Show #8692 2022-07-26 (taped 2022-05-17) Regular

Contestants

Alexa Jakob — an electrical engineer from Queens, New York

Mark Stover — a physician from Flagstaff, Arizona

Ed Coulson — an economics and real estate professor from Dana Point, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,399)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ed	$3,000	$7,200	$16,000	$22,801 2-day champion: $40,200	$17,600 21 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Mark	$2,400	$5,000	$11,400	$13,199 2nd place: $2,000	$11,400 18 R, 2 W
Alexa	$1,000	$2,800	$4,800	$1,399 3rd place: $1,000	$7,600 11 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

ACROSS HISTORY	FILL IN THE PLAY TITLE	OFFICIAL STATE STUFF	GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES	SIRIUS-LY DEDICATED	TRAVEL IDIOMS
$200 [4] In June 1215 King John accepted the Articles of the Barons, a basis for this document the Magna Carta Alexa	$200 [1] By August Wilson:"The ____ Lesson" the Piano Mark	$200 [3] You are welcome to know that the knobbed whelk is New Jersey's state one of these a sea shell Ed Mark	$200 [19] Place your bets! Big wheel keep on turning in this game roulette Mark	$200 [5] You may be right, I may be this man who periodically gets his own channel; in 2022, his "52nd Street" got played track by track Billy Joel Alexa	$200 [29] You've lost "track" of reality & have "loco motives" if you've gone "off" these the rails Alexa
$400 [6] Around 630 B.C. this militaristic city-state basically turned Messenia's people into serfs Sparta Mark	$400 [7] A Tony winner:"The ____ Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" Curious Ed	$400 [13] You'd have to expect that this would be Maryland's state bird the Baltimore oriole Mark	$400 [20] "Circle Of Life" is the opening number of this musical & not so surprisingly, closes it as well The Lion King Ed	$400 [24] The music of this late, great Heartbreaker leader who also traveled as Charlie T. Wilbury Jr. gets its own channel Tom Petty Ed	$400 [28] Could I interest you in some of the same-named whiskey on this overnight flight? Red Eye Mark
$800 [17] In 1586 the first colony on this island went back to England with Sir Francis Drake; no one knows where a later colony went Roanoke Ed	$600 [8] A reptilian title:Tennessee Williams'"The Night of the ____" the Iguana Ed	$600 [14] Fans must have gone "wild" when this was named Minnesota's official sport ice hockey Mark	$600 [21] It's the oxymoronic slang term for a wrestling ring a squared circle Ed	$600 [11] You don't need a miracle to listen to Jerry, Bob, Phil, Bill & Mickey of this jam band... you can just dial up their channel, man the Grateful Dead Ed	$600 [2] Whatever you feel like doing, or "whatever" does this, a rhyming phrase involving a transport floats your boat Alexa
DD $1,000 [16] From the 1600s to the 1780s, "guests" were sent to this structure, a state prison, via lettre de cachet, a direct order from the king the Bastille Ed	$800 [9] From a line in Shakespeare:"____ & ____ are Dead" Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Alexa	$800 [15] The Appalachian this is Kentucky's state instrument the dulcimer Ed Alexa	$800 [22] Despite the various colors, the circles of this cereal favored by Toucan Sam were found to have the same flavor Froot Loops Alexa	$800 [10] This icon who can "Prove It All Night" has some "Glory Days" on his dedicated channel "the Boss", Bruce Springsteen Ed	$800 [26] This alliterative phrase refers to a difficult time or journey as well as a delicious type of ice cream rocky road Alexa
$1,000 [18] I am this pharaoh I, founder of the 19th Dynasty! How did my mummy spend years in the Niagara Falls Museum? Ramses I	$1,000 [12] Exploring the relationship between a teacher & his deaf student:"Children of a ____ ____" Lesser God Mark	$1,000 [25] Its state insect is the honey bee & its state emblem is a beehive Utah Mark	$1,000 [23] Jennifer Jason Leigh was the title Mrs. in a movie about this writer & her "Vicious Circle" Dorothy Parker (Mrs. Parker) Ed	$1,000 [30] "What Would You Say" if I told you this man, seenherealong with his band, had their own channel, or have I said "Too Much"? Dave Matthews	$1,000 [27] To have your first drink after abstaining for a long time is to do this tumble to fall off the wagon Mark

