Show #7702 - Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Rob Worman game 5.

Contestants

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Damien Marzocchi, a museum security guard from Kew Gardens, New York

John Carlson, a clinical social worker from Omaha, Nebraska

Rob Worman, an escalation manager from Edina, Minnesota (whose 4-day cash winnings total $92,298)

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Jeopardy! Round

THEY QUIT THE TV SHOW
ASTRONOMY
DEATH, AMERICAN STYLE
4 "F"
MARCH
OF DIMES
    $200 15
In 2015, she found her workplace to be a literal "Freak Show" & decided to move on
    $200 6
Discovered in 1930, this body has an estimated diameter of only 1,473 miles
    $200 9
Death elected to take this suffragist on March 13, 1906
    $200 19
Hyphenated adjective for an even chance
    $400 16
Money issues may have led to Rob Lowe's departure from playing White House official Sam Seaborn on this show
    $400 7
Deneb, Albireo, Gienah, Sadr & Rukh in Cygnus form the pattern known as the Northern this
    $400 10
On Jan. 30, 1836 this seamstress' flag was lowered to half-staff
    $400 20
The idea that everyone will experience this period of brief celebrity is attributed to Andy Warhol
    $600 14
Denise Crosby left this sci-fi show after 1 season; her character was killed off, but later returned in a time travel episode
    $600 4
China now has the world's largest one of these telescopes; it's basically a dish antenna a third of a mile across
    DD: $3,000 11
We don't think this vice president had any inkling he'd be a character on Broadway 180 years after his Sept. 14, 1836 death
    $600 1
There's a sleeve part in this 3-word phrase for something spontaneous
    $600 21
Since 1965 the U.S. dime has been made from an alloy of copper & nickel; pre-1965, they were made from this
    $800 17
He quit "NYPD Blue" for a film career that fizzled, then had another TV hit in "CSI: Miami"
    $800 5
This spiral galaxy is named for an Ethiopian princess in Greek mythology
    $800 12
On April 12, 1912 it was good night, this Civil War nurse, the "Angel of the Battlefield"
    $800 2
Hogwarts house
    $800 24
In March 2018 this New York City parade up Fifth Avenue celebrates its 257th anniversary
    $800 22
Yip Harburg suffered bankruptcy before he wrote this "Brother"ly Depression anthem
    $1000 18
She says her full TV, theater & film career was made possible when she took a deep breath & quit "One Life to Live" in 1982
    $1000 8
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a model of Mars on the monitor.) Mars may have an accessory in 40 million years, as its gravity could break apart this inner & larger moon, whose debris would swirl around the planet & form a ring
    $1000 13
After March 6, 1935 this "Jr." Supreme Court justice no longer cared if you shouted "Fire!" in a crowded theater
    $1000 3
Phrase for a food staple like bread that metaphorically props you up
    $1000 25
In breeding season male bunnies go a little crazy, hence this simile that inspired a Lewis Carroll character
    $1000 23
Popular & cheap books of the late 19th century were called dime novels in the United States & by this other coin term in the UK

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

Rob John Damien
$800 $1,400 $0

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Rob John Damien
$1,000 $3,000 $2,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

LANGUAGES OF INDIA
YOUR NUMBER'S UP
COMMON BONDS
(Alex: We want you to name the James Bond portrayer who's also in each of the movies that we will mention in our clue.)
NEW WORDS IN 1988
FRUIT FORWARD
A WRINKLE IN TIME
(Oprah Winfrey: I'm Oprah Winfrey.) (Mindy Kaling: I'm Mindy Kaling.) (Reese Witherspoon: I'm Reese Witherspoon. We've got clues about A Wrinkle in Time.) (Mindy Kaling: One of the most beloved books ever written.) (Oprah Winfrey: Coming to the big screen for the first time.)
    $400 4
Spoken by some 50 million, Gujarati was the first language of this "Father of Modern India"
    $400 15
As enumerated by St. Thomas Aquinas, the first of these was vainglory, or as we call it, pride
    $400 13
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
    $400 29
This alteration of the type of criminal Al Capone was started appearing in rap lyrics
    $400 28
It's owned by Gap Inc.:
____ Republic
    $400 30
(Oprah Winfrey gives the clue.) "Love may be stronger than all fears" is how the book is summed up by the American Library Association, which awarded this author the prestigious Newbery Medal
    $800 5
Works like the Bhagavad Gita were written in this ancient language
    $800 16
The honor guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns takes this many paces before turning, the no. of guns in a military salute
    $800 14
"Marnie"
    $800 26
Hyphenated term for a work by Camus or Clancy, but on the computer
    $800 27
Nickname for an airflow from Hawaii:
____ express
    $800 9
(Reese Witherspoon gives the clue.) I play the first of the 3 guides to appear, Mrs. Whatsit; it turns out she was once this type of heavenly body that exploded in its battle with evil
    DD: $1,200 6
Some dialects are characteristic of one of these Indian social divisions, like Ahirani, spoken by cattle herders
    $1200 17
"Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings" is one of these for Alcoholics Anonymous
    $1200 24
"Mrs. Doubtfire"
    $1200 25
The 6-letter name of this style of electronic dance music emphasized its mechanical derivation
    $1200 10
Mattel's game of crazy combinations:
____ to ____
    $1200 1
(Mindy Kaling gives the clue.) I play Mrs. Who, a well-read character who speaks mainly in quotes, including this question that's also the first line in "Macbeth"
    $1600 7
Marathi is the home language of this city, the financial & commercial center of India
    $1600 18
In 1967 this number amendment dealing with presidential succession was ratified & added to the Constitution
    $1600 23
"Flash Gordon" &
"The Rocketeer"
    $1600 22
A phrase for steroid-provoked anger may have led to this phrase for other-driver-provoked anger
    $1600 11
A Tony winner for the drama "Doubt":
Actress ____ Jones
    $1600 2
The travelers see what awaits in the crystal ball of a character played by Zach Galifianakis, punningly called the Happy this
    $2000 8
The written language of about 100 million people, it's basically Hindi, but with Arabic script
    $2000 19
Clotho, Lachesis & Atropos are this triad of Greek myth
    $2000 20
"The Cannonball Run"
    DD: $5,000 21
Photographic is the "P" adjective in this abbreviation used as the standard for digitally encoded images
    $2000 12
Called the best hot dog in New York (by Julia Child!):
____ King
    $2000 3
(Oprah Winfrey gives the clue.) I play Mrs. Which, the eldest of the 3 guardian angels who help the children travel through time & space using this concept, described in the book as "the fifth dimension"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Rob John Damien
$15,200 $8,200 $10,800

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Final Jeopardy! Round

THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
In Portuguese this bird is known as beija flor, or "flower kisser"

Final scores:

Rob John Damien
$21,601 $9,200 $20,800
5-day champion: $113,899 3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Rob John Damien
$12,200 $8,200 $13,800
12 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
12 R,
2 W
19 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $34,200

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Game tape date: 2017-11-28
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