Show #8037 2019-07-16 (taped 2019-03-30) Regular

Sam Kavanaugh game 5.

Contestants

JJ Harris — a community volunteer from Petaluma, California

Peter Smith — a lawyer from Mar Vista, California

Sam Kavanaugh — a teacher from Minneapolis, Minnesota (whose 4-day cash winnings total $113,801)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Sam	$3,000	$13,400	$27,800	$42,401 5-day champion: $156,202	$21,800 22 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Peter	$1,000	$1,200	$6,400	$12,800 3rd place: $1,000	$5,600 13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
JJ	$2,400	$4,800	$21,200	$12,801 2nd place: $2,000	$16,800 16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

IT'S ALL IN THE PAST	FANCY RESTAURANTS	THAT MOVIE'S IN BOSTON	WICKED!	O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!	LANGUAGE LAB
$200 [10] March 2, 1969 saw the first flight of this supersonic transport; it didn't hit 300 mph that day but went 1,350 eventually the Concorde Sam	$200 [8] Valentino in Santa Monica had private dining in this space that held thousands of bottles, like Gavi & Chardonnay a wine cellar Sam	$200 [24] This 1997 movie was up for 9 Oscahs & took home 2--you got its numbahs; how do ya like them apples?! Good Will Hunting Sam	$200 [1] Nice's opposite in a "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" lyric naughty Peter	$400 [12] You'd think after 56 years, there'd be a premium version of this cereal where its mascot gets his long-deserved admiral promotion Cap'n Crunch Sam	$400 [27] In French this melting vessel is le creuset but the Arthur Miller play of the same name is "Les Sorcieres de Salem" crucible Peter
$400 [25] Some say this 10-yr. economic slump could have been stopped by a strong leader--Benjamin Strong, the N.Y. Fed head who died at 55 in 1928 the Great Depression Peter	$400 [9] At Eleven Madison Park in New York, a cheesecake made from sturgeon is garnished with this, sturgeon roe caviar JJ	$400 [6] David Ortiz was on hand at this ballpark for the premiere party of "Fever Pitch", starring Jimmy Fallon Fenway Peter	$400 [2] Putrid, tainted, or Johnny of The Sex Pistols rotten Peter	$600 [11] J.M. Barrie wrote that this pirate was "cadaverous...his hair dressed in long curls which look like black candles about to melt" Captain Hook JJ	$600 [14] A Czech scientist can measure to the microgram with his váhy, this scale
$800 [13] This landmark began as the First Baptist Church of Wash. in 1833, became infamous in 1865 & closed for more than 100 years Ford's Theatre Sam	$600 [17] Naturally, NYC's La Grenouille serves cuisses de grenouilles, this exotic dish in butter & garlic frogs' legs Peter JJ	$600 [7] Mark Wahlberg goes through an impressive speed round of possible names of the new girlfriend of his bear pal in this pic Ted JJ	$600 [3] A Yeti might find this other adjective used in its alternate name to be quite loathsome abominable Sam	$800 [15] Valentine's Day in Hawaii sounds perfect for most, but in 1779, this captain was killed in a dispute over a stolen cutter Captain Cook JJ	$800 [16] In Russian pipetka (like pipette) is this dispenser of small amounts of liquid, one at a time a dropper Sam
$1,000 [20] The 12th c. Knights Hospitallers helped pilgrims in the Holy Land while the Knights this protected 'em coming & going the Templar JJ	$1,000 [21] Diners book months in advance at Apège in Paris; in winter the menu has black truffles & in spring, stalks of white this asparagus JJ	$800 [19] A cop poses as a mobster & a mobster poses as a cop in this 2006 Scorsese film set in Boston The Departed Sam	$800 [4] George W. Bush coined the "Axis of" it in 2002 evil Sam	$1,000 [18] The 2003 novel "Gilligan's Wake" gives this TV character a backstory as a WWII PT boat captain hanging with JFK the Skipper Sam	$1,000 [22] The microscope is called a Microscoop in this country where it was invented the Netherlands Sam
