Show #5947 2010-06-22 (taped 2010-03-02) Regular

Paul Kursky game 5.

Contestants

Autumn Haag — an archivist from Somerville, Massachusetts

Chris Vermilion — a graduate student of physics from Seattle, Washington

Paul Kursky — a copywriter from San Francisco, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $76,611)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Paul $6,800 $9,800 $36,400 $32,800
5-day champion: $109,411
$32,200
36 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W
Chris $-200 $-400 $11,200 $0
2nd place: $2,000
$11,200
12 R, 2 W
Autumn $-1,000 $0 $-2,000 $-2,000
3rd place: $1,000
$-1,800
4 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

BEASTLY COLLECTIVES REAL NAMES IN SPORTS FOOD EN ESPAÑOL MULTIPLY BY THE CLUE'S VALUE STAGE TALK 12-LETTER WORDS
$200 [1]
It can be a group of Girl Scouts or a group of baboons
a troop
Chris
$200 [6]
In 1977 I.M. Hipp ran for 254 yards against Indiana playing for this school's Cornhuskers
Nebraska
Paul
$200 [12]
Smile! Queso is this
cheese
Paul
$200 [11]
7
1400
Paul
$200 [19]
From the Old French for "to rake again", it's a practice performance
a rehearsal
$200 [22]
The person who usually answers the phone at an office
a receptionist
Chris
$400 [2]
Yo, this term for a group of elk sounds like a group of troublemaking young people
a gang
Paul
$400 [7]
Velvet Milkman coaches the women's golf team at Murray State University in this "Bluegrass State"
Kentucky
Paul
$400 [13]
Arroz is this side dish
rice
Chris
$400 [27]
30
12,000
Paul
$400 [18]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew demonstrates on stage.) To stop your movement onstage at precisely the right spot is to hit this
your mark
Paul
$400 [23]
Something needed before you can do something else, like a course you must take before enrolling in a more advanced one
a prerequisite
Autumn
$600 [3]
This collective term is used for a group of ants, badgers, seagulls or human settlers
a colony
Paul
$600 [8]
Destiny Frankenstein was a star softball shortstop as a Jayhawk at this university
Kansas
Paul
$600 [14]
This breakfast pairing is tocino y huevos
eggs & bacon
Paul
$600 [28]
700
420,000
Chris
$600 [17]
To be "born in" one of these suitcases means you're born into an acting family
a trunk
$600 [24]
I'll take a pastrami on rye from one of these shops that sell ready-to-eat foods like meats & salads
a delicatessen
Paul
$800 [4]
Gnats, flies & bees all get together in groups called these
swarms
Chris
$800 [9]
In 1997 God Shammgod led Providence to the Elite 8 in NCAA hoops & later played for this D.C. NBA team
the Wizards
Paul
$800 [15]
Papas fritas are these favorites
french fries
Paul
$800 [29]
.6
480
Paul
$800 [20]
Alliterative term for the return of actors to the stage in response to applause at a play's end
curtain call
Paul
$800 [25]
It's an adjective meaning cancer-causing
carcinogenic
Autumn
$1,000 [5]
A group of 2 ballplayers, pitcher & catcher, is called this; so is a group of (usually more than 2) barracuda
a battery
Autumn
$1,000 [10]
Brooklyn Pope was a McDonald's High School All-American before playing for this state university of New Jersey
Rutgers
Paul
$1,000 [16]
How cool! This dessert is helado
ice cream
Paul
$1,000 [30]
10,001
10,001,000
Chris
$1,000 [21]
A humorous interlude in a serious drama, or a Billy Crystal-hosted benefit
comic relief
Autumn
DD $800 [26]
An archaeologist who specializes in the land of the pharaohs & its artifacts
an Egyptologist
Autumn

