Show #8039 2019-07-18 (taped 2019-03-30) Regular

Second regular-play game to end in a Tiebreaker Round.

Contestants

Nathan Kaplan — a math professor from Los Angeles, California

Amy King — a teacher from Seattle, Washington

Roey Hadar — a journalist from Arlington, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $23,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Roey	$7,000	$11,200	$19,600	$19,600 2nd place: $2,000	$16,800 27 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Amy	$2,000	$3,600	$7,200	$9,900 3rd place: $1,000	$7,200 13 R, 2 W
Nathan	$1,200	$4,400	$9,800	$19,600 New champion: $19,600	$9,600 12 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

SPORTING FIRSTS	LARD ALMIGHTY	A TOUR OF EUROPE	DEEP "POCKET"	19th CENTURY AMERICA	THE EDGARS
$200 [1] The first event annually in horse racing's Triple Crown the Kentucky Derby Roey	$200 [12] One of lard's best uses is as this "concise" ingredient that makes baked goods crisp & flaky shortening Nathan	$200 [7] The Gum department store in this capital was where Soviet higher-ups got to shop for luxury apparel Moscow Amy	$200 [17] A pita is this because you stuff it a pocket bread	$200 [6] On July 24, 1866 this state volunteered to be the first Confederate one readmitted to the Union Tennessee Amy	$200 [26] Part of "The Bazaar of Bad Dreams", "Obits" won the 2016 Short Story Edgar Award for my Maine man, this horror master Stephen King Roey
$400 [2] James Naismith threw the ball up for the first-ever game-opening one of these a jump ball Roey	$400 [20] The crispy remains after pork fat has been rendered are called these, AKA pork rinds cracklings Amy	$400 [8] Iceland's 3,000-square-mile Vatnajokull is Europe's largest of these--subject to change, as it's receding fast a glacier Roey	$400 [18] Criminal skill of Matt Damon & Awkwafina in the "Ocean's" series a pickpocket Roey	$400 [13] Born in Mass. in 1820, she had abolition & temperance as her main causes before focusing on women's rights (Susan B.) Anthony Roey	$400 [27] "G" is for grand master as well as this woman who received the 2009 Grand Master Award Sue Grafton Roey
$600 [3] The first flag waved at a NASCAR race is one of this color green Roey	$600 [22] In 1911 this 6-letter brand was introduced as a vegetable-based alternative to lard Crisco Amy	$800 [10] Most of this largest European alpine lake belongs to the Swiss, the rest to France, the view--to everyone Lake Geneva Roey Amy	$600 [19] A sudden updraft or downdraft when flying in a plane is known as this an air pocket Roey Nathan	$600 [14] In 1880 this was a gleam in the eye of William Sawyer & Albon Man; they filed a patent on it & got into years of struggle with Edison a light bulb Roey	$600 [28] 2018's best episode in a TV series was "Somebody to Love" by Noah Hawley for this Midwestern-set show spun off from a film, you betcha Fargo Amy
$800 [4] The first octopus thrown on the ice at a home game of this NHL team came form fishmongers Pete & Jerry Cusimano in 1952 the Detroit Red Wings Roey	$800 [24] Upton Sinclair claimed in this novel that some workers who fell into the vats ended up as lard The Jungle Roey	$1,000 [11] It's quite lovely along this river that flows through Porto, Portugal the Douro Nathan	$800 [21] Urban Dictionary says this shirt accessory is "not popular anymore, even among geeks" a pocket protector Nathan	$800 [15] The Chickasaw & Choctaw were 2 of the quintet given this patronizing name, for their relatively assimilated ways the Civilized Tribes Amy	$800 [29] This pseudonym of 2 authors got a special Edgar in 1950 for a "Mystery Magazine" Ellery Queen Nathan
$1,000 [5] The first event of tennis' yearly Grand Slam (it used to be the last) the Australian Open Roey	$1,000 [25] Not the healthiest, lard is this type of fat made from 3 fatty acids & glycerol triglyceride (or a saturated fat) Roey	DD $3,400 [9] Roman baths once highlighted this Paris locale that got its name due to the language spoken there until about 1789 the Latin Quarter Roey	$1,000 [23] Rhyming nickname of short-but-fast NHL star Henri Richard Pocket Rocket Roey	$1,000 [16] This publisher founded the New York Tribune as a Whig paper & later helped start the Republican party in 1854 (Horace) Greeley Roey	$1,000 [30] The Scotch was good. Too good. I tried to remember. It was 1955, & this writer had won for "The Long Goodbye". & now he had my gun (Raymond) Chandler Nathan

