Show #8138 2020-01-15 (taped 2019-11-12) Regular

Veronica Vichit-Vadakan game 3.

Contestants

Oishee Shemontee — a tutor from Arcadia, California

Laura Thomason — an English professor from Lizella, Georgia

Veronica Vichit-Vadakan — a librarian from Portland, Oregon (whose 2-day cash winnings total $52,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Veronica	$2,800	$3,600	$10,400	$16,001 3-day champion: $68,001	$11,200 16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Laura	$2,800	$6,000	$8,000	$2,200 3rd place: $1,000	$8,600 17 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Oishee	$1,800	$3,800	$6,600	$13,199 2nd place: $2,000	$6,600 10 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS & HISTORIC WOMEN	EASY AS A_B_D	TREES	LITERARY MASHUPS	TEAM AMERICA	WORLD POLICE
$200 [1] Her grandson said she suggested the use of a 5-pointed star on the flag vs. George Washington's chosen 6-pointer Betsy Ross Laura	$200 [6] Aided & this got you in legal trouble abetted Veronica	$200 [30] Unusual for a conifer, larch trees do this each fall like deciduous ones drop leaves Oishee	$200 [20] "The Prince of Santini" The Prince of Tides & The Great Santini	$200 [28] The first Olympic Team USA, in this 19th century year, consisted of 14 athletes, who won 11 events 1896 Veronica	$200 [27] The star of the clue is the logo of this country's police force Israel Laura
$400 [2] Shegot her J.D. degree from Yale Law in 1979 & we'd say her legal career panned out nicely for her Sotomayor Laura	$400 [7] Time to get on the ship! All this! aboard Oishee	$400 [29] This mighty tree lends its name to a city of about 400,000 on San Francisco Bay the oak Veronica	$400 [14] "The Cat and Ham" The Cat in the Hat & Green Eggs and Ham Oishee	$400 [23] There's no "rock" in the name of the U.S. team for this sport that includes bouldering & speed disciplines climbing Oishee	$400 [26] The London Metropolitan Police has licensed this "New" name on a forensics kit for kids New Scotland Yard Laura
$600 [3] This daughter of Ferdinand & Isabella was Henry VIII's first wife Catherine of Aragon Laura	$600 [11] This fabric worn on an extremity as a tribute is also called a brassard an armband Laura	$600 [24] Perennials like mountain hemlock & lodgepole pine are found near, but not above, this natural boundary at about 9,500 feet the timberline Veronica	$600 [10] "The Iceman Becomes Electra" The Iceman Cometh & Mourning Becomes Electra Laura	$600 [19] Chauncey Billups & former Phoenix Suns owner Jerry Colangelo are board members for this sport's governing body in America basketball Oishee	$600 [25] The Okhrana's function was to stifle leftist activity in this country, at least until 1917 Russia Veronica
DD $600 [4] Let's tell of her & nothing but her--she was born a slave in the 1790s & once freed, sold a book of her "Narrative" Sojourner Truth Laura	$800 [12] This synonym for ridiculous is derived from Latin: that's completely... absurd Veronica	$800 [22] Virginia's state tree is the flowering type of this "canine" tree a dogwood Laura	$800 [9] "Interview with the Damned" Interview with the Vampire & Queen of the Damned Veronica	$800 [18] This 4'8" gymnast carried the flag in the closing ceremonies of the 2016 Rio Olympics Simone Biles Laura	$800 [21] This Canadian police organization is famous for its musical ride of 32 officers on horseback the Mounties Oishee
$1,000 [5] Time Magazine named Corazon Aquino, the first female president of this nation, 1986's woman of the year the Philippines Veronica	$1,000 [13] To hastily depart to avoid capture, perhaps with the money, too abscond Laura	$1,000 [15] Brought to the United States as an ornamental, this spicy-sounding Brazilian tree has redberries& can crowd out native species the pepper tree	$1,000 [8] "Death Comes for the Antonia" Death Comes for the Archbishop & My Antonia Oishee	$1,000 [16] For the Winter Olympics, luge has its own governing body, while bobsled shares a governing body with this similar sport the skeleton Veronica	$1,000 [17] In 1991 the German government allowed access to personal files from this East German secret police force the Stasi Laura

