Show #7340 - Friday, July 8, 2016

Contestants

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Pam Platt, a writer and editor from Louisville, Kentucky

Mike Solano, a speech-language pathology graduate student from Sleepy Hollow, New York

Bonnie Megel, an administrative assistant from Grinnell, Iowa (whose 1-day cash winnings total $31,400)

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Jeopardy! Round

STATES THAT BEGIN WITH CALIFORN
IS THIS A HAT?
(Alex: We'll give you three items. You tell us which one is a hat.)
CATCH THESE MEN
A PETITE DEJEUNER
"S" WORDS
SNL CRACKS US UP
    $200 16
Do you know the way to this city, the seat of Santa Clara county? Many do, as it's California's 3rd-most populous city
    $200 21
Batuque,
perique,
toque
    $200 11
Ted Kaczynski, who carried on a lethal 17-year campaign under this name, was caught following a tip from his brother
    $200 26
From the Yiddish for "ring" or "bracelet" comes the name of this chewy breakfast item
    $200 1
Legally, it's defamation via speech
    $200 6
Andy Samberg played this "Ted" actor as he "Talks to Animals" on "SNL"; say hi to your mother for me, okay?
    $400 17
Lying chiefly in Cali, this national park boasts the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere--282' below sea level
    $400 22
Balaclava,
Crimea,
Sebastopol
    DD: $2,000 12
12 days after his heinous act, he was discovered in a barn with David Herold & surrounded in rural Virginia
    $400 30
"Break out of your shell" with this egg substitute from ConAgra
    $400 2
Let's take SWORDS for $400--it's a heavy, slightly curved one-edged cavalry sword
    $400 10
Musician Will Ferrell let us know, "If Bruce Dickinson wants more" this, "we should probably give him more" this!
    $600 18
In 1980 nearly 104,000 fans caught Super Bowl 14 at this playhouse in Pasadena
    $600 23
Dusseldorf,
Homburg,
Meissen
    $600 15
In 1960 Nazi Adolf Eichmann was captured by Israeli operatives in this country where he had been hiding
    $600 29
Created at Antoine's in New Orleans, eggs sardou is made with this veggie, creamed
    $600 3
An elevated platform where executed criminals hang out
    $600 9
Norm MacDonald created "Celeb. Jeo.!" to get his impression of this man on "SNL" & yes, Turd Ferguson is a funny name
    $800 19
Named for the trees that grew in its hills, this city is a few miles across the bay from San Francisco
    $800 24
Biretta,
Mannix,
Rockford
    $800 14
Wanted for 19 murders, this Bostonian went on the run in 1995 & was finally nabbed in Santa Monica in 2011
    $800 28
This bite-size cereal from Kellogg's has flavors like frosted strawberry & maple brown sugar
    $800 4
Flags & arm position are crucial in this type of communication
    $800 8
This late, great man was the anal retentive chef, whose pepper steak needed "17 1/3 oz. of lean beef cut into 43 pieces"
    $1000 20
Shown here, it's the port city located on the same-named peninsula, Jack
    $1000 25
Trilithon,
trilby,
troika
    $1000 13
Soon after the fall of Baghdad in 2003, Saddam Hussein was found hiding in a hole near this city, his hometown
    $1000 27
As opposed to rolled oats, Quaker offers this "metallic" version that has "a heartier texture"
    $1000 5
It can mean yielding sugar or being sappy & sentimental
    $1000 7
In 2015 "SNL", & specifically this actress, cracked up Ryan Gosling as she described her abduction by aliens

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

Bonnie Mike Pam
$2,200 $4,400 $4,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Bonnie Mike Pam
$4,600 $4,800 $6,800

Double Jeopardy! Round

RANKS & TITLES
SPORTS ON FILM
(Alex: You have to name the sport the film is about.)
ANATOMY
SAY IT IN SWEDISH
AMERICAN DRAMATISTS
AN "F" IN HISTORY
    $400 24
Learn the 3 R's with this college official who keeps track of academic standing & enrollment
    $400 2
"Moneyball"
    $400 11
The hypoglossal nerve moves this organ, allowing for speech & swallowing
    $400 20
To safely play the popular sport of ice hockey, you'll need to wear en hjälm, this
    $400 15
The father of this Southern playwright was a big inspiration for the character Big Daddy
    $400 1
The movie "The Revenant" is about Hugh Glass, who in 1823 went in search of these in the Dakotas
    $800 25
In the Episcopal Church, this title belongs to the cleric in charge of the chapel, whether he's in Wakefield or not
    $800 3
"Foxcatcher"
    $800 12
Humans have 7 superior or true pairs of these bones & 5 pairs of inferior or false ones
    $800 21
Nature lover, before visiting a naturistcamping, be aware your fellow visitors will be this
    $800 16
His first Broadway play, "The Man Who Had All the Luck", had no box office luck; "All My Sons" did better
    $800 5
The debate between protectionism & this opposite has been ongoing since at least the 18th century
    $1200 26
Bestowed on some higher ranking priests, this Catholic title basically means "my elder"
    $1200 8
"The Legend of Bagger Vance"
    $1200 13
High concentrations of these nodes in the human body are located in the armpits & groin
    $1200 23
Sweden's top rate of this, imkomstskatt, is 56%
    $1200 17
This playwright/actor explores dysfunctional & barely functional families in plays like 2012's "Heartless"
    $1200 6
In 1807 his ship was described as a "backwoods sawmill mounted on a scow and set on fire"
    DD: $4,000 27
A French nobleman of the lowest rank, it comes from the Old French for "horseman"
    $1600 7
"McFarland, USA"
    $1600 14
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical diagram on the monitor.) The point called the funny bone is a sensitive spot on the pathway beginning in the spine, going through your shoulder, down your arm, to your ring & pinkie fingers, known as this nerve
    DD: $5,000 29
Smör, as in smorgasbord, is this spreadable stuff
    $1600 18
In 1936, a year after she married publisher Henry Luce, her play "The Women" opened on Broadway
    $1600 9
FDR called his domestic programs a "New Deal"; successor Harry Truman had this "Deal"
    $2000 28
Although this U.S. naval rank is no longer used, it lives on as the presiding officer of a yacht club
    $2000 4
"Coach Carter"
    $2000 22
From Latin for "tailor", this longest muscle in the body crosses the thigh from the hip to the lower leg
    $2000 30
Fågel means this type of creature
    $2000 19
Every year Independence, Kansas honors this native son & author of "Picnic" with a 3-day theater festival
    $2000 10
This post-civil war bureau provided jobs, medical care & land to former slaves & destitute whites

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Bonnie Mike Pam
$12,400 $7,600 $15,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

TRANSPORTATION
The Trans-Siberian Railway, one of the world's longest, spans 5,770 miles from Moscow to this port city on the Sea of Japan

Final scores:

Bonnie Mike Pam
$21,700 $4,200 $27,600
2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $27,600

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Bonnie Mike Pam
$13,000 $7,600 $14,000
17 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)
17 R,
4 W
19 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $34,600

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Game tape date: 2016-03-30
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