Show #7788 2018-06-20 (taped 2018-02-20) Regular

Contestants

Tyler Dilts — a novelist and teacher from Long Beach, California

Lindsay Garces — an insurance underwriter from East Boston, Massachusetts

Ali Hasan — a secondary school teacher from New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,401)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ali	$1,200	$3,000	$13,400	$26,401 2-day champion: $46,802	$15,000 20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Lindsay	$3,800	$3,600	$8,200	$1,200 3rd place: $1,000	$6,400 11 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Tyler	$1,400	$4,400	$13,200	$13,200 2nd place: $2,000	$13,200 16 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

THAT'S A GOOD-LOOKIN' TITLE WORD	25 YEARS AGO: 1993	IT'S TOTALLY TUBULAR	I GIVE YOU EVERYTHING...	THE SUN, THE MOON, THE STARS	& THIS IS THE THANKS I GET?!
$200 [1] 1986 was in the pink with this movie "in Pink" pretty Tyler	$200 [18] The Maastricht treaty went into effect November 1, 1993, officially creating this political entity the European Union Ali	$200 [6] This tube in which you can see changing colors was popular from its invention in 1816; Lord Byron got one as a gift a kaleidoscope Tyler	$200 [23] This phrase meaning to do good deeds for strangers who then do the same became the title of a 2000 movie pay it forward Ali Tyler	$200 [22] The gas & dust of a dying star called the Cat's Eye Nebulawere caught in a picture taken by this instrument the Hubble Telescope Ali	$200 [11] En francais, this "beaucoup" means thank you very much merci beaucoup Ali
$400 [2] Ashton Kutcher co-created reality TV's this "and the Geek" beauty Ali	$400 [25] Flooding by these 2 rivers that begin with the same 4 letters inundated parts of 9 states & left $15 billion in damage the Mississippi and Missouri Ali	$400 [7] Besides using it to moisten turkey, you can also use this tube with a rubber bulb at one end to water high-hanging plants a baster Lindsay	$400 [15] This Aussie monotreme's unusual head is streamlined--each ear being housed in a groove together with a small eye duck-billed platypus	$600 [29] The element makes up about 72% of the sun's mass hydrogen Ali	$400 [12] "Asante" is the way to say "thank you" in this official language of Kenya Swahili Lindsay
$600 [3] When George Clooney & Michelle Pfeiffer get together, it's "One" this "Day" fine Lindsay	$600 [26] These 3 words follow "Whoomp!" in Tag Team's monster hit song of 1993 there it is Lindsay	$600 [8] Carl Orff made this end-blown flute vital to music education, which is partly why kids across the U.S. learn to play it a recorder Lindsay	$600 [16] The 1453 fall of Constantinople ended this empire whose name has come to describe something intricate Byzantine Ali	$800 [28] Just over 4 light years from Earth (hi, neighbor!), this triple star's motion towards our sun is 12.5 miles per second Alpha Centauri	$600 [13] This town in Honduras was the 16th century capital of all Spanish-conquered Central America, "thank you"! Gracias Ali
$800 [4] Billy Crystal's Fernando knows this word for Amazon's Mrs. Maisel marvelous Lindsay	$1,000 [19] The 1993 secession of Eritrea left this largest horn of Africa country landlocked Ethiopia Ali	$800 [9] As seen here, this pasta, similar to cannelloni, often gets stuffed with spinach & ricotta manicotti Lindsay	$800 [17] The word angel is the equivalent of the Hebrew word "malakh", meaning this; the Greek god Hermes was one a messenger Lindsay Tyler	$1,000 [27] This dim, extended halo above the sun's chromosphere heats up to over 1 million Kelvin the corona Tyler	$800 [14] This 6-letter Hawaiian word means "thank you"; you can use 5 of those 6 to say "hello" mahalo Lindsay
$1,000 [5] On TV's "GLOW", Alison Brie is one of these "Ladies of Wrestling" gorgeous Lindsay	DD $2,000 [20] A major gun control measure known as this was signed into law in November the Brady Bill Ali	$1,000 [10] Anatomically speaking, they're also called oviducts Fallopian tubes Tyler	$1,000 [24] In 2008 this African country introduced a $100 billion banknote; it was worth one U.S. dollar Zimbabwe Ali	—	$1,000 [21] A 1983 hit by Styx helped America learn this way to say thank you in Japanese domo arigato Tyler

