Show #8045 2019-07-26 (taped 2019-04-06) Regular

Jason Zuffranieri game 6.Last game of Season 35.

Contestants

Michael Riggs — an educational therapist from Tustin, California

Maggie Lehrman — an editor and writer from Brooklyn, New York

Jason Zuffranieri — a math teacher from Albuquerque, New Mexico (whose 5-day cash winnings total $109,700)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jason $6,200 $9,600 $30,800 $27,600
6-day champion: $137,300
$27,800
34 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Maggie $3,000 $3,200 $3,200 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$3,200
8 R, 2 W
Michael $400 $800 $3,200 $2
2nd place: $2,000
$3,200
10 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

VENICE 2 VERBS IN ONE TURNING TO SPORTS BEFORE & AFTER: SINGERS & WRITERS SHAPE UP! CHILLAX
$200 [21]
The name of this bridge is a contraction of rivo alto, "deep stream"
the Rialto
Maggie
$200 [7]
To travel by taking rides from passing cars
hitchhike
Maggie
$200 [13]
In 2012 a U.K. game of this sport went 150 hours non-stop--"the only time we slept was when our team was batting"
cricket
Jason
$200 [14]
"The Heart Of Rock & Roll" lead singer who also wrote "Alice in Wonderland"
Huey Lewis Carroll
Jason
$200 [16]
This chess piece can only move in an L-shape
the knight
Michael
$200 [30]
It's your day off, go ahead & be one of these "spuds" & catch up on your favorite shows
a couch potato
Michael
$400 [22]
Now meaning a slum, this word may come from the name of a Venetian area to which Jews were once restricted
ghetto
Jason
$400 [8]
Akin to saute, you do this to veggies in a wok
stir-fry
Michael
$400 [5]
Lee Corso once noted the Rainbow Warriors football team at this univ. "doesn't win many games in the United States"
(the University of) Hawaii
Jason
$600 [2]
Folk trio that was "Blowin' In The Wind" with the writer of "Frankenstein"
Peter, Paul and Mary Shelley
Maggie
$400 [17]
A traditional honeycomb is made of cells of this shape
a hexagon
Michael
$400 [26]
Chillax with your partner & enjoy a couple's one of these, maybe the Swedish type; it's just what you knead
massage
Jason
$600 [23]
During one season, the winter of 1678, this Baroque music master was born in Venice
Antonio Vivaldi
$600 [9]
To get behind the wheel of a Chrysler you're thinking of buying & take it for a spin
test-drive
Maggie
$600 [6]
Spin in an 8-foot, 2-inch throwing circle to throw a 4.4-pound circle in this sport
discus
Maggie
$800 [3]
"Super Freak" singer who also told "Tales of the South Pacific"
Rick James Michener
Jason
$600 [18]
Connect twosemicircles with parallel lines & you have this shape, named for a type of arena
a stadium
Jason Michael
$600 [27]
Forget cooking--you can order food from this rhyming service that delivers from more than 105,000 takeout restaurants
GrubHub
Jason
$800 [24]
In 697 Paolo Lucio Anafesto became the first of these Venice bosses; in 1797 Ludovico Manin became the last
doge
Jason
$800 [10]
To use a foot & a pedal to get a motorcycle going
kick-start
Jason
$800 [11]
This "Brown Bomber" successfully defended his heavyweight crown 25 times, with 22 knockouts
Joe Louis
Jason
DD $1,000 [1]
"Hit The Road Jack" with the singer & pianist who also came up with the theory of evolution by natural selection
Ray Charles Darwin
Jason
$800 [19]
The shape created by two interlocking circles is called avesica piscis, Latin for this bladder
fish
Jason
$800 [28]
Enjoy a glass of the tawny type of this fortified wine
port
Michael
$1,000 [25]
St. Mark's is famous for this type of bell tower, from the Italian for "bell"
campanile
$1,000 [15]
To windmill, headspin or elbow hop like a b-boy
breakdance
Maggie
$1,000 [12]
Fox Sports:This Utah Jazz man, aka the Mailman, "may be the first human to be even more chiseled than his own statue"
Karl Malone
Jason
$1,000 [4]
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" singer who takes up a pen & creates "The Mayor of Casterbridge"
B.J. Thomas Hardy
Jason
$1,000 [20]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew demonstrates the trammel of Archimedes.) Also known as a do-nothing machine, the trammel of Archimedes actually has a function--if you trace the path of the handle, you can draw one of these shapes
an ellipse
Michael
$1,000 [29]
Chillax to some classical music like this German composer's "Canon in D"; it's not just for weddings
Pachelbel
Jason

