Show #5948 2010-06-23 (taped 2010-03-02) Regular

Paul Kursky game 6.

Contestants

Joey Genereux — a biochemist from San Diego, California

Sharyle Doherty — a Canadian program executive from Davie, Florida

Paul Kursky — a copywriter from San Francisco, California (whose 5-day cash winnings total $109,411)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Paul	$1,800	$4,600	$11,000	$1 3rd place: $1,000	$11,000 18 R, 3 W
Sharyle	$-200	$1,400	$2,000	$2,000 2nd place: $2,000	$3,800 8 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Joey	$4,200	$6,200	$16,200	$22,200 New champion: $22,200	$17,800 23 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

LITERARY TALES	ALEX MEETS AUTO-TUNE	BREAD	MATTEL-ICA	GREAT "B"-GINNINGS	IT'S IN ARGENTINA
$200 [7] Dickens:"A Tale of ____ ____" Two Cities Joey	$200 [1] "And the child takes the nurse, the child takes the nurse, hi-ho, the derry-o, the child takes the nurse" "The Farmer In The Dell" Paul	$200 [23] This Middle Eastern flatbread is also called pocket bread pita Sharyle	$200 [21] The Splittin' Image & the Peeping Bomb were among the models in this "fiery" Mattel toy car line introduced in 1968 Hot Wheels Joey	$200 [12] 4-letter word for a soothing salve balm Joey	$200 [3] The tomb of Jose de San Martin, who liberated Argentina from Spain, is in a cathedral in this capital Buenos Aires Paul
$400 [8] Fitzgerald:"Tales of the ____ Age" Jazz Sharyle	$400 [2] "I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee / I'm going to Louisiana, my true love for to see" "Oh! Susanna" Paul	$400 [24] Boudin uses this tangy bread associated with San Francisco to make a bread bowl for soup sourdough Paul	$400 [22] Mattel now makes this classic boxing game in which the Red Rocker & Blue Bomber try to knock each other's blocks off Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots Sharyle	$400 [13] Jean Schlumberger designed a gold & diamond one of these for Gary Cooper to give his wife a bracelet Joey	$400 [17] Cerro Mercedario & Cerro Nacimiento are Argentine peaks in this chain the Andes Paul
$600 [9] Shakespeare:"The ____ Tale" Winter's Joey	$600 [4] "In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, with a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me" "The Battle Hymn Of The Republic" Paul	$600 [25] It's the French name for a long, narrow loaf of French bread a baguette Paul	$800 [29] "Let's play house" & "Please change my dress" were 2 of the 11 phrases said by this talkative doll introduced in 1959 Chatty Cathy	$600 [14] The publication The Hill also lists the 50 most this; No. 1 for 2009 was hunky New Mexico representative Martin Heinrich beautiful people Paul Sharyle Joey	$600 [18] Fossil tracks of Limayichnus major, a type of this, can be seen near El Chocon, Argentina a dinosaur Paul
$800 [10] Cooper:"The ____ Tales" Leatherstocking Joey	$800 [5] "When Israel was in Egypt land / Let my people go / Oppressed so hard they could not stand / Let my people go" "Go Down Moses" Joey	$800 [26] This unleavened bread is eaten (but not always enjoyed) during Passover matzo Paul	DD $1,000 [28] Can you identify this classic Mattel fortune-telling toy with an internal die that answers queries? Signs point to yes! the Magic 8-Ball Joey	$800 [15] 4-letter word for something beneficial or lucky a boon Joey	$800 [19] Discovered in 1520, this large island Argentina shares with Chile has a name that means "land of fire" Tierra del Fuego Joey
$1,000 [11] Hawthorne:"____-____ Tales" Twice-Told Joey	$1,000 [6] "...The pipes, the pipes are calling from glen to glen, & down the mountain side" "Danny Boy" Paul	$1,000 [27] "Sea biscuit" is another name for the unleavened bread called "hard" this; sounds delish tack Joey	$1,000 [30] Back in the '60s, you needed a Thingmaker to cook up theinsecttoys with this alliterative 2-word name Creepy Crawlers Paul Sharyle	$1,000 [16] Richard II of England was known as "Richard of" this great French wine-growing region Bordeaux Paul Joey	$1,000 [20] At its widest point more than 120 miles across, this Argentine "rio" isn't a river at all, but an estuary the Rio de la Plata

