Show #7830 2018-09-28 (taped 2018-07-23) Regular

Contestants

Barbara Gooby — an executive assistant from Savannah, Georgia

Andrew Knudsen — an environmental lawyer from Washington, D.C.

Evelyn Rubin — a family physician from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (whose 2-day cash winnings total $52,402)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Evelyn $1,200 $1,000 $4,600 $6,100
3rd place: $1,000
$6,600
13 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Andrew $-400 $3,600 $12,800 $19,601
New champion: $19,601
$13,600
22 R (including 1 DD), 8 W (including 1 DD)
Barbara $2,600 $3,400 $9,800 $13,600
2nd place: $2,000
$9,800
15 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

SpaceX 20th CENTURY DECADES TV CRIMESOLVERS PARTS OF THE WHOLE PUB GRUB 3 CONSONANTS, NO VOWELS
$200 [3]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents.) What looks like smoke emanating from Falcon 9 before launch is super-chilled LOx, this liquid gas used as propellant; it's vented as pressure builds, & it's so cold that it actually condenses the atmosphere around therocket
oxygen
Evelyn
$200 [28]
The Vietnam War ends
the '70s
Andrew
$200 [13]
Sasha Alexander was Dr. Maura Isles & Angie Harmon was this detective, not necessarily in that order
(Jane) Rizzoli
Barbara
$200 [1]
Colophon, frontispiece, spine
a book
Evelyn Andrew
$200 [8]
As their name implies, these mini-burgers go down quite easily, especially with a couple of beers
sliders
Evelyn
$200 [16]
A short way to admonish someone to be quiet
shh
Barbara
$400 [4]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from SpaceX in Hawthorne, California.) In 2015, SpaceX achieved a historic first, when it brought Falcon 9's first stage back from space and landed it safely at this Florida location
Cape Canaveral
Andrew
$800 [26]
Students take over the Sorbonne & the Paris stock exchange
the '60s
Barbara
$400 [14]
David Caruso, on this CBS show:"The verdict is in, Frank... but the jury is out"
CSI: Miami
Barbara
$400 [2]
Cork, cowhide,108 stitches
a baseball
Andrew
$400 [9]
A specialty around St. Louis are toasted or fried these
ravioli
Barbara
$400 [17]
Use it to exclaim that it's bracingly cold
brr
Andrew
$600 [7]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from SpaceX in Hawthorne, California.) SpaceX plans to send two private passengers on a flight around the moon, the first manned venture into lunar orbit since this final 1972 Apollo mission
Apollo 17
Andrew
$1,000 [25]
Dolly the sheep is the first mammal to be cloned from an adult
the '90s
Andrew
$600 [15]
We deduce that the man seenherebegan solving mysteries on this CBS show in 2012
Elementary
Evelyn
$600 [5]
Belt, stylus, tonearm
a phonograph (or turntable)
Andrew Barbara
$600 [10]
At The Walrus and the Carpenter in Seattle, you can slurp down at least 6 varieties of these on the half shell
oysters
Andrew
$600 [18]
Saying something is tasty, but with your mouth closed
mmm
Barbara
$800 [22]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from SpaceX in Hawthorne, California.) SpaceX's Falcon Heavyrocket has the thrust of 18 747 jumbo jets & delivers nearly 141,000 pounds of payload into orbit, second only to this legendary NASA rocket that boosted the Apollo missions into space
the Saturn V
Andrew Barbara
DD $1,800 [29]
Prince Charles weds Diana
the '80s
Andrew
$800 [24]
MeTV stated that a "roller disco scene" on this Erik Estrada cop show "is the most 1970s moment in 1970s television"
CHiPs
Andrew
$800 [6]
Pin, hose, a pressurized tank filled with chemicals such as potassium bicarbonate or just water
a fire extinguisher
Andrew Barbara
$800 [11]
In New Orleans, enjoy local grub like this signature Creole dish full of rice & everything nice
jambalaya
Andrew Barbara
$800 [19]
To the utmost degree
nth
Evelyn
$1,000 [23]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from SpaceX in Hawthorne, California.) Instead of a conventional test payload, Falcon Heavy's first launch carried a Tesla roadster, piloted by a mannequin named this, the title of a David Bowie song about an extraterrestrial who's waiting in the sky
Starman
Evelyn Barbara
$1,000 [27]
This alliterative Oscar-winning actress was our "Saving Grace" from 2007 to 2010
Holly Hunter
Evelyn
$1,000 [21]
Magnetron, stirrer fan, shielded door
microwave
Andrew
$1,000 [12]
How about some fries with this French-named garlic-flavored mayonnaise
aioli
Barbara
$1,000 [20]
A noise made by vibration of the soft palate at certain times
zzz
Evelyn Barbara

