Show #7841 2018-10-15 (taped 2018-08-15) Regular

Alan Dunn game 2.

Contestants

Tosh Sagar — an environmental and public health lawyer from Washington, D.C.

Sarah Sinclair — an author from Anchorage, Alaska

Alan Dunn — a software development manager from Johns Creek, Georgia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,201)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Alan $2,200 $4,800 $28,400 $30,399
2-day champion: $51,600
$29,600
31 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Sarah $3,400 $4,000 $13,200 $16,400
2nd place: $2,000
$12,000
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Tosh $1,000 $1,400 $3,000 $3,000
3rd place: $1,000
$3,000
6 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

ROOST-ERS SOCIAL MEDIA ABBREV. WHICHSTAR WARS? I'M GONNA PRAY ON THIS WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS "BLACK" JEOPARDY
$200 [6]
Thisbird found a roosting spot that fits the bill it's famous for
a pelican
Alan
$200 [15]
On Twitter "RT" is short for this, which helps you not get accused of plagiarism
retweet
Sarah
$200 [10]
Obi-Wan sacrifices himself in a duel
A New Hope
Alan Sarah
$200 [24]
If you're alone for minchah, the Jewish afternoon prayer, make sure you're facing this city as you confer with the Almighty
Jerusalem
Alan
$200 [18]
In 2000 this man won the popular vote for U.S. president by 500,000 but did not get the job
Al Gore
Alan
$200 [1]
Extortion
blackmail
Alan
$400 [7]
Africa's quelea, whose swarms break branches roosting, is AKA this "bird", after a pestilential grasshopper
locust
Alan
$400 [16]
The one who started it all, the "OP" in a Facebook thread is short for this
the original poster
Tosh
$400 [11]
Kylo Ren commits patricide
The Force Awakens
Sarah Tosh
$400 [25]
The Church of England's state prayer for the royal family mentions Philip & this man by name
(Prince) Charles
Alan
$400 [19]
"Guests" of this fortress who checked out the hard way included Sir Thomas More, Edmund Dudley & Anne Boleyn
the Tower of London
Alan
$400 [2]
You'd think they'd make the entire plane out of the material used in a nigh-indestructible flight recorder AKA this
the black box
Sarah
$600 [8]
Abandoned mines provide favorite roosts for about half the USA's 45 species of these non-birds
bats
Alan
$600 [17]
Tedious things warrant "MEGO", meaning "my eyes" do this action
my eyes glaze over
Alan
$600 [12]
Chewie roasts some porg
The Last Jedi
Sarah
$600 [26]
Fasting, prayer & faithful intention play crucial roles in this month, the 9th on the Muslim calendar
Ramadan
Sarah
$800 [21]
In 1687 the Ottomans found that storing gunpowder at this Acropolis building was a ridiculously terrible idea
the Parthenon
Sarah
$600 [3]
A fruit, or a phone
a blackberry
Tosh
$800 [9]
Seen here, roosting in silhouette, are these birds that share a name with a chess piece
rooks
Tosh
$800 [29]
When you want to bump a post up from obscurity, use "TTT" for this directional phrase
to the top
Sarah
$800 [13]
Qui-Gon makes the mistake of saving Jar Jar
The Phantom Menace
Sarah
$800 [27]
A popular 20th century prayer begins, "God grant me" this calm word "to accept the things I cannot change"
serenity
Alan
$1,000 [22]
In 1989 he succeeded his late father as emperor of Japan
Akihito
Alan
$800 [4]
With a vertical drop of 500 feet, the Heathen is a tough ski run with a double this rating
a black diamond
Sarah
$1,000 [23]
The chimney type of this swallow-like bird both nests & roosts in chimneys
a swift
Alan
$1,000 [30]
"WCW" is short for this, the weekday some groups post images of their favorite actresses
Woman Crush Wednesday
$1,000 [14]
Young Anakin is assigned to protect Padme
Attack of the Clones
$1,000 [28]
In the Catholic prayer for the dead, God's "providence guides our lives, & by your command we return to" this
dust
DD $2,000 [20]
On this mission Pete Conrad said, "Whoopee! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me"
Apollo 12
Alan
$1,000 [5]
A drink, or one of 7,000 British soldiers sent to Ireland in the early 1920s
Black and Tan
Alan