Double Jeopardy! Round

PRESIDENTIAL MIDDLE INITIALS	THAT FILM'S A DISASTER	IT'S ALL SCIENCEY & STUFF	BUSINESSWOMEN	UNIQUE WORLD ARCHITECTURE	IT'S IN ARGENTINA
$400 [2] F. (John) Fitzgerald (Kennedy) Joey	$400 [6] Instead of curing cancer, a virus has been created, leaving Will Smith to fend for himself in NYC I Am Legend Joey	$400 [3] In 1992 scientists found these at the edge not of a pond but of the universe, from primordial fluctuations ripples Joey	$400 [1] Denver's Linda Alvarado is the first woman to use her own capital to buy into a MLB team, this one the (Colorado) Rockies Paul	$400 [9] An 80-foot-high aquarium pillar is in the lobby of the Domaquare Buildingin this German capital Berlin Joey	$400 [14] Monica Lewinsky was one at the White House an intern Paul
$800 [8] M. (Richard) Milhous (Nixon) Paul Sharyle	$800 [7] Keanu Reeves plays Klaatu, not Gort the robot The Day the Earth Stood Still Paul	$1,200 [5] (Kelly of the Clue Crew drops a sugar cube into each of two glasses of water.) Sugar cubes dissolve faster in hot water than in cold, because when water is heated, these move faster & further apart, making room for more sugar ones water molecules Sharyle	$800 [13] Carol Meyrowitz got that skirt for half what you paid; she runs TJX including this store with T, J & X in its name T.J. Maxx Paul	$800 [21] Based on the home of a Russian fairy tale character, thecabinhereweighs 13 tons & is near this city, formerly Leningrad St. Petersburg Joey	$800 [15] A subspecies of this type of large cat lives on the island of Sumatra a tiger Joey
$1,200 [28] G. (Warren) Gamaliel (Harding)	$1,200 [10] Pierce Brosnan knows this title mountain town is going to have a whole lava trouble Dante's Peak Joey	$1,600 [26] This 6-letter itchy skin condition comes from the Greek for "to boil" eczema Joey	$1,200 [18] Carol Bartz made a deal for Microsoft to power the searches on this engine, where she's CEO Yahoo! Paul	$1,200 [22] Niteroi's Museum of Contemporary Artoverlooks Guanabara Bay in this country Brazil Sharyle	$1,200 [16] Any very large person, like pitcher Ed Halicki a giant Joey
DD $1,800 [29] E. (James) Earl (Carter) Sharyle	$1,600 [11] Dennis Quaid tries to warn the world about abrupt global warming The Day After Tomorrow Joey	DD $2,000 [4] This element accounts for about 47% of the Earth's crust oxygen Joey	$1,600 [19] In 2009 this former CEO of eBay announced a run for governor of California (Meg) Whitman Paul	$1,600 [24] The 350-foot-tall Baiterek Tower, also known as the "Large Lollipop", can take a licking in Astana in this country Kazakhstan	$1,600 [17] A large structure for open-air sports or other entertainments an arena Sharyle
—	$2,000 [12] Terranaut Aaron Eckhart has to nuke the center of the Earth The Core Joey	$2,000 [27] 5 of the brightest stars in this constellation form a large, irregular "W"; the honoree might have liked a "C" Cassiopeia Sharyle	$2,000 [20] This founder of a cosmetics & fragrance empire was born Josephine Esther Mentzer around 1908 Estée Lauder Sharyle	$2,000 [25] Opened in 2004, the $300-million Stata Centerat M.I.T. was designed by this L.A.-based architect (Frank) Gehry Joey	$2,000 [23] Light-sensitive membrane on the back of your eye retina Paul

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC DATES

The signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919 took place exactly 5 years after the related death of this man

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Sharyle "Who was Duke of Sarajevo" — wagered $0

Paul "Who was Woodrow WIlson?" — wagered $10,999

Joey "Who was Franz Ferdinand" — wagered $6,000

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