Double Jeopardy! Round

THEY TURNED MY BOOK INTO A MOVIE	BODIES OF WATER	WHO ESSENTIAL MEDICINES	SPORTS DOCTORS	BEFORE HUMANITY	3 P's, PPPLEASE
$400 [5] "Fifty Shades Darker" E.L. James Tyler	$400 [15] Both sides of the Dardanelles Strait are in this country Turkey Ali	$400 [20] WHO's essential inhalational medicines are halothane, isoflurane, nitrous oxide & this element oxygen Ali	$400 [19] This "doctor" won 3 straight ABA MVP awards in the '70s & an NBA MVP in the 1980s Dr. J (or Julius Erving) Tyler	$400 [6] The aptly named Cryogenian Period, ending about 635 million years ago, included several of these harsh ages ice ages Ali	$400 [11] Suitable or fitting for a particular purpose; I think that's quite... appropriate Tyler
$800 [4] "Lolita" Nabokov Lindsay	$800 [16] Lake Ontario is 326' below Lake Erie, so serious water will fall at some point in this river connecting the 2 lakes the Niagara River	$800 [26] Essential pain medicines include this Advil & Nuprin ingredient ibuprofen Lindsay	$800 [30] For the 1984 Mets, 19-year-old Dwight Gooden, "AKA "Dr. K", notched 276 of these strikeouts	$800 [7] This fossilized tree resin can yield very ancient lizards trapped in it with their soft tissue intact amber Ali	$800 [12] urbandictionary.com says a true this "wears, but is not limited to, polo...Lacoste... sweaters tied around the neck" a preppy Tyler
$1,200 [3] "The Prince of Tides" Pat Conroy Tyler	$1,200 [17] In 1974 this Idaho river seemed to scream, "Leap over me in a rocket!"; then "Nice try!" the Snake River Tyler	$1,600 [28] WHO says to use antileprosy meds only in combination to prevent emergence of this, which makes them ineffective resistance	$1,200 [25] Punning on a Kubrick movie title, error-prone Dick Stuart of the 1964 Red Sox was nicknamed "Dr." this Dr. Strangeglove Tyler	$1,200 [8] As best we can tell, 66 million years ago, an asteroid hit this peninsula, wiping out the dinosaurs the Yucatan Peninsula Tyler	$1,200 [13] 2-word grammar term for words like fallen or sung past participle Ali
$1,600 [2] "The Yearling" Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings	$1,600 [21] "If you ever go across the sea to Ireland", check out this bay on the west coast, immortalized in song Galway Bay	$2,000 [29] Isoniazid is essential to combating this lung infection that's made an unfortunate comeback tuberculosis Ali	$1,600 [22] Doc Romnes, who must have had a great rinkside manner, won this NHL sportsmanship award in 1936 Lady Byng Ali	$1,600 [9] Some of these gems are billions of years older than the South African kimberlite in which they're found diamonds Ali	DD $2,000 [14] 15-letter adjective described the time after a nuclear war post-apocalyptic Ali
$2,000 [1] "The Iron Giant" Ted Hughes	$2,000 [24] The creation of this lake, AKA Lake Nubia, forced the removal of many Egyptian artifacts Lake Nasser Ali	DD $3,000 [27] "Activated" this, in powder form, is an essential poisoning antidote charcoal Lindsay	$2,000 [23] Fullback Doc Blanchard was "Mr. Inside" for this school's undefeated 1944-46 Black Knights Army Ali	$2,000 [10] Discovered in 2014, the baby skull dubbed "Alesi" has human-life ear tubes but a small snout like this lesser ape the gibbon	$2,000 [18] Be the big man on it in knowing it's a region of the brain associated primarily with memory the hippocampus Tyler

Final Jeopardy!

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Not in the initial score, the feature giving this symphony its byname was a whim added by the composer close to its 1792 debut

the "Surprise" Symphony

Lindsay "What is enigma" — wagered $7,000

Tyler "What" — wagered $0

Ali "What is the Surprise Symphony?" — wagered $13,001

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