Show #7839 2018-10-11 (taped 2018-08-14) Regular

Contestants

Kristina Johnson — a freelance writer and stay-at-home mom from Flushing, New York

Patrick Wyman — a history podcaster and writer from Los Angeles, California

Alex Schmidt — a writer and comedian from Pasadena, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $64,879)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Alex $2,600 $4,400 $19,900 $28,001
4-day champion: $92,880
$20,000
22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Patrick $1,600 $4,800 $14,000 $11,800
2nd place: $2,000
$12,800
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Kristina $1,000 $3,600 $8,000 $1,999
3rd place: $1,000
$8,000
11 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

CARTOON FEMALES STOCK SYMBOLS A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT: WORLD CAPITAL EDITION I NEED A HOBBY! METEOROLOGICAL RHYME TIME EDISON LABS
$200 [5]
Lisa Simpson takes moral stands on many an issue & also plays a mean one of these instruments
a saxophone
Alex
$200 [16]
This retailer is right on TGT
Target
Kristina
$200 [1]
The Seine River
Paris
Kristina
$200 [11]
Can you solve this puzzle in speedcubing? Can you solve it in the world record time of 4.22 seconds?
a Rubik's cube
Patrick
$200 [21]
A gecko that only shows up during a fierce winter snowstorm
blizzard lizard
Patrick
$200 [22]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew presents from Edison Labs in Menlo Park, NJ.) On a historic day in 1877, Edison spoke "Mary had a little lamb" into this device; he later recalled his surprise at its instant success, saying, "I was always afraid of things that worked the first time"
a phonograph
Patrick
$400 [6]
1 of the 2 females who solve mysteries with Scooby Doo; they got their own prequel movie in 2018
Velma (or Daphne)
Alex
$400 [17]
HD, DVD, A/V, L.E.D., HDMI... it's all here at this store--BBY
Best Buy
Kristina
$400 [2]
The Tiber River
Rome
Alex
$400 [12]
The scouting badge seenherecovers this type of canoe in flatwater--the whitewater badge is for rapids
a kayak
Alex
$400 [24]
The price of thin ice crystals forming on the ground or other surfaces
a frost cost
Patrick
$400 [23]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew presents from Edison Labs in Menlo Park, NJ.) Thomas Edison regularly worked 80-hour weeks & punched his own time clock, making him a living example of his familiar dictum: "Genius is 1% inspiration, 99%" this
perspiration
Kristina
$600 [7]
Mother to Judy & Elroy, Jane is the glue that keeps this TV family of the future together
the Jetsons
Patrick
$600 [18]
This company, CVX, can get gassy
Chevron
$600 [3]
The 300-mile-long Han River
Seoul
Alex
$600 [13]
Lapidary is polishing & cutting these
stones
Patrick
$600 [26]
Eating utensil for use during the seasonal rainy period of southeast Asia
a monsoon spoon
Patrick
$600 [25]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew presents from Edison Labs in Menlo Park, NJ.) In 1894 Edison filmed members of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, including this trick-shot artist in action
Annie Oakley
Kristina
$800 [8]
Bubbles is a member of this original Townsville trio of big-eyed heroes
the Powerpuff Girls
Alex
$800 [19]
RAD, this corporation, will totally sell you drugs
Rite Aid
$800 [4]
The River Liffey
Dublin
Kristina
$800 [14]
If you live in the UK, you can try gongoozling, staring at passing boats on these, like the Kennet & Avon one
canals
Patrick
$800 [29]
A daily record of the pollution in L.A. or Beijing
a smog log
Alex
$800 [27]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Edison Labs in Menlo Park, NJ.) In 1875 Edison invented an electric needle pen for copying documents, but the pen was a failure--but in 1891, it was adapted into then eedle penstill used today for this body modification process
tattooing
Patrick
$1,000 [9]
In 2005 Charlize Theron brought this animated futuristic MTV secret agent to the big screen
Aeon Flux
Alex
$1,000 [20]
In Feb. 2018 one "A" share of this, BRK, was going for about $310,000 a pop
Berkshire Hathaway
Patrick
$1,000 [10]
The Tagus River
Lisbon
Patrick
DD $1,600 [15]
From Turkish for "napkin", this craft is all about the knots
macramé
Patrick
$1,000 [30]
A brief rush of wind carrying fine, powdery earth
a dust gust
Alex
$1,000 [28]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew presents from Edison Labs in Menlo Park, NJ.) Written after a 1914 fire damaged the labs, aletteroffering Edison best wishes for continuing health & success shows that the rivalry between Edison & this European electrical genius was not as bitter as it's sometimes made out to be
(Nikola) Tesla
Kristina

