Show #7851 2018-10-29 (taped 2018-08-22) Regular

Contestants

Neill Mohammad — a healthcare consultant from DeKalb, Illinois

Soyia Ellison — a nonprofit communications professional from Decatur, Georgia

Tori Campbell — an attorney from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,198)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tori	$1,600	$5,000	$17,800	$19,601 2-day champion: $21,799	$17,800 22 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Soyia	$800	$4,200	$9,800	$19,598 3rd place: $1,000	$9,000 13 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Neill	$1,200	$3,800	$9,800	$19,600 2nd place: $2,000	$9,800 14 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

FRENCH OFF THE BOAT	THE STATE-LY COLLEGE	LITERARY WORDS & PHRASES	POP CULTURE ALPHABET	SPEAKING SOME LEGALESE	FACTS & FIGURES
$200 [9] In 1920 a ship brought this 10-year-old future ocean explorer & family from France to NYC for a 2-year stay Jacques Cousteau Neill	$200 [14] Vassar New York Tori	$200 [7] A paradoxical figure of speech, like "large minority" or "crash landing" an oxymoron Soyia	$200 [1] Prince went alphanumeric with his song title "Nothing Compares 2" this letter U Tori	$400 [27] This type of marriage is also called consensual or informal marriage common-law Tori	$400 [20] These 4 gospels make up about half of the text of the New Testament Matthew, Mark, Luke and John Neill
$400 [10] By 1809 this man & his brother Pierre had arrived in New Orleans & set up a blacksmith shop; piracy paid better, so... (Jean) Lafitte Neill	$400 [28] Northeastern University Massachusetts Tori	$400 [8] The reader goes gently down this free flow of narrative impressions, a phrase popularized by William James stream of consciousness Neill	$400 [5] "Total Divas" can be found on the network known by this letter E! Tori	$600 [24] School term for the brief break during court--but if you see the judge outside on the jungle gym, you may have a problem recess Neill	$600 [21] Due to this pandemic, Europe's population did not reach its pre-1348 levels again until the 16th century the plague Soyia
$600 [11] A few years after sailing here on the American Eagle, Irenee Du Pont opened a gunpowder mill in this state Delaware Tori	$600 [6] Miami University & not the University of Miami Ohio Soyia	$600 [17] In English, the sonnet is often in this pattern, 5 metrical feet with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one iambic pentameter Neill	$600 [2] Appearing in the "Divergent" & "Mission: Impossible" franchises is actress Maggiethis letter Q Tori Neill	$800 [25] Confidentially, an NDA, short for this, is signed to make sure you don't spill the beans on any trade secrets a non-disclosure agreement Tori	$800 [22] This bridge that spans the East River was the first to use steel for cable wire the Brooklyn Bridge Tori
$800 [12] This future city planner was only 22 when he arrived on the Amphitrite to serve as an engineer in the revolution L'Enfant Neill	DD $800 [15] Gonzaga Washington Tori	$800 [18] Gods suspended above the stage in ancient drama gave rise to this Latin phrase for something that saves the day deus ex machina Soyia	$800 [3] "The who, what, where, when and why in the world of style" is this Conde Nast publication W	$1,000 [26] Time to read you this 1714 English statute that made it a capital offense if 12 or more did not disperse within an hour when told Riot Act Neill	$1,000 [23] For a while, this courtier's marriage to one Elizabeth (Throckmorton) was kept secret from Elizabeth I Walter Raleigh Soyia
$1,000 [13] The wreck of Capt. Ribaut's flagship Trinité is still off Florida, a relic of France's first New World outpost at this fort Fort Caroline	$1,000 [16] Morehouse Georgia Soyia	$1,000 [19] Often building suspense, it's the device of hinting at coming events, as when a doomed character's plant dies foreshadowing Tori	$1,000 [4] When Ramona gives Scott Pilgrim her phone number in a 2010 movie, this letter is under each of the 7 digits X	—	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

