Show #7792 2018-06-26 (taped 2018-02-21) Regular

Contestants

Andrew King — a lawyer from Little Rock, Arkansas

Jeff Witte — an electrical engineer from Fort Collins, Colorado

Kelly Griffin — a teacher from Brookhaven, Mississippi (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Kelly	$3,000	$5,600	$18,000	$1,000 2nd place: $2,000	$18,000 19 R, 0 W
Jeff	$2,800	$6,600	$13,400	$2 3rd place: $1,000	$12,400 20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Andrew	$400	$1,800	$13,999	$1,198 New champion: $1,198	$8,600 14 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W

Jeopardy! Round

NOM DE MUPPET	IN THE STATE SONG	SPACED-OUT BUSINESS	REMEMBER THE LADIES	OLIVE MY LOVE	2 "U"
$200 [3] This balcony-based curmudgeon is named for a New York City hotel--his wife is even named Astoria Waldorf Jeff	$200 [14] In "Go", this state, the state's name is catchily spelled out 5 different times Mississippi Andrew	$200 [26] It must have been in the stars in 2007 when it was announced this company would merge with XM Satellite Radio Sirius Kelly	$200 [1] In 1776 she wrote to husband John, "Remember the ladies, and be more generous...to them than your ancestors" Abigail Adams Kelly	$200 [23] "Extra" this type of olive oil comes only from pressed olives, with no added chemicals virgin Jeff	$200 [9] Amount produced in a given time, or stuff that comes from a computer output Jeff
$400 [4] Hemay have told us his name, but we didn't understand him, so we know him by his nationality the Swedish Chef Jeff	$400 [18] This, o this! "Your freeborn single star, sends out its radiance to nations near & far" Texas Jeff	$400 [25] This bar from Mars, Inc. has caramel, chocolate & nougat Milky Way Kelly	$400 [2] Just prior to the Spanish-American War, she offered Pres. McKinley "fifty lady sharpshooters at your disposal" Annie Oakley Jeff	$400 [27] By law, olives labeled as "Kalamata" must come from a region of this country Greece Kelly	$400 [10] To roll out, like a flag unfurl Kelly
$600 [5] Miss Piggy was named for a Peggy, this "Fever" singer Peggy Lee Jeff	$600 [15] In this state's song, "They shall guard thy fame & adore they name; thou shalt be their northern star" Minnesota Andrew	$600 [21] Slow, floating objects were the bane of the triangle-shaped ship's existence in this 1979 Atari video game Asteroids Jeff	$600 [8] In 1925, shemade the first of several field trips to American Samoa Margaret Mead Andrew	$600 [28] This sweet pepper is that red thing peeping out from the middle of your basic stuffed olive a pimento Jeff	$600 [19] Colorful, rhyming 2-word term for a sickout by police officers a blue flu Andrew
$800 [6] One of the 2 scientific Muppets who share their names with laboratory equipment Beaker (or Bunsen) Kelly	$800 [16] "If you follow the old Kit Carson Trail until desert meets the hills", you'll know "Home means" this state Nevada Andrew	$800 [22] This cleaning product streaks through your bathroom & "kills 99.9% of germs" Comet Kelly	$800 [11] In 2017 on the one-year anniv. of her canonization, a cathedral in Kosovo was consecrated in her honor Mother Teresa Kelly	$800 [29] Olives are too bitter to be eaten off the tree; like a recovering patient, they have to be this cured Kelly	$800 [13] Lotsa pasta flour comes from this type of wheat durum Kelly Andrew
$1,000 [7] Rizzo the Rat's name came from Dustin Hoffman's character in this Best Picture Oscar winner Midnight Cowboy Jeff	$1,000 [17] "Smoky Mountain rain keeps fallin'" in one of this state's 10--yes, 10--state songs Tennessee Andrew	DD $2,000 [24] Chevrolet & PBS have made very different versions of things called this Nova Jeff	$1,000 [12] The first drama by an African-American woman produced on Broadway washer"A Raisin in the Sun" Lorraine Hansberry Andrew	$1,000 [30] Together with capers & anchovies, olives are a key ingredient in this French-named spread tapenade	$1,000 [20] A type of ancient soothsayer; add a "Y", you get an omen an augur Andrew

