Show #8071 2019-10-14 (taped 2019-08-14) Regular

Contestants

Erin Barry — a Ph.D. student from Maplewood, Missouri

Anthony Pinggera — a civil rights lawyer from Los Angeles, California

Susan White — a bookseller from Norwich, Vermont (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,700)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Susan $-800 $-600 $7,200 $9,300
2nd place: $2,000
$7,800
9 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Anthony $4,400 $9,100 $15,500 $5,500
3rd place: $1,000
$12,600
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Erin $3,800 $4,800 $12,400 $20,400
New champion: $20,400
$16,400
22 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

BAYOU TRAP-ISTRY LET'S LIVE ABROAD SPEAK SOFTLY & CARRIE I READ IT IN THEWORLD BOOK A BIG STATISTIC
$200 [27]
Armadillos, raccoons & other varmints often have to be removed from the bayou areas of this most populous Texas city
Houston
Erin
$200 [1]
Let's turn our winter into mega-winter in this region that's about 75% of Russia's area; we love a brisk -80º day!
Siberia
Susan
$200 [28]
Double talk word for a low, constant stream of noise or speech
murmur
Erin
$200 [5]
"Star Wars" fans were crushed by her 2016 passing, followed a day later by her mother's
Carrie Fisher
Anthony
$400 [13]
Including whoopers, this is "a family of large birds with long legs and a long neck"
cranes
Anthony
$400 [25]
Drowning is the most common death for those doing this, the most dangerous job in the U.S. as per a 2019 newspaper report
fishing
Susan Anthony Erin
$400 [26]
The type of trap seenherein Louisiana is meant to ensnare these, also known as mud bugs
crayfish
Erin
$400 [2]
...But not too far abroad! This border city about 15 miles south of San Diego will keep us close to the good ol' USA
Tijuana
Anthony
$400 [21]
Kids, you're within the walls of the house, not out in the park, so stop shouting & "use your" this
inside voice
Erin
$400 [6]
Andie MacDowell played Carrie, the American girl who captures Hugh Grant's heart, in this 1994 film
Four Weddings and a Funeral
$600 [3]
This "is the only planet that cannot be seen without a telescope"
Neptune
Anthony
$600 [22]
Logitech did a survey that found that almost half the time the remote control was lost, it was found here
under the sofa cushion
Susan
$800 [17]
You can catch turtles as they're basking on a log in the Bayou sun, a habit due to being ectothermic, also known as this
cold-blooded
Anthony
$600 [20]
We'll add ourselves to the 2.6 million in this most populous city in Canada; West Queen West is a happening area
Toronto
Erin
$600 [14]
These 6-letter "tones" are used when speaking softly & reverently
hushed
Erin
$600 [10]
In 2005 she became the first country singer to win "American Idol"
Carrie Underwood
Erin
$800 [4]
This "is a rough sport because the players kick and wrestle or sometimes hold an opponent's head underwater"
water polo
Erin
$800 [23]
The haze that gives it its 3-word name doesn't keep visitors from making it our most visited national park
Great Smoky Mountains
Anthony
$1,000 [16]
"Rodents of Unusual Size" is a documentary about these animals, once valued for pelts but now destroying southern wetlands
nutria
Anthony Erin
$800 [9]
As this city hosted the Olympics in '92 & Hans Christian Andersen called it the "Paris of Spain", I say we give it a shot
Barcelona
Erin
$800 [15]
These 5-letter "tones" are subdued colors in clothing & decor
muted
Anthony Erin
$800 [11]
In a 1976 film, she played Carrie White, whose prom night was quite memorable
Sissy Spacek
Erin
$1,000 [7]
He "(1889?-1950), was the most famous male dancer of his time"
Nijinsky
Susan Anthony
$1,000 [24]
BLK on the NYSE, it has more than 6 trillion dollars in assets under management, more than any other firm
BlackRock
Anthony
DD $3,500 [18]
The state of Louisiana says these reptiles over 4' can be considered a nuisance & will give you the name of a hunter
alligators
Anthony
$1,000 [8]
With salons of Armani & Versace & the super-ritzy "Golden Rectangle" of fashion in the center of this Italian city...ciao!
Milan
Anthony
$1,000 [19]
In an opera score, instructions telling a singer to hold back include mezza voce & this voce
sotto
Erin
$1,000 [12]
Fred Armisenandthis Carrie were costars and co-creators of "Portlandia"
Carrie Brownstein
Erin

