Show #6060 2011-01-07 (taped 2010-09-28) Regular

Contestants

Gabe Perez-Giz — a graduate student of physics from New York, New York

Dana Gresko — a marketing manager from Montpelier, Virginia

Dan Jensen — a restaurant manager from Reston, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,001)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Dan $1,400 $3,200 $11,600 $19,201
2-day champion: $40,202
$10,800
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Dana $800 $-800 $9,600 $11,601
3rd place: $1,000
$9,600
16 R, 4 W
Gabe $1,700 $3,300 $8,600 $13,199
2nd place: $2,000
$12,600
19 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS TAKING STOCK, SYMBOLICALLY ENDS IN "H" THE NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME INTERNATIONAL FOOD POETS OF SONG
$200 [21]
After viewing the city from the top of this landmark, make sure to visit the Museum of Westward Expansion, below
the Gateway Arch
Gabe
$200 [1]
Need some toner for that printer? Give HPQ, this company, a try
Hewlett-Packard
Gabe
$200 [6]
As a verb it means to sit with an awkward, drooping posture; as a noun, it refers to an awkward, lazy person
a slouch
Dana
$200 [11]
For his revolver with interchangeable parts
Colt
Dana
$200 [13]
Millet, this type of plant, is a West African staple
a grain
Gabe
$200 [26]
This Dylan song asked, "How many times must the cannonballs fly, before they're forever banned"
"Blowin' In The Wind"
Gabe
$400 [22]
This type of transport on St. Louis' official seal symbolizes the city's early growth
the steamboat
Dana
$400 [2]
AA doesn't stand for aluminum, aluminum, but this company
Alcoa
Dan Dana
$400 [7]
This gate fastener consists of a bar that fits into a slot & is lifted by a lever
a latch
Dana
$400 [12]
For the disposable safety razor
Gillette
Dan
$400 [14]
A Spaniard's flan is a Frenchman's alliterative dessert called creme this
caramel
Dana
$400 [27]
His song told of "People talking without speaking... people writing songs that voices never share"
Paul Simon
$600 [23]
A replica of his Spirit of St. Louis plane that was used in the 1957 movie is on display at the Missouri History Museum
Lindbergh
Gabe
$600 [3]
This company, WMT, employs 2.1 million associates worldwide & is the largest private employer in Mexico
Walmart
Gabe
$600 [8]
It's a space for a ship to anchor, or a space to sleep on that ship
a berth
Gabe
$600 [18]
For his ice rink resurfacing machine
(Frank) Zamboni
Dana
$600 [15]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds a plate of hummus in Israel.) On average, each Israeli eats 22 pounds a year of hummus, a spread made from these
garbanzo beans (or chickpeas)
Dan
$600 [28]
This rock god wrote, "Am I sitting in a tin can? Far above the world, planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do"
David Bowie
Gabe
$800 [24]
In 1953 Sportsman's Park was renamed this, becoming the first of 3 ballparks to bear the name
Busch Stadium
Dan Dana
$800 [4]
What's in your wallet? This financial company, COF, hopes it's their credit card
Capital One
Gabe
$800 [9]
Savior, from the Aramaic for "anointed one"
messiah
Gabe
$800 [19]
For his noise reduction systems that revolutionized the audio industry
Dolby
Dan Dana
$800 [16]
Raita, which cools the mouth after spicy Indian dishes, is made from this dairy product
yogurt
Dan Gabe
$800 [29]
English major Lou Reed wrote lyrics like "Whiplash girlchild in the dark" for this 1960s band
the Velvet Underground
Gabe
$1,000 [25]
He was director of the St. Louis Zoo in 1962 when he began working on "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom"
Marlin Perkins
$1,000 [5]
You probably have something made by this company, PFE, in your medicine cabinet
Pfizer
Gabe
DD $2,500 [10]
The only state capital ending in "H", it was named for an English soldier & courtier
Raleigh
Gabe
$1,000 [20]
For improvements in the condensing of milk
Borden
Dana
$1,000 [17]
Japanese-Peruvians changed cubes to strips, making tiradito instead of this traditional marinated fish dish
ceviche
Dan
$1,000 [30]
"Love is a banquet on which we feed" is from "Because The Night", co-written by this poetess of punk
Patti Smith

