Show #5971 2010-07-26 (taped 2010-03-16) Regular

Contestants

Pamela Nelson — a newspaper copy editor and blogger from Clayton, North Carolina

John Cunningham — a research editor from Chicago, Illinois

Alison Stone Roberg — an administrative assistant from Kansas City, Missouri (whose 2-day cash winnings total $55,101)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Alison $4,600 $7,600 $17,800 $30,001
3-day champion: $85,102
$15,400
25 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
John $4,200 $6,000 $4,400 $8,800
3rd place: $1,000
$4,400
12 R, 2 W
Pamela $-800 $3,400 $15,000 $20,000
2nd place: $2,000
$15,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

CROSS WORLD CLUES "C" WHAT'S YOUR BEEF? ORIGINAL TITLES IN LITERATURE? PURE CLASS ENDS WITH THE SAME 2 VOWELS REMEMBER THE MANE
$200 [11]
Sea known as the American Mediterranean(9)
the Caribbean
Pamela
$200 [12]
A specific cut of beef, or to hit a golf ball with the heel of the club, causing it to veer in the wrong direction
shank
Pamela
$200 [1]
1937:"Ferris Bilbo's Day Off"
The Hobbit
Alison
$200 [21]
Members of this are divided into 3 classes: class I comes up for re-election in 2012, class II in 2014 & class III in 2010
the Senate
Alison
$200 [6]
In the OED this word is also listed as a verb meaning "to bleat"
baa
John
$200 [26]
He's the fight promoter seen here
Don King
Pamela
$400 [16]
Bohemian central European country(5, 8)
the Czech Republic
John
$400 [13]
A nickname for Charles
Chuck
John
$400 [2]
1949:"Big Brother & The Holding Co.: A Winston Smith Novel"
1984
Alison
$400 [22]
Vietnam vets exposed to Agent Orange brought one of these against the manufacturers
a class-action suit
Alison
$400 [7]
This loud female Gaelic spirit was believed to presage a death in the family
a banshee
John
$400 [27]
If you lived through the '70s you must rememberherhair & probably that poster
Farrah Fawcett
Alison
$600 [17]
Lacy French city(9)
Chantilly
Pamela
$600 [14]
The left or right side of a military formation
flank
John
$600 [3]
Homer's 24-book sequel:"Tell Penny I'll Be Right Back"
the Odyssey
Alison
$600 [23]
Companies issue this in classes such as common & preferred
stock
Pamela
$600 [8]
A long, loose-hanging women's dress worn in Kahaluu & Punaluu
a muumuu
Alison
$600 [28]
He's toured & recorded with his Large Band
Lyle Lovett
John
$800 [18]
Muy grande Mexican state(9)
Chihuahua
$800 [15]
Don't leave your clothes on the floor; use this type of steak
hanger
John Pamela
$800 [4]
Late 14th century:"A Miller, a Reeve & a Nun Walk into a Bar"
The Canterbury Tales
John
$800 [24]
In the plant world, the class Musci contains 2 major groups of this stuff, the true type & the peat type
moss
Pamela
$1,000 [10]
In Acts 23 St. Paul declares himself this, a member of a Jewish sect noted for its strict obedience to tradition
a Pharisee
Alison
$800 [29]
If we had a time machine we'd go back to 1999 & ask this"Felicity" star not to cut that hair
Keri Russell
John
$1,000 [19]
Phnom Penh country(8)
Cambodia
Pamela
$1,000 [20]
An urban district known for its vice & high crime rate
a tenderloin
Alison
$1,000 [5]
1726:"Where in the World Is Lemuel?"
Gulliver's Travels
John
$1,000 [25]
Born in 1818, he inherited the idea of class struggle from utopian Socialism & the theories of Henri de St. Simon
(Karl) Marx
Alison
DD $1,800 [9]
Multiple straight lines extending from the center of a circle to the circumference
radii
Alison
$1,000 [30]
Remember when she& her wedge cut won gold at the '76 Olympics?
Dorothy Hamill
Pamela

