Show #7882 2018-12-11 (taped 2018-10-31) Regular

Contestants

John Henning Schumann — a physician from Tulsa, Oklahoma

Nicole Cocklin — a travel agent from Fort Wayne, Indiana

Francesco Caporusso — a technical support analyst from Lititz, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,801)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Francesco	$2,200	$0	$10,000	$19,500 2nd place: $2,000	$12,400 16 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Nicole	$-800	$2,600	$11,000	$20,001 New champion: $20,001	$11,000 13 R, 4 W
John	$2,200	$4,400	$9,500	$7,999 3rd place: $1,000	$12,000 19 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

MY 2018 GOVERNMENT JOB	WORD ORIGINS	AT THE SALAD BAR	THE BIG BATTALIONS	WEST VIRGINIA	THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS
$200 [3] Samuel Alito, since 2006 Supreme Court justice Francesco	$200 [8] (Kelly shows an animation of the solar system on the monitor.) The name of this type of heavenly body comes from the Greek for "wanderer", because all eight wander during the year against the background of fixed stars planet Francesco Nicole	$200 [1] Homemade ones of these crunchy toppers made from day-old bread croutons Francesco	$200 [29] Russia leads the world with more than 20,000 of these, like the new T-14 with an automated turret & 125mm cannon tanks Francesco	$200 [23] On Dec. 6 the state honors these underground workers past & present for their contributions & sacrifices coal miners Nicole	$200 [17] "You better watch out" for Bruce Springsteen's rockin' rendition of this Christmas classic, recorded live in 1975 "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" John
$400 [4] John Kasich, since 2011 governor of Ohio John	$400 [9] This word for a type of contest began in mock battles as groups rotated in unison to attack the opposition tournament	$400 [2] Several kinds of lettuce, including this traditional type for a Caesar salad romaine John	$400 [27] The U.S. rules the seas with 11 of these mighty ships, more than the rest of the world's fleets combined aircraft carriers Nicole John	$400 [24] In 1921 West Virginia became the first state to impose this, then a fraction of 1%; today it's 6% sales tax Francesco	$400 [19] In 1947's "Miracle on 34th Street" Edmund Gwenn plays a character called this who claims to be the real Santa Kris Kringle Nicole
$600 [5] He was not (neuro)Surgeon General but he was head of HUD Ben Carson John	$600 [10] This term for a fool or jokester is from the Italian for "to puff" a buffoon Nicole John	$600 [13] Chickpeas, also known by this Spanish-derived name garbanzo beans John	$600 [25] North Korea has one of the largest fleets of these craft, including the Yono class midget type submarines John	$600 [16] In 2014 his "Take Me Home, Country Roads" became one of West Virginia's official state songs John Denver Francesco	$600 [20] Tom Hanks voices Santa & the conductor in this 2004 animated favorite The Polar Express Nicole
$800 [6] Scott Pruitt's controversial tenure heading this agency ended in July the EPA Francesco	$800 [11] With its characters made up of wedges, this ancient writing system's name means "wedge-shaped" cuneiform Francesco	$800 [14] Thisleafy member of the beet family that goes by a 2-word international name Swiss chard John	$1,000 [28] Together, these 2 countries that fought a late 1940s war over Kashmir now deploy about 2 million active troops India and Pakistan Nicole	$800 [18] Although its population is only about 50,000, this capital is West Virginia's largest city Charleston Nicole	$800 [21] There is a town of Santa Claus in this Midwest state that postmarks about half a million holiday cards each year Indiana Nicole
$1,000 [7] James "Please don't Call Me Mad Dog" Mattis Secretary of Defense John	$1,000 [12] This word, from French words for "carry" & "cloak", is itself a compound rather than one of the things it describes portmanteau	$1,000 [15] Tuna pasta salad containing this aromatic herb that gives bearnaise sauce its distinctive flavor tarragon John	DD $2,400 [30] This country's nearly 2.2 million active military personnel is by far the world's largest standing force China Francesco	$1,000 [26] In 1896 the post office in Uvilla put this "R" in RFD, a mail service inaugurated in West Virginia rural John	$1,000 [22] Our image of Santa is largely based on Harper's Weeklyillustrationsfrom the 1800s by this political cartoonist Nast Francesco

