Show #5656 2009-03-23 (taped 2009-01-10) Tournament of Champions

2009 Tournament of Champions final game 1.From Las Vegas.

Contestants

Dan Pawson — a legislative aide from Boston, Massachusetts

Aaron Schroeder — a grad student from San Diego, California

Larissa Kelly — a grad student from El Cerrito, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Larissa	$4,600	$7,400	$12,200	$24,400	$12,000 18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Aaron	$600	$2,400	$13,600	$9,600	$13,600 18 R, 3 W
Dan	$1,200	$1,600	$11,178	$22,301	$10,000 13 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

OMAHA BEACH	MUSICALS BY PLOT	FASHION FORWARD & BACKWARD	MEDICINE SHOW	MYTHS & LEGENDS	GOING ALPHANUMERIC
$200 [11] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Omaha Beach in France.) This date of the Normandy invasion had been set for one day earlier, but because of bad weather, the6,000 ships & 13,000 support planeshad to wait June 6, 1944 Dan	$200 [1] Rock & roll & dancing are forbidden in small puritanical town; rebellious Ren to the rescue Footloose Dan	$200 [2] Popular in the '50s the slim skirts named for this writing implement have become chic again pencil skirts Larissa	$200 [18] Breathe Right strips alleviate this sleeping noise, but became huge when Jerry Rice used them on the field snoring Dan	$200 [16] On the day of his birth, this Greek messenger god stole his brother's cattle Hermes Dan	$200 [27] Your employer sends you this, the most common income-reporting tax statement in the United States W-2 Larissa
$400 [12] (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Omaha Beach in France.) Hours before his troops stormed these shores, he told them, "You are about to embark on the great crusade towards which we have striven these many months" Eisenhower Larissa	$400 [3] Crusading Houston radio host exposes Chicken Ranch The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas	$400 [7] retro-housewife.com calls a '70s-style tunic in a '60s print a "mippie", a blend of mod & this word hippie Larissa	$400 [21] The bronchodilator Albuterol helps relieve this condition, from the Greek for "panting" asthma Larissa	$400 [17] One myth says that some of these, a hybrid of man & horse, were descended from the mares of Mount Pelion a centaur Aaron	$400 [28] Bingo square coordinate that sounds like a synonym for "not malignant" B-9 Larissa
$600 [13] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Omaha Beach in France.) German bunkers above the beach were named for these containers; some could only be taken by soldiers crawling up & tossing in explosives pillboxes	$600 [4] "Prince of Humbug" creates freak show, signs Jenny Lind Barnum Larissa	$600 [8] This couturiere's iconic collarless jacket of 1954 is still part of her line today Coco Chanel Aaron	$600 [23] Nexium fights acid reflux, which also goes by this name, though it has nothing to do with the organ heartburn Larissa	$600 [19] Ovid coined the name of this Greek god of dreams as an allusion to the forms seen in dreams Morpheus	$600 [29] In a sequel title, it precedes "X-Men United" X2 Larissa Aaron
$800 [14] (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Omaha Beach in France.) Within days, the Allies had in place artificial harbors of sunkencaissons; one harbor was dubbed "Port" this, the first name of a certain prime minister who favored the plan Winston Aaron Dan	DD $1,000 [5] Charlemagne's son leads a revolution against his dad Pippin Larissa	$800 [9] Too bad you didn't buy a Birkin one of these in the '80s; now the waiting list can take years a handbag Aaron	$800 [24] Atorvastatin is the generic name of this cholesterol drug from Pfizer Lipitor Larissa	$800 [20] This winged creature with an eagle's head & a lion's body pulled Zeus' chariot a griffin Aaron	$800 [30] In 2002 the last of this model Camaro rolled off the assembly line--a bright rally red convertible a Z28
$1,000 [15] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Omaha Beach in France.) In the early hours of D-Day here at Pointe-Du-Hoc, members of this elite U.S. Army force braved heavy enemy fire to scale the steep cliffs & take out cannons the Army Rangers Larissa Aaron	$1,000 [6] Slave tries to win freedom by helping his master earn the love of a courtesan; when in Rome… A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Aaron	$1,000 [10] On or off a yacht, this neckline whose name is French for "boat" has been stylish for decades bateau Larissa	$1,000 [25] This medicine is sold under the brand names Feverall & Tylenol acetaminophen Aaron	$1,000 [22] In Greek myth, these wood nymphs lived in trees & died when the trees died dryads Larissa	$1,000 [26] Triple-engined McDonnell Douglas plane whose maiden flight was August 29, 1970 the DC-10 Aaron

