Show #7827 2018-09-25 (taped 2018-07-23) Regular

Contestants

Courtney Llewellyn — an assistant editor from New Orleans, Louisiana

Vincent Valenzuela — an internal customer service manager from Wheaton, Illinois

Nancy Schoppa — a retired high school teacher from Saint Jo, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,600)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Nancy $2,400 $5,600 $16,400 $31,400
2-day champion: $35,000
$16,400
20 R, 0 W
Vincent $3,000 $3,000 $14,200 $28,400
2nd place: $2,000
$15,200
20 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Courtney $2,400 $5,000 $8,600 $7,000
3rd place: $1,000
$8,600
11 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

QUEEN CONSORT LETTER PERFECT COMPLETE THE 21st CENTURY BESTSELLER HATS FUN WITH TEAM NAMES THE UNSEEN
$200 [21]
Catherine of Aragon had a second chance as queen consort when Prince Arthur died--she married this brother
Henry VIII
Nancy
$200 [16]
Physicist Edward Teller was dubbed "the father of" this bomb
the H-bomb
Vincent Courtney
$200 [26]
Colson Whitehead:"The Underground ____"
railroad
Nancy
$200 [11]
What the Brits call a bowler, we in the U.S. call this, after an earl & an English horse race
a derby
Vincent
$200 [1]
The 1962 groundbreaking ceremony for this Houston venue included guns, as the team was then the Colt .45s
the Astrodome
Nancy
$200 [6]
The late Sir Simon tries to frighten an American family in Oscar Wilde's "The Canterville" this spectre
a ghost
Nancy
$400 [22]
Mary was queen of these people almost from birth, but queen consort of France from 1559 to 1560 before Francis II died
the Scots
Vincent
$400 [17]
It's used with dates to mean approximately or around that time
a C
Nancy
$400 [27]
Paula Hawkins:"The Girl on the ____"
the train
Courtney
$400 [12]
Type of chapeau in song titles by Prince & by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler
a beret
Nancy
$400 [2]
The linguistics dept. at the Univ. of Toronto said this team name is not incorrectly pluralized, as it is a proper noun
the Maple Leafs
Vincent Courtney
$400 [7]
The Air Force's B-2 Spirit is sprayed with a radar-absorbent coating, helping make it this type of bomber
stealth
Vincent
$600 [23]
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was queen consort for 16 years, & had this later title for almost 50 years
Queen Mother
Courtney
$600 [18]
It can be used as an interjection meaning "Indeed!" or as an exclamation of pain or wonder
O
Courtney
$600 [28]
J.K. Rowling:"The Tales of Beedle the ____"
Bard
Nancy
$600 [13]
A Robert Burns poem gave this flat cap its name
a tam o'shanter
Nancy
$600 [3]
Students at Cal Berkeley refer to teams from this younger U.C. school as "Baby Bears"
UCLA
Courtney
$600 [8]
Water & lemon juice are a simple recipe for this junior spy specialty
invisible ink
Courtney
$800 [24]
This woman from Aquitaine went from queen consort of France to queen consort of England
Eleanor
Vincent
$800 [19]
One of the 2 letters that appear as the mint mark on most U.S. coins struck for circulation today
a D (or P)
Nancy
$800 [29]
Chelsea Handler:"Uganda Be ____ Me"
kidding
Courtney
$800 [14]
As Sherlock Holmes, Basil Rathbone sported this cap also called a fore-and-after
a deerstalker
Vincent
$800 [4]
A game between these 2 NHL teams was described as a "West Side Story" clash
the Jets and the Sharks (or San Jose and Winnipeg)
Courtney
$800 [9]
In the Cygnus X-1 star system, discovered in 1964, a blue supergiant circles this hungry, unseen phenomenon
a black hole
Courtney
DD $1,000 [25]
Cities in North Carolina, Virginia & Prince Edward Island are named for this consort of George III
Charlotte
Vincent
$1,000 [20]
On the periodic table, this letter is the symbol for tungsten
W
Nancy
$1,000 [30]
Sue Monk Kidd:"The Invention of ____"
wings
$1,000 [15]
We hope the name of this hat, popular for women in the 1920s, rings a bell
a cloche
Nancy
$1,000 [5]
This city's NBA & NFL teams run the full gamut of stock market animals
Chicago
Vincent
$1,000 [10]
The New Testament says this 5-letter type of belief "is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen"
faith
Vincent

