Show #6052 2010-12-28 (taped 2010-09-22) Regular

Contestants

Anthony Curtis — a pawnbroker from Great Falls, Montana

Alice Jackson — an adjunct instructor of art history from Birmingham, Alabama

Marissa Goldsmith — a web developer from Springfield, Virginia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $33,300)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Marissa	$1,400	$600	$15,400	$10,800 3-day champion: $44,100	$13,000 15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Alice	$3,800	$7,800	$10,200	$4,999 3rd place: $1,000	$10,200 19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Anthony	$1,000	$3,200	$5,400	$10,799 2nd place: $2,000	$9,600 17 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

STATE CAPITALS	FROM PAGE TO SCREEN	MEASURING WHAT?	SUPER COOPER	WHERE'S THAT STATION?	"STOP" & "GO"
$200 [1] The key on this capital's corporate seal represents it beit the key to the Rocky Mountain region Denver Marissa Alice	$200 [14] Max had a rumpus in this 2009 film based on Maurice Sendak's beloved children's classic Where the Wild Things Are Marissa	$200 [22] An acre is a measure of this of the sea floor as well as dry land area Marissa	$200 [21] John Wayne accepted on his behalf when he won an Oscar for "High Noon" Gary Cooper Anthony	$200 [8] WWDC Washington, D.C. Anthony	$200 [6] It's called the "peach of the tropics" a mango Marissa
$400 [2] The official website of this capital city can be found at talgov.com Tallahassee Marissa Alice	$400 [15] Pasta falls from the sky in this 2009 animated film based on a kids' book by Ron & Judi Barrett Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Anthony	$400 [23] Ahoy! A knot measures this speed Alice Anthony	$400 [24] This actor, seen here, was part of "The A-Team" Bradley Cooper Alice	$400 [9] KLOS Los Angeles Alice	$400 [7] It's a brief appearance by a politician in a small town, traditionally on the rear platform of a train a whistle stop Anthony
$600 [3] A sign in this Oregon capital marks the 45th parallel "half way between the equator and the North Pole" Salem Alice	$600 [16] This 2009 film about roller derby was based on a book by Shauna Cross Whip It	$600 [28] A light year distance Anthony	$600 [25] This journalist's 2006 "Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival" was called "Dispatches from the Edge" Anderson Cooper Alice	$600 [10] KCKC Kansas City Alice	$600 [11] In captivity this bird is fed a diet containing carotenoid pigments to maintain the color of its plumage a flamingo Alice
$800 [4] It began as a trading post called La Petite Roche to distinguish it from a high bluff farther upstream Little Rock Alice	$800 [17] Winston Groom's novel about a not-so-smart guy became this Oscar-winning 1994 film Forrest Gump Anthony	$800 [30] An erg work Alice	$800 [26] In 1965 this one of the original 7 U.S. astronauts became the first person to make 2 orbital flights Gordon Cooper Anthony	$800 [20] KBOI Boise Alice	$800 [12] On a camera, it's the setting of an adjustable lens aperture indicated by a number, such as 1.4 or 11 an f-stop Marissa
DD $1,000 [5] In 1873 the town of Edwinton was renamed this by the Northern Pacific Railroad to honor the German Chancellor Bismarck Alice	$1,000 [18] "The Informant!" starring him as real-life whistleblower Mark Whiteacre, was based on a book by Kurt Eichenwald Matt Damon Anthony	$1,000 [29] A millibar barometric or atmospheric pressure Marissa Alice	$1,000 [27] In the 2007 film "Breach", he played real-life FBI agent Robert Hanssen, who sold secrets to the Soviet Union Chris Cooper Alice	$1,000 [19] WGN Chicago Alice	$1,000 [13] A highlight of this 1956 film is a rendition of "That Old Black Magic" by Marilyn Monroe, who plays Cherie, a saloon singer Bus Stop