DD $6,600 [23] England could have had a King Fred, but Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales, son & father of kings with this name, died young in 1751 George Sam	—	$1,000 [26] The "Friends of" this Boston crook played by Robert Mitchum are the people he's pressured to snitch on Eddie Coyle JJ	$1,000 [5] Go "pro" with this word meaning blasphemous profane	—	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANDREW DAVIES	FOLLOW THE LEADER	STATE CAPITALS	IN THE AIR	POTPOURRI	ENDS WITH "ART"
$400 [30] Andrew Davies is known for "bonnet dramas", like his adaptation of this author's "Middlemarch" George Eliot Peter	$400 [20] Head of the FBI after Robert Mueller:J.C. (James) Comey JJ	$400 [28] It's about 85 miles northeast of San Francisco Sacramento Sam	$400 [29] In Genesis this man is told to take "fowls...of the air" by sevens Noah Peter	$400 [11] A misheard word may have led Charles Perrault to make this character's shoes verre, "of glass", not vair, "of fur' Cinderella Peter	$400 [17] A defensive embankment with a parapet on top a rampart
$800 [21] Davies intended a different take from the musical in his adaptation of this Hugo novel, airing on PBS in 2019 Les Miserables Peter	$800 [3] Following Fay Vincent as MLB commish:B.S. Bud Selig JJ	$800 [27] 6 bronze stars on South Carolina's State House in this city mark where Sherman's cannonballs hit it during the Civil War Columbia Peter	$800 [9] At a 1914 air show, Lawrence Sperry stood on the wing as the plane he was flying stayed on course using this invention autopilot Sam	$800 [13] It's the only letter that doesn't appear in the name of a U.S. state Q Sam	$800 [18] This brand that popularized food processors in the '70s became a trademark of the Conair Corporation Cuisinart Peter
$1,200 [24] Conservative whip Francis Urquhart was the scheming center of this Davies series that got a presidential Netflix version House of Cards	$1,200 [22] Soviet leader after Khruschchev:L.B. (Leonid) Brezhnev JJ	$1,600 [4] Penacook & Rumford are previous names of this capital located on the Merrimack River Concord	$1,200 [6] Amurmurationof these stellar birds is seen in Spain making some pretty shapes starlings JJ	$1,200 [14] Greek for "beyond" & "heavy" gives us this name for a chamber used to treat pressure-related conditions like the bends hyperbaric JJ	$1,200 [2] To disrupt a plan is to "upset" this item used to display fruit the apple cart Sam
$1,600 [25] Davies wrote most of the episodes of "Bleak House" 30 minutes long to evoke the way this author serialized it Dickens Peter	$1,600 [23] Following Alan Greenspan at the Fed:B.B. Ben Bernanke JJ	DD $2,000 [1] It's less than 15 miles from Hersheypark to the capitol building in this city Harrisburg (Pennsylvania) Peter	$2,000 [10] In 1979 this craft made news when it entered the atmosphere & broke apart over Australia Skylab Sam	$1,600 [15] Thistuberous vegetable isn't named for the city in Israel but for the Italian word for "sunflower", girasole a Jerusalem artichoke Sam	$1,600 [8] Someone who talks so much of this own achievements that it annoys other people a braggart Sam
$2,000 [26] Davies wrote the 1990s "Pride & Prejudice" that brought fame to Jennifer Ehle& to this actor who played Mr. Darcy Colin Firth JJ	$2,000 [19] After Roman emperor Antoninus Pius:M.A. Marcus Aurelius Sam Peter	$2,000 [5] Antislavery settlers from Lawrence chose the site for this city in the 1850s Topeka JJ	DD $6,000 [7] In a Khaled Hosseini book, the "real fun began" when the string of one of these "was cut" a kite JJ	$2,000 [16] Though it's the softest commercial wood, it's defined botanically as a hardwood balsa wood Sam	$2,000 [12] A very loyal friend or supporter a stalwart Sam

Final Jeopardy!

EUROPEAN COUNTRY NAMES

Resolving a decades-long dispute with its neighbor to the south, in 2019 this 28-year-old republic added "North" to its name

North Macedonia

Peter "What is Macedonia" — wagered $6,400

JJ "What" — wagered $8,399

Sam "What is North Macedonia" — wagered $14,601

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