Double Jeopardy! Round

QUEEN'S CONCERT MYTHOLOGICAL ORIGIN STORIES COME UP TO THE LAB OCEAN LINERS OTHER RATHER GRAND CANYONS "ALA" CART
$400 [11]
This lead singer was given "the biggest sendoff in history" at the 1992 tribute concert for AIDS awareness
Freddie Mercury
Vincent
$400 [1]
Iroquois creation myths say their land actually rests on the back of one of these reptiles
a turtle
Vincent
$400 [6]
In 1945 more than 5,000 people lived at the top secret lab in this town in New Mexico
Los Alamos
Vincent
$400 [16]
In 1918 the unfinished Italian liner Conte Rossowas refitted by the Royal Navy as the first flat-topped one of these
an aircraft carrier
Vincent
$400 [21]
Enjoy the huge sequoias in California's Kings Canyon, located in this sierra
the Sierra Nevada
Nancy
$400 [25]
A public celebration, perhaps at the Kennedy Center
a gala
Nancy
$800 [12]
Queen stole the show at this July 1985 worldwide concert
Live Aid
Vincent
$800 [2]
The Norse believed that after the giant Ymir died, his skull became the sky & his brains were flung into it, becoming these
clouds
Vincent
$800 [7]
Open Source Development Labs was backed by IBM, Intel & other companies to promote this O.S. outta Finland
Linux
Vincent
$1,200 [18]
The builders of the SS United States were so concerned with fire safety, they asked Steinway to make an aluminum this
a piano
Nancy
$800 [22]
The Anasazi, ancestors of these Indians named for their dwellings, once lived in Arizona's Canyon de Chelly
the Pueblo
Nancy
$800 [26]
It was originally a trade name used by the Otis Company
escalator
$1,200 [13]
Queen has been touring with this"American Idol" alumnus as front man, seen here with Brian May
Adam Lambert
DD $1,200 [3]
While delivering messages, Iris was said to travel along one of these
a rainbow
Vincent
$1,200 [8]
With more than 150 scientists, one of the world's largest DNA crime labs is at NYC's OCME, Office of Chief this
the medical examiner
Nancy
$1,600 [19]
Anna Magnani was one of the Italian celebrities who boarded this liner in the years before its 1956 sinking
the Andrea Doria
Vincent
$1,200 [23]
"Our House" was the very very very fine Laurel Canyon house of Joni Mitchell & this rock star, the "N" of CSN
(Graham) Nash
Nancy
$1,200 [27]
Collective name for the lands Down Under & some islands north of them
Australasia
Vincent
$1,600 [14]
Queen kicked off its 2017 North American tour in Phoenix & kicked off the concert singing, "We Will" do this
rock you
Vincent
$1,600 [4]
After Phaeton crashed a sun chariot, his mournful sisters became trees & their tears became this fossil resin
amber
Courtney
$1,600 [9]
The Tevatron particle accelerator at the Illinois lab named for this Italian had a circumference of 3.9 miles
Fermi
Nancy
DD $2,000 [17]
In 1982 the QE2 was requisitioned to transport troops to these islands
the Falklands
Vincent
$1,600 [24]
On Idaho's border & deeper than the Grand one, this "infernal" canyon's greatest depth is 7,900 feet
Hells Canyon
$1,600 [29]
Something done promptly & cheerfully is done with this
alacrity
$2,000 [15]
Named for the prisoner number of this man, the 46664 campaign started with a Queen concert in South Africa
Mandela
Vincent
$2,000 [5]
This river was created when Shiva lowered a goddess slowly to the earth, guiding her across India
the Ganges
Vincent
$2,000 [10]
"Come up to the lab" took on a whole new meaning in 1973 with the launch of this
Skylab
Nancy
$2,000 [20]
The Titanic was built by the oceanic steam navigation company, better known as this colorful "line"
White Star
Nancy
$2,000 [28]
Though this most-visited Utah national park doesn't have "canyon" in its name, a canyon is the big draw
Zion National Park
Vincent
$2,000 [30]
White ornamental stone
alabaster
Courtney

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY PLAYS

From its preface:"It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman...hate him"

Pygmalion

Courtney "What is Waiting for Godot?" — wagered $1,600
Vincent "What is Pygmalion?" — wagered $14,200
Nancy "What Pygmalion?" — wagered $15,000

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