Show #8151 2020-02-03 (taped 2019-11-20) Regular

Contestants

Travis Gaylord — a management consultant from Wynnewood, Pennsylvania

Stephen Jackson — an emergency medicine physician from Atlanta, Georgia

Michelle Paul — a managing director from Newark, Delaware (whose 2-day cash winnings total $30,122)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Michelle	$2,800	$1,600	$4,400	$1,100 3rd place: $1,000	$6,200 13 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Stephen	$2,000	$2,000	$14,800	$7,599 2nd place: $2,000	$16,400 18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Travis	$2,600	$2,600	$11,000	$14,801 New champion: $14,801	$11,000 11 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

HEAVEN & PARADISE	AFRICAN-AMERICAN ATHLETES	WRITER'S TOOLBOX	STATE OF THE ESTATE	NUMBER YOUR RESPONSE	"P"OTPOURRI
$200 [25] It's a 9-letter place of temporary suffering & purification prior to entry into heaven purgatory Michelle	$200 [26] (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) The Game Changers Exhibit honors such athletes as this track & field star whose four gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin upset Hitler's dreams to demonstrate Aryan superiority Jesse Owens Travis	$400 [4] It's the overall emotion created by a work, or in grammar, a verb form like subjunctive or imperative the mood Michelle	$400 [15] The Turner-Ingersoll Mansion, AKA The House of the Seven Gables Massachusetts	$400 [5] Collectively, a jacket, a vest & pants all made from the same material & pattern a three-piece suit Michelle	$400 [8] Krewes in New Orleans organize these for Mardi Gras & many build floats for them a parade Stephen
$400 [18] Achieving Nirvana in Buddhism releases the subject from this, the law that fate is based on your actions in life karma Michelle	$400 [24] (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) Dominating women's tennis, Althea Gibson broke the color barrier & became the first African-American to win the French & U.S. Open Singles as well as, in 1957 & 1958, this oldest Grand Slam event Wimbledon Stephen	$600 [1] It's the central message in a literary work; in music it precedes "and variations" a theme Michelle	$800 [22] Thomas Edison's Glenmont Estate New Jersey Travis	$600 [6] Lucky multi-lobed sprout a four-leaf clover Stephen	$600 [7] In the U.S. we're familiar with the food pyramid; China has a guide called a food this structure pagoda
$600 [17] Referenced in Revelation, Chapter 21 Verse 21 and depicted here, they are a proverbial entranceway into heaven the Pearly Gates Stephen	$600 [14] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) One of the most memorable moments in Olympic history was when track stars Tommie Smith & John Carlos raised their fists in a Black Power salute in Mexico City in this year of escalated racial tensions six months after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. 1968 Michelle	$800 [2] Boom! Slam! Pow! are all examples of this, a word that imitates the sound it refers to onomatopoeia Michelle	$1,000 [23] James Buchanan's Wheatland Estate Pennsylvania Stephen Travis	$800 [11] One made by Colt starting in 1873 is Arizona's state firearm .45 Stephen Travis	$800 [9] A club for these people who always put things off has protested the War of 1812 & published "Last Month's Newsletter" a procrastinator Stephen
$800 [19] A place of drinking & merrymaking, this musician's green is a heaven for sailors & cavalrymen Fiddler's Green	$800 [12] (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) Argubably "The Greatest" inside the ring & out, Muhammed Ali first won the heavyweight title by beating Sonny Liston in 1964; in the next few days, publicly adopting Islam, hechanged from this & became an example of Black pride & defiance of the establishment Cassius Clay Travis	$1,000 [3] It's the omission of one or more words in a sentence & the marks, such as 3 dots, to represent it an ellipses Stephen	DD $1,800 [16] The Pabst Mansion Wisconsin Michelle	$1,000 [21] Musical score designation aka a quaver an eighth note	$1,000 [10] If you're being this 11-letter word, you're condescending; if you're doing it, you're supporting a business patronizing Michelle
