Show #5817 2009-12-22 (taped 2009-11-04) Regular

Ryan Chaffee game 3.

Contestants

Dan Troha — a business system analyst from Cleveland, Ohio

Allison Brown — a law student originally from Louisville, Kentucky

Ryan Chaffee — a tutor from Los Angeles, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $33,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Ryan $4,600 $7,700 $17,100 $17,100
3-day champion: $50,300
$20,600
27 R (including 3 DDs), 3 W
Allison $2,200 $4,000 $4,000 $6,000
2nd place: $2,000
$4,000
12 R, 2 W
Dan $1,200 $1,600 $5,600 $3,199
3rd place: $1,000
$5,600
9 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

CURSES I'LL BE DOGGONE DAD, GUM IT DOUGH! FOR PETE'S SAKE "CON"SARNIT
$200 [11]
The "Cover Curse" of this Time, Inc. magazine is notable for athletes; appear & your career may soon disappear
Sports Illustrated
Ryan
$200 [25]
As a pet, the border type of this may have to learn to relax & stop herding everything in sight
a collie
Dan
$200 [16]
Nicorette is a gum designed to help your dad stop doing this
smoking
Dan
$200 [1]
Some suggest eliminating this coin; the mint spends $134 million a year to produce $80 million worth
the penny
Allison
$200 [18]
In 1682 he came to the throne at the age of 10, along with his weak-minded half-brother, Ivan V
Peter the Great
Ryan
$200 [6]
It means to yield or admit, perhaps to a point of argument
concede
Allison
$400 [12]
The Madden video game cover curse claimed this QB; first he got hurt & we won't even get into the dog thing
Michael Vick
Dan
$400 [27]
Yes, comrade, the Borzoi is also known as the Russian this
wolfhound
$400 [17]
Born Frances Gumm, she made her singing debut at age 2 in her dad's theater & then went on to visit Oz
(Judy) Garland
Ryan
$400 [2]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C.) I'm at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing with a replica of the current $2 bill, which has an engraving of this event on the back; limited space on the note meant five guys got left out
the signing of the Declaration of Independence
Ryan
$400 [19]
The last name of this Peter, a British navy man, is on a Columbia River island & a Washington sound
Puget
Allison
$400 [7]
Let's take a pregnant pause for this 8-letter verb, meaning to construct an image or idea
conceive
Ryan
$600 [13]
Curse averted! The Yankees dug up a buried jersey of this rival team out of the concrete of the new stadium in 2008
the Boston Red Sox
Allison
$600 [28]
Appropriately, the mountain pass with this dog's name is in the Alps, between Italy & Switzerland
Saint Bernard
Ryan
$600 [23]
When a man with this last name offered gum with his dad's soap, it started a chewing gum empire
Wrigley
Ryan
$600 [3]
From the 1970s, some quarters commemorating this featured a Colonial drummer
the Bicentennial
Allison
DD $500 [22]
World Book says it, flat out: this man "was the greatest Flemish painter of the 1600s"
(Peter Paul) Rubens
Ryan
$600 [8]
Exclusive attention to one object, or a game that requires memory skills
concentration
Allison
$800 [14]
A black cat in 1969 & a fan's try for a foul ball (let him be, folks!) have been blamed for this team's woes
the Cubs
Dan
$800 [29]
This prestigious dog show was first held in New York City in 1877 & showcased 1,201 pooches
the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
Allison
$800 [24]
Gumby's father has this name, also a Bantu word for "okra"
Gumbo
$800 [4]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C.) Defacement of currency is a criminal offense, punishable by a fine up to this much, also the largest denomination the U.S. now issues
$100
Ryan
$600 [20]
Last name of the Peter whose hall in Boston was completed in 1742
Faneuil
Allison
$800 [9]
If I'm holding this spiral shell of a gastropod, a fabled trumpet of the Tritons, I get to speak
a conch (shell)
Ryan
$1,000 [15]
Norm Van Lier was so upset this NBA team didn't retire his No. 2, he put a hex on anyone who wore it; lucky it wasn't 23
the (Chicago) Bulls
Dan
$1,000 [30]
For 10 years after his master's death, a dog of this breed waited daily for his return at a Tokyo train station
Akita
Ryan
$1,000 [26]
This "colorful" gum-chewing girl has a golden ticket that gets her & her dad in to see Willy Wonka
Violet Beauregarde
Ryan
$1,000 [5]
The dime known as this "Head" was designed by Charles Barber, the Mint's chief engraver from 1879 to 1917
the Liberty Head
Ryan
$800 [21]
In 1626 this Colonial gov. spent the best 60 Dutch guilders of his life when he bought Manhattan Island
Minuit
Ryan
$1,000 [10]
From the Latin for "to run together", it means existing simultaneously or side by side
concurrent (concurrently accepted)
Ryan Dan