Double Jeopardy! Round

YES, PRIME MINISTER	COMMON BONDS	UNREAL ESTATE	QUOTES OF VICTORY	BROADWAY MUSICALS	5-SYLLABLE WORDS
$400 [5] As she left office, no one since 1827 had served longer continuously as Britain's prime minister (Margaret) Thatcher Andrew	$400 [20] Black, butter, kidney beans Kelly	$400 [8] This city is located at the spot where the lands of the Winkies, Gillikins, Quadlings & Munchkins meet the Emerald City Jeff	$400 [18] This author famed for a 16th century manual for tyrants warned, "Previous victories are all canceled by present defeats" Machiavelli Andrew	$400 [11] It's the word & the musical set at Rydell High in the 1950s Grease Jeff Andrew	$400 [23] It comes before "medley" in Olympic swimming individual Andrew
$800 [4] In 2012 this future Canadian PM soundly beat up a senator from the opposing party in public...boxing for charity, that is (Justin) Trudeau Andrew	$800 [21] Hakuna matata, safari, hatari Swahili words and phrases Andrew	$800 [9] 6-inch-tall folk populate this country in "Gulliver's Travels" Lilliput Jeff	$800 [27] Entertainer Eddie Cantor remarked, "It takes 20 years" to become this type of speedy "success" an overnight success Kelly	$800 [13] Completes the title of the dance musical "Bring in 'da Noise..." Bring in 'da Funk Kelly	$800 [24] Many small children have this kind of friend; title ones in kids' books include Jessica, Crenshaw & Beekle imaginary Jeff
$1,200 [1] Educated at Harvard & Oxford, this woman led Pakistan in the '80s & again in the '90s Benazir Bhutto	$1,200 [19] Bears, small icebergs, your tummy things that growl Jeff	$1,200 [10] Orodruin, a volcanic mountain in Mordor, is also known as Mount this Mount Doom Kelly	$1,200 [28] What this Packers coach actually said was "Winning isn't everything, but making the effort to win is" Vince Lombardi Jeff	$1,200 [14] The songs "Luck Be A Lady" & "A Bushel And A Peck" are featured in this musical Guys and Dolls Jeff	$1,200 [6] The Greek word oikos led to this word meaning thrifty in the use of money or other things economical
$1,600 [2] The U.S. invaded this country soon after the 1983 execution of its prime minister, Maurice Bishop Grenada Andrew	$1,600 [22] Tyro, greenhorn, catechumen words for beginners Jeff	$1,600 [12] For an 1886 novel, Thomas Hardy created this town & its mayor Michael Henchard Casterbridge Kelly	$1,600 [29] Italian foreign minister Ciano was one of those who observed, "Victory finds 100 fathers but defeat is" this an orphan Andrew	$1,600 [16] Based on a book & film, its opening song is "The Candy Man" Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Kelly	$1,600 [7] The spread of atomic weapons to different countries is called the nuclear type of this proliferation Jeff
DD $2,400 [3] Hun Sen, who spent much of the 1970s in exile in Vietnam, became prime minister of this country in 1985 & was still in office 30 years later Cambodia Andrew	$2,000 [26] A family of beetles, the Zulu language, an action with a mouse things that click Kelly	$2,000 [15] A group of travelers use Saknussemm's Corridor to do this, the title of a Verne novel Journey to the Center of the Earth Kelly Jeff	DD $6,999 [30] In 1776 in "The American Crisis" he wrote, "The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph" Paine Andrew	$2,000 [17] Characters in this Sondheim musical include a witch, a baker & Little Red Riding Hood Into the Woods Kelly Andrew	$2,000 [25] This "stately" element was discovered in 1950 californium Jeff

Final Jeopardy!

INTERNATIONAL CINEMA

Getting its nickname from a capital, Dhallywood is the name for the film industry in this Asian country

Bangladesh

Jeff "What is Laos?" — wagered $13,398

Andrew "What is United Arab Emirates?" — wagered $12,801

Kelly "What is" — wagered $17,000

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