Show #8177 2020-03-10 (taped 2020-01-14) Regular

Paul Trifiletti game 5.

Contestants

Lacey Davies — a casting assistant from New York, New York

Mark Nasielski — an electrical engineering student from Los Angeles, California

Paul Trifiletti — an attorney from Athens, Georgia (whose 4-day cash winnings total $83,801)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Paul	$800	$1,800	$13,000	$23,000 5-day champion: $106,801	$13,000 16 R, 2 W
Mark	$4,600	$8,200	$16,600	$7,199 2nd place: $2,000	$14,400 25 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Lacey	$600	$-200	$1,000	$2,000 3rd place: $1,000	$1,000 6 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

LET THERE BE LIGHT	SECONDARY TITLES	YOU'RE IN MY HOUSE!	POET-POURRI	FOOTBALL	STUDENT WORD LIST
$200 [1] Like electrons, visible light be have s both as particles & as these flowing fields waves Mark	$200 [25] The U.S. Supreme Court has one Chief Justice & 8 of these other justices associate justices Mark	$200 [20] This playboy's Playboy Mansion Hefner Mark	$200 [17] Hailee Steinfeld plays this 19th century poet in an Apple TV+ series with lots of 21st century touches Emily Dickinson Lacey	$200 [7] Offensive teams love to see this sign; it means points touchdown Mark	$200 [12] It can be a trainee working short-term without pay, or a recent medical school grad working in a hospital prior to a residency an internship Paul
$400 [2] Using just a few pieces of plastic cut from an old CD case, you can turn your smartphone into a projector of these 3-D images a hologram Mark	$400 [29] As backup to Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, Werner Kogler has this 4-letters-longer title vice chancellor Mark	$400 [21] This author's Ozcot (Frank) Baum Mark	$400 [18] Wanda Coleman's jazz-influenced "American" these poems sometimes have more than 14 lines, but 16 max Sonnets Mark	$400 [8] An equal opportunity foul, itcan be called against offense or defense holding Paul	$400 [13] From the Latin for "understand", it's someone learning a trade from a skilled employer an apprentice Paul
$600 [3] Without this process by which light is converted to chemical energy, Earth would be populated only by bacteria photosynthesis Lacey	$600 [28] Suzette Charles, 1984 first runner-up in this pageant, replaced Vanessa Williams Miss America Mark	$600 [22] This tech mogul's house in Medina, Washington is sometimes called Xanadu 2.0 (Bill) Gates Mark	$800 [19] The August 1913 Poetry Magazine had "I Heard a Flute" by Ruth Gaines &, more famously, this Joyce Kilmer poem "Trees"	$600 [9] Just a little pre-snap movement by an offensive lineman causesthis5-yard penalty false start Mark	$600 [14] In a learning sense it's not a tax accountant, but a student who attends a class informally without working towards a grade an auditor Paul
$800 [4] This phenomenon is the change in direction of a ray of light as it moves from one medium into another refraction Mark	$800 [27] The appointed second-in-command to the Secretary of State has this title--no tin stars involved Deputy Secretary of State	$800 [23] This chemical heir's Winterthur House in northern Delaware DuPont Mark	DD $2,400 [6] Katharine Lee Bates' book containing this patriotic song used similar language about Mont Blanc: "O beautiful beyond all dream" "America The Beautiful" Mark	$800 [10] Offensive teams don't like to see this sign given against them fourth down Paul Lacey	$800 [15] A Protestant group promoting Christian unity is called these "of Christ", D.O.C. for short Disciples Lacey
$1,000 [5] It's the 1-word title of Isaac Newton's landmark 1704 treatise on light Opticks Mark	$1,000 [26] In the Marine Corps just below corporal comes this corporal a lance corporal Paul	$1,000 [24] The Beehive House, home to this religious leader until 1877 Brigham Young	—	$1,000 [11] Careful if playing Green Bay--Aaron Rodgers loves to catch defenses in this foul too many men on the field Mark	$1,000 [16] 5 letters in English, it's an Arabic word for "student", or one member of an extremist group in Afghanistan talib Lacey