Double Jeopardy! Round

NEW GROUP NAMES OF MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURES	MEDICAL TERMS	COMIC STRIPS	"OY", THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!	STATELY OVERLAPS	THE 3-NAMED EDGARS
$400 [22] A Merv of these hybrid creatures who guarded gold from the Arimaspians griffins Roey	$400 [25] A kid with a skinned knee can impress his friends by telling him he has this, from the Latin meaning "scrape off" an abrasion Amy	$400 [1] She's the platinum-tressed bride of Dagwood Bumstead Blondie Amy	$400 [3] You'll feel like a king on this isle in Lake Superior, the least visited national park in the lower 48 states Isle Royale Roey	$400 [8] Excitement that comes from visiting Chicago... or Peoria Thrillinois Roey	$400 [17] In 1845 he lit into fellow poet Mr. Longfellow with accusations of plagiarism, which did not go over well Edgar Allan Poe Nathan
$800 [23] A Bojack of these horse/men who tried to kidnap Lapith women after getting drunk at a wedding centaurs Nathan	$800 [13] Cerumen is the medical name for this substance earwax Roey	$800 [2] This "Dilbert" creator received an MBA from Berkeley (Scott) Adams Nathan	$800 [4] Maybe you'll go to this Chicago university, founded in 1870 as St. Ignatius College Loyola Roey	$800 [9] A swirling whirlpool in the Lone Star State a Vortexas Amy	$2,000 [28] Spoon River was a combo of 2 towns this writer knew as a boy Edgar Lee Masters Amy Nathan
$1,200 [24] (If there were more than one) a maze of these bullheaded monsters, the offspring of the wife of King Minos minotaurs Roey	$1,200 [19] Aspirin & codeine are this kind of drug, AKA a painkiller--they relieve suffering without causing unconsciousness analgesics	$1,200 [10] Lincoln Peirce created this character, who's actually just 4 1/2 feet tall Big Nate	$1,200 [5] Go to the north bank of the Thames to stay at this London hotel, a blend of art deco & Edwardian elegance the Savoy Roey	$1,200 [14] A fortress in the first state to ratify the Constitution a Citadelaware Roey	DD $6,000 [18] Leonardo DiCaprio played this law enforcement man in a 2011 biopic J. Edgar Hoover Nathan
$1,600 [27] A string of these foul-smelling bird/women monsters who meet Jason & the Argonauts harpies Amy	$2,000 [21] In the disorder called this, an intolerance to gluten leads to damage of the lining of the small intestine celiac Roey	$1,600 [11] This comic strip sportscaster has stayed current, covering Anthony Davis & Roger Goodell Tank McNamara Nathan	$1,600 [6] About 50 miles north of Milwaukee, this Wisconsin city on Lake Michigan was established as a fur-trading post Sheboygan Roey	$1,600 [15] Pertaining to the eyesight of residents in the most populous state Opticalifornia Roey Amy	—
$2,000 [26] A panoply of these goaty guys, the Roman version of satyrs fauns Amy	DD $5,000 [20] This 11-letter word describes any procedure that doesn't require breaking the skin or entering the body with instruments noninvasive Nathan	$2,000 [12] In a classic early strip, Offissa Pupp protects this feline Krazy Kat Roey Nathan	$2,000 [7] This town on Long Island gained fame as the site of Sagamore Hill, Theodore Roosevelt's summer White House Oyster Bay Roey	$2,000 [16] Strict plant eater from a Pacific coast state an Herbivoregon Amy	—

Final Jeopardy!

NOTORIOUS

The death penalty has been carried out only once under Israeli law--in 1962, for this man

Adolf Eichmann

Amy "Who is Eichmann?" — wagered $2,700

Nathan "Who is Eichmann?" — wagered $9,800

Roey "Who is Adolf Eichmann?" — wagered $0

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