Show #5892 2010-04-06 (taped 2010-01-19) Regular

Contestants

Emily Bryk — an elementary school science teacher from Brooklyn, New York

David Hoskins — a guybrarian from Jackson, Mississippi

Brandon Hathaway — a mechanical engineer from Augusta, Georgia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Brandon $3,000 $4,800 $13,600 $7,600
2-day champion: $25,400
$13,200
19 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
David $2,200 $3,800 $7,400 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$7,400
14 R, 3 W
Emily $2,600 $4,400 $17,000 $6,799
2nd place: $2,000
$14,800
19 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

BOTANY TIME ZONING WHERE'S THAT DARN TRAIN? 7-"L"ETTER WORDS ROUNDING THE BASES FUN AT THE BALLPARK
$200 [12]
From the Latin for "cap", the pileus is the circular cap on one of these fungi
a mushroom
Emily
$200 [16]
This country has the most time zones, 11
Russia
David
$200 [1]
Its stopping distance is exactly 1 of these, so if the engineer sees you tied to the tracks 5,281' away, you're fine
a mile
Brandon
$200 [5]
To mock or ridicule; there's a "National" & a "Harvard" one
lampoon
Emily
$200 [21]
The U.S. Navy officially began construction of its base at this Oahu locale on Nov. 11, 1909
Pearl Harbor
David
$200 [11]
In 1976 Chicago Cub Rick Monday prevented 2 people from burning this in the outfield, making him a hero coast to coast
the American flag
Emily
$400 [13]
A xerophyte is a plant adapted to living in places where there is a shortage of this
water
Emily
$400 [17]
On a map of time zones, you might find "+1 day" to the left of this & "-1 day" to the right of it
the international date line
David
$400 [2]
On a 1,000-yard hill it made it 9/10 of the way up & slid back to the bottom; it has traversed this much ground
1800 yards
Brandon
$400 [7]
Jack Sprat could tell you it means having the lowest amount of fat
leanest
Brandon David
$400 [22]
U.S. Army bases in this country include Camp Victory / al-Nasr & Camp Taji
Iraq
Emily
$400 [27]
Selling this for just 10 cents a cup at a game in Cleveland in 1974 led to a riot that ended the game in a forfeit
beer
Brandon
$600 [14]
Field peas usually have reddish-purple blossoms; garden peas have blossoms mostly of this color
white
Brandon
$600 [18]
Hawaii is sometimes coupled with the name of a time zone with these islands far to the north
the Aleutians
David Emily
$600 [3]
The original 50-day repair estimate has been exceeded by 50%, so it's been in the repair yard this long now
75 days
David
$600 [8]
The direction which the wind is blowing
leeward
Brandon
$800 [25]
Edwards Air Force Base in this state is home to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center
California
Brandon
$600 [28]
A 1976 game in Cincinnati between the Giants & the Reds was stopped for 30 minutes when players were attacked by these
bees
Brandon David
$800 [15]
Southern or giant cane can reach heights of 20 feet & is a type of this tall grass
bamboo
Brandon
$800 [20]
It's the largest country in the world to have only one time zone
China
Brandon Emily
$800 [4]
Going 60 mph, it's on a 2-hour run from Pottsville to Scottsville; at Knottsville, 3/4 of the way there, it's gone this far
90 miles
Emily
$800 [9]
Old word for chronic pain in the lower back
lumbago
Emily
DD $1,000 [24]
On Sept. 11, 2001 this plane secretly touched down at Nebraska's Offutt Air Force Base
Air Force One
Brandon
$800 [30]
This peach of a Detroit Tiger was fined $50 in 1912 for going into the stands after a fan who insulted him
(Ty) Cobb
David
$1,000 [19]
Petunias belong to this scientific family, as do tomatoes and bell peppers
nightshades
Brandon
$1,000 [23]
The Navy & civil aviation use this "time" named for the largest ethnic group in South Africa
Zulu
Brandon
$1,000 [6]
Yesterday it chugged the 5-mile diameter of the island: today it's doing this, 15.71 miles
the circumference
David
$1,000 [10]
From the Latin for "to read", it's a reading desk with a slanted top in a church
lectern
David
$1,000 [26]
Fort Riley, Kansas was named after Major General Bennett Riley, who led the first military escort along this trail
the Santa Fe Trail
Brandon
$1,000 [29]
In a 1983 game the presence of this substance on George Brett's bat caused controversy at Yankee Stadium
pine tar