Double Jeopardy! Round

COMPLETE THE BOOK TITLE	THE PRODUCE AISLE	APOCRYPHA NOW	WHAT'S THE "PLAN"?	LOONEY TUNES	MERRY MELODIES
$400 [13] Stephen King: "The ___ Tower" Dark Anthony	$400 [1] Sweet potatoes are often called these, but true ones are actually starchy roots grown in Africa & Asia yams Marissa	$400 [9] "Bel & the Dragon" finds this hero cast into a lion's den, but the king lets him go after the lions leave him alone Daniel Alice	$400 [6] The Adler in Chicago is one of these buildings for space science education a planetarium Alice	$400 [12] In "Hare Tonic", he hopes to make wabbit stew fwom that twickster Bugs Bunny Elmer Fudd Anthony	$400 [27] The cheerfultuneyou're hearing is this composer's overture to "H.M.S. Pinafore" Sullivan Marissa Anthony
$800 [14] Tom Clancy: "___ Storm Rising" Red Alice	$800 [2] The entire floret section, or head, of this broccoli relative is called the curd cauliflower Alice	$800 [18] O! Don't you cry for this woman, whose Apocryphal history finds her falsely accused of adultery Susanna Anthony	$800 [7] This word for a large farm or estate can precede "shutters" & follow "cotton" plantation Marissa	$800 [20] In "Buccaneer Bunny", he calls himself the "blood-thirsiest, shoot-'em firstiest, doggone worstiest" Yosemite Sam Anthony	$800 [25] This ode by Friedrich von Schiller is set to music in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony "Ode To Joy" Marissa
$1,200 [15] Jared Diamond: "Guns, Germs, and ___" Steel Anthony	$1,200 [3] What's called elephant this is actually a leek relative garlic Marissa	$1,200 [19] "The Wisdom of" this king is in the Apocrypha; his Hebrew name is Shlomo Solomon Marissa	$1,200 [8] In 1948 this organization awarded a grant to biologist Gregory Pincus, who developed the birth control pill Planned Parenthood Anthony	$1,200 [21] An anvil, rocket skates & a do-it-yourself tornado kit are items Wile E. Coyote has bought from this corporation Acme Anthony	$1,200 [24] This composer also known for ballets composed a merrywaltzfor his opera "Eugene Onegin" Tchaikovsky Marissa
$1,600 [16] Robert Ludlum: "The Osterman ___" Weekend	$1,600 [4] Kadota & Smyrna are varieties of this fruit fig	$1,600 [29] The "Song of the Three Young Men" finds the trio tossed into a fiery furnace by Nebuchadnezzar, king of this land Babylon Anthony	$1,600 [10] This British royal line descended from the union of Geoffrey, Count of Anjou, & the Empress Matilda, Henry I's daughter the Plantagenets Marissa	$1,600 [22] In "The Cats Bah", he pops open a bottle of bubbly & is interviewed about the great love of his life Pepé Le Pew	$2,000 [30] Johann Strauss Sr. wrote a merry one of these military-style pieces in honor of Field Marshal Radetzky a march Anthony
$2,000 [17] James Patterson: "Double ___" Cross Alice	$2,000 [5] Also called the Chioggia, the beet seenherehas this sweet name because of its stripes candy cane Marissa Anthony	DD $4,200 [28] 4 books in the Apocrypha are named for this priestly Hebrew family remembered in December the Maccabees Anthony	$2,000 [11] In this reflex, the toes curl down when the sole is stroked; abnormal response can indicate brain or spinal cord damage plantar Alice	$2,000 [23] I say, he got above-the-title billing in the punningly named "Of Rice and Hen" Foghorn Leghorn Marissa	DD $4,000 [26] This 19th c. composer's Mazurka No. 9 (Op. 7 No. 5) is one of the peppier ones Chopin Marissa

Final Jeopardy!

CABINET OFFICERS

He was the last Secretary of State to serve in the post under 2 presidents

Henry Kissinger

Anthony "Who is Kissinger" — wagered $5,399

Alice "Who is Jefferson?" — wagered $5,201

Marissa "Who is Dulles?" — wagered $4,600

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