Show #8101 2019-11-25 (taped 2019-09-25) Regular

Contestants

Stephen Pokora — a naval architect from Annapolis, Maryland

Beth Stewart — a receptionist from Naperville, Illinois

Elise Nussbaum — a financial counselor from Jersey City, New Jersey (whose 3-day cash winnings total $79,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Elise	$1,800	$5,800	$19,800	$800 3rd place: $1,000	$21,400 24 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Beth	$1,000	$4,000	$21,400	$39,601 New champion: $39,601	$15,600 16 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Stephen	$1,400	$3,000	$2,600	$3,500 2nd place: $2,000	$2,600 11 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

SHOW ME THE MONEY!	THE 1960s	MEDICAL IDIOMS	NEW YORK-SET NOVELS	IF IT WERE AN ACTION MOVIE	WORD ON THE STREET
$200 [13] In 2019, the 2,000 note in this currency converted to about $30 a rupee Stephen	$200 [3] A 1964 report from the surgeon general said this was "causally related to lung cancer in men" smoking Stephen	$200 [4] It can mean to measure body heat but idiomatically, it means to survey the attitudes of a group of people take the temperature Elise	$200 [5] When the Book-of-the-Month Club asked about changing this novel's title, its author said, "Holden Caulfield wouldn't like that" Catcher in the Rye Stephen	$200 [6] "Losers' Club? No. Not tonight. That clown came after my friends. That clown came after me. Tonight, that clown...goes down" It Elise	$200 [1] In Manhattan: Lexington or Madison Avenue Beth
$400 [14] The night of the 2016 U.S. election, the currency of this nation fell 12% to a record low against the dollar Mexico Elise	$400 [7] He was stripped of his heavyweight boxing title after he refused to be drafted into the Army (Muhammad) Ali Stephen	$400 [30] Someone being treated the way he has treated others is "getting" this (taste of) their own medicine Stephen	$400 [28] 9-year-old Oskar Schell searches for clues about his father who died on 9/11 in the novel "Extremely Loud &" this Incredibly Close Elise	$400 [9] To an Aussie dentist: "I know where you work--42 Wallaby Way. Release my son from your tank, or I will come for you" Finding Nemo Stephen	$400 [2] In L.A.: Glendale, Sunset or Wilshire Boulevard Elise
$600 [15] Time to face this Founding Father on a $1 coin James Madison	$600 [8] Timothy Leary famously told young people to "Turn on, tune in", do this drop out Elise	$600 [29] A blow to one's reputation, or bruising around the organ of sight a black eye Beth Stephen	$600 [25] It begins, "Amerigo Bonasera sat in New York criminal court ...and waited for justice; vengeance on the men who... hurt his daughter" The Godfather Elise	$600 [10] Audrey Tautou: "I tried to help people be happy. But your relative killed my mom. Now this French waitress is serving revenge...cold" Amélie	$600 [16] In Chicago: North Lake Shore or South Wacker Drive Beth
$800 [23] Here'sa 100 baht note, worth about $3 with the late King Bhumibol of this Asian country Thailand Stephen	$800 [12] Popular in surfer culture, this energetic dance style shares its name with an ethnic group of East-Central Africa the Watusi Elise	$800 [26] An unpleasant fact that one must accept a bitter pill Elise	$800 [19] In this classic, Francie Nolan lives with her family in the poorer part of the Williamsburg neighborhood A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Elise	$800 [11] A 2008 film: "I may or may not be your father, but know this. If anyone ever kidnaps you, I will find you. Now, let's all sing 'Waterloo"' Mamma Mia! Beth	$800 [17] In London: Drury or Leather this little road Lane Beth
$1,000 [24] About $2.80 of ours equals 10 of this currency in 2019 rates a shekel Elise	$1,000 [22] In 1964 he went from leader of the Soviet Union to obscure pensioner Khrushchev Beth	$1,000 [27] A medical professional is mentioned in this phrase for exactly the thing needed just what the doctor ordered Elise	DD $1,600 [20] Psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler & his team track down a brutal serial killer in this bestseller set in 1896 The Alienist Elise	$1,000 [21] In a 2016 musical, "You fired me for playing jazz piano, not Xmas songs. We each made a choice. But you won't get to live with yours" La La Land Stephen	$1,000 [18] In Rome: Dei Condotti or Giuseppe di Vittorio Via Elise

