Show #7061 - Monday, May 4, 2015

Greg Seroka game 8.

Contestants

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Scott Ylinen, a draftsman and college student from Morgantown, West Virginia

Praggya Rustagi Barretto, a project coordinator from Boston, Massachusetts

Greg Seroka, a chef from Steamboat Springs, Colorado (whose 7-day cash winnings total $180,401)

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Jeopardy! Round

MAY THE 4th BE WITH YOU
INTERNET SHORTHAND
NEWS ANCHORS
THE MIDWEST
I SAY IT'S SPINACH
THE "L" WITH IT
    $200 16
May 4, 1904:
Charles Rolls meets this man at a Manchester hotel; their first car will boost 10 horsepower
    $200 21
E2EG:
This kind of "grin"
    $200 26
"The View" of her career in "20/20" hindsight shows she started as a news writer before her historic anchoring job
    $200 4
Hold on to your stomachs! One of these at Cedar Point in Ohio reaches a speed of 120 miles per hour
    $200 1
I don't care if the first recorded description of these dates to 1587; take them back to Belgium!
    $200 9
It's a tennis stroke lofted over an opponent's head
    $400 17
May 4, 1626:
This Dutchman arrives in Manhattan; he likes what he sees & buys it for $24
    $400 22
QAP:
At this speed, please
    $400 27
After leaving the NBC anchor chair in 2004, he briefly hosted "Meet the Press"
    $400 12
You'd be hard-pressed to find one in the state, but the critter seen here gave a nickname to this state
    $400 3
You can tell me it's this dark green vegetable with edible florets & an Italian name, but I'm still not gonna eat it
    $400 8
Before "car", it means a vehicle for hire, such as a limo
    $600 18
1932:
After getting 11 years for income tax evasion, he enters prison
    $600 23
NIFOC:
In this condition "in front of computer"
    $600 28
This ex-anchor of Fox News' "Special Report" is now the network's senior political analyst
    $600 13
The Telegraph Herald in Dubuque traces its beginnings to 1836 & this state's first newspaper
    $600 5
So James Beard said this "chilly" lettuce has a "wonderfully crisp texture", so what--put it back in the freezer!
    $600 2
A plumber knows this item preceded "cinch" to denote a certainty
    $800 19
1961:
The start of the first freedom ride, organized by the civil rights group "CORE", the Congress of this
    $800 24
FHO:
"Friends" doing this
    $800 29
In 2011 he stepped down after 36 years anchoring or co-anchoring PBS' newscast
    $800 14
Once known as "America's Air Capital", this city in Kansas is the base of Koch Industries
    $800 6
You can call it "liberty cabbage" & tell me they ate it in ancient Rome, but I'm not touching that fermented slop
    $800 10
In the end, a good shoemaker sticks to this wooden model of a foot
    $1000 20
May 4, 1886:
7 policemen die in this riot in Chicago after someone throws a bomb
    $1000 25
YGTI:
"You get" this
    $1000 30
(I'm David Muir.) When I became the anchor of ABC's "World News Tonight", I was the youngest network news anchor since this man, a hero of mine; he first got the same gig in 1965
    DD: $3,400 15
In a 2013 article Milwaukee's mayor protested the term this "Belt", saying "Our industry isn't... dying"
    $1000 7
They may be these "greens", kale's cousins with different leaf structure; they're still going in the trash
    $1000 11
My dearest Millicent, if you take this alcoholic tincture of opium for your neuralgia, use just a drop

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

Greg Praggya Scott
$3,400 $600 $6,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Greg Praggya Scott
$9,400 $1,600 $7,400

Double Jeopardy! Round

PAINT BY NUMBERS
GAMBLING WORDS
LAKES & RIVERS
STAMPS
CHARACTERS FROM AMERICAN LIT
GRAMMY WINNERS
    $400 24
"Three Dancers" & "Three Musicians" are both Cubist works of the 1920s by him
    $400 2
A metal rod for stirring a fire
    $400 6
According to Maori legend, this country's Lake Manapouri was formed by the tears of dying sisters
    $400 1
The Winter Fun series includes making a snowman & making one of these by lying on the ground
    $400 13
He is Scarlett O'Hara's third husband
    $400 18
The leader in egg-shaped travel, she fed "The Fame Monster" to win 2010's Best Pop Vocal Album
    $800 25
This pop artist's "Orange Disaster #5" is actually 15 repeated images of an electric chair
    $800 3
Fritos, for example
    $800 7
The Ravi, as in Shankar, is a major tributary of this river that winds from Tibet to Pakistan
    $800 12
The songbirds series includes this state bird seen here
    $800 14
The first word in "Tom Sawyer" is uttered by this woman, his aunt & guardian
    $800 19
2000's Best Dance Recording went to the Baha Men, for (repeatedly!) asking this musical question--did we ever find out?
    $1200 26
Here's her take on three zinnias
    $1200 4
A type of "viper" with heat-sensing indentations
    $1200 9
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Switzerland.) Europe's palace of nations, the UN's second biggest facility, stands in the 46 hectare Ariana Park with amazing views of this lake
    $1200 20
4 circular stamps depict different designs of this, the spotlight Commissioner Gordon used in Gotham's night sky
    $1200 15
Natty Bumppo, a character in "The Leatherstocking Tales", was partly based on this Kentucky frontiersman
    $1200 21
To Kanye West's dismay, this man's "Morning Phase" was named Album of the Year in 2015
    $1600 27
His "Autumn Rhythm (Number 30)" is on display at the Met in New York City
    $1600 5
This container can be found after "lobster" or "chamber"
    $1600 10
Drought has depleted this lake, the USA's largest man-made reservoir & a major source of Las Vegas' water
    $1600 29
The stamp seen here commemorates the Battle of Mobile Bay, so that's the fleet of this Union admiral
    DD: $6,600 16
Seen here, MGM executive Irving Thalberg was the basis for Monroe Stahr in this F. Scott Fitzgerald novel
    $1600 22
Kimbra & this man were 2012's Best Pop Duo; remember him? Or is he "Somebody That I Used To Know"?
    $2000 28
Here's "No. 8, 1952", an oil painting by this Russian-born American painter
    $2000 8
A hill with a steep face, such as Coogan's
    $2000 11
Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada, 2 degrees above the Arctic Circle, lies on this river's delta
    DD: $5 30
The colors of the gay pride flag adorn the stamp featuring this slain politician
    $2000 17
In "The Good Earth", O-lan is married to this peasant farmer
    $2000 23
2006's Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals went to Tony Bennett & this other music legend for "For Once In My Life"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Greg Praggya Scott
$4,800 $4,800 $18,205
(lock game)

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Final Jeopardy! Round

CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS
Harriet Hemenway's boycott of the feathered hats of her social circle inspired the 1905 founding of this

Final scores:

Greg Praggya Scott
$7 $3,800 $22,505
3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000 New champion: $22,505

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

Greg Praggya Scott
$11,400 $4,800 $17,800
27 R,
5 W
(including 1 DD)		 7 R,
3 W		 19 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $34,000

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