Show #7883 2018-12-12 (taped 2018-10-31) Regular

Contestants

Elana Schor — a journalist from Washington, D.C.

Andy Greeley — an elections administrator from Seattle, Washington

Nicole Cocklin — a travel agent from Fort Wayne, Indiana (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,001)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Nicole	$1,400	$2,400	$7,600	$7,600 3rd place: $1,000	$7,600 15 R, 2 W
Andy	$3,400	$8,200	$23,600	$15,999 2nd place: $2,000	$20,000 20 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Elana	$3,600	$6,200	$15,600	$23,601 New champion: $23,601	$9,400 17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS WOMEN	21st CENTURY FILMS	TOOLS ARE CONFUSING	3 WORDS FOR 3 LETTERS	READ IT	A.M.A.
$200 [6] The records this sprinter set in the 100 & 200 meters in 1988 still stand today Flo-Jo Elana	$200 [1] A waste-collecting robot helps save Earth in this Pixar film Wall-E Nicole	$200 [27] A hammer has a specific striking zone while this tool delivers more even pounding (& works great in croquet) a mallet Nicole	$200 [22] Veiled religious sister nun Nicole	$200 [11] This novel in which the Pequod sinks in the last chapter--read it Moby Dick Andy	$200 [30] Journals from the A.M.A. are devoted to fields like psychiatry & this other "P" field that deals with kids pediatrics Nicole
$400 [14] The first Latina on the Supreme Court, she says watching "Perry Mason" as a kid inspired her to become a lawyer Sonia Sotomayor Elana	$400 [2] Agent Smith is even more powerful in this 2003 first sequel to "The Matrix" The Matrix Reloaded Elana	$400 [26] Used in drafting to measure distances, a divider has 2 sharp points; this similar item has one sharp point & a pencil a compass Nicole	$400 [19] Needle threading point the eye Elana	$400 [10] The Yorkshire dialect makes this Bronte classic a tough read; I prefer the film with Olivier as Heathcliff Wuthering Heights Nicole	$400 [29] The A.M.A. strives to lower this for over 100 million Americans in the program called Target: BP blood pressure Andy
$600 [15] This Ms. & feminist icon co-founded Ms. magazine in 1971 (Gloria) Steinem Andy	$600 [3] Director Rian Johnson said Laura Dern could not resist saying "Pew!" every time she fired her blaster in this film The Last Jedi Elana	$600 [25] A rasp is a coarser type of this other 4-letter tool a file Andy	$600 [16] Tiny, in Edinburgh wee Elana	$600 [9] Woodward & Bernstein changed America with this book, nonfiction that read like a spy thriller All the President's Men Elana	$600 [12] The task force devoted to this epidemic advocates prescribing naloxone to those at risk of overdose the opioid epidemic Andy
$800 [17] On her second mission in space, she went up with childhood friend & fellow astronaut Kathryn Sullivan Sally Ride Elana	$800 [4] An action-packed 2017 for Karen Gillan, planet hopping as Nebula in "Guardians 2" & jungle jumping as Martha in this film Jumanji Elana	$800 [24] Generally a screw is driven into a surface while this other threaded item is affixed with a matching nut bolt Andy	$800 [20] To spread seed sow Elana	DD $1,000 [7] This first mystery novel with Philip Marlowe--too convoluted & kind of a snooze (pun intended) The Big Sleep Andy	$800 [13] The first code of these the A.M.A. adopted in 1847 was influenced by doctor & philosopher Thomas Percival ethics Nicole
$1,000 [18] After her death, it was revealed that she'd had leukemia for 12 years, including her time as Israel's prime minister Golda Meir Andy	$1,000 [5] Emile Hirsch lost 40 pounds from his 155-pound frame to get back to nature as Chris McCandless in this 2007 film Into the Wild Andy	$1,000 [23] This small kind of gardening spade is shaped more like a scoop a trowel Andy	$1,000 [21] One gear tooth a cog Andy	$1,000 [8] Jhumpa Lahiri's writing is exquisite in her short story collection called "Interpreter of" these maladies Elana	$1,000 [28] In 2018 the AMA told doctors to prepare for these cards redesigned to stop identity theft, going out to 60 million people Medicare cards