Double Jeopardy! Round

TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC PICTURE THE ROLLING STONES HIT JUST BE-CLAUSE FASHION DESIGNERS WHAT HAPPENS IN DEGAS, STAYS IN DEGAS "AIRE" TIME
$400 [7]
"Pitcairn's Island" is the second sequel to this historical novel about a rebellious crew
Mutiny on the Bounty
Brandon
$400 [3]
A colorful No. 1hit
"Paint It, Black"
Brandon
$400 [13]
A clause blaming the British govt. for slavery in America was deleted shortly before this document's signing
the Declaration of Independence
Emily
$400 [17]
Alexis Mabille uses this essential part of men's formal wear as a trademark, putting it on models' chests & ankles
a bow-tie
Brandon Emily
$400 [27]
The 1900 Degas oil painting seenhereis called "Dancers at" this practice rail
a barre
Emily
$400 [1]
This disease was identified in 1976 after 200 people became ill with pneumonia at a convention in Philadelphia
Legionnaire's disease
David
$800 [9]
He took home a Pulitzer for his "Tales of the South Pacific"
(James) Michener
David
$800 [4]
It's some thing Mick Jagger will never be
"Beast Of Burden"
Brandon
$800 [25]
She originated the clause in the Red Cross constitution that provides for relief in calamities other than war
(Clara) Barton
David
$1,200 [18]
Seen here, he's an author, actor & TV host, as well as creative director for Liz Claiborne
(Isaac) Mizrahi
David
$1,600 [28]
"J'Accuse" Degas of engaging with modernity & aligning himself with the Goncourts & this "Grog Shop" novelist
Émile Zola
$800 [2]
In 1971 Mobutu Sese Seko changed the name of his country to the Republic of this
Zaire
Brandon
$1,200 [14]
She wrote the classic anthropology text "Coming of Age in Samoa"
(Margaret) Mead
Emily
$1,200 [5]
In 1971, The Rolling Stones, & in 2009, Susan Boyle rode the charts with this song
"Wild Horses"
David
$1,200 [24]
"The Commerce Clause under Marshall, Taney and Waite" was penned by this "hot dog" of a Supreme Court-er
(Felix) Frankfurter
Brandon
$1,600 [20]
Lose 1 letter from "suit" and get this eclectic Chinese-American designer
(Anna) Sui
Emily
$2,000 [26]
Before Leroy Neiman, Degas went sports artist with "Scene from the Steeplechase: The Fallen" this person
a jockey
Brandon
$1,200 [10]
The Physiocrats, 18th c. French economists, were in favor of this, the government staying out of economic affairs
laissez-faire government
David
$1,600 [15]
His first novel was "Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life"
(Herman) Melville
Emily
$1,600 [6]
How sweet thesound
"Brown Sugar"
Emily
$1,600 [21]
This 2-word clause in the 14th Amendment was cited in Brown v. Board of Education & Bush v. Gore
the equal protection clause
Emily
DD $2,000 [23]
Giorgio Armani puts on fashion shows at his palazzo on Via Borgonuovo in this northern Italian city
Milan
Emily
$1,600 [11]
Incorporated in 1872, this Wisconsin city is on the Chippewa River
Eau Claire
Brandon
DD $3,000 [16]
After moving to the South Seas, he wrote the 1892 South Seas-set adventure story "The Beach of Falesa"
Robert Louis Stevenson
Emily
$2,000 [8]
Go ahead, take agamble
"Tumbling Dice"
David
$2,000 [22]
Each signatory agrees to give the other the same treatment given to any 3rd party in this contract clause abbrev. MFN
most favored nation
$2,000 [19]
This Palm Beach designer of bright prints got started when she needed clothes that hid fruit juice stains
Lilly Pulitzer
Emily
$2,000 [12]
In the 1930s this appliance division of GM began using a new gas--Freon 12
Frigidaire
Brandon

Final Jeopardy!

THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

The coelacanth & the ivory-billed woodpecker are sometimes referred to as this biblical man "species"

Lazarus

David "Who is Noah?" — wagered $7,400
Brandon "Who is Noah?" — wagered $6,000
Emily "Who is Methuselah?" — wagered $10,201

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