Double Jeopardy! Round

SMART ALEX TV TITLE REFERENCES BORN TO RUN NECKWEAR NUMBERS 4 LETTERS "SONG" OF POETS
$400 [1]
Ornithologist Alexander Wetmore was also secretary of this Washington, D.C. institution
the Smithsonian
Gabe
$400 [20]
Joel McHale & Chevy Chase attend Greendale, this type of college
a community college
Dana
$400 [4]
His dad was the second U.S. president; he was No. 6
John Quincy Adams
Gabe
$400 [13]
From the Hindi for "tie-dyeing", this cowboy accessory was often used as a dust mask while driving cattle
a bandanna
Dana
$400 [3]
A Canaanite god:2-1-1-12
Baal
Dan
$400 [26]
Sections of this 1855 poem include "The Peace Pipe", "The White-Man's Foot" & "Blessing the Corn Fields"
The Song of Hiawatha
Dana Gabe
$800 [2]
He won a Nobel Prize for his 1928 discovery of an early antibiotic
Alexander Fleming
$800 [22]
On a sitcom, Amy Poehler works for this department of the local government of Pawnee, Indiana
Parks & Recreation
Dana
$800 [6]
His grandpa was the ninth U.S. president; he was No. 23
Benjamin Harrison
Dan
$800 [14]
In Hawaii a maile one of these was once used to signify a peace treaty between opposing chiefs
a lei
Dan
$800 [5]
A metallic element:26-9-14-3
zinc
Dana
$800 [27]
Read during Passover, it's also referred to as the "Canticle of Canticles"
Song of Songs
Dana
$1,200 [10]
Only 4'6" tall, this18th century Dunciad poet was known as the Wasp of Twickenham
(Alexander) Pope
Dan
$1,200 [23]
This comedy gets its title from the part of the U.S. (Orson, Indiana) where Patricia Heaton's family lives
the middle
Dan
$1,200 [7]
Patrick of this illustrious family was first elected to Congress from Rhode Island in 1994
the Kennedy family
Dana
$1,600 [16]
This long tubular scarf was usually made of fur or feathers such as ostrich or marabou
a boa
Gabe
$1,200 [17]
It's ready for war:1-18-13-25
an army
$1,200 [28]
Before the 1881 edition, it was simply titled "Poem of Walt Whitman, an American"
"Song of Myself"
Gabe
$1,600 [11]
Enslaved in a war in Asia Minor, Alexander Polyhistor tutored a patrician's kids & was made a citizen of this empire
the Roman Empire
Dan Dana
$1,600 [24]
On Bones, Dr. Temperance Brennanhas the title of forensic this, and is able to read clues left behind in bones
anthropologist
Gabe
$1,600 [8]
This president's son & grandson were Ohio senators; a great-grandson, Ohio's governor
William Howard Taft
DD $2,000 [15]
For formal wear there are 2 types of these ties: the bat wing & the thistle
a bow tie
Dan
$1,600 [18]
The thread of a long story:25-1-18-14
yarn
Dan
DD $1,500 [29]
William Blake published this collection in 1789; "Experience" would come a few years later
Songs of Innocence
Gabe
$2,000 [12]
A major Pacific Ocean current off the South American coast is named for this Alex who measured it in 1802
(Alexander) von Humboldt
Dan
$2,000 [25]
Nathan Fillion plays a mystery novelist with this last name; he helps a female NYC police detective solve crimes
Castle
Gabe
$2,000 [9]
Members of this family dynasty have included 2 Phoenix mayors, a Secretary of the Interior & 3 U.S. senators
the Udalls
Gabe
$2,000 [21]
In the 19th century, it was not considered proper for men to wear this, a false shirt front with attached collar
a dickey
Dana
$2,000 [19]
A shade of blue:3-25-1-14
cyan
Gabe
$2,000 [30]
An insignificant battle between Charlemagne & the Basques at Roncesvalles is the basis for this French epic poem
The Song of Roland
Dana

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD LANGUAGES

Of all the countries with Spanish as an official language, this one is last alphabetically

Venezuela

Gabe "What is Venezuela?" — wagered $4,599
Dana "What isUrugVenezuela" — wagered $2,001
Dan "What is Venezuela?" — wagered $7,601

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