Double Jeopardy! Round

WOMEN AUTHORS	BORN TO RUN	CROSSWORD CLUES "X"	THE FRENCH CONFECTION	BED	BATH & BEYOND
$400 [12] Gertrude Stein, in a famous line, said this "is a" this "is a" this "is a" this a rose Dan	DD $22 [10] The Pre Classic, an Oregon track & field meet, is named for this legendary runner & subject of 2 major movies Steve Prefontaine Dan	$400 [15] Hater of foreigners(9) xenophobe Aaron	$400 [30] Featuring a crust with shallow sides, a filling & no top crust, it isn't a tramp, it's this 4-letter pastry a tart Larissa	$400 [25] This type of bed is named for the small wheels that allow it to roll under for storage a trundle Larissa	$400 [16] Ding-dong! This river that runs through Bath is calling Avon Aaron
$800 [7] A 1981 book by her was published in English as "Adieux: A Farewell to Sartre" (Simone de) Beauvoir Dan	$400 [14] In 1984 he dashed off with Olympic gold in the 100m; in 1988 he did it again; then there are his 7 other golds… Carl Lewis Aaron	$800 [3] Coleridge place(6) Xanadu Aaron	$800 [29] Traditionally oblong, this cream-filled pastry is often topped with chocolate icing an éclair Aaron	$800 [24] This bed that can be folded up into a closet is named for its American inventor Murphy Dan	$800 [17] "Are you going to" this British seaside town? In medieval times it hosted a 45-day trading fair Scarborough Dan
$1,200 [1] She gained fame as a playwright & later wrote memoirs like "Pentimento" (Lillian) Hellman Dan	$800 [8] At a Big 10 meet in Michigan in 1935, this grandson of a slave broke 3 world records & tied a fourth, all in an hour (Jesse) Owens Dan	$1,200 [4] Element discovered by Ramsay & Travers(5) xenon Aaron	$1,200 [28] It's the chocolate-foam concoction lumbering past your eyes here mousse Aaron	$1,200 [23] To make the bed so the sheets stay tucked in, use the tight-fitting triangular fold called this place's corner a hospital Aaron	$1,200 [18] It's the name of the second-largest city in England & also of the largest city in Alabama Birmingham Aaron
$2,000 [11] Clip the "tag" off a German building & you've got this creator of forensic sleuth Tempe Brennan of "Devil Bones" (Kathy) Reichs Larissa	$1,200 [9] In 2003 she returned to London to run her first-ever marathon--in shoes, we might add Zola Budd	$1,600 [5] The hard tissue of a plant(5) xylem Larissa	$1,600 [27] 2-word term for teeny iced & decorated cakes; the French also use it to describe small, fancy cookies petits fours Larissa	$1,600 [22] The name of this type of down comforter comes from the French for "down" duvet Aaron	$1,600 [19] Her novel "Persuasion" satirizes Bath & its fashionable denizens (Jane) Austen Larissa
DD $2,800 [2] This Frenchwoman who went by 1 name liked 1-name titles, like "Mitsou" & "Cheri" Colette Dan	$2,000 [13] Among his many nicknames were "The Finnish Running Marvel" & "The Phantom Finn" (Paavo) Nurmi Aaron	$2,000 [6] Sword-shaped, like a breastbone(7) xiphoid	$2,000 [26] If you have the panache, you can use this type of French icing made of chocolate & cream, heated & stirred together ganache Larissa	$2,000 [21] As a verb, this name of the long cylindrical pillowseen on the bedmeans "to support" a bolster pillow	$2,000 [20] An important seaport, this Welsh capital was once the world's largest coal shipper Cardiff Dan

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. PRESIDENTS

You have to go back over a century to find him, the last president who never had a vice president

Chester Arthur

Dan "Who is Arthur?" — wagered $11,123

Larissa "Who is Arthur?" — wagered $12,200

Aaron "Who isW.H. HarrisonJohnson" — wagered $4,000

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