Show #7808 2018-07-18 (taped 2018-04-03) Regular

Ryan Fenster game 6.

Contestants

Caitlion O'Neill — a vegan cheesemaker from New Orleans, Louisiana

Kyle Adams — a communications manager from Monument, Colorado

Ryan Fenster — a banker from SeaTac, Washington (whose 5-day cash winnings total $113,798)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ryan	$1,200	$2,800	$6,800	$13,599 6-day champion: $127,397	$11,600 16 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Kyle	$1,000	$2,200	$10,600	$7,599 2nd place: $2,000	$10,600 13 R, 2 W
Caitlion	$2,400	$200	$5,600	$2 3rd place: $1,000	$9,800 15 R, 6 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC HISTORY FROM THE PAST	THE WEATHER	PUN-ISHING CLUES	NOVELS	"NEW" GEOGRAPHY	FILM & HIT SONG SAME NAME
$200 [1] Familiar acronym for an agreement signed in 1992 by Canada, the U.S. & Mexico that gradually got rid of tariffs NAFTA Ryan	$200 [4] Expressed as a percentage, it's all "relative" this, the water vapor in the air at any given time & temp humidity Caitlion	$200 [16] "To live until you are very, very old", or to widen one's pupils to dilate/die late	$200 [3] The title object being sought in Tom Clancy's "The Hunt for Red October" is one of these a submarine Caitlion	$200 [19] It's the world capital where you'll find the Akshardham Hindu temple, one of the world's largest New Delhi Ryan	$200 [26] Taraji P. Henson &Ike and Tina Turner "Proud Mary" Kyle Caitlion
$400 [2] On Nov. 7, 1774 residents of York County, Virginia emulated Bostonians & dumped chests of this into the river tea Kyle	$400 [5] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a weather model on the monitor.) When frigid air moves under warm air, pushing it up & producing heavy rain or snow, it forms one of these 2-word zones a cold front Caitlion	$400 [17] "Things that can be seen from the Eiffel Tower", or animals that live & feed on other animals Paris sites/parasites Caitlion	$400 [8] In Nevil Shute's "A Town Like Alice", a young woman survives WWII in Asia & then starts a new life in this country's bush Australia Ryan	$400 [9] This state is the "Land of Enchantment" New Mexico Caitlion	$800 [27] Patrick Dempsey &The Beatles "Can't Buy Me Love"
$600 [13] This policy, Russian for "openness", was begun by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985 glasnost Ryan	$600 [6] In April 2017 the governor of this large state declared an end to the drought emergency... for now California Caitlion	$600 [23] "What a female softball player catches the ball with", or a religious recluse her mitt/hermit Kyle	$600 [20] In addition to the tales of his fabled detective, this man penned "The White Company", an adventure of the Middle Ages Arthur Conan Doyle Ryan	$600 [10] In 2001 Canada added "and Labrador" to the name of this province Newfoundland Caitlion	DD $2,000 [28] Nicolas Cage &Sheryl Crow "Leaving Las Vegas" Caitlion
$800 [14] Time to cross this stream near Rimini, Italy that got immortalized on Jan. 10, 49 B.C. the Rubicon Caitlion	$800 [7] Most weather occurs in this lowest "sphere" of the Earth's atmosphere that extends up to around 12 miles the troposphere Kyle Caitlion	$800 [24] "What a chicken does to an egg", or a small ax hatch it/hatchet Ryan	$800 [21] In the future soldiers like Johnny Rico fight alien "bugs" in this Robert Heinlein sci-fi novel Starship Troopers Kyle	$800 [11] The western half of this island comprises Papua & West Papua New Guinea Kyle	—
$1,000 [15] Developed in 1938, this easily inhaled nerve agent that causes paralysis was used by Iraq against the Kurds sarin Ryan Kyle	$1,000 [18] It's the term for a warm layer above a cool one when going higher in the atmosphere; the reverse is what's normal an inversion layer Ryan	$1,000 [25] "Former circus big top enclosure", or the distance something encompasses ex-tent/extent	$1,000 [22] A father & son try to avoid marauding cannibals on their trek in this Cormac McCarthy novel The Road Ryan	$1,000 [12] In the 1800s this Massachusetts city was the world's leading whaling port New Bedford Ryan	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