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 5 Ws IN THE BOOKSTORE ISLANDS 10-LETTER WORDS OPERA DRIVING A JOB IN TELEVISION
$400 [26]
We expect you might know this Heidi Murkoff & Sharon Mazel pregnancy guide is a perennial seller
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Alan
$400 [11]
You can't get much more north than tiny Kaffeklubben Island, 20 miles off Cape Morris Jesup on this world's largest island
Greenland
Sarah
$400 [1]
An annual celebration when graduates return to an old school for parties & football
homecoming
Alan
$400 [16]
Verdi's "Falstaff" takes place in this town, where the title character has his eye on some merry wives
Windsor
Alan
$400 [21]
Cruising around Phoenix--that driver must be awfully short--oh, it's Waymo, Google's version of these
self-driving cars
Alan
$400 [6]
Sam Malone on "Cheers" & Luke Cage on "Jessica Jones"
a bartender
Tosh
$800 [27]
Maya Angelou's 1969 autobiographical work
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Sarah
$1,200 [13]
The 4 main regions of Oceania are Australasia, Polynesia, Melanesia & these "small islands"
Micronesia
Sarah
$800 [2]
A type of ice cream, or a native of a southern Italian city
Neapolitan
Alan
$800 [17]
This composer said everyone called his work tedious & obscure but he loaded up "Carmen" with liveliness & melody
(Georges) Bizet
Alan
$800 [22]
To make driving safer, all new cars sold in the U.S. since 1998 require driver & front passenger ones
air bags
Sarah
$800 [7]
Tom Kirkman, after he's the "Designated Survivor"
president
Tosh
$1,200 [28]
"When the Game was Ours" is a co-memoir of pro basketball by this Laker & this Celtic who battled in the 1980s
Larry Bird and Magic Johnson
Alan Sarah Tosh
$1,600 [14]
Stewart Island, this country's third largest, is also called Rakiura, "The Land of Glowing Skies"
New Zealand
Alan
$1,200 [3]
A tightly encircling bandage used to stop arterial flow
a tourniquet
Alan
$1,600 [19]
The score of this "Ring" opera with a "precious" title is so elaborate that it took Wagner from Feb. to Sept. 1854 to copy it out
Rheingold
Sarah
$1,200 [23]
To save wear & tear on my car's gearbox, lately I've been using the "double clutch" technique to do this
shift gears
Alan
$1,200 [8]
Mike Brady on "The Brady Bunch"
an architect
$1,600 [29]
J.K. Rowling kept the magic alive with this book written under the name Newt Scamander
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Sarah
DD $2,000 [12]
Income tax evader Al Capone spent a lot of time on this island from 1934 to 1939
Alcatraz
Sarah
$1,600 [4]
Christmas may be over, but this plant is still in bloom
poinsettia
Alan
DD $2,000 [18]
In 1908 as he sang Canio at the Met in "Pagliacci", he wept real tears thinking of how his lover ran off with his chauffeur
Caruso
Alan
$1,600 [24]
You're in charge of the road maps; we're using ones from this 2-name company that made its first ones in 1904
Rand-McNally
Alan
$1,600 [9]
Bobby Axelrod on "Billions", running this type of financial enterprise
a hedge fund
Tosh
$2,000 [30]
John le Carre's operative Alec Leamas goes on one last mission in this "chilly" thriller
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Alan
$2,000 [15]
The island of Cyprus has been ruled by Greeks, Romans, Crusaders & Venetians & in 1974 was invaded by this country
Turkey
Sarah
$2,000 [5]
This chemical element, symbol Mo, is used to harden steel
molybdenum
Alan
$2,000 [20]
Amahl plays the same tune on his pipe at the beginning & end, before & after he meets this title group
the night visitors
Alan
$2,000 [25]
For long trips, I'm glad our car has OBD, on-board these to let us know when something goes wrong
on-board diagnostics
Alan
$2,000 [10]
Barry Berkman on "Barry"--both his big-money gig & the job he's pursing in class
hit man and actor
Alan

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICA IN THE 1930s

In March 1933 CBS Radio's Robert Trout said, "The president wants to come into your home... for a little" this

a fireside chat

Tosh "What is a fireside chat?" — wagered $0
Sarah "What is Fireside Chat?" — wagered $3,200
Alan "What is a fireside chat?" — wagered $1,999

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