Show #7940 2019-03-01 (taped 2019-01-09) All-Star

2019 All-Star Games wildcard match, game 2.

Contestants

Leonard Cooper — a graduate student at Brown University from Little Rock, Arkansas

Roger Craig — a machine learning consultant from Newark, Delaware

Austin Rogers — a bartender from New York, New York

Alan Lin — a software engineer from Riverside, California

Pam Mueller — a think tank researcher from Culver City, California

Colby Burnett — a college counselor from Chicago, Illinois

Jennifer Giles — a third grade teacher from Longmont, Colorado

Alex Jacob — a freelance trivia writer from Greensboro, North Carolina

Buzzy Cohen — a music executive from Los Angeles, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Team Buzzy	$1,600	$2,200	$3,600	$0	$13,400 Jennifer
Team Colby	$4,200	$6,000	$7,600	$7,499	$7,600 Alan
Team Austin	$4,200	$2,100	$8,900	$0	$11,400 Leonard

Jeopardy! Round

NAME THAT TUNA	20th CENTURY BESTSELLERS	THEIR IVY LEAGUE ALMA MATER	TV	VOWEL-POURRI	INVENTORS
$200 [27] This tuna character first appeared in a Starkist commercial in 1961 Charlie Jennifer	$200 [28] The concept of a "whisperer" who calms animals was popularized by this Nicholas Evans novel The Horse Whisperer Jennifer	$200 [29] Teddy Roosevelt & John F. Kennedy Harvard Leonard	$200 [30] In 1959 there were more than 25 shows in this genre on TV, including "Rawhide" a western Alan	$200 [26] Beginning with 4 vowels, Ueueteotl is one spelling for the fire god of these people the Aztecs Alan	$200 [25] Nicolas-Jacque Conté mixed graphite & clay to make this writing tool easily produceable for the masses a pencil (or a crayon) Jennifer Alan Leonard
$400 [24] It's bigger than the yellowfin & in 2013 a 490-pound one of these colorful tuna sold at auction in Tokyo for $1.8 million bluefin Alan Leonard	$400 [16] 1916's "Mr. Britling Sees It Through" by this author tried to make sense of the madness of WWI; no time travel involved H.G. Wells Leonard	$400 [17] Emma Watson & John F. Kennedy Jr.--this "colorful" school Brown University Leonard	$400 [20] Currently on TBS, he's been on late night TV since 1993, hosting 3 different shows Conan O'Brien Alan	$400 [22] Long words using only the same vowel include numbskull, paragraph & this job of keeping things pretty at Pebble Beach greenskeeper	$400 [21] This German was working in Manchester, England when he made a device to count alpha particles (Hans) Geiger Alan
$600 [23] "Join the Crew" & "Fishin' Friction" are episode titles of this TV show on the National Geographic Channel Wicked Tuna	$600 [5] The disaster movie genre really took off when this 1968 novel about Trans America flight No. 2 out of Chicago came to the screen Airport Leonard	$800 [4] Bill & Hillary Clinton for law school, where they first met Yale Alan	$600 [19] This creator of "Mad Men" brought us 2018's "The Romanoffs" Matthew Weiner	$600 [9] There are 4 consonants in a row in this word for combining 2 vowels in the same syllable, as in "coin" or "loud" diphthong Leonard	$600 [8] British sea captain John Ward made one of these in the 1850s by combining blocks of cork on a vest a life jacket Alan
$800 [13] AKA the aku, it's named for the way it launches itself out of the water a skipjack Jennifer	$800 [1] This Edith Hull bestseller about forbidden love in the desert became a 1921 film starring Rudolph Valentino The Sheik Leonard	$1,000 [3] Dr. Seuss, Shonda Rhimes &Mindy Kaling Dartmouth	$800 [15] On "Newhart" Larry was a rural fellow who had 2 brothers, both named this Darryl Jennifer	$800 [10] In "yes", Y is a consonant, in this 5-letter word for a final resting place, it's a vowel a crypt Leonard	$800 [7] In 1907 James Spangler invented a portable vacuum cleaner--then sold the rights to this man (William) Hoover Alan
$1,000 [14] The FDA's not involved in rating, so tuna rated sushi grade or this raw fish grade is just what the seller thinks is good sashimi Leonard	$1,000 [2] In a 1952 book a craftsman fashions "The Silver" this title drinking vessel to house the Holy Grail chalice Leonard	DD $2,500 [18] Brooke Shields (class of '87 with honors) & F. Scott Fitzgerald Princeton Leonard	$1,000 [12] A game pie & charlotte russe were featured in a season 3 episode of this "Great" show from across the pond The Great British Bake Off Alan	$1,000 [11] This adjective meaning inappropriately humorous uses all 5 vowels in alphabetical order facetious Leonard	$1,000 [6] Alois Senefelder used grease to draw an image onto limestone, inventing this printing technique in the 1790s lithography Alan