Double Jeopardy! Round

SHARK WEEK ON THIS DAY: JULY 26 "ISTA" ME! 1960s TV SHAKESPEAREAN DOUBLE BLANK VERSE MAKE IT SNAPPY
$400 [29]
It was a bad day to be a robot sub as the oneherefelt the 2-ton bite of one of these apex predators, also known as the maneater
a great white shark
Michael
$400 [28]
Signing the Amer. w/ Disabilities Act on July 26, 1990, Pres. Bush said he was inspired by this GOP senator who lost the use of an arm
(Bob) Dole
Jason
$400 [1]
Luckily for Starbucks, this server job is considered gender neutral in Italian
a barista
Michael
$400 [26]
In 1968 episode No. 1 of this news show that's still on had behind-the-scenes looks at Richard Nixon & Hubert Humphrey
60 Minutes
Jason
$400 [27]
"Henry IV, Part 2":"He hath eaten me out of ____ and ____"
house and home
Jason
$400 [18]
As well as photosharing on this app, you can watch its Snap originals like "#vanlife"
Snapchat
Jason
$800 [23]
The subcutaneous lateral line on this tiger shark senses these quivering motions in the water, perhaps from a struggling fish
vibrations
Jason Michael
$800 [19]
On July 26, 1858 Baron Lionel de Rothschild took his seat as the first Jewish member of this government body
British Parliament
Jason
$800 [2]
In 1993 this term was used by writer Stephen Fried to describe members of a supermodel's entourage
fashionista
Jason
$800 [3]
I'm so glad we had this woman's variety show that had Jim Nabors as its first guest & as the first guest each season
Carol Burnett
Jason
$800 [10]
"Julius Caesar":"____ tu, ____?"
"Et tu, Brute?"
Jason
$800 [17]
Genus Antirrhinum, these flowers snap closed after they are pried open by bees
snapdragons
Michael
DD $1,000 [25]
Shark Week divers encounter a rare sight--a bigeye type of this shark, named for a motion its tail makes as it whips its prey
a thresher shark
Jason
$1,200 [20]
The Continental Congress established this govt. entity July 26, 1775 with Ben Franklin as its first head
the U.S. Postal Service
Jason
$1,200 [7]
A Nicaraguan revolutionary
sandinista
Jason
$1,200 [4]
In 1967 Harry Morgan joined "Dragnet" as Bill Gannon, the final partner of this police sergeant played by Jack Webb
Joe Friday
Jason
$1,200 [11]
"Henry VI, Part 2":"The first thing we do, let's ____ all the ____"
"let's kill all the lawyers"
Jason
$1,200 [16]
Thissinger decided to add the finger snaps to her hit song "Fever"
(Peggy) Lee
Jason
$1,200 [24]
Many sharks are solitary hunters, but reef sharks are known to hunt in this 11-letter way that also refers to a type of apartment
cooperative
$1,600 [21]
Liberia dates its founding from the signing of its constitution in this city on July 26, 1847
Monrovia
Jason
$2,000 [9]
This type of soldier works out of Chiapas
Zapatista
Jason
$1,600 [5]
One white guy, one black guy & one blonde gal fought crime as this cool undercover title trio
the Mod Squad
Maggie
$1,600 [12]
"Romeo and Juliet":"It is the ____, and Juliet is the ____"
"It is the east, and Juliet is the sun"
Maggie Michael
$1,600 [15]
This hyphenated tool company owns brands like Car-O-Liner & Kansas Jack
Snap-On
Jason
$2,000 [30]
It was white-knuckle time on Shark Week as one of the crew got harassed by a huge one ofthese4-letter sharks with a Maori name
a mako shark
Michael
$2,000 [22]
Despite objections from the Pentagon, on July 26, 1948 Harry Truman issued an executive order telling the military to do this
desegregate, or integrate
Maggie Michael
DD $5,000 [8]
A native of Brazil's largest city
Sao Paulista
Jason
$2,000 [6]
Thisanimated cosmic superhero, voiced by Gary Owens, faced off against galactic villains
Space Ghost
Jason
$2,000 [13]
A double double blank, from "Macbeth": "____ is ____, and ____ is ____"
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair"
Jason Maggie
$2,000 [14]
In 2019 meteorologist Daryl Ritchison at NDSU, this university, said the minus-33 temps were "a cold snap"
North Dakota State University
Jason

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC SHIPS

215 passengers were rescued when it sank in July 1918, about 500 fewer than it had rescued 6 years earlier

the Carpathia

Maggie "What is the Doria Gay" — wagered $3,200
Michael "What is the Lusitania" — wagered $3,198
Jason "What is the Britannia" — wagered $3,200

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