$1,000 [20] The celestial city mentioned in "The Pilgrim's Progress" is aka the heavenly this real city Jerusalem	$1,000 [13] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) Say hey! This was used in the 1965 All Star Game by this Giant center fielder; in a 2016 85th birthday message, President Obama called him the greatest living ballplayer Willie Mays Michelle Travis	—	—	—	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR	SCIENCE	UNFILMED NOVELS	COMPOUND WORDS	YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU	TV NEWS SHOWS
$400 [28] During the war Poland fought this country; the Polish king claimed to be its czar Russia Stephen	$400 [25] More than 90% of all creatures are considered this, meaning they have no spinal column invertebrates Michelle	$400 [27] Jerry Lewis was among those who desperately wanted to play him, J.D. Salinger's most famous character Holden Caulfield Michelle	$400 [1] This tool lends its name to a type of puzzle made with it a jigsaw Travis	$400 [22] Should really go without saying: none of this Nobel stuff patented in 1867 dynamite Stephen	$800 [24] Since 2013, weekday afternoons on CNN have featured "The Lead" with this man Jake Tapper
$1,200 [21] This French cleric and politician got France into the war in part to prevent Hapsburg dominance Cardinal Richelieu	$800 [2] It's a simple, fundamental synonym for alkaline basic Stephen	$800 [26] Michael Chabon's "Amazing Adventures" novel is still unfilmed, with juicy parts for both Kavalier & this other title guy Clay Stephen	$800 [8] Outdoor public activity space for kids, often with a swing set a playground Stephen	$800 [19] Should go without saying part 2: none of these, whether of the fragmentation, smoke or stun variety a grenade Travis	$1,200 [16] An NBC news crime show, or the listing of when & where a newspaper story was written Dateline Stephen
$1,600 [20] Under the reign of King Gustavus Adolphus, this Nordic nation established itself as a major military power in the war Sweden Stephen	$1,200 [15] William Wollaston discovered palladium & lent his name to Britain's highest award for this earth science geology Stephen	$1,200 [12] He refused offers to film "Foucault's Pendulum", perhaps because of his experience with the film of his first novel (Umberto) Eco Michelle	$1,200 [9] Epistaxis is the medical term for this injury for which you might need a tissue a nosebleed Michelle	$1,200 [7] None of this element used to disinfect pools & spas--relax, they'll use it at the resort! chlorine Michelle	$1,600 [17] Margaret Brennan moderates this CBS weekend news show in which public affairs are debated by a panel of specialists Face the Nation Travis
DD $2,000 [23] The 1648 peace deal had Spain recognize the independence of this North Sea nation, ending both the Thirty & the Eighty Years' Wars the Netherlands Stephen	DD $2,000 [3] An atom or molecule that has an unpaired electron is called by this "liberated" name & can damage your cells a free radical Stephen	$1,600 [13] Plenty of this author's works have made it to the screen, but "Blood Meridian"--not yet Cormac McCarthy Stephen	$1,600 [10] HMS Victory was this type of command vessel for Lord Horatio Nelson a flagship Michelle	$1,600 [5] No booze above 70% alcohol, this proof 140 Travis	$2,000 [18] Before handing out justice on Fox News, shestarted one of the first domestic violence units in a U.S. prosecutor's office (Jeanine) Pirro Travis
—	$2,000 [4] Grasshoppers undergo "incomplete" this transformation: the young look pretty much like adults but need to grow & add wings metamorphosis Travis	$2,000 [14] Will Ferrell & John Belushi were considered to play Ignatius J. Reilly, but this novel is still unfilmed A Confederacy of Dunces Stephen	$2,000 [11] Getting to the core of things, the oldest & strongest part of a tree is the hard dark center called this heartwood	$2,000 [6] No to the Note7 model of this smartphone Samsung Stephen	—

Final Jeopardy!

ASIAN GEOGRAPHY

This 150- by 2.5-mile area created in 1953 is now home to more than 100 endangered & protected species

DMZ (the demilitarized zone between North & South Korea)

Michelle "What is Coral Reef Reserve?" — wagered $3,300

Travis "What the DMZ?" — wagered $3,801

Stephen "What is the Great Barrier Reef?" — wagered $7,201

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