Show #6055 2010-12-31 (taped 2010-09-22) Regular

Contestants

Lyn Thomas — a library assistant from Redmond, Washington

Allysen Meijer — a patient financial counselor from Santa Barbara, California

Ellen Kimmel — a school nurse from Nanuet, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $37,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ellen	$200	$2,800	$7,200	$4,200 3rd place: $1,000	$6,200 13 R (including 1 DD), 6 W
Allysen	$200	$2,200	$10,200	$5,999 2nd place: $2,000	$10,200 17 R, 2 W
Lyn	$400	$1,800	$7,100	$13,100 New champion: $13,100	$7,400 10 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

A YEAR ENDING IN 0	DOUBLE VOWELS	WINE FROM WHERE?	ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL	THE COMPANY HE KEPT	COUNTING DOWN TO "MIDNIGHT"
$200 [19] Holland & Belgium surrender to the Nazis 1940 Allysen	$200 [7] Maneuvers used in this sport include schussing, traversing & the snowplow skiing Ellen	$200 [22] This Canadian province's wine region includes Jordan & Vineland on the Niagara Peninsula Ontario Lyn	$200 [4] It's thought that in the early universe, this element made up 75% of all mass hydrogen Lyn	$200 [14] Steve Case was chairman of this Internet service provider from 1995 to 2001; then it had a big merger AOL Allysen	$200 [1] According to Eric Clapton, it's when "we're gonna let it all hang down" "After Midnight" Allysen
$400 [20] Nixon & JFK face off in the first televised presidential debate 1960 Lyn	$400 [10] Kinds of these sold in the U.S. include milds & robustas coffee Ellen	$400 [5] It's somewhat ironic that this Romanian region produces mainly white wine, like Tirnave Riesling Transylvania	$400 [27] Of 75, 90 or 105, the closest to the number of elements that occur naturally on earth 90	$400 [15] Kenneth Lay went from riches to rags running this company from 1985 to 2002 Enron Ellen	$400 [2] Wilson Pickett's Top 40 hits include "I'm A Midnight Mover" & this one "In The Midnight Hour" Ellen
$600 [21] Babe Ruth begins playing for the Yankees 1920	$600 [11] Writer Roald Dahl created this small race of people who have orange complexions & green hair Oompa Loompas Allysen	$600 [6] South Dagestan has this country's longest wine-growing tradition Russia Lyn	$600 [28] Around 3500 B.C. people were mixing copper & arsenic to make this; they soon found copper & tin worked better bronze Ellen Allysen	$600 [16] Last name of brothers James & Charles, who sold heaps of processed cheese to the U.S. Army during WWI Kraft Lyn	$600 [3] It's the "swift" '80s band that gave us "Come On Eileen" Dexys Midnight Runners Allysen
$800 [25] The U.N. strongly deplores the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan 1980 Ellen	$800 [12] From the Narragansett for "child", it's a Native American infant or very young child papoose Lyn	$800 [23] Chateau Musar is a respected label from this Mideast country between Syria & the sea Lebanon Lyn	$800 [29] Named for a planet, it's the transuranic element with the lowest atomic number neptunium Ellen	$800 [17] Roger B. Smith (& not me) ran this mega-company from 1981 to 1990 General Motors Ellen	$800 [8] Maria Muldaur sang us this desert tune "Midnight At The Oasis" Ellen
DD $2,000 [26] Lord Roberts commands British troops in Africa during the Boer War 1900 Ellen	$1,000 [13] Words taken from this language include apartheid, trek & meerkat Afrikaans Allysen	$1,000 [24] You know about Argentinian wines, but try the rose from this country, Argentina's littlest neighbor Uruguay Lyn	$1,000 [30] The name of this chemical element is from the Greek for "light-bearing" phosphorus Ellen	$1,000 [18] Over 60+ years, William Paley was pres., chairman of the board, founder chairman, acting chairman & chairman of this CBS Ellen	$1,000 [9] This Australian band broke up in 2002 after 25 years of politically charged rocking Midnight Oil

