Show #7521 - Monday, May 1, 2017

Alan Lin game 6.

Contestants

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Meghan Treptow, an artist from Chicago, Illinois

Matt Cohen, an electrical engineer from Weehawken, New Jersey

Alan Lin, a software engineer from Santa Barbara, California (whose 5-day cash winnings total $108,800)

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Jeopardy! Round

PRESIDENTIAL MUSIC?
SNEAKER BRANDS
THE BOOK OF VERBS
BILLS, BILLS, BILLS
SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC
IT'S HYPHENATED
    $200 6
He had a string of No. 1 hits with his brothers, including "ABC", as well as solo No. 1s, like "Black Or White"
    $200 1
This sneaker brand that makes an All Star shoe has a star inside the "O" in its name
    $200 30
"____ the Rising Sun" by Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard"
    $200 11
He was born October 28, 1955 in Seattle
    $200 15
The Greeks associated this sign with the Golden Fleece
    $200 25
You'll find some good travel deals during this time of year when things are slower & business is slack
    $400 7
President Obama's got a friend in this "You've Got A Friend" singer who performed at Obama's second inaugural
    $400 2
Got a question about Air Max shoes? Call 1-800-806-6453 (the last 4 digits spell out this brand's name)
    $400 20
"The Cat Who ____ Through Walls" by Robert A. Heinlein
    $400 12
He was shot dead in Deadwood August 2, 1876
    $400 16
The bull whose form Zeus adopted to abduct Europa represents this sign
    $400 26
In the sixth Harry Potter novel, Harry acquires a used potions book that had belonged to a student known as this
    $600 8
She co-wrote "Ring Of Fire" for future hubby Johnny Cash
    $600 3
MyNB is the loyalty program for this brand
    $600 21
"____ with Scissors" by Augusten Burroughs
    $600 13
Now a senator from this state, in 1986 Congressman Bill Nelson moonlighted as a space shuttle payload specialist
    $600 17
Sometimes the pair that represents this sign is identified as Romulus & Remus
    $600 27
In basketball catching a pass high in the air near the basket & dunking it is called this play
    $800 9
"Atomic Dog" & "Nubian Nut" are solo hits by this giant of funk music
    $800 4
The name of this brand honors an African gazelle
    $800 22
"Hannibal ____" by Thomas Harris
    $800 14
A "Journal" of this TV stalwart's life would include his 1965-67 stint as LBJ's press secretary
    DD: $2,000 18
The fertility goddess Ishtar & the harvest maiden Persephone are associated with this sign
    $800 28
Succeeding his great-uncle Franz Joseph, Charles I was the last to rule over this empire
    $1000 10
Gavin Rossdale (Gwen Stefani's ex) is the lead singer of this British band
    $1000 5
The U.S. Rubber Company began making this sneaker's Champion style in 1916
    $1000 23
"We Need to ____ About Kevin" by Lionel Shriver
    $1000 24
The man known as this beat his 3-bottles-a-day gin habit & helped thousands do the same
    $1000 19
Was it this sign's devilish-looking tail that caused the horses of the sun to bolt?
    $1000 29
Seen here is one of the vipers with this weaponized name; handle it as shown if you have to go near it at all

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

Alan Matt Meghan
$400 $3,800 $2,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Alan Matt Meghan
$3,400 $5,400 $2,400

Double Jeopardy! Round

AFRICAN HISTORY
(Alex: Then, we'll give the actor and the quote, you name the movie...)
1940s MOVIE QUOTES
SOME "ME" TIME
(Alex: "M-E" coming up in each correct response, of course.)
HORSING AROUND
KENTUCKY
DERBY
    $400 17
The war for the independence of this nation from France lasted from 1954 to 1962
    $400 6
Humphrey Bogart:
"If you kill me, how are you going to get the bird?"
    $400 1
It is a measurement of both distance & beats
    $400 7
Hopefully it doesn't go to his head, but a stallion used for breeding is called this
    $400 25
Most of Kentucky's Red River Gorge is within the national forest bearing the name of this frontiersman
    $400 26
On national TV, one of these events in 1972 had A.J. Foyt & the Unser brothers driving & cars destroyed included a Rolls-Royce
    $800 18
The ruins of the ancient city of Carthage are found in what is today this African country
    $800 9
Voice of Evelyn Venable:
"A boy who won't be good might just as well be made of wood"
    $800 2
It's a 2-food-item term for a basic kind of guy
    $800 8
The height of a horse is measured in these "anatomical" units, each one equal to 4 inches
    $800 13
Kentucky is one of the 4 states that are officially this type of entity
    $800 27
Giancarlo Stanton hit 20 balls into the stands to easily win this event at the 2016 MLB All-Star Game
    $1200 19
We presume you know the name of this Scottish explorer who first set sail for Africa in 1840
    DD: $3,000 21
Jimmy Stewart:
"Attaboy, Clarence"
    $1200 3
Name shared by a western U.S. lake & an anthropologist
    $1200 10
One of the most common markings, a broad white strip down the middle of the face, is referred to by this fiery term
    $1200 14
Spelunkers revel in Kentucky, home to Crystal Onyx Cave as well as this one with 400 miles of it mapped
    $1200 28
The car seen here is used in the Pinewood Derby, an event of this youth organization
    $1600 20
This Somali terrorist group whose name means "the youth" has carried out deadly attacks, like at a Nairobi mall
    $1600 22
Edmund Gwenn:
"Just because every child can't get his wish, that doesn't mean there isn't a Santa Claus"
    $1600 4
It's a straight line from a vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side
    $1600 11
Modern horses evolved from this prehistoric dog-sized ancestor whose name means "dawn horse"
    DD: $2,000 15
Born in 1818, she's the only First Lady born in Kentucky
    $1600 29
In 1938 Damon Runyon suggested more contact between the players in this sport
    $2000 24
In 2003 this southern African country's army & a rival faction, Unita, signed a ceasefire, ending a 27-year civil war
    $2000 23
Gregory Peck:
"Anti-Semitism... what can I possibly say that hasn't been said before?"
    $2000 5
Ample & full are antonyms of this 6-letter word
    $2000 12
One of Europe's oldest breeds, the Friesian horse originated in this country
    $2000 16
Notable Eagles from this state school include Chuck Woolery, Kenneth Faried & Steve Inskeep
    $2000 30
Meriwether Lewis Clark created the Kentucky Derby to replicate the derby at this "salt"y site in England

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Alan Matt Meghan
$7,400 $11,000 $7,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

THE SUPREME COURT
Only 5 of the 17 chief justices previously served as associate justice on the Supreme Court; he was the last

Final scores:

Alan Matt Meghan
$14,800 $7,199 $3,800
6-day champion: $123,600 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Alan Matt Meghan
$7,000 $11,000 $7,600
14 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 18 R,
0 W		 14 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $25,600

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