Show #7810 2018-07-20 (taped 2018-04-03) Regular

Ryan Fenster game 8.

Contestants

Dave Mattingly — a director of technology from Old Forge, Pennsylvania

Emily Moore — a consultant from Atlanta, Georgia

Ryan Fenster — a banker from SeaTac, Washington (whose 7-day cash winnings total $156,497)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ryan	$0	$800	$6,000	$12,000 2nd place: $2,000	$8,800 14 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Emily	$1,000	$2,000	$4,000	$7,998 3rd place: $1,000	$4,000 11 R, 3 W
Dave	$2,200	$7,200	$26,200	$26,200 New champion: $26,200	$24,400 30 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY IN EUROPE	GET ME REWRITE!	HANDWEAR	MUSIC OF 20 YEARS AGO	DEAD IN SHAKESPEARE	AFTER NOON
$200 [1] In the 15th century this pair ruled Castile & Aragon, uniting 2 of Spain's main kingdoms Isabel and Ferdinand Emily	$200 [2] Thanks to Eisenhower's urging, these 2 words were added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954 under God Emily	$200 [3] Figuratively, you can "throw down" one of these armored gloves to issue a challenge a gauntlet Dave	$200 [23] This Celine Dion tune really, really couldn't stop itself from becoming Grammy's Song of the Year "My Heart Will Go On" Emily	$200 [16] In "Hamlet" this character doth not get herself to a nunnery, but drowns Ophelia Dave	$200 [30] Yep, this 4-letter negative made its print debut in 1888 nope Dave
$400 [12] Under the threat of civil war, King John granted this charter on June 15, 1215 the Magna Carta Dave	$400 [4] This country has rewritten its anthem from "in all thy sons command" to the gender-neutral "in all of us command" Canada Dave	$400 [8] In the 2000s pro baseball's Ichiro Suzuki won this defensive award 10 straight times the Gold Glove Dave	$400 [28] We hit the dance floor with this star who asked--in an electronic, distorted way--"Do You Believe In Life After Love?" Cher Dave	$400 [17] All his mighty words couldn't save the or at or Cicero from execution in this play Julius Caesar Emily	$400 [29] This adjective applies to the type of skiing seen here Nordic Emily Dave
$600 [13] The breakup of the dual monarchy of these 2 countries in 1918 marked the end of the Hapsburg empire Austria and Hungary Emily	$600 [5] You can still view a trailer online for the third "Star Wars" film when this edgier word was in the title, not "return" revenge Ryan	$600 [9] This soft, delicate leather used to make gloves comes from young goats kid Dave	$600 [27] "The Miseducation of" this singer debuted at No. 1 & would be named Billboard's R&B Album of the Year Lauryn Hill Dave	$600 [20] The soon-to-be Henry VII kills this title monarch at Bosworth field Richard III Dave	$600 [18] Hey, this standard of social behavior, sit down & have a beer a norm Emily
$800 [14] Winston Churchill said this, AKA the Battle of the Ardennes, was the greatest American battle of World War II the Battle of the Bulge Ryan	$800 [6] As this Broadway musical was being translated to the big screen, Sondheim revealed that Rapunzel would not die Into the Woods Ryan	$800 [10] Insert your hands for warmth into this fur or wool cylinder open at both ends a muff Ryan	$800 [26] Natalie Imbruglia ripped an 11-w. run atop the airplay chart singing, "I'm all out of faith, this is how I feel" in this song "Torn" Dave	$800 [21] In "Macbeth" the status quo for him (but not his son Fleance) was being murdered Banquo Ryan Emily	$800 [19] 5-letter acronym for an air-defense organization established in 1957 NORAD Dave
DD $4,000 [15] A September 5, 1793 French decree officially started this; it lasted just under a year the Reign of Terror Ryan	$1,000 [7] An 18th c. Philly printer put out a work called simply "Encyclopaedia", with less London bias & this title word removed Britannica Dave	$1,000 [11] A cesta is a long, curved wicker basket worn on the hand during the playing of this sport jai alai Ryan	$1,000 [25] Barenaked Ladies worked "The X-Files", Aquaman, Snickers & Sailor Moon into this title amount of time "One Week" Ryan Dave	$1,000 [22] Including the duke of Cornwall, many end up dead in this royal play, by poison, suicide, hanging & causes unknown King Lear Ryan	$1,000 [24] An edible type of prickly pear cactus nopales Emily

