Show #5981 2010-09-20 (taped 2010-07-28) Regular

Roger Craig game 6.

Contestants

Marisa Tam — an archives assistant from Minneapolis, Minnesota

Mary Keating — a lawyer from Baltimore, Maryland

Roger Craig — a graduate student of computer science from Newark, Delaware (whose 5-day cash winnings total $195,801)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Roger	$2,600	$10,000	$35,200	$34,399 6-day champion: $230,200	$23,800 23 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Mary	$3,200	$4,400	$18,000	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$15,200 14 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Marisa	$800	$1,200	$6,400	$1,400 2nd place: $2,000	$6,400 12 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

COUNTRY MUSIC	YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT!	GOOD CAUSES	BLARNEY	LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS	THE LOYOLA OPPOSITION
$200 [7] Though his last name means "pertaining to a city", this "Defying Gravity" singer is a country superstar Keith Urban Marisa	$200 [10] The witness is testifying based on what someone else told her--that's called this hearsay Marisa	$200 [16] This word precedes "Conservancy" in the name of a group with a million members Nature Mary	$200 [9] Now applied to Shakespeare, this word referred originally to Celtic minstrel poets bard Marisa	$400 [26] A. Philip Randolph, who first proposed a march on this city in 1941, also helped organize the one in 1963 Washington, D.C. Roger	$400 [5] In 1521, Ignatius was struck by a cannonball while defending this country against the French Spain
$400 [8] In 2010 this movie soundtrack featuring Jeff Bridges was a Billboard Top 10 country album Crazy Heart Roger	$400 [11] Calls for an opinion--only allowed for this type of witness with special knowledge of a subject an expert witness Mary Marisa	$400 [17] The Environmental Defense Fund helped convince this fast-food co. to abandon polystyrene containers in 1990 McDonald's Roger	$400 [1] For peat sake, you should know this word for wet, spongy ground a bog Roger	$600 [14] In 1945 Virginia Gildersleeve was the only female U.S. delegate to the conference that drafted this charter the United Nations Mary	$600 [6] When Clement XIV abolished the Jesuits in 1773, they thrived in Russia with help from this empress Catherine the Great Mary
$600 [23] Not to be confused with Lady Gaga is Lady this, the country music group with the CD "Need You Now" Lady Antebellum Marisa	$600 [12] Counsel is putting words in the witness' mouth with this type of question; the word also means "in first place" a leading question Mary	$800 [21] The LFA is a leading group battling this disease named for lesions that resemble a wolf's bite lupus Roger	$600 [2] This type of sprite will lead you to the gold a leprechaun Marisa	$800 [18] Named for his cousin, James Buchanan Eads built the first bridge across this river at St. Louis the Mississippi Marisa	$800 [27] In 1542 missionaries sent by Ignatius to Ireland were hampered by this king Henry VIII Roger
$800 [24] This sound, like that made by plucking a guitar, is the title of a 2009 album by George Strait twang	$800 [13] Counsel is being argumentative, also known as doing this to the witness, as seen here badgering Roger	$1,000 [22] The Andre Agassi foundation for education runs Agassi Prep in this city Las Vegas Roger	$800 [3] Tiny pieces, or the New Jersey band that sang "Only a Memory" smithereens	$1,000 [19] Doris Eaton Travis, who passed away in 2010 at age 106, was the last surviving showgirl from these follies Ziegfeld Roger Marisa	$1,000 [28] While in Paris, Ignatius was accused & brought before Ori, this type of truth-seeking 10-letter holy man an inquisitor Mary
$1,000 [25] This frontman of Hootie & the Blowfish went country with his solo album "Learn to Live" (Darius) Rucker Roger	$1,000 [15] We've heard the question already; I'm making this objection that could be called "triple a" asked and answered Mary	DD $2,000 [20] A "Mission" to help the homeless is named for this Lower Manhattan street known as a skid row since the 1800s Bowery Roger	$1,000 [4] This word for a type of liquor applies to a 1794 American rebellion whiskey Roger	—	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

