Show #6015 2010-11-05 (taped 2010-08-24) Regular

Contestants

Jeanne Breen — a physician from Old Saybrook, Connecticut

John Wen — a software engineer originally from Downingtown, Pennsylvania

Vito Cortese — a software engineer and Italian translator from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (whose 2-day cash winnings total $48,485)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Vito	$2,600	$6,600	$21,600	$20,000 3-day champion: $68,485	$20,800 25 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
John	$2,800	$3,400	$6,400	$6,442 2nd place: $2,000	$5,800 16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Jeanne	$0	$200	$1,800	$100 3rd place: $1,000	$1,800 8 R, 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

NAME THE SEUSS TITLE	THE ACTOR DIRECTS	COLORFUL QUOTES	I WISH I KNEW HOW TO ACQUIT YOU	2 OF THE 7	THE "D"-LIST
$200 [1] "I will not eat them in the rain. I will not eat them on a train. Not in the dark! Not in a tree! Not in a car! You let me be!" Green Eggs and Ham John	$200 [7] "Lions for Lambs","The Horse Whisperer" Robert Redford John	$200 [6] "No more St. Patrick's Day we'll keep, his color can't be seen, for there's a cruel law agin the wearin' o' the" this green Jeanne	$200 [19] Your neighbors saw more of you than they wanted to; I'm afraid you'll be found guilty of indecent this exposure John	$200 [22] Dopey & Sneezy the Seven Dwarves Vito	$200 [12] The Hindenburg was one of these rigid airships a dirigible John
$400 [2] Through the high jungle tree tops, the news quickly spread: "He talks to a dust speck! He's out of his head!" Horton Hears a Who Vito	$400 [8] "Frost/Nixon","Parenthood" Ron Howard Jeanne	$400 [17] Hamlet replies to Ophelia, "so long? Nay then let the devil wear" this color, "for I'll have a suit of sables" black	$400 [27] You used a deadly & dangerous weapon in the crime! That's aggravated this! Now I'm aggravated & have to convict you! assault John	$400 [23] The Temple of Artemis & the Statue of Zeus the Ancient Wonders of the World Vito	$400 [13] It's the word for a young woman officially entering society a debutante John
$600 [3] "No! Not in the house!" said the fish in the pot, "They should not fly kites in a house! They should not" The Cat in the Hat Vito	$600 [9] "Open Range","The Postman" (he's uncredited for "Waterworld") Kevin Costner Jeanne	$600 [18] Isaiah 1.18: "Though your sins be as" this shade of red, "they shall be as white as snow" scarlet Jeanne	$600 [28] You created a canvas & tried to pass it off as the work of Arshile Gorky: that's this crime forgery Jeanne	$600 [24] Sloth & wrath the seven deadly sins Vito	$600 [14] Its name is German for "badger dog" a dachshund Jeanne
$800 [4] "Silence!" the king of the turtles barked back. "I'm king, and you're only a turtle named Mack" Yertle the Turtle Vito Jeanne	$800 [10] "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind","Good Night, and Good Luck." George Clooney John	$800 [20] Stephen Foster dreamed of her, "floating like a vapor on the soft summer air" Jeannie with the light brown hair Vito	$800 [29] I can't acquit you because you were doing this on that street corner, lingering or standing around too long loitering Vito	$800 [25] The schoolboy & the soldier, according to Shakespeare the seven ages of man Jeanne	$800 [15] (Sarah reports from the Toyota Grand Prix in Long Beach, CA.) Taking advantage of the car in front of you by splitting the air at 220 miles per hour and leaving you little resistance, is called this technique; on the 405, we call it tailgating drafting Vito
$1,000 [5] "Socks on chicks and chicks on fox. Fox on clocks on bricks and blocks" Fox in Socks Vito John	$1,000 [11] "Dead Man Walking","Bob Roberts" Tim Robbins Vito Jeanne	$1,000 [21] The musical "Sally" urged us to "always look for" this "and try to find the sunny side of life" a silver lining Jeanne	—	DD $1,200 [26] The Quirinal & the Aventine the seven hills of Rome Vito	$1,000 [16] AKA the Ten Commandments the Decalogue