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY WITH LESSER-KNOWN PAINTERS	ON THE SOUNDTRACK	REFERENCE WORKS	WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR?	TRAVEL	"E"PONYMOUS
$400 [17] Jean-Jacques Scherrer painted a 1429 event, "The Entrance of" this Frenchwoman "into Orleans" Joan of Arc Alex	$400 [29] 1977:"Stayin' Alive","More Than a Woman" Saturday Night Fever Roger	$400 [30] Collectors of these can learn their values from the Scott number, listed in an annual catalog stamps	$400 [25] As a grad student, Gordon Gould coined "laser", which stands for light amplification by stimulated emission of this radiation Alex	$400 [24] A trip to this capital might include a visit to the ABBA Museum & to Skattkammaren, the royal treasury Stockholm Alex	$400 [22] Menlo Park is in this township in New Jersey Edison Alex
$800 [18] Robert Colescott expanded African Americans' role in history with works like this peanut scientist "Crossing the Delaware" George Washington Carver Roger	$800 [28] A 2005 adaptation:"Along Came Bialy","Heil Myself" The Producers Pam	$800 [27] The deities in Facts on File's "Encyclopedia of Gods" include Nyakaya, a goddess in the form of this Nile beast crocodile Roger	$800 [26] Per the USPS, ZIP (as in ZIP code) stands for this "improvement plan" zone Alex	$800 [23] Check out one of the last great 19th century hotels, the colonial-style Raffles Hotel in this Asian island country Singapore Pam	$800 [21] A British monarch is the source of this adjective for the first decade of the 20th century Edwardian Pam
$1,200 [2] When Charles Schreyvogel won fame for a painting of this doomed lt. col., Frederic Remington said he got the horse wrong Custer Roger	$1,200 [11] A 1967 film:"Scarborough Fair", "April Come She Will" The Graduate Roger	$1,200 [8] Library Journal's best reference books of 2017 include these sites: "Walking the Trails of History", like at Chickamauga Civil War Battlefields Roger	$1,200 [4] You lie supine for this weightlifting exercise, BP bench press Roger	$1,200 [13] Seen here is an interior view of the main dome of this colorful Istanbul landmark the Blue Mosque Alex Pam	$1,200 [20] Thiseponymic line of cars debuted in 1957 & departed with its 1960 model the Edsel Alex
$1,600 [1] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a painting on the monitor.) The scepter has symbolically fallen from King Robert's hand in a 19th-centurypaintingby Jean-Paul Laurens titled after this action taken against the king by the pope excommunication Alex	$2,000 [12] A 2018 sequel:"If I Could Turn Back Time","Mutant Convoy" Deadpool 2 Alex Pam Roger	$1,600 [5] The first encyclopedia used by future Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales was this one aimed at 9- to 18-year-olds World Book Pam	$1,600 [14] A way of accounting for inventory, LIFO stands for this last in, first out Alex	$1,600 [6] Named for a statesman, this largest national park in South Africa offers the chance to see amazing wildlife up close Kruger Alex	$2,000 [10] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew swirls some liquids in a flask.) Liquids can be swirled & mixed without danger of spillage in this tapered laboratory flask, named for a 19th-century German chemist the Erlenmeyer flask Pam
$2,000 [3] Adolph Menzel painted a concert with this great Prussian king on Flute & C.P.E. Bach at the keyboard Frederick the Great Alex	DD $15,600 [16] 1994:"Son of a Preacher Man","Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" Pulp Fiction Alex	$2,000 [9] This French Enlightenment man was the mind behind the Encyclopedie & edited it from 1747 to 1772 (Denis) Diderot Pam	$2,000 [19] In case of missiles from the Soviet Union, the U.S. & Canada had this, the DEW line for short Distant Early Warning Roger	$2,000 [15] December is a fun time to visit Scotland, especially during this New Year's festival that features torch parades & Vikings! Hogmanay	DD $7,400 [7] The plane truth is that this 2-word branch of math is named for a Greek who lived around 300 B.C. Euclidean geometry Alex

Final Jeopardy!

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION YEARS

Prior to 2016 it was the last election year in which the winning candidate had never held public elected office

1952

Buzzy "What is 1868? Love U Lucerne" — wagered $3,600

Colby "What was 1956?" — wagered $101

Austin "What is 1836?" — wagered $8,900

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