Show #7604 - Thursday, October 5, 2017

Austin Rogers game 8.

Contestants

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Cathy Subick, an architectural conservator from Spring City, Pennsylvania

Todd McCafferty, a compliance manager from Brooklyn, New York

Austin Rogers, a bartender from New York, New York (whose 7-day cash winnings total $278,300)

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Jeopardy! Round

ARTS & SCIENCES
SPORTS STUFF
CROSSWORD CLUES "O"
IT'S A BIRD
IT'S A PLANE
IT'S LIEBERMAN!
    $200 11
Everyone in the Valley knows that this element is a semiconductor & makes up about 28% of Earth's crust
    $200 16
A 2017 MLB rules change means a pitcher no longer has to toss 4 wide ones to accomplish this
    $200 5
A boor
(3)
    $200 21
This 4-letter word for a common seabird is an old synonym for deceive or cheat
    $200 1
Used by Germany, the Dutch-designed Fokker D.VII is often considered the finest fighter plane of this war
    $200 26
He was majority leader of the Connecticut Senate from 1975 to 1981
    $400 12
Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring" had the working title "Ballet for Martha", Martha being this dancer
    $400 17
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates hand signals.) Hands on top of the head is a football ref signal for illegal participation; if the ref puts his hands behind his head, it's a signal for loss of one of these
    $400 7
Tapering stone pillar
(7)
    $400 22
The duck hawk, or peregrine type of this bird, is used in a game-hunting sport
    $400 2
With its pilot dangling beneath it, the 1896 Chanute aircraft was an early one of these gliders
    $400 27
Harvard professor Daniel Lieberman has helped explain how & why early humans became good at long-distance this
    $600 13
AKA the Parthenon sculptures in the British Museum, this collection of ancient Greek sculptures can't be "shot" for fun
    $600 18
On April 9, 2017 Russell Westbrook had 50 points, 16 rebounds & 10 assists to break the season record for these
    $600 8
Impossible to see through
(6)
    $600 23
Leach's & Wilson's are among the "storm" types of this bird
    $600 3
The plane named for this "monthly" insect first took flight in that month in the summer of 1908
    $600 28
In 2016 Avigdor Lieberman became this country's defense minister
    $800 14
Impressionism got its name after Monet's landscape called "Impression:" this was exhibited in 1874
    DD: $2,000 19
The PGA says that this sports term dates to a 19th c. song about a monster who cackled, "Catch me if you can"
    $800 9
Stubborn
(9)
    $800 24
These tropical eagles are named for a woman-bird hybrid of Greek mythology
    $800 4
The British Harrier Jump Jet is capable of VTOL, standing for this
    $1000 15
Asexual reproduction, a cell duplicating itself, is nature's version of this controversial practice
    $1000 20
With his 1981 title, John McEnroe was the last in tennis history to win the U.S. Open with one of these
    $1000 10
Stubborn
(8)
    $1000 25
The North American species of this huge bird has a great scientific name: Gymnogyps californiaus
    $1000 6
This popular little civilian aircraft made by Piper has been called "the Model T of single-engine planes"

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

Austin Todd Cathy
$1,000 $4,200 $1,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Austin Todd Cathy
$3,200 $4,400 $2,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

BOOKS' FIRST LINES
DESIGNER INITIALS
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
10-LETTER WORDS
ROCK & POP QUARTETS
MAPS "R" US
    $400 21
"Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, & of having nothing to do"
    $400 1
Today his iconic polo shirt comes in 85 colors & patterns:
R.L.
    $400 9
Dr. Joseph Warren, called the first martyr of the Revolution, was killed at this June 17, 1775 Boston battle
    $400 22
It was once a Westinghouse washing machine trademark; now it's a place where quarters are like gold
    $400 12
With 200 million albums sold, this band, formed in Stockholm in 1972, is one of the most successful ever
    $400 3
The Strait of Bab El Mandeb allows passage from the Gulf of Aden into this sea
    $800 17
"It was a pleasure to burn"
    $800 2
Here comes the bride in a gown by this designer:
V.W.
    $800 10
In December 1778 the British navy easily captured this port; soon all of Georgia was under British control
    $800 26
Bob Marley was buried in a wig of these, his own having been lost to cancer treatment
    $800 13
Plant & Page were the heart of this legendary quartet
    $800 5
In Italy, this strip of land is divided into western and eastern sections, depending on what side of Genoa you're on
    DD: $5,000 18
Nonfiction:
"June 17, 1972. Nine o'clock Saturday morning. Early for the telephone"
    $1200 4
Longtime creative director of Gucci--he also directs movies:
T.F.
    DD: $2,000 11
In the early hours of April 19, 1775, he returned to Lexington to retrieve papers from John Hancock's trunk
    $1200 27
To summarize another person's statement in new words, shorter & clearer
    $1200 14
This "seasonal" Australian pop quartet aka 5SOS has hit the big time with songs like "She Looks So Perfect"
    $1200 8
From a bit north of San Francisco to the Oregon border stretches the region called this tree's empire
    $1600 23
From 19th century England:
"There was no possibility of taking a walk that day"
    $1600 6
Dressed everyone from Jackie O to J.Lo:
V (that's all you need)
    $1600 19
No one knows where exactly in New York City this hero of the Revolution was hanged as a spy Sept. 22, 1776
    $1600 28
It's the veal preparation seen here--mangia
    $1600 15
Should you stay or should you name this Joe Strummer British punk band now?
    $1600 16
Avenue Mohammed V connects the old & new sections of this capital in north Africa
    $2000 24
A '70s book: "I can see by my watch, without taking my hand from the left grip of the cycle, that it is 8:30 in the morning"
    $2000 7
Cher said without him "I would have been... a peacock without feathers":
B.M.
    $2000 20
Major battles in this state included Kings Mountain & a cattle-grazing area known as Cowpens
    $2000 29
A type of fever that's a complication of malaria, or a security firm founded by Erik Prince
    $2000 30
The big 4 bands of thrash metal are Metallica, Anthrax, Megadeth & this quartet with a murderous name
    $2000 25
This Brazilian port whose name means "reef" is the terminus for the Trans-Amazonian Highway

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Austin Todd Cathy
$20,600 $11,600 $11,200

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Final Jeopardy! Round

ACTORS & THEIR MOVIE ROLES
He played Shakespearean title characters 4 times, receiving Best Actor Oscar nominations each time

Final scores:

Austin Todd Cathy
$28,600 $0 $5,700
8-day champion: $306,900 3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Austin Todd Cathy
$18,800 $11,600 $13,200
23 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 1 DD)
12 R,
0 W
17 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $43,600

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Game tape date: 2017-04-26
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