Double Jeopardy! Round

POSTHUMOUS BOOKS	INITIAL INITIALS	DE-CAP-ITATE 'EM!	HEY, BIG BUY	THE SUN'S GETTING REAL LOW	BORN IN 1818
$400 [11] "Hadji Murad", about a Chechen separatist fighter, appeared after this writer's 1910 death in rural Russia Leo Tolstoy	$400 [6] Introduced in 1982, CD stands for this; its "-ROM" version came along later compact disc Francesco	$400 [1] Chop "cap" off a word meaning to overturn in water & you get this magnitude size John	$400 [21] "The sun's getting real low" is the phrase the Avengers use to turn this angry guy back into Bruce Banner the Hulk John	$400 [16] The harvest moon rises about the same time as the sun sets in the days around this equinox the autumnal Francesco John	$1,200 [28] Composer Charles Gounod is known for his opera version of this devilish tale Faust Nicole
$800 [12] All 3 of his novels appeared after his 1924 burial in Prague, as editor Max Brod ignored his request to destroy them Kafka John	$800 [7] Before the "Y" came along, CSN stood for this Crosby, Stills, Nash John	$800 [2] Take the "C-A-P" off a type of chicken & you get this preposition on Francesco	$800 [22] Big Brother addressed his subjects in an ominous 1984 commercial for this tech company Apple John	$800 [17] In Islam, the Asr this must be done before sunset & the Maghrib, after sunset prayer Francesco	$1,600 [26] This abolitionist born a slave got a 200th birthday celebration at his national historic site in Washington, D.C. Frederick Douglass Nicole
$1,600 [14] This African-American author's long-awaited second novel "Juneteenth" appeared in 1999 Ralph Ellison	$1,200 [8] Some activists prefer that "QIA" be added after these 4 letters for more inclusivity LGBT Nicole John	$1,200 [3] Remove "cap" from a synonym for whimsy & you are left with this grain rice John	$1,200 [23] Under this name J.P. Richardson had a hit with "Chantilly Lace" the Big Bopper John	$1,200 [18] "The evening star" traditionally means this planet when seen as the sun sinks low Venus Nicole	$2,000 [27] He invented seed-planting & cotton-thinning machines as well as his crank-operated machine gun Gatling Francesco
$2,000 [15] This character gets one last story in "The Blythes Are Quoted", published after Lucy Maud Montgomery died Anne of Green Gables Nicole	$1,600 [9] A doctor whose "MD" is followed by "ABIM" is board-certified in this "IM" & can check you out all over internal medicine John	$1,600 [4] Cut "C-A-P" off a word meaning having the skill to do something & get this shorter word meaning the same thing ability (or able) Francesco	$1,600 [24] Adam Sandler & Burl Ives played characters known by this 2-word paternal name in 2 very different films Big Daddy Nicole	$1,600 [19] If a camera can detect this radiation just longer than visible light, it can still see the sun after we can't infrared Nicole	—
DD $3,000 [13] After death, this horror author still talked about the Necronomicon in his novel "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" H.P. Lovecraft John	DD $2,500 [10] A merger brought the "-CIO", but first there was the AFL, which stood for this American Federation of Labor John	$2,000 [5] Take the "cap" off a shipboard winch & get this male first name Stan	$2,000 [25] Alliterative nickname of tennis player Tilden; it seems natural for Pres. Taft, but he was "Lub" Big Bill Francesco	$2,000 [20] From the Latin for "to spread", it's the kind of soft light right before sunset that's great for photography diffused Francesco Nicole	—

Final Jeopardy!

BIBLE BOOKS

The title of this Old Testament book is from the Greek for "song sung to a harp"

Psalms

John "What is Ecclesiastes" — wagered $1,501

Francesco "What is Psalms?" — wagered $9,500

Nicole "What is Psalms?" — wagered $9,001

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