Double Jeopardy! Round

RIVERS	COLORFUL ORIGINS	"C" YOU IN THE FUNNY PAPERS	LANGUAGE	ECO-READER	FAMOUS JEWISH AMERICANS
$400 [6] Rising in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, the Rio Grande flows 1,900 miles into this body of water the Gulf of Mexico Emily	$400 [1] "Album" & "blanket" come from words meaning this color white Ryan	$400 [11] Schulz alter ego Charlie Brown Emily	$400 [16] Language groups as disparate as Celtic, Slavic & Indo-Iranian are part of the family called Indo-this Indo-European Dave	$400 [26] "Woolly" is Ben Mezrich's telling of the scientific quest to revive one of these using recovered DNA a woolly mammoth Dave	$400 [21] "Rosie" Rosenthal was a decorated WWII aviator & part of the legal team that prosecuted Nazis in this city Nuremberg Dave
$800 [7] The 2 rivers that flow through Washington, D.C. are the Anacosta & this one the Potomac Dave	$800 [2] Swimmers dread this irritating element derived from a Greek word for "green" chlorine Ryan Dave	$800 [12] First name of 1940s ESP-gifted heroine Ms. Voyant Claire Dave	$800 [17] Last name meanings in this language include Pospisil, "one who hurried", & Navratil, "one who returned" Czech Dave	$800 [27] This type of area precedes "Solitaire" in the title of an Edward Abbey book where we meet rattlers & smell purple sage desert Dave	$800 [22] Later active in New York City government, on September 8, 1945, Bess Myersonbecame the first & so far only Jewish holder of this title Miss America Ryan
$1,200 [8] Flowing through 5 of Brazil's states, the Tocantins River of South America is named after one of these animals a toucan Ryan	$1,200 [3] Scottish words for "red Robert" led to this famous nickname for Robert MacGregor Rob Roy Ryan Dave	$1,200 [13] 6-year-old boy created by Bill Watterson Calvin Emily	$1,600 [19] (Kelly shows two French words on the monitor.) In French words like garçon & français, this diacritical mark goes under the "C" to soften it to an "S" sound, not a "K" sound a cedilla Dave	$1,200 [28] "Where the Wild Things Were" examines the delicate balance between predators & prey, like these canines & elk wolves Ryan	$1,200 [23] This scientist became an American citizen in 1940 but also retained his Swiss citizenship Einstein Dave
$2,000 [10] The westernmost capital in continental Europe, Lisbon, is on the banks of this river the Tagus River Ryan	$1,600 [4] This purplish color gets its name from a word for the mallow plant, which is often that hue mauve Emily	$1,600 [14] "Thin Thighs in Thirty Years" is a collection about her from Ms. Guisewite Cathy Dave	$2,000 [20] In Turkish a "G" under a little curvy line is basically silent, as in this last name of Recep, Turkey's leader since 2003 Erdoğan Dave	$1,600 [30] "A Walk in the Woods" is Bill Bryson's account of rediscovering America by hiking this east coast footpath the Appalachian Trail Ryan Emily	$1,600 [24] A campaigner for immigrant rights, shepenned a poem that is on a plaque at the Statue of Liberty (Emma) Lazarus Dave
DD $2,800 [9] Follow all 3,900 miles of China's Yangtze River to the sea & you'll wind up in this metropolis Shanghai Ryan	$2,000 [5] Around 1860 a purplish-red dye was given this name of an Italian battle site Magenta	$2,000 [15] It's about a grumpy bus driver Crankshaft Ryan	DD $3,000 [18] The best way to find Belize's Mennonites is to look for modestly dressed blond people & listen for this language German Dave	$2,000 [29] It's Joy Adamson's 1960 memoir of raising Elsa, an orphaned lion, & returning her to the wild Born Free Dave	$2,000 [25] This early 20th c. Supreme Court justice got his name on the USA's only nonsectarian Jewish-sponsored university (Louis) Brandeis Dave

Final Jeopardy!

FUTURISTIC FICTION

Fear of the social reorganization represented by an auto tycoon's innovations inspired this 1932 novel

Brave New World

Emily "What is Brave New World?" — wagered $3,998

Ryan "What is Brave New World" — wagered $6,000

Dave "What is Atlas Shrugged?" — wagered $0

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