Show #8139 2020-01-16 (taped 2019-11-12) Regular

Veronica Vichit-Vadakan game 4.

Contestants

Priscilla Drobes — a stay-at-home mom from Nanuet, New York

Shanu George — a graduate student from North Windham, Connecticut

Veronica Vichit-Vadakan — a librarian from Portland, Oregon (whose 3-day cash winnings total $68,001)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Veronica $3,400 $5,400 $13,000 $21,000
4-day champion: $89,001
$13,000
21 R, 4 W
Shanu $400 $1,000 $2,300 $300
2nd place: $2,000
$8,800
17 R, 8 W (including 3 DDs)
Priscilla $-400 $200 $-5,400 $-5,400
3rd place: $1,000
$-5,400
3 R, 7 W

Jeopardy! Round

"P"ICTURE THIS WEATHER 5-LETTER WORDS COINAGE PARK CITY REAL PEOPLE ON SCREEN
$200 [4]
As a symbol of American success, itdates back to the Colonial Era
a picket fence
Veronica
$200 [16]
In 1937 a search party was sent for one of the goalies when a soccer game was stopped in England due to this weather condition
fog
Shanu Priscilla
$200 [19]
Stick held by an orchestra conductor
a baton
Priscilla
$200 [24]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew drops a coin in water.) Made of this lightweight metal, Japan's 1-yen coin weighs only a gram & canfloaton water
aluminum
$200 [1]
This city's Freedom Park was opened as part of the 1996 Summer Olympics
Atlanta
Veronica
$200 [11]
A boxer: played by Terrence Howard in "King of the World" & Darius McCrary in "Don King: Only in America"
Muhammad Ali
Veronica
$400 [5]
A sunflower provided these microscopic grains
pollen
Shanu
$600 [18]
Non-fluid aneroid barometers use a partial one of these instead of mercury to measure air pressure
vacuum
Priscilla
$400 [20]
It's a group of witches
a coven
Veronica
$400 [25]
This country chose the image of an owl from an ancient 4-drachma coin to use on its 1-euro coin
Greece
Veronica
$400 [2]
Prospect Park in this borough was one of the sites of the Battle of Long Island in the Revolutionary War
Brooklyn
Shanu Priscilla
$400 [12]
A civil rights leader: Jeffrey Wright in "Boycott" & Nelsan Ellis in "The Butler"
Martin Luther King
Veronica
$600 [8]
In 1948 at age 42, he was Major League Baseball's oldest rookie ever
Satchel Paige
DD $1,000 [17]
In a 2-week period in 2018, the East Coast was walloped by 3 of these storms named for the direction from which they came
nor'easters
Shanu
$600 [21]
The Carabao is a popular variety of this tropical fruit
mangoes
Veronica
$800 [26]
The 1792 Coinage Act named 10-dollar U.S. gold coins for this bird
the bald eagle
Shanu
$600 [3]
Zilker Park is home to this 3-word music festival held every fall bearing the name of Texas' capital
Austin City Limits
Veronica
$600 [13]
An entrepreneur: Anthony Michael Hall in "Pirates of Silicon Valley" & Steve Sires in "The Social Network"
Bill Gates
$800 [6]
It's the line of reference seen here
the prime meridian
Shanu
$1,000 [28]
Doppler weather systems use this type of technology to detect weather patterns
radar
Shanu
$800 [22]
Unit of weight equal to 16 drams or 28.35 grams
an ounce
Veronica
$1,000 [27]
In 2019 the U.S. Mint issued quarters with a "W" mint mark for the first time, indicating they were minted at this N.Y. location
West Point
$800 [9]
This South Dakota city & its beautiful Falls Park are both named for the samelandmark
Sioux Falls
Veronica
$800 [14]
A martial artist: Philip Ng in "Birth of the Dragon" & Mike Moh in "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood"
Bruce Lee
Shanu
$1,000 [7]
This colorful word can be applied to both the beautiful bloom & the edible gastropod seen here
periwinkle
Veronica Shanu
$1,000 [23]
To make amends for a past mistake
atone
Veronica
$1,000 [10]
The San Diego Zoo is just part of this vast park named for a conquistador
Balboa Park
Shanu
$1,000 [15]
A rock star: Aaron Taylor-Johnson in "Nowhere Boy" & Ian Hart in "Backbeat"
John Lennon

