Show #7840 2018-10-12 (taped 2018-08-14) Regular

Alan Dunn game 1.WE ASKED:Dr. Travis Stork.

Contestants

Alan Dunn — a software development manager from Johns Creek, Georgia

Ryan Vesledahl — a catastrophe modeler from Minneapolis, Minnesota

Alex Schmidt — a writer and comedian from Pasadena, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $92,880)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Alex	$3,800	$6,200	$10,600	$20,601 2nd place: $2,000	$10,600 18 R, 1 W
Ryan	$2,600	$3,100	$10,300	$20,399 3rd place: $1,000	$14,800 21 R, 7 W (including 2 DDs)
Alan	$1,000	$2,600	$11,200	$21,201 New champion: $21,201	$9,800 13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

C & C ALLITERATION FACTORY	MOUNTAINS	SACK TIME	EDUCATION	LIBROS EN ESPAÑOL	FRIENDS OFF THE COURT
$200 [1] Pushing the CC button on your car activates this, perfect for long trips on the open highway cruise control Alan	$200 [25] The USA's 10 highest mountain peaks are all found in this state Alaska Alex	$200 [26] In the expressions sack duty & sack rat, heard in the military, sack means this bed Ryan	$200 [12] These public schools with limited enrollment are named for the special contract that governs them a charter school Alex Ryan	$200 [7] "Perdida" by Gillian Flynn Gone Girl Alex Ryan	$200 [2] Bill Russell & this man AKA "The Stilt" didn't talk for 20 years at one point, but ended up fast friends Wilt Chamberlain Alan
$400 [21] Sometimes before a TV show, you'll see a "CC" indicating this sort of transcription closed caption Ryan	$400 [17] Thisrange forms a natural barrier between 2 nations, with athird countryamong its peaks the Pyrenees Ryan	$400 [27] As mentioned in the Bible, wearing sackcloth & ashes was a sign of this somber condition mourning Alex	$400 [13] According to its initials, you take the MCAT if you're pursuing a career in this medicine Alex	$400 [8] "El Principito", originally a French fable The Little Prince Alex Ryan	$400 [3] Shaq is good friends with this diminutive comedian & once picked him up & rocked him like a baby on Leno Kevin Hart Alex
$600 [22] When you CC a coworker on an e-mail, "CC" is short for this, representing bygone technology carbon copy Ryan	$600 [18] This mountain rises to some 19,000 feet above the surrounding plains of Tanzania Kilimanjaro Ryan	$600 [28] In the 1912 British play "Hindle Wakes", the line "I'll give him the sack" means this firing him Alan	$600 [14] You can see why Arizona teachersdemanding higher pay & more funds used the rhyming slogan this "For Ed" red Alan	$600 [9] By E.M. Forster, "Una Habitación con Vistas" A Room with a View Alex	$600 [4] Kevin Durant left OKC, yet his relationship with this Thunder super-guard is "all love at the end of the day" Russell Westbrook Ryan
$800 [23] Though legal, this blackjack strategy got Ben Affleck booted from a casino card counting Ryan	$800 [19] Featured in "Peer Gynt", the highest range in Scandinavia is the Jotunheimen Mountains of this country Norway Alex	$800 [29] With his large belly & his never-empty bag, Hoteiis one of the mythical gods of this--aptly, there are 7 of them luck	$800 [15] A hot debate topic:Should teachers be granted this, giving them permanent status & protecting them from dismissal? tenure Ryan	$800 [10] "Cincuenta Sombras Liberadas", the third in a series Fifty Shades Freed Alex	$800 [5] Dennis Rodman once said of this world leader, "I don't condone what he does, but he's my friend" Kim Jong-un Alex
DD $2,500 [24] After a "La Fille du Regiment" performance, Pavarotti received 17 of them curtain calls Ryan	$1,000 [20] For the first time in 500 years, this volcanic mountain in the Philippines blew its top in 1991 Pinatubo Ryan Alan	$1,000 [30] Part of the ransom paid to free this captured English king in 1194 was 50,000 sacks of wool Richard I (or Richard the Lionhearted) Alex	$1,000 [16] Steel yourself:This Pittsburgh university's Tepper School of Business has one of the top online MBA programs Carnegie Mellon Ryan	$1,000 [11] "Por Quién Doblan las Campanas", set in Spain For Whom the Bell Tolls Ryan	$1,000 [6] Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wrote a book about this "50-year friendship" with this UCLA coach (John) Wooden Ryan