AT THE ARCADE	FROGGER	JOUST	CONTRA	BURGER TIME	MISSAL COMMAND
$400 [13] You use paddles or mallets, not sticks, to score on the table used in this arcade classic air hockey Tori	$400 [4] Alaskan wood frogs can freeze for 7 months, in part by increasing their bodies' levels of this simple sugar glucose Neill	$400 [8] In this Twain tale Hank Morgan pulls out 2 guns while jousting at Camelot & kills some knights A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Soyia	$400 [1] Often part of the names of legal cases, it's Latin for "against" versus Tori	$400 [2] Five Guys offers a milkshake with the applewood-smoked type of this, also available on burgers bacon Neill	$400 [22] The missal leads Catholics through Mass, culminating in this sacrament of consecrated bread & wine Communion (or Eucharist) Soyia
$800 [17] Cut a rug or 2 playing this double-talk Konami game that sounds like a plea to overthrow the government Dance Dance Revolution	$800 [25] Weighing up to 7 pounds, a West African frog with this Biblical name is the world's largest Goliath Soyia	$800 [9] This author says in "Ivanhoe" that jousting tournaments were governed by "the chivalry of the age" (Sir Walter) Scott Soyia	$800 [3] In the northern hemisphere, the winds of a cyclone rotate in this 16-letter direction counterclockwise Soyia	$800 [18] For our vegetarian friends, we made a burger that has this giant mushroom as the patty portobello mushroom Tori	$800 [23] The general instruction of the Roman missal says when genuflecting, put the right this to the ground knee Tori Neill
$1,200 [14] Bally's 1975 Pinball Wizard machine featured Ann-Margret & this lead singer of The Who Roger Daltrey Neill	$1,200 [26] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Como Park Zoo in St. Paul.) You best look, but don't touch, these frogs of Central & South America, named because their skin secretes paralyzing alkaloids used in primitive weapons a poison dart frog Tori	$1,600 [11] This "off balance" jousting idiom comes from Don Quixote's attempts to attack a perceived enemy tilting at windmills Tori	$1,200 [5] These in American history include Whiskey & Shays' a rebellion Neill	$1,200 [19] A cart in Manhattan was the origin of the burger chain alliteratively called "Shake" this structure a shack Tori	$1,200 [24] Before we're dismissed, we give this 1-word response to the final blessing from the priest amen Tori
$1,600 [15] You roll 9 balls & score 10 to 100 in this arcade favorite, around since 1909 Skee-Ball Tori	$1,600 [27] Frogs are in the class Amphibia & the order Anura, meaning lacking these appendages, unlike reptiles a tail Tori	DD $2,000 [10] This 16th century astrologer's quatrain seemed to foretell the jousting death of the French king Nostradamus Soyia	$1,600 [6] This 5-letter adjective precedes "opposites" to describe the sides of magnets that attract each other polar Neill	$1,600 [20] Why not top the burger with these sweet onions named for a Georgia city Vidalia Tori	$1,600 [29] In Sunday Mass the Kyrie Eleison is followed by this "in Excelsis Deo" gloria Tori Soyia
$2,000 [16] This Atari game that shares its name with a Shakespeare play was known for its rotating dial used as a controller Tempest	DD $2,000 [28] To fool predators some species of frogs use than atosis, this defensive behavior playing dead Tori	$2,000 [12] In one part of this Malory work, Galahad "defouled" many jousters, but not Lancelot Le Morte d'Arthur Neill	$2,000 [7] Adjective for renegade republics that secede & for easily smashed bottles used as stage props breakaway	$2,000 [21] This A&E reality series focuses on the burger joint run by Paul, brother of Dorchester's own Mark & Donnie Wahlburgers Soyia	—

Final Jeopardy!

SHAKESPEARE

Aptly, Shakespeare used "moon" & "moonlight" more times in this play than in any other

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Soyia "What is A Midsummer Night's Dream?" — wagered $9,798

Neill "What is A Midsummer Night's Dream" — wagered $9,800

Tori "What is a Midsummer Night's Dream?" — wagered $1,801

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