Show #8114 2019-12-12 (taped 2019-10-02) Regular

Jennifer Quail game 7.

Contestants

Kim Kindya — a freelance writer and editor from Queens, New York

Brad Cardwell — a communications manager from Baltimore, Maryland

Jennifer Quail — a wine tasting consultant from Dowagiac, Michigan (whose 6-day cash winnings total $171,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jennifer $5,000 $10,000 $24,000 $27,000
7-day champion: $198,400
$23,800
29 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Brad $1,800 $2,800 $800 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$800
5 R, 2 W
Kim $-1,400 $1,000 $13,000 $1
2nd place: $2,000
$11,800
20 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE PRESIDENT HAD MONEY TROUBLES CRUSHIN' IT! KIDDIE LIT TITLE ADJECTIVES POLYNESIAN WORDS FEMALE TV CRIME FIGHTERS DESIGNER INITIALS
$200 [6]
After Jefferson's death, owing what would be $1-2 million today, his heirs had to sell this beloved estate
Monticello
Jennifer
$200 [23]
This nice-to-touch fabric comes in a crushed type, such as panne & mirror
velvet
Brad
$200 [1]
A series by Jeff Kinney:"Diary of a ____ Kid"
Wimpy
Jennifer
$200 [11]
Te Reo is the language of this New Zealand people
the Maori
Jennifer
$200 [17]
On 1960s TV, Yvonne Craigwas civilian Barbara Gordon but also this caped crime fighter
Batgirl
Brad Kim
$200 [30]
In 2002 he announced his retirement & the closing of his famous haute couture house: Y.S.L.
Yves Saint Laurent
Kim
DD $600 [7]
Living on a $112 per month pension after the White House, this ex-haberdasher refused any cashing in on the prestige of the presidency
Harry Truman
Jennifer
$400 [26]
The "Saga" of this game? It's "been making moments sweeter since 2012"
Candy Crush Saga
Kim
$400 [2]
"The ____ Wizard of Oz"
Wonderful
Kim
$400 [12]
This long, flowing dress is 4 U
a muumuu
Brad
$400 [18]
A former stripper turned forensic investigator, Catherine Willows was played by Marg Helgenberger on this TV show
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
$400 [24]
In 2016 he launched a new line in collaboration with model Gigi Hadid: T.H.
Tommy Hilfiger
Kim
$600 [8]
Deep in the red after years of public service, this 5th president got the government to pay off at least a portion
Monroe
Jennifer
$600 [27]
In 1987 James "Bonecrusher" Smith took this heavyweight boxing champ the distance but lost the decision
Mike Tyson
Jennifer
$600 [3]
By Natalie Babbitt:"Tuck ____"
Everlasting
Jennifer
$600 [16]
A paniolo, one of these, works on a ranch herding cattle
a cowboy
Kim
$600 [19]
Before she was running an "Empire", this actress was Detective Joss Carter on "Person of Interest"
Taraji P. Henson
Kim
$600 [13]
He's well-suited as Italy's most successful designer: G.A.
Giorgio Armani
Brad
$800 [9]
Pre-presidency, George Washington was in debt in the early 1760s farming the "sweetscented" type of this crop
tobacco
Jennifer
$800 [28]
If you want that Indiana Jones look, you can get an officially licensed crushable wool felt this kind of hat
a fedora
Jennifer
$800 [4]
By Eric Carle:"The Very ____ Spider"
Busy
Jennifer Kim
$800 [21]
The name of this Polynesian creator god also refers to an image of him--or to a type of Polynesian bar
Tiki
Jennifer
$800 [20]
As officer Judy Hoffs, Holly Robinson Peete went undercover to solve youth crimes on this drama
21 Jump Street
Jennifer
$800 [14]
In 2013 he left Louis Vuitton to focus on his own line: M.J.
Marc Jacobs
Brad
$1,000 [10]
In the 1890s what this Ohio Republican thought was a $17,000 debt helping a pal ballooned to $130,000
President William McKinley
$1,000 [29]
In movies & on TV, crushers of these are often seen at junkyards; Over Built LLC makes one with 10' jaws & 159 tons of crushing power
cars
Brad
$1,000 [5]
About an endearing 3-legged critter:"The ____ Donkey"
Wonky
Kim
$1,000 [22]
In Hawaii say this 3-letter word if you want an edible paste; in Tahiti, put "Po" before it
poi
Jennifer
$1,000 [25]
Much to her chagrin, homicide detective Kate Beckett got teamed up with this title mystery writer to solve cases
(Richard) Castle
Jennifer
$1,000 [15]
She's known for her bold & whimsical designs & for her hair extensions: B.J.
Betsey Johnson
Jennifer

