Show #7352 - Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Pranjal Vachaspati game 6.

Contestants

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Karen Lazar, a retired educator from Oceanside, New York

Monikka Mann, an innovation project manager from Katy, Texas

Pranjal Vachaspati, a Ph.D. student originally from Shaker Heights, Ohio (whose 5-day cash winnings total $121,688)

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Jeopardy! Round

CUPS
HYBRID WORDS
(Alex: Each correct response will have a Greek and a Latin root.)
BOOKS BY CHAPTER TITLES
THEY SERVED OUR COUNTRY
EARTHQUAKES & VOLCANOES
2016 PEOPLE'S CHOICE TV WINNERS
    $200 13
Why don't you build me up with the name of this lovely flower?
    $200 21
Your mechanic loves this word from the Greek for "self" & the Latin for "move"
    $200 20
"Of What Happened to the Ingenious Gentleman in the Inn Which He Took to Be a Castle"
    $200 26
A 7.8 earthquake in April 2016, centered in this nation on the west coast of South America, injured more than 2,500
    $200 3
Not just theoretically, this sitcom actually won favorite TV show & favorite network TV comedy
    $400 12
Two-handled trophies are sometimes called these amorous items; at one time, shared for drinking at marriages
    $400 19
"Queequeg in His Coffin"
    $400 15
He's seen here in uniform before his days of political service to Arizona
    $400 25
Flip your chair around & tell us that this NBC reality show won for favorite competition TV show
    $600 9
Both Percival and Indiana Jones had this cup as a focus of their search
    $600 1
The Greek for "tribe" & the Latin for "kill" gave us this crime that's investigated by the International Criminal Court
    $600 27
"The Battle of Hogwarts"
    $600 6
Semper fi! Before he coached some movie "Hoosiers", this actor was in the Marines
    $600 23
On Dec. 26, 2004 the energy equivalent of 23,000 atomic bombs was release after a 9.1 earthquake under this ocean
    $600 18
Stana Katic & Nathan Fillion both were lauded for their work on this network crime drama
    $800 10
Elijah's cup holds wine at the seder on this holiday
    DD: $2,800 17
Ritalin can help with this condition, from the Greek for "above" & the Latin for "doing"
    $800 4
"The Country of the Quadlings"
    $800 22
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona.) The B-24 Liberator was the most-produced U.S. aircraft of WWII; pilots who flew it on hazardous bombing missions over Germany included Senator George McGovern & this star of "It's a Wonderful Life"
    $800 2
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park features Kilauea & this, which erupted for 14 months over 1855 & '56
    $800 5
Best Premium Cable TV Show went to this Showtime stalwart whose main character split time between Berlin & Beirut
    $1000 11
It's awarded to the championship team in Canadian football
    $1000 16
"Earth" in Greek & Latin for "standing still", it describes the position of some satellites
    $1000 8
"The Battle of the Fangs"
    $1000 24
Long before he was chief justice (1953-1969), he served in the army stateside during World War I
    $1000 14
On Aug. 26, 1883 a cloud of ash from this Indonesian volcano rose 17 miles
    $1000 7
This "royal" Fox series sounds like a horror show but took home the prize for New TV Comedy

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

Pranjal Monikka Karen
$1,800 $4,800 $1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Pranjal Monikka Karen
$6,400 $4,400 $1,800

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE AMAZING SPACE-MAN
GOD SAVE THE ENGLISH KING!
THEOLOGY BRANCHES
POTPOURRI
ACTORS & ACTRESSES
WHAT A "HAM"
    $400 28
Under threat of civil war, this king set his seal to the Magna Carta in 1215
    $400 16
Angelology, the theological study of angels, is logically matched by this opposite ‑ology
    $400 7
AKA ascorbic acid, this vitamin helps form collagen in bones & aids in the absorption of iron
    $400 1
Producers of "Furious 7" enlisted the aid of this late actor's brothers Caleb & Cody to fill in the gaps in production
    $400 3
If you choose not to air your dirty laundry, keep it in this basket
    $800 26
This Apollo 13 commander is one of 28 recipients of the Space Medal of Honor
    $800 27
At 1485's Battle of Bosworth Field, Richard III died without a horse & this royal family rode off with his kingdom
    $800 13
Food for thought: formerly called an institute, this Houston school was redesignated as a university in 1960
    $800 19
(Neil deGrasse Tyson gives the clue.) When this actress was floating around in zero-G in a 2013 Oscar-winning movie, was I the only one who noticed that her hair didn't float freely on her head?
    $800 4
The Pawleys Island Duracord is one of these for horizontal back yard relaxation
    DD: $3,800 8
U.S. astronaut candidates must complete training in ISS systems & this language likely to come in handy up there
    $1200 5
In 1295 Edward I convened the "model" this, a template for future political gatherings
    $1200 24
This controversial theology centered in Latin America tries to combine Catholicism & social justice for the poor
    $1200 25
This vodka drink with lime juice, triple sec & cranberry juice is at home all over the world
    $1200 18
He performed his own motorcycle stunts as P.O.W. "Cooler King" Hilts in "The Great Escape"
    $1200 11
Despite recent history, Russia's Aeroflot airline continues to use this pair as part of its company symbol
    $1600 23
Astronaut Wally Schirra did a TV commercial for Actifed, this kind of drug that he used during one of his space flights
    $1600 9
Daniel Defoe wrote "The True-Born Englishman" in support of this Dutch prince who became king in 1689
    $1600 21
Soteriology is the theological branch dealing with the nature & means of achieving this
    $1600 6
The osetra is a type of this caviar fish
    $1600 17
This actress has been seen on "Once and Again" & "CSI: NY"
    $1600 2
This master of the vibraphone also played drums & piano
    $2000 20
In the shuttle era NASA had 4 basic jobs aloft: commander, pilot, mission specialist & this cargo specialist
    DD: $6,600 10
Officially the king from 1820 to 1830, he had been de facto ruler since 1811 due to the insanity of his father
    $2000 22
It's not saying you're sorry, it's the branch of theology dealing with the defense of established doctrine
    $2000 12
The 421 B.C. Peace of Nicias was a break in this decades-long war
    $2000 14
This tomboy who became an actress won an Oscar for playing a tomboy who becomes an actress in 1933's "Morning Glory"
    $2000 15
The "old" one is an historic county that borders the English Channel

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Pranjal Monikka Karen
$22,400 $7,600 $14,600

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Final Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN AUTHORS
On his 1849 death, it was said he was "regarded rather with curiosity than admiration" & "few will be grieved"

Final scores:

Pranjal Monikka Karen
$15,400 $15,100 $2,000
6-day champion: $137,088 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

Pranjal Monikka Karen
$13,200 $7,600 $14,600
22 R
(including 3 DDs),
8 W		 13 R,
2 W		 14 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $35,400

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