Double Jeopardy! Round

WHAT IS THAT?	THE COMICS	SHE'S A GODDESS!	THE END OF THE EMPEROR	BRR! IT'S COLD OUT THERE	LET ME "IN"!
$400 [8] That'san empty reservoir for natural or coal this. An inner container rises up when it's full gas Paul	$400 [1] Alice & Asok are 2 coworkers of this Scott Adams comic strip title guy Dilbert Mark	$400 [9] Tefnut was a goddess of rain & moisture in the mythology of this civilization Egypt Paul	$400 [3] He passed away in 14 A.D. on the 19th of the month named for him Augustus Mark	$400 [23] The town of Oymyakon, Russia in this proverbially cold region plunged to a mind-numbing -90 degrees in 1933 Siberia Mark	$400 [19] Blow up a balloon inflate Lacey
$800 [14] Thesetwo Magi gifts smell much better than they look frankincense & myrrh Lacey	$800 [18] Garfield the cat hates Mondays but loves this layered pasta dish lasagna Paul	$800 [10] Born full grown & dressed in armor, this Greek goddess missed out on her childhood Athena Paul	$1,200 [2] Tyrannical Tiberius was smothered in 37 A.D. but was followed by this equally infamous successor who also needed killin' Caligula Paul Mark Lacey	$800 [24] The coldest temp ever recorded on Earth, -144 F., was found by researchers studying satellite data of this continent Antarctica Mark	$800 [20] In an election it's the person who currently holds the office an incumbent Paul
$1,200 [15] Rosinis applied to these to help make sweet music (violin) bows Mark	$1,200 [28] In their last strip, this pair go sledding away, with the boy saying, "It's a magical world... let's go exploring" Calvin and Hobbes Paul	$1,200 [11] She'sthe Hindugoddessof wealth and good fortune but not a top chef, as TV's Padma could tell you Lakshmi Lacey	$1,600 [5] He died at his military headquarters in 180 A.D., 3 years after making Commodus his co-emperor Marcus Aurelius Paul	$1,200 [25] This U.S. state's Prospect Creek hit -80 in January 1971 Alaska Mark	$1,200 [7] 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. integers Paul Mark
$1,600 [16] Once worn by the French navy, the stereotypical mimeshirtis named for this westernmost French mainland province Brittany	$1,600 [29] (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) Cartoonist Mort Walker called the stars over a drunken character "squeans", and gave the name "waftaroms" to the wavy lines indicating this smell Mark	$1,600 [12] May Day grew out of a festival that celebrated this Roman goddess of flowers & spring Flora	$2,000 [6] Septimius Severus died in Eboracum, now this north of England city whose name is associated with white in the Wars of the Roses York Mark	DD $2,000 [26] In 1954 an historic contiguous USA low temp of -70 was recorded near Rogers Pass in this fourth-largest state Montana Mark	$1,600 [21] A colorful Duke Ellington tune is called "Mood" this Indigo Mark
$2,000 [17] That'snot caviar, but the finger type of this citrus fruit, bursting with beads of juice finger lime	—	$2,000 [13] This earth mother & wife of Odin was attended by a dozen handmaidens Frigg Paul	DD $3,200 [4] Claudius' death in 54 A.D. was due to this type of foul play, very common in the TV miniseries "I, Claudius" poisoning Mark	$2,000 [27] In Feb. 1947 temps reportedly fell to -85 at Fort Selkirk on this river that lends its name to a Canadian territory the Yukon River Paul	$2,000 [22] From the Italian for "to cut", it's a method in which imagesare carved into metal plates to make prints like the one seen here intaglio Paul

Final Jeopardy!

19th CENTURY PLAYS

From the title of a British-set comedy, it completes the final line "I've now realized for the first time in my life the vital..."

The Importance of Being Earnest

Lacey "What is the Importance of being earnest" — wagered $1,000

Paul "What is the Importance of being earnest?" — wagered $10,000

Mark "What is Reason for Being?" — wagered $9,401

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