Show #5867 2010-03-02 (taped 2009-12-08) Regular

Contestants

Julia Brown — an architect from Hollywood, California

Jesse Achtenberg — a documentary filmmaker from Washington, D.C.

Amy Tyszkiewicz — a Ph.D. student in chemical biology from Sayreville, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Amy $4,000 $7,200 $11,200 $21,200
2nd place: $2,000
$9,800
14 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Jesse $200 $1,200 $12,600 $25,200
New champion: $25,200
$13,200
18 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W
Julia $2,400 $6,400 $14,400 $3,400
3rd place: $1,000
$14,400
22 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

MESSAGE IN A BATTLE STATE OF PLAY HAIR-Y SITUATION HEY THERE, MUSCLES YOUR WEAPON OF CHOICE MORE THAN ONE MEANING
$200 [16]
Cornwallis surrendered on this Virginia peninsula in 1781; message to George III: Game over
Yorktown
Jesse
$200 [12]
Bears, Bulls, Cubs
Illinois
Julia
$200 [6]
Hair gathered into a round coil at the nape of the neck is this 3-letter style but please, hold the sesame seeds
a bun
Amy
$200 [11]
Too many 6-packs will kill your 6-pack of these sheetlike muscles attached to the ribs above & the pelvic bones below
the abs
Julia
$200 [21]
In September of 2009 a would-be burglar met up fatally with a resident wielding this Japanese warriors' sword
a samurai sword
Julia
$200 [1]
If a prisoner has done this, he's either got new acne or he's escaped
broken out
Julia
$400 [17]
3 legions were massacred in the 9 A.D battle of the Teutoburg Forest; message to this empire: Don't cross the Rhine!
the Roman Empire
Amy
$400 [13]
Angels, Chargers, Warriors
California
Jesse
$400 [7]
Lennox Lewis, Lenny Kravitz & Bob Marley all sported this "fearsome" long-haired style
dreads (or dreadlocks)
Julia
$400 [18]
Shaped like a dome, this large muscle separates the chest from the belly; take a deep breath!
the diaphragm
Julia
$400 [26]
Named for the French town of its origins, this steel weapon is attached to a gun's muzzle for hand-to-hand combat
a bayonet
Julia
$400 [2]
If Granny asks for these, they could be her eyepieces or the tumblers for her gin
glasses
Amy
$600 [14]
The Viet Cong launched a major offensive on this lunar festival in 1968; message to LBJ: Hell, no!
Tet
Jesse
$600 [19]
Broncos, Nuggets, Rockies
Colorado
Julia
$600 [8]
Named after an 18th century French marquise, this style has a man's hair brushed up high from the forehead
a pompadour
Amy
$800 [24]
With a Latin name, this outermost muscle of the... ahem... rear helps with the extension of the thigh
the gluteus maximus
Julia
$600 [27]
The M26 Pershing & the M4 Sherman are types of this war vehicle
a tank
Julia
$600 [3]
It can mean a TV show prototype or someone who steers a boat
a pilot
Julia
$800 [15]
The English crushed the Highland clans at Culloden Moor in 1746; message to this would-be king: Stop pretending!
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Jesse
$800 [20]
Timberwolves, Vikings, Wild
Minnesota
Amy
$800 [9]
It's said that this cut once favored by Billy Ray Cyrus is "business in the front, party in the back"
a mullet
Amy
$1,000 [25]
You use this broad, flat muscle to raise your shoulders; it's the daring young man on the non-flying...
the trapezius
Julia
$800 [28]
Remember, the knife seenherewas named for this Alamo man
(James) Bowie
Jesse
$800 [4]
3-word phrase meaning "Stop that right now!" or "Medically excise that thing from my body"
Cut it out!
Julia
$1,000 [29]
On "Black Thursday" 1943, the U.S. lost 60 of these bombers on a single raid; message: Need escort fighters!
B-17
Amy Jesse
$1,000 [22]
Bobcats, Hurricanes, Panthers
North Carolina
Amy
$1,000 [10]
In the '60s this British "founder of modern hairdressing" devised a new look with the "five point" haircut
Vidal Sassoon
Amy
DD $2,000 [23]
The name of this arm muscle comes from the Latin for "two-headed"
the biceps
Amy
$1,000 [30]
Is this a 6-letter short, swordlike weapon with a pointed blade, used for stabbing, which "I see before me?" Yep!
dagger
Jesse
$1,000 [5]
If your friend tells you this happened, she might have been robbed, gotten delayed or needed help standing
she got held up
Amy