Double Jeopardy! Round

MOUNTAINS	IDOL TALK	SCIENTIFIC LAWS & THEORIES	MIDDLE NAMES	FROM FILM TO TV	WHAT'S IN YOUR GULLET?
$400 [10] They extend over 4,000 miles from Venezuela to South America's southern tip the Andes Mark	$400 [19] In 988 Vladimir I, grand prince of this now-Ukrainian city, converted to Christianity & cast its pagan idols into the Dnieper River Kiev Ed	$400 [5] The theory of general relativity has been verified through experiments involving this innermost planet Mercury Mark	$400 [30] This first lady's middle name LaVaughn honors her paternal grandmother Michelle Obama Ed	$400 [29] Damon Wayans took on the Danny Glover role when this buddy cop movie came to the small screen Lethal Weapon Mark	$400 [24] If you're ichthyophagous, your meals consist of these fish Ed
$800 [9] Some 20 monasteries & dependencies, including the Great Lavra, are located on Mount Athos, a holy mountain in this country Greece Mark	$800 [20] The lares were statues of household gods in ancient Rome; the lararium was this, at which they were worshiped an altar (a shrine) Alexa	$800 [4] John Von Neumann pioneered game theory, starting by analyzing this game where bluffing is commonplace poker Mark	$800 [11] Finley & Breese were the middle names of this 19th century American inventor & painter (Samuel F.B.) Morse Ed	$800 [17] There can only be one Adrian Paul as the immortal title hero Duncan MacLeod in the TV version of this epic film Highlander	$800 [25] Those that are galactophagous get their sustenance via this liquid milk Mark
$1,200 [7] The Snowy Mountains, which include Mount Kosciuszko, form the "roof of" this country Australia Mark Alexa	$1,200 [21] After coming down from Mount Sinai, Moses destroys the golden calf, an idol fashioned by this brother of his Aaron Ed	$1,600 [2] This British doc who developed germ theory was the son of a microscope pioneer also named Joseph (Joseph) Lister Mark	$1,200 [12] This playwright did not have "Three Sisters" but he did have the middle name Pavlovich Chekhov Ed	$1,200 [15] Nia Vardalos' nuptial hit "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" settled down on TV as "My Big Fat Greek" this Life Ed	$1,200 [26] If you're apivorous, you get by dining on these bees Alexa
$1,600 [6] The Goûter Refugeoffers a place to rest for climbers en route to the top of this mountain on the border between France & Italy Mont Blanc Ed	$1,600 [22] Ahab was okay with Jezebel's idol worship of this 4-letter fertility deity Baal Ed	$2,000 [3] Legend says this Greek ran naked through Syracuse after discovering his buoyancy principle Archimedes Alexa	DD $2,000 [13] Biblical middle name of the man said to be the richest person in the U.S. at his death in 1848 Jacob Ed	$1,600 [16] In the TV version of "The Exorcist", Geena Davis was this character all grown up, but with a possessed daughter of her own Regan Mark	$1,600 [27] Mycophagists are people who eat these in the wild, avoiding the autumn skullcap mushrooms Mark
$2,000 [8] This Canadian mountain is second only to Denali as the highest peak in North America Mount Logan	$2,000 [23] In the 7th century this Middle East city was said to be home to as many as 360 idols, including the moon god Hubal Mecca	DD $2,800 [1] The third law of thermodynamics says entropy tends to reduce as the temperature approaches this 2-word state absolute zero Alexa	$2,000 [14] This middle name of Jackie Robinson honored the president who died the year he was born, 1919 Roosevelt Alexa	$2,000 [18] We saw the early life of a psycho in the sort of TV prequel "Bates Motel", with this actor as young Norman Freddie Highmore	$2,000 [28] Saurophagous is a description for those that eat these, tails & all lizards Ed

Final Jeopardy!

LITERARY ANIMALS

This children's book character, introduced in 1926 & a friend of the title creature, gets his name from the sound he might make

Eeyore

Alexa "Who is Hop the bunny?" — wagered $3,401

Mark "Who is Ee-or?" — wagered $1,799

Ed "Who is Eeyore?" — wagered $6,801

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