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. REPRESENTATIVES	COMPOSERS	WHAT TYPE OF MACHINE AM I?	NETFLIX & CHILL	BORDER RIVERS	BACKRONYMS
$400 [22] Deb Haaland of the Laguna Pueblo & Sharice Davids of the Ho-chunk Nation are the first women of this group in Congress indigenous women Laura	$400 [7] Many of the songs of Elizabethan composer Thomas Morley end with these "Deck the Halls" syllables fa la la la la la la la la Oishee	$400 [26] Hamilton Beach 8-cup with adjustable slicing a food processor Veronica	$400 [1] "Polar" stars Mads Mikkelsen as a retired one of these professionals, who has relocated to a snowier clime a hitman (assassin)	$400 [6] These 2 rivers form parts of the border between the U.S. & Mexico the Rio Grande & the Colorado	$400 [12] SAD says it all when it comes to being a backronym for this type of depression Seasonal Affectiveness Veronica
$800 [24] Joaquin Castro & Louie Gohmert are both in the House from this state, & that's about as much as the 2 have in common Texas Laura	$1,200 [16] One of England's most beloved tunes is theoneby Hubert Parry named for this faraway Mideast city Jerusalem Laura	$800 [25] Wheel of Fortune Five-Reel, a progressive type a slot machine Laura	$800 [2] What could be more chilling than "The Chilling Adventures of" this gal, last name Spellman, of course Sabrina Laura	$800 [13] The Paz River separates Guatemala & El Salvador before flowing into this body of water the Pacific	$800 [11] Named for an anesthesiologist, an Apgar score for newborns measures Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity & this Respiration Laura
$1,200 [27] 1/53 of California's House Delegation is this Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff	$1,600 [17] In 1893 Ruggero Leoncavallo & this other Italian composer had lunch & discovered both were working on "La Bohème" operas Puccini Oishee	$1,200 [23] Germany's U-96 a submarine Veronica	$1,200 [3] When Netflix rebooted this sci-fi show from 1965, the Robinson family got stuck on an icy planet Lost in Space Veronica	$1,200 [14] The Romaine Riveris a small part of Canada's longest provincial boundary between Quebec &this vast mainland region Labrador Veronica Oishee	$1,200 [10] This boy-&-tiger team formed the club called "Get Rid of Slimy Girls", using the last letter in "Girls" to form the backronym "GROSS" Calvin & Hobbes Veronica
$2,000 [19] This Louisiana Rep. received a standing ovation in 2017 after returning from injuries received from a gunshot wound Steve Scalise	$2,000 [28] Composer Georg Philipp Telemann was godfather to this composing son of J.S. Bach, hence the Philipp in the young Bach's name Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach	$1,600 [21] Vanguard I, Proba-3 satellites	$1,600 [4] In "Frontier" this "Aquaman" actor gets chilly as ruthless trapper Declan Harp (Jason) Momoa Veronica	$2,000 [20] With as many sets of double letters as the Mississippi, this river forms about half the Alabama-Georgia border the Chattahoochee	$1,600 [9] Really, 007--SPECTRE is Special Executive for Counter-Intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge & this blackmail synonym Extortion Laura
—	DD $3,000 [15] If you visit this country, you can enter theroomwhere Edvard Grieg did his composing in the home he built Norway Veronica	$2,000 [18] Chicago Pile-1 a nuclear reactor	$2,000 [5] This Netflix show is a chilling reworking of Shirley Jackson's gothic horror tale The Haunting of Hill House Veronica Laura	DD $3,000 [29] The only river that serves as part of a national border in the Caribbean is the Artibonite River on this island Hispaniola Veronica	$2,000 [8] Named for a child kidnapped in 1996, an Amber Alert is short for "America's Missing: Broadcast" these 2 words Emergency Response Oishee

Final Jeopardy!

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

Einstein's theory of relativity & Max Planck's quantum theory inspired this book that won a 1963 Newbery Medal

A Wrinkle in Time

Oishee "What is A Wrinkle in Time?" — wagered $6,599

Laura "What is The Fault in Our Stars?" — wagered $5,800

Veronica "What is A Wrinkle in Time?" — wagered $5,601

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