Show #8073 2019-10-16 (taped 2019-08-14) Regular

Contestants

Jackie Schulte — a teacher from Scranton, Pennsylvania

John Hancock — an opera singer from Tenafly, New Jersey

Ed Condon — a retired business intelligence manager from Hastings-on-Hudson, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $31,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ed	$6,800	$9,800	$22,600	$42,600 2-day champion: $73,600	$19,600 25 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
John	$1,000	$3,800	$18,600	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$15,400 17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Jackie	$-800	$2,200	$4,000	$7,999 2nd place: $2,000	$7,000 11 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

WHAT PREZ PRECEDED...	RAINY DAY GEAR	HER STORY	OLD SCHOOL MOVIES	IT'S CRUNCH TIME	WORK THOSE "ABS"
$200 [6] James Madison--another Founding Father Jefferson Ed	$200 [14] The rain version of this, a sort of blanket with a hole in the center, often comes with an attached hood a poncho Ed	$200 [11] Her tale of a boy wizard was rejected by 12 publishers before Bloomsbury picked it up J.K. Rowling Jackie	$200 [1] Who else but this "SNL" alum, so near & dear to my heart, would go streaking through the quad at Harrison University in "Old School"? Will Ferrell Ed	$200 [16] Oh, this word! When attached to ginger, often indicates a perfectly crispy cookie a snap Ed	$200 [18] It's to hold back from doing something like drinking or voting to abstain Jackie
$400 [7] The surprised John Tyler William Henry Harrison Ed	$400 [15] Thesepuddle protectors derive their name from French for a type of wooden shoe galoshes Ed John	$400 [12] From her pen: "The dirty scallawags, the lousy trashy poor whites, boasting they would live at Tara!" (Margaret) Mitchell Ed	$400 [2] We sing the praises of Barden University & the Bellas from this 2012 film Pitch Perfect	$400 [23] Here's a plate of the beef type of these fried, rolled Mexican treats. Made 'em myself taquitos John Jackie	$400 [19] To pardon or forgive a sin, my son absolve Ed
$600 [8] The surprised Chester Arthur Garfield Ed	$600 [27] This waterproof jacket named for its inventor Charles was made of a patented India rubber cloth a mackintosh John	$600 [13] She wrote, "Why is this book called 'Bossypants'? One, because the name 'Two and a Half Men' was already taken" (Tina) Fey John	$600 [3] Asked incredulously in this film, "You got into Harvard law?", Elle Woods replies, "What, like it's hard?" Legally Blonde Ed	$600 [24] The navigator of this food brand sails the milky seas on his ship, the S.S. Guppy Cap'n Crunch Ed	$600 [20] According to the title of a 1960s Disney classic, Fred MacMurray was this type of professor absent-minded Jackie
$1,000 [10] Franklin Pierce--a man whose first name is a good bet not to repeat as a presidential one in the near future Millard Fillmore Ed Jackie	$800 [28] The Inuit in Greenland wore this weatherproof jacket with an Inuit name anorak John	$800 [17] In 1969 this young adult novelist published "The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo"; soon, God heard from Margaret Judy Blume Jackie	$800 [4] In 1998 this actor was "The Waterboy" for South Central Louisiana State until he became a tackling machine on the gridiron Adam Sandler Ed	$800 [25] Lay's potato chips that are "cooked" in small batches in one of these are thicker & crunchier than the regular chips kettles John	$800 [21] Bacteria are commonly the cause of one of these painful pockets of pus that may need to be drained abscess Ed
DD $3,800 [9] Martin Van Buren, & you can take that to the bank Andrew Jackson Ed	$1,000 [29] This British brand known for its plaid-lined raincoats outfitted Amundsen for his 1911 South Pole expedition Burberry John	—	$1,000 [5] This funnyman got some respect going "Back to School" at Grand Lakes U., I tell ya Rodney Dangerfield Ed	$1,000 [26] This crunchy salad containing apples, celery & mayo was named for the New York hotel where it was created Waldorf Ed	$1,000 [22] It's a concise summary of an article or speech an abstract Jackie