Double Jeopardy! Round

MODELS OF THE HEAVENS	1990s LYRICS	PHILOSOPHY	DOUBLE LETTERS IN THE MIDDLE	WORLD GEOGRAPHY	HISTORIC MERCENARIES
$400 [19] In Sweden's scale model of the solar system, Stockholm's 230-foot Globe Arena is the Sun & this dwarf planet is 5" wide, 185 miles away Pluto Stephen	$400 [3] Right Said Fred: "I'm a model, you know what I mean, & I do my little turn on the catwalk" "I'm Too Sexy" Elise Beth	$400 [11] "Our discussion is ...on the right way to conduct our lives", this Greek philosopher wrote in "The Republic" Plato Stephen	$400 [14] A place to house your hound when you head out of town a kennel Elise	$400 [1] A small chapel marks the source of this river in the Valdai Hills about 200 miles northwest of Moscow the Volga Beth	$400 [26] 900 Hessian mercenaries spent new year 1777 as prisoners after Washington crossed this river & captured them the Delaware Beth
$800 [20] Almost 2,000 years old, a celestial globe called the Farnese Atlas does not show individual stars but only these constellations Stephen	$800 [4] No Doubt: "Take this pink ribbon off my eyes" "Just A Girl" Elise	$800 [12] According to Karl Marx, this is "the opium of the people" religion Beth	$800 [15] It can mean a small mug but is usually a way to refer to your head; use yours now! a noggin Elise	$800 [2] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) Two main islands--east and west, and about 200 smaller ones with the total land area about the size of Connecticut make up this disputed territory, about 320 miles off Argentina the Falkland Islands Elise	$800 [27] Sir John Hawkwood fought for Florence, for the pope & for the English in the first few decades of this long war with France the Hundred Years' War Beth
$1,200 [21] The modelhereshows a grain of dust from one of these traveling bodies, magnified 20,000 times a comet Beth	$1,200 [5] Mariah Carey: "I feel good, I feel nice, I've never felt so satisfied" "Emotions" Elise	$1,200 [13] A persistent issue in bioethics is the fate of patients in PVS, persistent this state vegetative Elise	$1,200 [16] A thickened area of skin, perhaps on your hands a callus Stephen	$1,600 [9] This Yemeni capital lies at the foot of Mount Nuqum more than 7,200 feet above sea level Sana'a Beth Stephen	$1,200 [28] In the 400s B.C., Athenian soldier & historian Xenophon fought in a rebellion in this empire against its ruler Artaxerxes II the Persian Empire Elise
$1,600 [22] A model kit for this last moon mission contains parts to make a lunar module & lunar rover Apollo 17	$1,600 [6] R.E.M.: "Now, Andy, did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch?" "Man On The Moon" Elise	$1,600 [23] This English liberal philosopher and author of two treatises on government helped inspire the Declaration of Independence John Locke	$1,600 [17] In machine sewing, thread is wound upon this spool a bobbin Beth	$2,000 [10] Italy's highest point is on this Alpine peak it shares with France Mont Blanc Elise	$1,600 [29] With a name meaning "lord", in the 11th century he fought for the king of Castile & later for the Moorish ruler of Zaragoza El Cid Elise
$2,000 [25] A NASA scale model uses a grapefruit-sized sun in D.C.; the Sun's "neighbor", Proxima this, would be a cherry in California Centauri Elise	$2,000 [7] The Goo Goo Dolls: "And I'd give up forever to touch you" "Iris" Beth	$2,000 [24] Francis Bacon is considered a father of this school of philosophy that holds that all knowledge comes from experience empiricism	DD $4,000 [18] An 8-letter Olympic game of horse dressage Beth	DD $5,000 [8] This peninsula stretches south about 700 miles from the Isthmus of Kra to Singapore the Malay Peninsula Beth	$2,000 [30] Since the 1800s, Nepalese hill men have served in the British Army as these mercenaries. 13 have earned the Victoria Cross the Gurkhas

Final Jeopardy!

BUSINESS 2019

The New York Stock Exchange allowed jeans on the trading floor for the initial public offering of the stock with this 4-letter symbol

LEVI

Stephen "What is LEVI?" — wagered $900

Elise "What is Uber?" — wagered $19,000

Beth "What is LEVI" — wagered $18,201

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