some 1860s-style riding was on a "boneshaker" type of this vehicle with metal wheels a bicycle Leslye	$800 [7] This Michigan singer said, "I'm not running for Senate! Are you...kidding me? Who...couldn't figure that out?" Kid Rock Osman	$800 [4] Denis Diderot's work on the multi-volume opus simply called this sought to unite knowledge of every art & science Encyclopedie Osman
$1,600 [13] As a toast or a battle cry, in Japanese it means "may you live 10,000 years" banzai	$1,200 [23] The goggles seenhereon display at the National Air & Space Museum were worn by her during the 1929 Women's National Air Derby Amelia Earhart Osman	$1,200 [18] Pulsate with pain throb Osman	$1,200 [19] In the 1860s Loepold Lairitz made a vegan type of this soft wool or cotton fabric--no word on if they offered plaid flannel Osman	$1,200 [27] #Me Too evolved into this movement against sexual harassment that was a popular pin in awards season in 2018 #TimesUp Osman	$1,200 [5] Montesquieu wrote in favor of separation of powers & this system ensuring govt. branches are equal in power checks and balances Alexandra
$2,000 [14] Thesepieces made to attach a purse or box to a man's sash became prized works of art netsukes	$2,000 [25] The 45-acre campus of this Jerusalem museum, Israel's official memorial to the Holocaust, lies on the Mount of Remembrance Yad Vashem Leslye	$1,600 [26] From the Latin for "whitewash", it means to apply paint with crude strokes daub Osman	$1,600 [20] This3-initial thinker sported a hip beard as a civil rights activist and NAACP co-founder W.E.B. Du Bois Osman	—	$1,600 [8] A key to this Brit's "Two Treatises of Government" is his idea of "natural rights" like life & liberty (John) Locke Osman
DD $3,500 [11] Chanko nabe is a high-protein stew that's traditionally cooked for those training for this sport sumo Osman	DD $4,500 [24] Home to many Dutch masterpieces, it recently added an Asian pavilion that's surrounded by water the Rijksmuseum Osman	—	$2,000 [21] When this 3-initial writer of "Tales" lived in Bamberg, Germany around 1815, he could have enjoyed many craft breweries E.T.A. Hoffmann	—	$2,000 [9] Voltaire advocated this 5-letter religious belief based on reason deism

Final Jeopardy!

AUTHORS ON AUTHORS

Whitman said this man's poetry has "a propensity toward nocturnal themes, a demoniac undertone behind every page"

Edgar Allan Poe

Alexandra "Who is Dante" — wagered $3,500

Leslye "Who is Poe?" — wagered $1,401

Osman "Who is E.A. Poe" — wagered $5,933

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