Double Jeopardy! Round

ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA ROCK OPERAS STATES' COMMON SURNAMES NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS MYTH IN MODERN LITERATURE BLUE BY YOU
$400 [13]
Going to federal prison at this Calif. landmark is more fun today than when it actually held inmates from 1934 to 1963
Alcatraz
Veronica
$400 [6]
When this 1971 "super" Andrew Lloyd Webber rock opera premiered onstage, it was performed concert-style
Jesus Christ Superstar
Shanu
$400 [11]
It's the most common last name in over half of the 50 states
Smith
Shanu Priscilla
$400 [18]
South-of-the-border dog breed (1967)
Chihuahua
Veronica
$400 [1]
Geryon, a character in one of this hero's labors, falls in love with him in Anne Carson's "The Autobiography of Red"
Hercules
Shanu
$400 [23]
He chose a nice blue hat to cover the bandage over his ear for the 1889 painting seen here
van Gogh
Shanu
DD $1,500 [17]
Organized in the 1830s, this group of lawmen merged with the Texas State Highway Patrol in 1935
the Texas Rangers
Shanu
$800 [7]
"American Idiot" made its way to Broadway 6 years after this pop-punk band released the album in 2004
Green Day
Veronica
$800 [12]
Louisiana-born singers Hank Jr. & Lucinda share this surname, the state's most common
Williams
Shanu
$800 [19]
Narrow-edged cutter at the front of the jaw (1975)
incisor
Shanu
$800 [2]
W.H. Auden wrote a famous poem about a painting of him, described as "a boy falling out of the sky"
Icarus
Shanu
$800 [24]
"Crouching Woman" & "Blind Man's Meal" are paintings from his blue period
Picasso
Veronica
$1,600 [28]
In 1957 the integration of Central High School in this state capital became international news
Little Rock
Shanu
$1,200 [8]
The title of this 1973 rock opera by The Who is partly drawn from an incorrect understanding of schizophrenia
Quadrophenia
Shanu Priscilla
$1,200 [14]
Garcia is the number 1 last name in 2 states--these 2 biggies
Texas & California
Veronica Shanu Priscilla
$1,200 [20]
It's a system of sending messages using flags (1946)
semaphore
Veronica
$1,200 [3]
In a Shelley work this fire bringer is not happy to be nailed to a "wall of eagle-baffling mountain"
Prometheus
Shanu
$1,200 [25]
Thomas Gainsborough set the tone with the portrait seen
The Blue Boy
Priscilla
$1,600 [9]
Pink Floyd is the band & the main character in this 1979 rock opera
The Wall
Veronica
$2,000 [16]
This 7-letter last name of 2 U.S. Presidents is particularly common in Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin & both Dakotas
Johnson
Veronica Shanu Priscilla
$1,600 [21]
French word for cherry that's also a shade of red (1926)
cerise
Veronica
$1,600 [4]
The title character of Margaret Atwood's "The Penelopiad" tells the story of running this kingdom while waiting for Odysseus to get back
Ithaca
Veronica
$1,600 [26]
Ultramarine was the ultra-essential to this Dutchman's"Woman in Blue Reading a Letter"
Vermeer
Veronica
$2,000 [10]
John Cameron Mitchell wrote a 1998 rock opera about this genderqueer cabaret singer "& the Angry Inch"
Hedwig
Veronica
DD $4,000 [15]
Martinez is number 1 in this state where Susana Martinez was governor from 2011 to 2019
New Mexico
Shanu
$2,000 [22]
"Sweet melody" music maker struck with handheld hammers (1949)
dulcimer
Priscilla
$2,000 [5]
Dionysus is a big factor in "The Secret History", this author's first novel
(Donna) Tartt
Veronica
$2,000 [27]
The Japanese artist Hokusaiwas adept at using the dye of blue named for this onetime European kingdom
Prussian blue
Shanu

Final Jeopardy!

WESTERN HEMISPHERE GEOGRAPHY

It's the easternmost capital city in Central America

Panama City

Shanu "What is Tegucigalpa?" — wagered $2,000
Veronica "What is Panama City?" — wagered $8,000

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