Double Jeopardy! Round

MASSAGE IN A BOTTLE BIBLICAL BIG SCREEN WHERE AM I? THE NAACP SPINGARN MEDAL WINNERS NAME THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY THE "POST" CATEGORY
$400 [20]
Your massage oil may contain this vitamin, aka alpha-tocopherol; it's thought to promote wound healing
vitamin E
Amy
$400 [25]
Richard Harris played this murderous character from Genesis in 1966's "The Bible: In the Beginning"
Cain
Jesse
$400 [6]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from an estate.) I'm at this Virginia residence that definitely is entitled to put up a "George Washington slept here" sign
Mount Vernon
Julia
$400 [30]
In 1991 this then-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff added another medal to his collection
Colin Powell
Julia
$400 [5]
"Let not thy nurse lie with thee in thy chamber: take thou this vial..."
Romeo and Juliet
Julia
$400 [9]
To defer
to postpone
Amy
$800 [21]
It's the fat extracted from the beans used to make chocolate; turns out it softens & lubricates the skin
cocoa butter
Jesse
$800 [14]
Pop singer Yvonne Elliman played Mary Magdalene in this 1973 musical film
Jesus Christ Superstar
Julia
$800 [7]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from near a metal gateway.) I'm on the campus of this university in the Bay Area, where 1960s student activism sparked the Free Speech Movement
Berkeley
Julia
$800 [26]
In 1977 this author went back to his "Roots" & won the Spingarn
Alex Haley
Julia
$800 [4]
"Though Birnam Wood be come to Dunsinane, and thou opposed, being of no woman born, yet I will try the last"
Macbeth
Jesse
$800 [10]
It serves as a cancellation of a stamp & indicates the place & date of mailing
a postmark
Jesse
$1,200 [22]
Many massage oils have the scent of this purplish plant, the "herb of love" that's a member of the mint family
lavender
Julia
$1,200 [11]
One of the "Greatest" Bible epics, it has Max von Sydow as Jesus & David McCallum as Judas
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Jesse
$1,200 [8]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew sits amongst boxes of crayons.) I'm at the Crayola factory in this state's city of Easton, part of an industrial complex with Allentown & Bethlehem
Pennsylvania
Amy
$1,200 [27]
This 1946 winner was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1967
Thurgood Marshall
Jesse
DD $1,000 [2]
"You all did see that on the Lupercal, I thrice presented him a kingly crown"
Julius Caesar
Jesse
$1,200 [15]
It's the type of bed seen here
a four-poster bed
Jesse
$1,600 [23]
Essence of this, which Thomas More called "the herb sacred to remembrance", is used as a scent in massage oils
rosemary
$1,600 [12]
More known for his gangster roles, this actor played the weaselly Dathan in "The Ten Commandments"
Edward G. Robinson
Jesse
$1,600 [18]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from amongst rocket fuel tanks.) Kennedy Space Center is in Florida; I'm in this state, at NASA's White Sands test facility
New Mexico
Jesse
$1,600 [28]
Born Marguerite Johnson, this poet won the medal in 1994
Maya Angelou
Julia
$1,200 [1]
"I will in Cassio's lodging lose this napkin and let him find it, trifles... are to the jealous confirmations strong"
Othello
Jesse
$1,600 [16]
This 12-letter adjective means "after a meal"
postprandial
Julia
$2,000 [24]
If your massage oil is scented, it may also be used for this, the use of fragrance to help with mood or behavior
aromatherapy
Jesse
DD $2,000 [13]
Harvey Keitel played the role of Judas Iscariot in this controversial 1988 film
The Last Temptation of Christ
Jesse
$2,000 [19]
(Kelly reports from a USMC base with some parked helicopters.) I'm at this United States Marine Corps base, an area that was visited by the Spanish 40 years before Jamestown was founded
Quantico
Jesse
$2,000 [29]
This civil rights leader won in 1963, the year of his murder; his wife Myrlie won in '98
(Medgar) Evers
Amy
$2,000 [3]
"I am all the subjects that you have... here you sty me, in this hard rock, whiles you do keep from me the rest o' the island"
The Tempest
Jesse
$2,000 [17]
PCW, a recycling term, stands for this
post-consumer waste
Jesse

Final Jeopardy!

FOOD TRADITIONS

Since the 1100s Dunmow, England has rewarded newlyweds who go a year & a day without arguing by letting them "bring home" this

the bacon

Amy "What is the bacon?" — wagered $10,000
Jesse "What is bacon?" — wagered $12,600
Julia "What is the BAC" — wagered $11,000

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