SOCRATES, PLATO & ARISTOTLE	THEOED's RECENT WORDS	THAT'S SO RANDOM!	A LITTLE SCIENCE	NEW PHONE	WHO "DIS"?
$400 [3] Most of Plato's works are in this form; Socrates is among the speakers in all but one a dialogue Ryan Caitlion	$400 [1] Financial assistance from your parents is facetiously called a loan from "the bank of" these 2 Mom & Dad Caitlion	$400 [14] Run over back in 1869, Mary Ward is thought to be the first victim of one of these accidents an automobile Ryan	$400 [19] This unit counted by dieters properly has "kilo" in front of it calorie Caitlion	$400 [6] One of these for your wireless smartphone is called Qi, a Chinese term for energy a charger Ryan	$400 [26] Presidential first name of male baseball player Bumgarner & of female tennis player Keys Madison Kyle
$800 [4] Aristotle explores how to live a happy & virtuous life in works called "Nicomachean" & "Eudemian" these ethics Ryan	$800 [2] This type of networking is sometimes shortened to P2P peer-to-peer Ryan	$800 [21] A star has been on the label of this Dutch beer since 1884 Heineken Kyle	$800 [20] The name of a Russian scientist gives us this adjective for an unthinking reaction Pavlovian Kyle Caitlion	$800 [7] For the slowest of slow motion shots, Sony offers a phone that can shoot at 1,000 FPS, FPS meaning this frames per second Kyle	$800 [27] He won more Oscars than anyone else, more than twice as many as No. 2 Walt Disney Caitlion
$1,200 [5] Bill summarizes for Ted:"Socrates: the only true wisdom consists in knowing that you know" this nothing Kyle	$1,200 [11] These awards given annually by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences were awarded an OED entry the Webby Awards	$1,200 [22] Henry Shreve invented a sawmill-toting steamboat to break up a 100+-mile one of these, now a word for any blockage a logjam Caitlion	$1,200 [23] We don't love this "L.A." when it makes our muscles burn during exercise lactic acid Ryan	$1,200 [8] Whether or not it has a silver back, there's a good chance your phone has Corning's this ape "glass" for its screen Gorilla Kyle	$1,200 [28] Thiscelebrity chef's Italian last name translates to "of the spirit" Rocco DiSpirito
$2,000 [16] According to "The Republic", we live in this dark place where we only see the shadows of reality the cave Ryan	$2,000 [13] The OED notes that "a major epidemic" of this mosquito-borne disease "began in Brazil in early 2015" Zika Caitlion	$1,600 [18] They're the 2 states that border both Dakotas to the east & west Minnesota & Montana Ryan	$1,600 [25] 10-letter word for the conversion of atoms into electrically charged ones ionization Kyle	$1,600 [9] This "botanical" Canadian brand puts out Android phones with physical keyboards Blackberry Kyle	$1,600 [29] Adjusted for inflation, this director's "Animal House" made more than $400 million John Landis
DD $4,800 [15] Aristotle wrote that for this genre, the plot must "imitate actions arousing fear and pity" tragedy Ryan	DD $2,200 [12] The name of these yellow & black study guides is used to suggest "a superficial grounding but no real insight" CliffsNotes Caitlion	$2,000 [17] The frog-eating this, which finds its prey by listening for mating calls, flaps over Central America a bat Ryan	$2,000 [24] Quasar MSH 04-12 is visible by telescope at a distance of 5 billion of these light-years Caitlion	$2,000 [10] The numbers are running out, so you may have to pay if you want your new phone to have this original NYC area code 212 Caitlion	$2,000 [30] While filming "Carpool Karaoke", this Red Hot Chili Peppers lead singer saved a baby's life with CPR Anthony Kiedis

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

The last election in which both major party candidates were former state governors was in this year

1980

Caitlion "What is 1992?" — wagered $5,598

Ryan "What is 1980?" — wagered $6,799

Kyle "What is 1962?" — wagered $3,001

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