Double Jeopardy! Round

SEVEN DEADLY SYNONYMS	WORLD CAPITALS	THE ARTS	THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER	A POP "UP" CATEGORY	HODGEPODGE
$400 [1] Type of error that causes a program to abort, or of attraction that caused Michael Douglas to notice Glenn Close fatal Elana	$400 [29] If you really, really want to visit North Korea, you'll probably fly into this city's Sunan Intl. Airport Pyongyang Elana	$400 [30] The name of this leading ballet company means "great ballet" in Russian Bolshoi Nicole	$400 [28] Medical miracles march on: guinea worm, which in 1985 had 3 million cases on this continent, is on the verge of eradication Africa Nicole	$400 [25] A song by the late Avicii says, "So" do this "when it's all over, whem I'm wiser and I'm older" wake me up Elana	$400 [26] This automaker automakes the Focus ST Ford Elana
$800 [2] Often found before "maniac", this word refers to a murderer homicidal Nicole	$800 [14] In 1749 the French laid out this Caribbean capital in a grid pattern & called it L'Hopital Port-au-Prince Elana	$1,200 [7] Erato, the muse of love poetry, is depicted holding this harp-like instrument a lyre Nicole	$800 [10] A bestseller by Steven Pinker about the joys of progress is called this 18th century era of reason "Now" Enlightenment Andy	$800 [24] Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes took this love theme from "An Officer and a Gentleman" to No. 1 "Up Where We Belong" Elana	$800 [23] It's the largest U.S. state in area that borders the Pacific Ocean Alaska Nicole Elana
$1,200 [3] A substance that tends to cause cancer is deemed this 12-letter word carcinogenic Nicole Andy	$1,600 [4] This South American capital is the only city planned & built in the 20th century to be made a World Heritage site Brasilia	$1,600 [8] Here's a poster by Czech artist Alphonse Mucha in this style that flourished from about 1880 to 1910 Art Nouveau Andy	$1,200 [11] As Dr. King put it, "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward" this quality justice Andy	$1,200 [22] Andra Day said this inspirational song started as "sort of a prayer" after a friend was diagnosed with cancer "Rise Up"	$1,200 [21] It's the number of strings on a standard guitar six Nicole
$1,600 [16] This type of wound that kills you comes from the Latin for "death" mortal Nicole	$2,000 [6] Thimphu, capital of this Himalayan kingdom, is said to be the only world capital without traffic lights Bhutan Andy	$2,000 [9] Denzel Washington "arrived" on Broadway as Hickey in a 2018 revival of this drama by Eugene O'Neill The Iceman Cometh Nicole Andy	$1,600 [12] The 1964 exhibit "Progressland" was sponsored by this giant power-&-more company General Electric Andy	$1,600 [18] In 2018 Drake rapped about feeling this, "Hundred thousand on my head, it's disrespect" "Upset"	$1,600 [20] It's the heat needed to raise the temperature of a gram of water one degree Celsius a calorie Andy
$2,000 [15] This adjective from the word "virus" can describe a deadly strain of a disease virulent Andy	DD $4,600 [5] It's continental Europe's westernmost national capital Lisbon Andy	DD $7,000 [27] Hereis Eugene Delacroix's depiction of the death of this Shakespeare character Ophelia Elana	$2,000 [13] In the 1933 utopian work "Life in" this kind of -ocracy run by scientists, every citizen gets a yearly energy allotment in ergs technocracy	$2,000 [17] "And if this old world starts getting you down, there's room enough for two" here "Up On The Roof"	$2,000 [19] This is a blank page at the beginning or end of a book, not a spot for bugs to gather on a plant a flyleaf Nicole

Final Jeopardy!

SCI-FI TV

One of the twin planets this alien race called home was Remus

the Romulans

Nicole "Who are the Romulans?" — wagered $0

Elana "Who are the Romulans?" — wagered $8,001

Andy "Who are the Vulcans?" — wagered $7,601

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