Show #7739 - Thursday, April 12, 2018

2018 College Championship quarterfinal game 4.

Contestants

[<< previous game]

Carsen Smith, a senior at Vanderbilt University from Jacksonville, Florida

Rebecca Rosenthal, a sophomore at Swarthmore College from Ridgewood, New Jersey

Harry Kioko, a senior at the University of Chicago from Princeton, New Jersey

 [next game >>]

Jeopardy! Round

ANAGRAMMED NOVELS
VIDEO GAMES
I WILL NOT SERVE...
COLLEGE SLASHES
PASS/FAIL
"ADD"/"DROP"
    $200 27
No grown-ups on the island:
"HELLO DEFF RIOTS"
    $200 24
Kratos kills Ares & gets this title, also the name of the video game series
    $200 26
In 2013 former Bears coach Mike Ditka said he regretted not running for U.S. Senate from this state
    $200 28
In 2009 M.I.T. cut 8 varsity sports; slashing this one must've saved on greens fees
    $200 29
Noisy term for a sudden failure in stock market prices, like the 22% one-day plunge on Oct. 19, 1987
    $200 30
Proverbially, doing this "to injury" is just making things worse
    $400 15
The Civil War is not fun:
"THIN WHITE GOWNED"
    $400 19
In "Middle-earth: Shadow of War" these evil minions learn from defeat & come back later with a grudge
    $400 25
In 1848 Daniel Webster, offered this No. 2 job, said, "I do not proposed to be buried until I am dead"
    $400 3
In 2010 SUNY Albany cut 5 humanities majors; dropping this one made Homer & Ovid weep
    $400 16
Success in relay races requires a clean pass of this item
    $400 22
Whenever I talk about going fly-fishing with Leo DiCaprio & LeBron James, people accuse me of doing this
    $600 14
More bloodsucking:
"BAKED WARNING"
    $600 5
Inspired by Mexican lore, "Guacamelee!" finds agave farmer Juan gifted with the mask of one of these athletes
    $600 23
14 years after this man turned down a Supreme Court appointment, he became our 6th president
    $600 4
In 2015-16 the U. of Maryland University College got rid of these--course materials are now online & free
    $600 11
This "In Cold Blood" author said, "Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor"
    $600 2
amazon.com is just full of yellow bars that tempt you into purchases with this 3-word phrase
    $800 12
1930s migrants on the move:
"FROG WEATHERS PATH"
    $800 6
Post-apocalyptic mecha-dinosaurs are just part of the fun in the PlayStation game called this "Zero Dawn"
    $800 20
Monty Python's John Cleese refused a spot in this Parliamentary body, as it would mean spending winter in England
    $800 8
In 2017 the president of this state university system announced 400-plus job cuts, from the Columbia campus to Rolla
    $800 10
This term for a failure also refers to the situation seen here, making a road impassable
    $800 1
This phrase means you can use your mouse to slide the item across the computer screen
    $1000 13
Irish funeral party:
"WEAKENING FANS"
    $1000 7
This European-sounding game that fans call "G.T." bills itself as "the real driving simulator"
    DD: $1,000 21
This Union general refused to run for president, stating, "will not serve" if elected; he wouldn't have carried Georgia
    $1000 9
Drew University in Madison, near Elizabeth in this East Coast state, is slashing tuition 20% for 2018-19
    $1000 17
Only 50 feet wide at some points, the Khyber Pass links Pakistan with this country
    $1000 18
In this subspecialty of psychiatry, you help substance abusers

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

Harry Rebecca Carsen
-$1,800 $3,400 $1,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Harry Rebecca Carsen
-$600 $3,600 $1,400

Double Jeopardy! Round

PAPER TERMS
WHERE IN THE BODY?
TALES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
4-SYLLABLE WORDS
BROADWAY MUSICALS
DOWN FOR THE COUNTY
    $400 24
"Build" the art of your dreams with this type of heavy colored paper
    $400 28
The temporal lobe
    $400 30
In one of the Arabian Nights' most famous stories, a clever fisherman traps one of these in a bottle
    $400 29
Ohh, those ketchup pancakes aren't sitting well with me--I have this, also called dyspepsia
    $400 5
In 2017 this TV show erupted on Broadway with a volcano threatening to wipe out Bikini Bottom
    $400 27
It's not the state capital but it is the seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota
    $800 23
This strong & light yellow-brown paper shares its name with a Philippine city
    $800 25
The transverse arch
    $800 21
To avoid execution in the morning, the king's new wife Scheherazade tells this many stories, each ending with a cliffhanger
    $800 15
Famous ones include the Stanford prison one & the Millikan oil-drop one
    $800 4
In 2011 Daniel Radcliffe worked his magic in "How to Succeed in" this "Without Really Trying"
    $800 26
Big Horn County, Wyoming borders another Big Horn County in this state
    $1200 11
25 sheets of paper all of the same size & quality are one of these, a homophone for a group of church singers
    $1200 8
The duodenum
    DD: $3,000 20
Several of the stories are set in this city, capital of the Muslim world in 8th century & still a capital today
    $1200 14
Change the second, third & fourth letters in "maleficent" to get this word for "generous"
    $1200 3
This musical set in the Jewish village of Anatevka was inspired by stories of Tevye & his daughters
    $1200 22
This state's 99 counties include Decatur & Dubuque
    $1600 9
It's a soft & gauzy type of paper, or a cell structure in the body of an animal or plant
    $1600 6
Phalanges & metacarpal bones
    $1600 19
These 2 words reveal the entrance to a hidden cave full of riches in "Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves"
    $1600 13
Common title for an unmarried woman in Jalisco
    DD: $5,000 2
We'd like to "point" out that George in "Sunday in the Park with George" is this famous French artist
    $1600 17
Brewster is west of the Pecos (County) in this state; Crockett is east
    $2000 10
It's the 5-letter name of the thin Japanese paper used for origami; crafters love the tape made from it
    $2000 7
Acinar cells & the islets of Langerhans
    $2000 18
When he's an old man, this sailor tells a young porter 7 tales about his 7 marvelous adventures
    $2000 12
Psychologist Abraham Maslow created one of these ranked systems "of needs"
    $2000 1
"Waitress", which opened in 2016, features music & lyrics by this singer-songwriter
    $2000 16
It's Detroit's county & is on the name of a state university there

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Harry Rebecca Carsen
$600 $26,000 $6,200
(lock game)

Final Jeopardy! Round

LANDMARKS
In 1546 architect Pierre Lescot began rebuilding King Francis I's palace, which is now this museum

Final scores:

Harry Rebecca Carsen
$400 $26,000 $2,000
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated Automatic semifinalist 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Harry Rebecca Carsen
$600 $20,800 $6,200
6 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W		 25 R
(including 2 DDs),
4 W		 17 R,
7 W

Combined Coryat: $27,600

[game responses] [game scores] [suggest correction]

Game tape date: 2018-03-12
The J! Archive is created by fans, for fans. Scraping, republication, monetization, and malicious use prohibited; this site may use cookies and collect identifying information. See terms. The Jeopardy! game show and all elements thereof, including but not limited to copyright and trademark thereto, are the property of Jeopardy Productions, Inc. and are protected under law. This website is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or operated by Jeopardy Productions, Inc. Join the discussion at JBoard.tv.