Double Jeopardy! Round

DRIVING ALEXIS UNUSUAL CHARACTERS THE 18th CENTURY "AE" EXOPHONES ISLE OF DOGS
$400 [22]
In 1912 someone must have driven Alexis Carrel to give his Nobel lecture on suturing these, arteries & veins
blood vessels
Alex
$400 [1]
Zaphod Beeblebrox of "Hitchhiker's Guide" fame is instantly recognizable, as he sports 2 of these
heads
Alex
$400 [25]
Thomas Godfrey wrote the first play by an American professionally staged, in this Delaware River city in 1767
Philadelphia
Alex Patrick
$400 [6]
In the 1960s ska & rocksteady gave way to this style of music, mon
reggae
Alex
$400 [24]
Exophonic writers, like this Polish-born author of "Lord Jim", write in languages other than their native one
Conrad
Alex
$1,200 [28]
The two-color variety of this breed is named for artist Edwin Landseer, who memorably painted the dog as seen here
the Landseer Newfoundland
$800 [21]
If you're driving company founder Alexis Ohanian to Reddit's offices, head for the Tenderloin area of this city
San Francisco
Alex
$800 [2]
In the Pokemon universe, Litwick appears as a ghostly sort of this inanimate object (look at the name)
a candle
Alex
$800 [18]
In this 1776 work Adam Smith advocated free trade & competition
Wealth of Nations
Kristina
$800 [7]
It's the type of performer seen here
an aerialist
Kristina
$800 [23]
While in exile in England from 1726 to 1728, this philosopher born Francois-Marie Arouet wrote in English
Voltaire
$1,600 [27]
This Spanish island group that was once home to the Guanche people was named for large dogs, not birds
the Canary Islands
Alex Kristina
$1,200 [14]
If you're driving this actress, it may be to the set of "The Handmaid's Tale"
Alexis Bledel
Patrick
$1,200 [3]
In this film the man-eating plant Audrey II was voiced by Levi Stubbs of the Four Tops
Little Shop of Horrors
Kristina
$1,200 [17]
This "Gap" or pass was discovered in 1750 & the Wilderness Road runs through it
the Cumberland Gap
Patrick
$1,200 [8]
A distinguished musician, especially a conductor of classical music
a maestro
Alex
$1,200 [11]
Tokyo native Yoko Tawada's honors include Japan's Akutagawa Prize & the 2016 Kleist Prize for her work in this language
German
$2,000 [26]
Thislittle terrier originated as a hunting dog on the Scottish isle for which it is named
Skye (terrier)
Patrick
$1,600 [20]
You'd want to drive the czarevich Alexis (born 1904) very carefully as he suffered from this condition
hemophilia
Patrick
$1,600 [4]
Catherine Coulson, who had this alliterative role on "Twin Peaks", appeared in the revival, wood in hand
the Log Lady
Alex
$2,000 [16]
This Prussian leader threatened the Austrian Habsburg Empire & its domains in 1740 by invading & capturing Silesia
Frederick the Great
Alex
$1,600 [9]
Derived from Dutch, it's another name for a large, powerfulwhirlpool
a maelstrom
Patrick
DD $1,500 [12]
This Dublin-born man's pre-World War II works were mostly in English; his post-war work primarily in French
(Samuel) Beckett
Alex
$2,000 [19]
Driving this author of "Democracy in America" may have been rough as he complained, "Trail infernal, carriage without springs"
(Alexis) de Tocqueville
Alex
$2,000 [5]
Without much provocation, this Beatles title guy commits 3 murders with a silver hammer
Maxwell
Alex
DD $4,400 [15]
In addition to a bribe, 3 French agents demanded a $10 million "loan" to France in this 1797 scandal
the XYZ Affair
Patrick
$2,000 [10]
It's a song of praise or Thanksgiving, especially to an ancient Greek god
a paean
Alex
$2,000 [13]
I foretell you will name this bestselling 1923 work of English poetry by native Arabic speaker Kahlil Gibran
The Prophet
Alex

Final Jeopardy!

BROADWAY MUSICALS

The title of this 1947 Lerner & Loewe musical may come from the construction seen here

Brigadoon

Kristina "What is Bridge Over Troubled Wa" — wagered $6,001
Patrick "What is a Roman arch?" — wagered $2,200
Alex "What is Brigadoon?" — wagered $8,101

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