MOVIE CITIES	WOMEN: WRITE ON!	GOAT-POURRI	EPONYMS	"A" SCIENCE CATEGORY	LAST NAME'S THE SAME
$400 [21] Of course there's a car chase on the freeway in 1985's "To Live and Die in __.__." L.A. Roger	$400 [1] Sadly, she died in Boston in 1888, just 2 days after her transcendentalist father Bronson Louisa May Alcott Mary	$400 [23] Goat Island splits Niagara Falls into the American Falls & this waterfall on the Canadian side Horseshoe Falls Roger	$400 [6] Although sources disagree over the origin of this "do-over" golf shot, many accept that it was named for a bad golfer a Mulligan Marisa	$800 [28] It's what the "A" stands for in AIDS acquired Roger	$800 [15] Entertainment mogul Barry & funny lady Phyllis Diller Marisa
$800 [20] 2010 brought Travolta as a spy in "From ____ with Love" Paris Marisa	$800 [2] In 2009 she published her 76th bestseller, "Matters of the Heart", & was inducted into the Calif. Hall of Fame Danielle Steel Roger	$800 [24] In 1846 Neptune was discovered in this constellation, the 10th sign of the zodiac Capricorn Marisa	$800 [7] This country is named after "the George Washington of South America" (the actual George only got cities & a state) Bolivia Roger	$1,200 [11] (Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) The experiment showing that two objects weighing the same displace different amounts of water because they have different densities was developed by this mathematician Archimedes Mary	$1,200 [16] Late radio commentator Paul & James I's physician William Harvey Mary
$1,200 [8] 2010, starring Kristen Bell: "When in ____" Rome Marisa	$1,200 [3] Esther Greenwood is an aspiring poet in this poet's novel "The Bell Jar" Sylvia Plath Marisa	$1,200 [27] In "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", Pierre Gringoire rescues this gypsy girl's goat from a mob Esmeralda Roger	$1,600 [13] This submachine gun was named for an Israeli army officer whose design won a competition in the 1950s Uzi Roger	$1,600 [14] In the 1920s Edwin Hubble determined that this galaxy was in fact a separate galaxy from the Milky Way Andromeda Roger	$1,600 [18] "Tennessee Tailor" Andrew & poet/NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson Roger
$1,600 [9] 2008's "The Mysteries of ____" was based on a novel Pittsburgh	$1,600 [4] "Shiksa Goddess: (or, How I Spent My Forties)" is a collection of essays by this "Heidi Chronicles" playwright (Wendy) Wasserstein Roger	$1,600 [26] The backward-curving horns of the Siberian species of this 4-letter goat may be nearly 5 feet long ibex Mary	$2,000 [17] Named for a French courtesan, Pommes Anna is a dish of layered these, not apples potatoes Mary	DD $12,000 [19] These are just small masses of lymphoid tissue in the nasopharynx adenoids Roger	$2,000 [22] 17th century philosopher Sir Francis & 20th century painter Francis Bacon Roger
$2,000 [10] The 1980 Oscar winner for Foreign Language Film was "____ does Not Believe in Tears" Moscow Roger	$2,000 [5] "Seducing the Demon: Writing for my Life" is a 2006 memoir by this "Fear of Flying" author Erica Jong Mary	$2,000 [25] Crippled beggar Sammy Smalls, who traveled in a goat cart, inspired a title character of this opera set on Catfish Row Porgy and Bess Mary	DD $4,000 [12] Meaning elegant or fancy, it's from the name of a hotel chain founded by a Swiss businessman ritzy Mary	—	—

Final Jeopardy!

THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

Made up of 1 large & many smaller islands, it's the most populous of Britain's remaining overseas territories

Bermuda

Marisa "What are the British Virgin Islands?" — wagered $5,000

Mary "What are the Bahamas?" — wagered $18,000

Roger "What is Falklands?" — wagered $801

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