Double Jeopardy! Round

CHINESE HISTORY ACTORS' MOVIE QUOTES YOU'RE MAKING ME ANGRY COOKIE MONSTER REVIEW NOVEL LUAU LUAU WE GOTTA GO NOW
$400 [18]
During his travels Marco Polo saw "Jasper and Chalcedony", this type of stone the Chinese carve into jewelry
jade
Paul
$400 [11]
2006:"We have to put a barrier between us & the snakes"
(Samuel) Jackson
Chris
$400 [6]
A word meaning to make someone angry, or the last name of Al Michaels' former broadcast partner
madden
Paul
$400 [1]
Me enjoy this author's Kinsey Millhone mystery "C is for Corpse"; C really for cookie, but me like book anyway
Sue Grafton
Autumn
$400 [13]
Wear one of these garlands to the luau; the haku type is worn on the head
a lei
Paul
$400 [23]
Air pollution is damaging the marble facade of this mausoleum in Agra
the Taj Mahal
Paul
$800 [19]
Around 1766 B.C. the Shang kingdom arose along the valley of this river, also known as the Huang He
the Yellow River
Paul
$800 [12]
1984:"Wax on, right hand. Wax off, left hand. Wax on, wax off"
(Pat) Morita
Paul
$800 [7]
A synonym for "bile", or what an annoying person does to you
gall
$800 [2]
Me laugh reading about boy going from Mississippi to Memphis in "The Reivers" by him--you hear me? Me say "Mississippi"
William Faulkner
$800 [14]
You've got to massage the fish when making lomi this; use the sockeye type
salmon
Paul Autumn
$1,200 [25]
Check out this, an Australian marine park since 1975, before the coral is destroyed
the Great Barrier Reef
Paul
$1,200 [20]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In October 1934, the Red Army retreated from Jiangxi; a year later, after crossing 18 mountain ranges, they arrived in Shaanxi, in a journey that's been called this
the Long March
Chris
$1,200 [28]
1998:"The Dude abides" & "This rug... it really tied the room together"
Jeff Bridges
Paul
$1,200 [8]
It's spelled the same way as an aromatic substance you burn, but with a different stress
incense
Paul
$1,200 [3]
Me only able to eat 47 cookies after peruse this author's "The Silence of the Lambs"; me haunted by imagery
(Thomas) Harris
Chris
$1,200 [15]
Poke, a common appetizer at many luaus, can be made with this fish that has a 3-letter Hawaiian name
ahi
Paul
$1,600 [26]
Head to this island east of Sumatra to see the orangutans before they become extinct
Borneo
Paul
$1,600 [21]
In March 1839 the Chinese seized over 20,000 chests of this from British merchants in Guangzhou, causing war
opium
Chris Autumn
$1,600 [29]
1997:"You make me want to be a better man"
Nicholson
Paul
$1,600 [9]
From Latin for "call forth", it's to make someone angry enough to lash out
provoke
Chris
$1,600 [4]
Me repulsed by Julien, amoral hero of this Stendhal novel; colors in title would be good for cookies
The Red and the Black
Chris
$1,600 [16]
Get your guests in the tropical mood with a Blue Hawaii made blue with this liqueur
curaçao
Paul
DD $2,000 [24]
The lion population is dwindling; get to this nation's Kruger National Park to see them
South Africa
Paul
$2,000 [22]
In 1887 the Protocol of Lisbon confirmed that this colony was a free port under the control of Portugal
Macao
Paul
DD $5,000 [30]
1995:"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist"
Kevin Spacey
Paul
$2,000 [10]
In Scrabble words, "irk" has face value of 7; this 3-letter synonym, 13
vex
Chris
$2,000 [5]
Me devour books by this creator of modern western novel; 1915 work "Lone Star Ranger" psychologically compelling
(Zane) Grey
Chris
$2,000 [17]
For dessert, try haupia, a coconut-flavored this, though it's not made by Jell-O
pudding
Paul
$2,000 [27]
Climate change & deforestation are threats to Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve in this Central American nation
Costa Rica
Paul

Final Jeopardy!

BILLBOARDHOT 100 HISTORY

Besides Frank & Nancy Sinatra, they're the only other father & daughter who each had No. 1 solo hits

Pat & Debby Boone

Chris "Who are Nat King Cole + [blank space] Cole?" — wagered $11,200
Paul "Who were Nat King + Natalie Cole?" — wagered $3,600

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