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE MANY BUILDINGS OF I.M. PEI LOVE SONGS THE TREATY SAYS SO AMERICAN POETS LAUREATE 5 DAYS IN OCTOBER "V"-8
$400 [1]
A cantilevered auditorium is one feature of this hall of fame designed by Pei on Lake Erie in Cleveland
the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Erin
$400 [2]
She first hit the charts in 1985 with "You Give Good Love" & "Saving All My Love For You"
Whitney Houston
Anthony
$400 [7]
The 1814 Treaty of Ghent said the U.S. is "desirous" to promote the abolition of traffic in these
slaves
Anthony
$400 [26]
The federal laureate position is technically called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry" by this library
the Library of Congress
Susan
$400 [18]
October 18, this state's day, commemorates the 1867 transfer of territory from Russia to the United States
Alaska
Erin
$400 [19]
Where wine grapes are grown
a vineyard
Erin
DD $1,000 [27]
2 of I.M. Pei's early designs to be built were at an airport & a presidential library both honoring this man
(John F.) Kennedy
Susan
$800 [12]
In "Perfect" he sings, "I'm dancing in the dark, with you between my arms, barefoot on the grass"
Ed Sheeran
Erin
$800 [6]
The 1796 Treaty of Tripoli: "The government of the (United States) is not in any sense founded on" this "religion"
Christianity
Anthony
$800 [25]
This "Chicago" poet was Illinois' poet laureate in the last years of his life from 1962 to 1967
Carl Sandburg
Anthony
$800 [15]
October 16 is National Feral this animal day--remember to spay & neuter!
cats
Susan
$800 [20]
An exceptional, highly skilled musician, Italian style
a virtuoso
Susan
$1,200 [28]
The triangular prisms Pei designed for the Bank of China Tower, make it stand out among the crowdedskylineof this city
Hong Kong
Anthony
$1,200 [11]
In a song inspired by his future wife, he sings, "All of me loves all of you, love your curves and all your edges"
John Legend
Erin
$1,200 [5]
The 1903 Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty gave the U.S. "control of a zone" of this country where Bunau-Varilla became a hated man
Panama
Anthony
$1,200 [24]
Colorado laureate Milford Shields must have been surprised when the governor also made this singer laureate in 1974
John Denver
Susan
$1,200 [16]
In 2014, a time of increased pressure from Russia, Pres. Poroshenko made October 14 this country's Defender Day
Ukraine
Erin
$1,200 [21]
It was a 1982 Top 10 hit for the Go-Go's
"Vacation"
Erin
$2,000 [29]
Pei was in his 90s when the Museum of Islamic Art on Doha Bay opened in this country in 2008
Qatar
Erin
$1,600 [10]
They breathed life into songs like "All Out Of Love" & "Lost In Love"
Air Supply
$1,600 [4]
The Treaty of Versailles said "The construction or acquisition of any submarine... shall be forbidden in" this country
Germany
Anthony
$2,000 [8]
In 2019 Joy Harjo of the Muscogee Creek Nation of this state was named the first Native American poet laureate
Oklahoma
Erin
$1,600 [17]
October 15 is El Gran Día in Ávila, Spain as it's this saint's feast day
Teresa of Avila
Susan
$1,600 [22]
It means abnormally swollen or dilated, like certain veins
varicose
Anthony
$2,000 [9]
The melody for this Elvis hit was borrowed from a Civil War tune called "Aura Lee"
"Love Me Tender"
Erin
$2,000 [3]
This is the only Great Lake not mentioned in the Paris Peace Treaty of 1783 with Great Britain
Lake Michigan
Erin
DD $4,000 [13]
In 1998 Lawrence Ferlinghetti was made this city's first poet laureate
San Francisco
Erin
$2,000 [14]
On October 17 people in this Caribbean country celebrate national icon Jean-Jacques Dessalines
Haiti
Susan
$2,000 [23]
Borrowed from German, it means "not allowed"
verboden or verboten
Erin

Final Jeopardy!

CHEMICAL SYMBOL WORDPLAY

Fittingly, the symbols for the 4 elements in sodium citrate, which can make cheese melt easier, spell this 5-letter food

nacho

Susan "What is nacho?" — wagered $2,100
Erin "What is Nacho?" — wagered $8,000
Anthony "What is Nancy?" — wagered $10,000

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