Double Jeopardy! Round

IT HAPPENED ON NOVEMBER 5	I WANT MY MTV	"STAR" TREK	NEW JERSEY	LET'S EAT HEALTHY	NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL GREAT MIGRATIONS
$400 [11] 1895:George Selden receives the first U.S. patent for one of these conveyances a car Vito	$400 [16] Frankie Muniz thought his $250,000 car was stolen as Ashton Kutcher's very first victim on this show Punk'd Vito	$400 [21] A sluggish economy could use this; so could a weak battery, using some booster cables a jump start Vito John	$400 [6] The New Jersey Governor's Mansion, Drumthwacket, is in this university city, not in Trenton Princeton John	$400 [1] Hake & shad are on the National Resources Defense Council list of fish low in this element (that's what you want) mercury Vito	$400 [26] Red crabs need moisture to breed, so they await this season of heavy rains to troop to the ocean to breed the monsoon season John
$800 [12] 1872:In defiance of an existing law, this suffragette tries to vote in the U.S. Presidential Election Susan B. Anthony John	$800 [17] "Shaaaron!" was the only word we really understood from the patriarch of this rockin' reality family the Osbournes John	$800 [22] This children's foundation has been improving the quality of life for sick kids for more than 25 years the Starlight Children's Foundation	$800 [7] New Jersey's highest point, High Point, lies in the Kittatinny Mountains, a part of this larger chain the Appalachians Vito John	$800 [2] The betacyanin that makes these veggies red may also help fight cancer beets Vito	$800 [27] One million of these African creatures make a yearly 300-mileloopthat includes a scary Mara Rivercrossing wildebeests John
$1,200 [13] 1757:This "Great" Prussian leader decisively defeats a combined Austrian & French army at Rossbach Frederick the Great Vito	$1,200 [18] Ah, the days of grand debate between these 2 "newlyweds", like whether "chicken of the sea" was actually tuna Jessica Simpson & Nick Lachey Vito John	$1,200 [23] Harsh or desolate, or the last name of Iron Man Stark John	$1,200 [8] New Jersey was named for an isle in this British island group the Channel Islands Vito	$1,200 [3] In 2004, 2 West Virginia men traded gunfire over how to cook a nice healthy skinless this chicken	$1,200 [28] It will take 5 months and 3 generations of butterflies to reach Canada--ajourney they're starting in this warmer country Mexico Vito
$2,000 [15] 1688:The "glorious revolution" begins as this Dutchman arrives at Brixham to claim the British crown William of Orange Vito	$1,600 [19] After seeing a tour of Ice-T's home on this show, I thought about putting in a 1,000-gal. shark tank of my own Cribs Vito	$1,600 [24] On July 10, 1962 this low-orbit communications satellite was launched Telstar Vito	$2,000 [10] "America's oldest seaside resort", it's home to more than 600 Victorian homes & seaside cottages Cape May Jeanne	$1,600 [4] This Amazonian palm fruit that looks like a purple berry packs an antioxidant wallop the acai fruit John Jeanne	$1,600 [29] After soaring for 7 months and tens of thousands of miles, the black-browed species of this bird is joyously reunited with his mate the albatross
DD $2,200 [14] 1862:Lincoln orders this man out as commander of the army of the Potomac McClellan John	$2,000 [20] Adam Sandler & Denis Leary were in the cast of this '80s game show set in host Ken Ober's basement Remote Control Vito	$2,000 [25] Speak very clearly if you call someone this game bird, otis tarda bustard	DD $2,200 [9] New Jersey's smallest county in area & most densely populated, it was named for an explorer & the river it borders Hudson County Vito	$2,000 [5] If liquid yogurt sounds good, you'll like this fizzy milk from the Caucasus kefir Vito	$2,000 [30] A female covers herself with secretions to prep for the migration of the bats called flying these animals the flying fox Vito John Jeanne

Final Jeopardy!

TERMS FROM THE BIBLE

In 2010 we heard of the discovery of the fossil of a 12 million-year-old giant sperm whale given this Biblical name by its finders

Leviathan

Jeanne "What is .... ?" — wagered $1,700

John "What is Leviathan?" — wagered $42

Vito "What is Jonah?" — wagered $1,600

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