Double Jeopardy! Round

"U" COUNTRIES GREAT DAMES WRITERS' MIDDLE NAMES INDULGE YOURSELF MUSIC & MUSICIANS SET THE COMPOUND FRACTURE
DD $300 [5]
Islam Karimov has been the president of this Central Asian nation since 1991
Uzbekistan
Ryan
$400 [15]
"I've always been a broad, now it's a great honor to be a dame", said this violet-eyed actress in 1999
(Elizabeth) Taylor
Ryan
$400 [10]
A Pulitzer Prize-winning poet:St. Vincent
(Edna St. Vincent) Millay
Ryan
$400 [22]
Eat twice as much of this English dessert that features berries & vanilla custard--its name means "a trivial matter"
a trifle
Allison
DD $300 [9]
The ballet "Pulcinella" has music by this Russian-born composer who dominated early 20th c. ballet music
Stravinsky
Ryan
$400 [18]
An area for playing racquetball & a seagoing vessel
a courtship
Allison
$400 [1]
Kharkov is the second-most populous city in this republic of 46 million
the Ukraine
Ryan
$800 [16]
In 1995 she was "Victor/Victoria" onstage; maybe she could get a knighthood, as well
Julie Andrews
Dan
$800 [11]
He wrote "O.T.: A Danish Romance" & lived a fairy tale life:Christian
Hans Christian Andersen
Ryan
$1,600 [24]
Mmm... ladyfingers soaked in brandy & espresso! Quite a "pick me up", as the name of this Italian dessert says
tiramisu
Dan
$400 [6]
Most orchestral scores place this group of instruments, which includes the oboe, at the top of the page
woodwinds
Dan
$800 [19]
Obstructing a defensive player in football & silent film's Mr. Keaton
a blockbuster
Allison
$800 [2]
This country's president Museveni, seen as a godsend after leaders like Idi Amin, has been in power since 1986
Uganda
Dan
$1,200 [17]
This Helen was in 2004's "Raising Helen"; she plays queens pretty well, too
(Helen) Mirren
Ryan
$1,200 [12]
A poet & a 6-year member of the Irish Senate:Butler
(William Butler) Yeats
Ryan
$2,000 [25]
The name of this caramel-like mixture is Spanish for "sweet milk"
dulce de leche
Allison
$800 [7]
Joseph Haydn's brother Michael succeeded Mozart as this city's cathedral organist
Salzburg
Ryan
$1,200 [20]
The heart of downtown Chicago & an animal's burrow
a loophole
$1,200 [3]
Its national team won soccer's World Cup in 1930 & 1950
Uruguay
Ryan
$1,600 [28]
This actress now portrays James Bond's M; she plays queens pretty well, too
(Judi) Dench
Ryan
$1,600 [13]
A Polish-born writer of short stories:Bashevis
Singer
Ryan
$1,200 [8]
Berlioz never intended "The Damnation of" him to be staged, but damned if opera companies don't do it anyway
Faust
Ryan
$1,600 [21]
To fit together 2 corresponding items & to fight with gloves in a ring
matchbox
Ryan
$1,600 [4]
Part of the Soviet space mission Project Juno, Helen Sharman was this country's first astronaut
the United Kingdom
Allison
$2,000 [27]
Hello, possums! In 2006 her (?) face was on Australian stamps as an "Australian Legend"; so was Barry Humphries'
Dame Edna
$2,000 [14]
"Cross Creek" chronicler:Kinnan
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Ryan
$2,000 [26]
Austrian writer Franz Grillparzer was among the few who saw the genius of this fellow Franz' music
(Franz) Schubert
Allison Dan
$2,000 [23]
A gymnastics trestle & a drama
horseplay

Final Jeopardy!

FLAGS

In a policy begun in 2002 as a symbol of the War on Terrorism, U.S. Navy ships fly the 18th c. flag with this 4-word motto

Dont tread on me

Allison "What is "Don't tread on me"?" — wagered $2,000
Dan "What is sic semper" — wagered $2,401
Ryan "What is hot pastrami sandwiches?" — wagered $0

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