Double Jeopardy! Round

I'M OUTTA HERE	SCULPTURE	3-SYLLABLE WORDS	LEGAL LATIN	"TIME" FOR A TUNE	MODERN HEALTH
$400 [13] Paul Wolfowitz quit this "World" financial institution in 2007 after a promotion for his girlfriend caused a ruckus the World Bank Alex	$400 [30] Ask the Pope--you can see the Greek seer Laocoon & his sons grappling with sea serpents at this museum the Vatican Museum Alan	$400 [7] To translate a language between two speakers in real time interpret Alex	$400 [1] It refers to legal services done for free pro bono Alex	$400 [9] "If you're lost, you can look and you will find" this No. 1 hit by Cyndi Lauper "Time After Time" Ryan	$400 [27] (Travis Stork presents the clue.) Athletes aren't the only ones who can get these injuries caused by the brain banging against the skull--If you experience continued headache, nausea, dizziness, forgetfulness or sensitivity to light & noise after a head impact, get to a doctor concussion Ryan
$800 [17] Like Davy Crockett, Sam Houston was a politician in this state, but resigned as gov. in 1829 & ended up in Texas Tennessee Ryan Alan	$800 [25] Some 25,000 years old, the stone statuette Venus of Willendorf is fittingly from this period whose name means "old stone" Paleolithic Ryan	$800 [6] From the Latin for "seed plot", it's a conference or college course to learn about a narrow subject a seminar	$800 [2] In 1862 Lincoln suspended this writ habeas corpus Alex	$800 [10] I hope you're having this, the subtitle of Green Day's "Good Riddance" "Time Of Your Life" Ryan	$800 [18] (Travis Stork presents the clue.) Chronic bending of the spine to look at a phone can cause the painful syndrome known as "text" this; to help treat & prevent it, stand up with your back flat against a wall & perform the "snow angel" exercise text neck Alex
$1,200 [14] In a 1936 radio address this British king said, "I now quit altogether public affairs & I lay down my burden" Edward VIII Alex Alan	$1,600 [29] A major clue in "Angels & Demons" involves the Bernini statue "The Ecstasy of" this saint of Avila Teresa Ryan	$1,200 [8] A junior law enforcement officer answering to a sheriff deputy Ryan	$1,200 [3] A decision given per curiam is "by the whole" this the whole court Alan	$1,200 [11] It's the "Rocky Horror" tune about "a jump to the left" & "a step to the right" "The Time Warp" Alan	$1,200 [20] (Travis Stork presents the clue.) Heart disease causes 1 in 4 deaths in the U.S each year; to reduce your risk, get active, don't smoke & cut down on processed & prepackaged foods high in this element, symbol Na sodium Ryan
$1,600 [15] In 2000 President Fujimori of this South American country sent his resignation via fax from a Tokyo hotel Peru Alan	DD $2,000 [26] In Victorian England, a plaster one of these was added to a copy of Michelangelo's David a fig leaf Ryan	$1,600 [23] A square & an equilateral triangle are examples of regular these a polygon Alan	$2,000 [5] Stare decisis means that this, a past decision in a given area of law, should be respected let the decision stand (or precedent) Alan	$1,600 [12] In 2017 Jon Bellion hit the Top 20 with this downer "All Time Low"	$1,600 [21] (Travis Stork presents the clue.) To help prevent colds & flu get an annual flu shot, keep your distance from infected people & wash your hands before touching these moist membranes that line the eyelids, nose & mouth mucus membranes Alan
$2,000 [16] Pushing 80, this leader with a hyphenated name resigned as prime minister of Israel in 1963 Ben-Gurion Ryan	$2,000 [28] The blue beastie seenhereby Jeff Koons has this simple 2-word title Balloon Dog	$2,000 [24] In a classic Kurt Weill song, "The days grow short when you reach" this month on the calendar September Ryan Alan	DD $3,000 [4] Vanished Nazi Martin Bormann was tried this way in absentia Alan	$2,000 [19] "If I could save" this, Jim Croce sang, "The first thing that I'd like to do is to save every day 'til eternity passes" time in a bottle Ryan	$2,000 [22] (Travis Stork presents the clue.) Put away bright phones & computer screens & turn off the lights at bedtime for a good night's rest--darkness stimulates the pineal gland's production of this sleep-inducing hormone melatonin Alex

Final Jeopardy!

CHARLES DICKENS

Both "Barnaby Rudge" & this other famous Dickens novel begin in 1775 & deal with mob violence

A Tale of Two Cities

Ryan "What is A Tale of Two Cities?" — wagered $10,099

Alex "What is Tale of Two Cities" — wagered $10,001

Alan "What is A Tale of Two Cities?" — wagered $10,001

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