Double Jeopardy! Round

STATE CAPITAL NEWSPAPERS COLORFUL LANGUAGE GO FOR THE GOLD THE MUSICAL "IDE" MY WIFE YOUR SIGNIFICANT AUTHOR
$400 [4]
From 1843 to 1988 it had the Knickerbocker News; it still has the Times Union
Albany
Andrew
$400 [9]
This old word for a British soldier dates to the early 17th century
a Redcoat
Andrew
$400 [14]
The higher the karat weight, the higher the gold purity, ranging up to this number meaning pure gold
24 karat
Evelyn
$400 [1]
In 1980 Blondie told us, this "is high but I'm holdin' on"
the tide
Andrew
$400 [2]
Frida Kahlo, so nice he wed her twice
Diego Rivera
Evelyn
$400 [22]
It was a "red letter" day for this author in 1846 as he became surveyor of the custom house in Salem, Mass.
Hawthorne
Evelyn
$800 [5]
It's just another day in paradise for its Star-Advertiser; is it gonna be 82 & sunny...again? Probably
Honolulu
Evelyn Andrew Barbara
$800 [10]
A type of mushroom, or a breaking wave
a whitecap
Evelyn
$800 [16]
Reflecting its name in Latin, this is the chemical symbol for gold
Au
Andrew
$800 [3]
It's the style of guitar playing heard here
the slide guitar
Andrew
$800 [27]
Don't cry for Maria Eva Duarte
(Juan) Perón
Barbara
$800 [23]
In 2018 Celeste Ng was hot on the bestseller list with "Little" these "Everywhere"
Little Fires Everywhere
$1,200 [6]
This city's Star provides the local angle on Andrew Luck's shoulder & other body parts, too
Indianapolis
Andrew
$1,200 [11]
A Steinbeck character whose stomach hurts when he gets an unwanted telegram calls himself "a cowardly" this
a yellow-belly
Andrew
$1,200 [17]
To protect the nation's gold reserves, in the 1930s the U.S. bullion depository opened at this site
Fort Knox
Evelyn
$1,200 [15]
Tom Petty took us on a journey "into" here, "under them skies of blue"
the great wide open
Andrew
$1,200 [28]
Harriet Amelia Folsom, wife no. 25, according to the Salt Lake Tribune
Brigham Young
Barbara
$1,200 [24]
The title boy hits a foul ball that kills his friend's mom in "A Prayer for Owen Meany" by this novelist
John Irving
$1,600 [7]
This city's Independent Record covers the big sky & we'd read the Handbasket if it existed, just for the name
Helena
Evelyn
$1,600 [12]
It means "eloquent", not "having a precious metallic body part"
silver-tongued
Andrew
DD $2,000 [20]
The last time Olympic gold medals were made of solid gold was in 1912 at the games in this Scandinavian city
Stockholm
Andrew
$1,600 [18]
It's the style of piano playing heard here
stride
Barbara
$1,600 [29]
Betty Shabazz, a one time registered nurse
Malcolm X
Evelyn
$1,600 [25]
On PBS, this family "in Corfu" depicts the youth of 2 authors, novelist Lawrence & nature writer Gerald
the Durrells
Barbara
$2,000 [8]
The Register has the news in this city, home to Drake University
Des Moines
Andrew
$2,000 [13]
It's buying enough stock in a company to threaten a takeover, forcing owners to buy it back at a higher price
greenmail
$2,000 [21]
The gold artifact seenhereis called the mask of this king, who led the Greek forces against Troy
Agamemnon
Andrew Barbara
$2,000 [19]
On a Wilson Pickett classic, it sounds like the backup singers are saying the name of this astronaut
Sally Ride
Andrew
DD $2,000 [30]
Pompeia, who married him in 67 B.C. & must be above suspicion
Julius Caesar
Evelyn
$2,000 [26]
Though not into big government, she did take social security payments & medicare benefits under the name Ann O'Connor
Ayn Rand
Andrew

Final Jeopardy!

CLASSIC FILMS

In this '70s Oscar-winning film, the title character's 1st words are "Why did you go to the police? Why didn't you come to me first?"

The Godfather

Evelyn "What is the Godfather?" — wagered $1,500
Barbara "What is The Godfather?" — wagered $3,800
Andrew "What is The Godfather" — wagered $6,801

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