Double Jeopardy! Round

ON THE BRITISH THRONE TV MORTALITY BIBLE WHO'S WHO BUSINESS LETTERS THE COLDEST PROFESSION REMEMBER THE "MAIN"
$400 [6]
Legend says Sir Walter Raleigh spread his cloak over a muddy spot for her to walk across
Elizabeth I
Pamela
$400 [1]
Adriana La Cerva & Ralph Cifaretto were whacked on this show
The Sopranos
Alison
$400 [11]
His surname is likely a corruption of the Latin "sicarius", meaning "murderer"
Judas
Alison
$400 [26]
Fly right with UAL, the holding company for this
United Airlines
Alison
$400 [16]
The cryogenic temperature range is defined as extending from -150 degrees C. all the way down to this
absolute zero
Alison
$400 [17]
The principal dish at a meal
the main course
Alison
$800 [7]
While in England in 1760, John Hancock attended the coronation of this king
George III
Alison
$800 [2]
On this series Principal Flutie was eaten by hyena-like students & Principal Snyder was eaten by a demon mayor
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
John
$800 [12]
If Gath had a basketball team, he would have been its star
Goliath
Alison
$800 [27]
From coast-to-coast, people know that the A & P in A&P Supermarkets stand for this
Atlantic & Pacific
John
$800 [22]
The field of cryogenics had its inception in 1877, the year this element was first cooled into a liquid at -183 C.
oxygen
Alison
$800 [18]
He's a guy's best male friend, his No. 1 buddy, his this
a main man
Alison
$1,200 [8]
The cute pups seenhereare named for a king with this first name
Charles
Pamela
$1,200 [3]
In an infamous "Cheers" episode, this character's husband, Eddie LeBec, was run over by a Zamboni
Carla
Alison
$1,200 [13]
The object of a wager between God & Satan; has a book named for him
Job
John Pamela
$1,200 [28]
TCBY is "The Country's Best" this; they have great toppings too
Yogurt
Alison
$1,200 [23]
An important commercial use of cryogenics is the freezing of LNG, liquified this fuel, for storage & transport
natural gas
$1,200 [19]
A central computer that supports peripheral or subordinate ones
a mainframe
Pamela
$1,600 [9]
This queen was the last of the house of Hanover
Victoria
Alison
$1,600 [4]
This British character has "died" at least 7 times (including Spectrox poisoning!); luckily he regenerates
Doctor Who
Alison
DD $1,600 [14]
His first son, Lamech, was born when he was 187
Methuselah
Pamela
$2,000 [30]
Ka-ching! NCR was once known by this longer name
National Cash Register
Pamela
$1,600 [24]
In 1981 this ill-fated shuttle, the first in space, was launched with the aid of cryogenic propellants
the Columbia
Alison
$1,600 [20]
10-letter word for the prevailing current of thought or opinion
mainstream
Alison
$2,000 [10]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from in front of the Bayeux Tapestry.) The tapestry opens in 1064 with this childless king on England's throne; 11th century sources say them eetingis about naming his successor
Edward the Confessor
$2,000 [5]
At 704 Hauser St., Astoria, Queens this character died in her sleep from a stroke in 1980
Edith Bunker
Pamela
$2,000 [15]
In the Book of Judges, he's famous for blowing on his trumpet
Gideon
Alison John
DD $3,000 [29]
For what it's worth, the V in CVS Pharmacies stands for this
Value
Alison
$2,000 [25]
Cryogenics is used to create greatly reduced electrical resistance in many materials, a phenomenon called this
superconductivity
$2,000 [21]
A strong rope on a sailing vessel, or a chief support on which you rely
a mainstay
Pamela

Final Jeopardy!

LITERARY BRAWLS

At Key West in 1936, Wallace Stevens broke his hand punching this man, who responded by knocking Stevens down

Ernest Hemingway

John "Who is Ernest Hemingway?" — wagered $4,400
Pamela "Who was Hemingway?" — wagered $5,000
Alison "Who was Hemingway?" — wagered $12,201

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