Double Jeopardy! Round

FLOWER POWER	SO LONG	TV PETS	GEOGRAPHICAL NICKNAMES	SHIP OF THE LINE	& SOMETIMES Y
$400 [6] Seen here with pink roses, these little white flowers symbolize innocence baby's breath John	$400 [17] Hallmark says sales of cards for this anniversary spiked in the early 1990s; Americans had rushed to marry before the boys went to WWII 50th anniversary wedding card Ed	$400 [14] The standard by which all TV pets will forever be measured is this beloved Collie owned by young Timmy Martin Lassie John	$400 [1] Norway & Alaska, where there's 24 hours of light during summer, share the nickname the "Land of" this Midnight Sun Ed	$400 [13] "The clangor of that blacksmiths' fray" is a line by Herman Melville about this ironclad ship's battle with the Merrimack the Monitor Ed	$400 [22] A direction takes on a Y & rises as a single-celled fungal organism east & yeast
$800 [7] Van Gogh captured these huge flowers in their August bloom; the yellow background makes the work almost monochromatic sunflowers Jackie	$800 [18] The anniversary Hanoi celebrated in 2010, or a person born around 1990 a millennial John	$1,200 [16] A sea snail named Gary is the pet of this title burger joint employee SpongeBob SquarePants John	$800 [2] (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In 1945 a five-bomber squadron took off from Fort Lauderdale headed into this area bounded by Florida, Puerto Rico & the northernmost point for which it is named; after a compass failure, the planes disappeared & were never found the Bermuda Triangle Jackie	$800 [9] "They say I got away in a boat / and humbled me at the inquiry", begins Derek Mahon's "After" this, about a haunted survivor the Titanic Jackie	$800 [24] A canvas roof extension extends further with a Y to become an action done when drowsy awning & yawning Jackie
$1,200 [8] The oil made from this purple flower is used in perfumes & cosmetics lavender Ed John	$1,200 [19] If someone says you kept him waiting for these lengths of time, remind him there have only been 4 of them in Earth's 4.6 billion years eons John	$1,600 [23] Moose was the real name of the popular pup called Eddie on this sitcom Frasier John	$1,200 [3] After one of its national symbols, this U.K. country is "The Land of the Leek" Wales John	$1,200 [10] "The ship went down like lead" in this Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem about a man haunted by a guilty act The Rime of the Ancient Mariner John	$1,200 [25] Ecclesiastical law approves the addition of a Y to be a steep-sided deep valley canon & canyon Ed
$1,600 [20] The poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" says, "All at once I saw a crowd, a host, of golden" these flowers daffodils Ed	$2,000 [29] Fed up with economists saying things will return to balance, J.M. Keynes wrote, "In" this extended period "we are all dead" the long run Ed	$2,000 [28] Arnold, one of these animals on "Green Acres", could change the TV channel & play the piano a pig John	$1,600 [4] In Germany, it's "The Town of the Pied Piper" Hamelin Jackie	$1,600 [11] This ship "is unsinkable / that was Hitler's cry", ran a WWII-era Royal Navy poem titled "The Sinking of" it the Bismarck Ed	$1,600 [26] The occupation of examining accounting records adds a Y & becomes an adjective that pertains to hearing auditor & auditory Jackie
$2,000 [21] If only "Jeopardy!" had Smell-O-Vision, then you could really enjoy the startypeof this fragrant flowering shrub jasmine John	—	DD $4,000 [15] On "Sabrina the Teenage Witch", her talking black cat had this name, also a historic New England village Salem John	DD $3,000 [5] This country that's famous for its cheese & butter is nicknamed "the Dairy of Northern Europe" Denmark Jackie	$2,000 [12] "Long time ago, from Amsterdam a vessel sailed away", begins John Boyle O'Reilly's poem about this spooky title ship the Flying Dutchman Ed	$2,000 [27] A general term for a musical group adds Y to become a verb meaning to exchange words band & bandy Ed

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD LEADERS

This man who ruled from 1949 to 1976 was sometimes called "the Red Sun"

Mao Zedong

Jackie "Who is Mao Zedong" — wagered $3,999

John "Who was Kruschev" — wagered $18,600

Ed "Who is Mao?" — wagered $20,000

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