Double Jeopardy! Round

SCULPTORS	WATCH "ING" THE MOVIES	AIX-LA-CHAPELLE'S SHOW	LOST	NOT JUST AN AD WRITER	WORDS IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
$400 [20] When his "Little Dancer Aged Fourteen" was first exhibited in 1881, it had fabric ballet shoes, a tutu & a wig (Edgar) Degas Allysen	$400 [11] In this 1983 film Eddie Murphy & Dan Aykroyd switch lives Trading Places Allysen	$400 [27] In 1668, 1748 & 1818 diplomatic congresses were held at Aix-La-Chapelle, now Aachen in this country Germany Lyn	$400 [16] Hey hey, it's this Monkee--or rather his name--that precedes "locker", meaning the graves of all those lost at sea Davy Jones Allysen	$400 [5] While working at an ad agency in 1953, he started work on a book called "Catch-18" (Joseph) Heller Allysen	$400 [1] Away from the coast in Helsinki(6 letters) inland (from Finland) Allysen
$800 [21] When Jacob Epstein was frowned on as a cathedral sculptor because he was a Jew, the architect said, "So was" this person Jesus Ellen	$800 [2] Nicolas Cage gambles he can drink himself to death before his money runs out in this movie Leaving Las Vegas Allysen	$800 [28] The Triple Alliance at the 1668 Congress was England, Holland & this Nordic country under Charles XI Sweden	$800 [17] It's no joke--the dog seenhereis noted for sniffing out lost travelers a Saint Bernard Ellen	$800 [12] Zelda Sayre broke her engagement with him (a broke adman) in 1919, but married him (now a successful novelist) in 1920 F. Scott Fitzgerald Ellen	$800 [6] An ache in Pamplona pain (from Spain) Allysen
$1,200 [23] Anthony Caro is known for placing works on the ground instead of this support, from the Latin for "foot" a pedestal Allysen	$1,200 [3] In this 1988 movie Melanie Griffith schemes to take over when her boss takes a leave of absence Working Girl Lyn	$1,200 [26] The 1748 Congress had global reach with agreements from Cape Breton to this fabric city of India, now called Chennai Madras Ellen	$1,200 [18] This patron saint of lost causes shares a feast day with Simon the Zealot on October 28 St. Jude Lyn	$1,200 [13] He wrote snappy ad copy before turning to light verse like "The Bronx? / No, thonx!" Ogden Nash Ellen	$1,200 [7] Numerous in Nuremberg many (from Germany) Allysen
$1,600 [24] Aristide Maillol devoted his life to sculpting naked ladies, including "three" of these mythical maidens of the meadows nymphs Allysen	$1,600 [4] Drama in which Diane Keaton cruises nightclubs seeking one-night stands & more Looking for Mr. Goodbar Ellen	—	DD $1,300 [19] Completes the Gertrude Stein quote about post-WWI young people: "You are all a" this 2-word phrase lost generation Lyn	$1,600 [14] This controversial Bombay-born Brit is the author of "Midnight's Children" & of the cake slogan "Naughty but nice" Salman Rushdie	$1,600 [8] Intense enthusiasm in Bucharest mania (from Romania) Allysen
$2,000 [25] This 20th-century sculptor is known for his almost painfully thin figures, like the one seen here Alberto Giacometti	$2,000 [10] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads the clue in Bethel, New York.) This 2009 movie is the true story of Elliot Tiber who helped launch a legendary rock concert, but he was only trying to get business for his family's hotel here in Bethel, New York Taking Woodstock Ellen	—	$2,000 [22] King Ferdinand of Navarre vows to basically set up a 3-year He-Man Woman-Haters Club in this Shakespeare play Love's Labour's Lost Lyn	$2,000 [15] He left advertising to get a Ph.D. with a thesis on detective novels & then created his own Shamus, Spenser (Robert B.) Parker Allysen	$2,000 [9] Longing in Ljubljana love (from Slovenia)

Final Jeopardy!

POLITICAL TERMS

A 1912 speech said the Bull Moose Party "comes from" these; "it has grown from the soil of... people's hard necessities"

grass roots

Lyn "What are grass roots?" — wagered $6,000

Ellen "What are the grapes of wrath?" — wagered $3,000

Allysen "What are" — wagered $4,201

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