"Jeopardy!" 9/25

Trio:
David Schuman (originally from Ardsley, NY)- Communications & Economics student
Sophie Hill (Coronado, CA)- Navy analyst
CHAMP: Erin Zwiener (whose three-day cash winnings total $53,399)

Openers:
COMPOSERS' COUNTRY OF BIRTH (present-day countries)
WELCOME TO MY "FLAT"
TAX-ONOMY
SUCH A LITERARY CHARACTER!
IT'S ALL GREEK LETTERS TO ME
BILLBOARD'S TOP MONEY MAKERS OF 2011

Erin's in third place early on w/ eight Benjamins, David has two biggies & Sophie's leading at $2,600. Sophie later takes the High School Strategy on the Billboard...but David's Daily Double Hunting's a success at least in this round after picking out the $800 Tax-onomy answer w/ $3,200; he has a $1K cushion over Sophie & Erin's $1,800 on the bad side. He will wager $1,300 & the lead & here's the answer:

If you've owned property for more than a year & sell it for a profit, you'll owe the long-term type of this tax.

"What is state tax?"...back to second he goes w/ $1,900. Correct: What is capital gains? Its $200 clue gets left behind due to time, but he gets back up to $2,300 at the time's up signal; Sophie's leading score's currently $4,200.

ATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $3,400
SOLE UNATTEMPTED TS: $1K (Billboard's Top 100 Money Makers of '11)
TOTAL LACH TRASH: $4,400
 
Give Us Some More Categories:
PHOENIX
DAYTIME SOAPS FOR SHORT
THE ADMIRALS CLUB
"M"ISCELLANY
TO YOUR HEALTH
THESE PUNS ARE OFFAL

The HSS works for Sophie this time as the $1,600 Phoenix screen yields a DD; she's got $5K to David's $6,700 & Erin's $2,600 in the red (she was $4,600 in such territory about a minute ago). Sophie bets half:

A gallery in Phoenix' Heard Museum is named for this Supreme Court Justice who worked in Phoenix in the 1970s.

"Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?"...that would indeed be her for a new score of $7.5K. The other one's hers as well from the middle of The Admirals Club & now she sits at $10,300; David's $3,600 behind her & Erin's $3,400 on the positive side- nice comeback from that deficit by the champ. But it's Sandra who now risks $3K on this:

This Admiral was nicknamed the "Hero of Manila".

Nothing from her- he was Admiral Dewey & she goes back to $7,300. This time, we don't have enough time for the $400 answer from the same topic.

ATTEMPTED LT: $4K
UNATTEMPTED LT: $4,800
TOTAL DJ! LT: $8,800

Scores After DJ!:
Erin: $3,400
Sophie: $8,100
David: $6,300

CORYAT SCORES:
Erin: $3,400
Sophie: $10,200
David: $7,600

FINAL J! SUBJECT: The Bible.

This term for a final resting place got its name because clay was dug up there for craftsmen.

ERIN:
Response: "What is Gammarah"
Wager: $2K
Final score: $1,400

DAVID:
Response: "What is a tomb?"
Wager: SAME AS ERIN
Final score: $4,200

SOPHIE:
Response: "What is a cemetary?" (Correct: What is a potter's field?)
Wager: $4K
Final score: $4,100- LOSS BY $100

Regardless, Erin leaves w/ $54,399.

EPISODE RATING: 3