Double Jeopardy! Round

BIOLOGY 21st CENTURY FILMS RHYMES WITH A SEASON BOOK OF THE YEAR COUNTRY OF THE OPERA "EL" OR "LA"
$400 [1]
Unlike mammals, birds regenerate cells within their ears, so the barn type of this doesn't lose its incredible hearing with age
an owl
Jennifer
$400 [13]
Emily Blunt played pregnant mom Evelyn Abbott in this scary 2018 film
A Quiet Place
Kim
$400 [2]
A complex like Westfield Citrus Park in Tampa
a mall
Kim
$400 [9]
"Attlee, Clement", "Bergen-Belsen, Liberation of" & "Nagasaki" are index entries in Ian Buruma's book about this year
1945
Kim
$400 [3]
"Carmen"
Spain
Jennifer
$400 [23]
A cemetery in Paris is nicknamed for this priest, confessor to Louis XIV
Père Lachaise
Jennifer Kim
$800 [8]
This dietary progression might begin with plants, move up through herbivores & end with large carnivores
a food chain
Jennifer
$800 [14]
"Shrek 2" improves on the original with the introduction of this gato guapo
Puss in Boots
Jennifer
$800 [21]
It precedes "than a bag of hammers"
dumber
Kim
$800 [15]
2 books published 50 years apart identify 1877 as a year of violence & as the end of this post-slavery period in the south
Reconstruction
Kim
$800 [4]
"Anna Bolena"
England
Jennifer Kim
$800 [24]
A 2019 horror movie was called "The Curse of" her, Spanish for "the weeping woman"
La Llorona
Kim
$1,200 [10]
This term for the systematic classification of organisms comes from the Greek for "arrangement"
taxonomy
Kim
$1,200 [16]
In the 2019sequel"Jumanji: The Next Level", it's total "Dandemonium" when these two veteran actors named Dan join the game
Danny DeVito & Danny Glover
Jennifer
$1,200 [22]
To throw, violently & suddenly
fling
Jennifer
$1,600 [20]
A novel by John Dos Passos titled this year includes a look at the negotiation of the Treaty of Versailles
1919
Jennifer
$1,200 [5]
"Elektra"
Greece
Jennifer
$1,200 [25]
Soprano Maria Callas made her debut at this Milan opera house in 1950
La Scala
Jennifer Kim
DD $2,000 [11]
The rhinoceros, the tapir & the horse all belong to the "odd-toed" group of these hoofed animals
ungulates
Kim
$1,600 [17]
Colin Firth portrayed the royal known as Bertie in this Oscar-winning film
The King's Speech
Jennifer
$1,600 [27]
For his epitaph, Ben Franklin originally wanted just this early profession of his listed
printer
Jennifer
DD $2,000 [19]
A book titled this year is subtitled "The Hidden History in the Bayeux Tapestry"
1066
Kim
$1,600 [6]
"Guillaume Tell"
Switzerland
Kim
$1,600 [29]
In 1942 British troops fought the Germans in 2 major battles named for this Egyptian coastal town
El Alamein
Jennifer
$2,000 [12]
It's not Tchaikovsky changing his mind, it's the term for an organism that breaks down dead plants & animals into simpler forms
a decomposer
Jennifer
$2,000 [18]
Jason Bateman was the reluctant adoptive father-to-be of Ellen Page's baby in this 2007 charmer
Juno
Kim
$2,000 [28]
That young fellow in accounting is a real this hyphenated word for someone rising ambitiously
up-and-comer
Brad Kim
$2,000 [26]
"1959" makes much of this Soviet craft, the first to escape Earth's gravity, though it didn't make it to the moon it was named for
Luna (or Lunik)
Jennifer
$2,000 [7]
"Turandot"
China
Kim
$2,000 [30]
The name of this Keats poem means "the beautiful lady without pity"
“La Belle Dame Sans Merci”
Kim

Final Jeopardy!

WOMEN AUTHORS

In 1947 she testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee on how the film "Song of Russia" was Communist propaganda

Ayn Rand

Brad "Who is Pearl Buck?" — wagered $800
Kim "Who isEthel Rosenberg?E. Roosevelt?" — wagered $12,999
Jennifer "Who is Ayn Rand?" — wagered $3,000

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