Show #6072 2011-01-25 (taped 2010-10-13) Regular

Contestants

Gitta Neufeld — a Judaic teacher trainer from Far Rockaway, New York

Abie Hadjitarkhani — a psychotherapist from San Francisco, California

Amanda Sonmor — a virtual assistant originally from Denver, Colorado (whose 2-day cash winnings total $21,501)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Amanda $6,000 $4,400 $11,200 $3,999
3rd place: $1,000
$14,600
21 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Abie $1,600 $3,600 $6,800 $9,200
2nd place: $2,000
$8,800
17 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Gitta $800 $400 $9,200 $18,300
New champion: $18,300
$9,200
11 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

MEN OF MUSIC BIOPIC-NIC NICE TO MEAT YOU MIDDLE "C" WAR GAMES
$200 [22]
100,000 people of this city turned out for the 1849 funeral of beloved bandleader Johann Strauss Sr.
Vienna
Abie
$200 [16]
1970George C. Scott as this general
Patton
Gitta
$200 [1]
We give thanks that toms, the males of these birds, can reach 70 lbs.
turkeys
Abie
$200 [6]
Define-A-Lash from Maybelline is a line of this
mascara
Amanda
$200 [17]
Of all the USA's wars, this one claimed the most American lives
the Civil War
Amanda
$200 [10]
An explorer lends his name to this call & response swimming pool game
Marco Polo
Abie
$400 [23]
"King of the Waltz" Johann Strauss Jr. wrote in other dance forms too, like the "Tritsch-Tratsch" this
the polka
Gitta
$400 [24]
1983:Meryl Streep as this nuclear power technician
Silkwood
Abie
$400 [2]
This meat comes before "fried steak" in a dish popular in the South
chicken
Amanda
$400 [7]
Traditionally at graduation, this student with the highest grades makes a speech
valedictorian
Abie
$400 [18]
It was known as "the war to end all wars"
World War I
Amanda
$400 [11]
In other words, this summer camp game could be called "Seize Your Enemy's Banner"
Capture the Flag
Abie
$600 [28]
In 1908 Oscar Strauss turned this playwright's "Arms and the Man" into the operetta "The Chocolate Soldier"
(George Bernard) Shaw
Abie
$600 [25]
1992:Jack Nicholson as this labor leader
Jimmy Hoffa
$600 [3]
USDA grades of this "other white meat" are 1, 2, 3, 4 & utility; mmm... utility this
pork
Amanda
$600 [8]
In 1923, John Deere launched it's Model D, the first of these to bear the Deere name
a tractor
Amanda Abie
$600 [19]
During this 1967 war, Israeli troops under Moshe Dayan came within a stone's throw of Damascus, Syria
the Six-Days War
Amanda
$600 [12]
They'll treat you like a "king" in Petal, Mississippi, home to the International Hall of Fame for this board game
checkers
Amanda
$800 [29]
Richard Strauss used double basses for Jokanaan's beheading in the opera about this princess
Salomé
Abie
$800 [26]
2001:Will Smith as this poet/pugilist
Muhammad Ali
$800 [4]
Be vewy quiet; the most common small game animal is this, which is mostly white meat & can be grilled, fried or roasted
rabbit
Amanda
$800 [9]
It means of or pertaining to the sense of smell
olfactory
Gitta
$1,000 [21]
During this war, Major George Armistead wanted "a flag so large the British will have no difficulty seeing it"
the War of 1812
Amanda Gitta
$800 [13]
This lawn game was once called pall mall, from Italian words meaning "ball" & "mallet"
croquet
Amanda
$1,000 [30]
Horn virtuoso Franz Strauss was consulted by Wagner in devising this hero's horn call
Siegfried
Gitta
$1,000 [27]
2004:Liam Neeson as this behavioral researcher
Kinsey
Gitta
$1,000 [5]
A western N.Y. city knows cuts of this humped cattle family member are lower in fat & cholesterol than most cuts of beef
buffalo
Amanda
$1,000 [15]
For a nice chianti, visit this wine-making region of Italy that's famous for it
Tuscany
Abie
DD $1,800 [20]
"Operation Rolling Thunder" was the 1965 U.S. bombing campaign designed in part to stop men & supplies coming south on this road
the Ho Chi Minh Trail
Amanda
$1,000 [14]
In terms of the use of fingers, it's the game in which 0 beats 2, 2 beats 5 & 5 beats 0
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Amanda

Double Jeopardy! Round

SYDNEY TV THEME LYRICS DEATH BY... PARTS OF THE WHOLE TITLE WAVE ANIMAL TERMS
$400 [20]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew holds a wriggling echidna at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia.) Naturally, Sydney's Taronga Zoo has a distinctly Australian echidna; an echidna named Millie, short for "millennium", was a mascot in the summer Olympic games in this year
2000
Amanda
$400 [6]
"It's time to play the music, it's time to light the lights"
The Muppet Show
Abie
$400 [7]
Hanging, December 30, 2006 in Baghdad
Saddam Hussein
Abie
$400 [1]
Thermostat control, egg tray, crisper
refrigerator
Abie
$400 [23]
Jon Krakauer:"Into ____ Air"
Thin
Gitta
$400 [15]
This expression meaning to crease a page in a book for later reference dates back to 1659
dog-ear
Amanda
$800 [21]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew enjoys the surf at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia.) It's easy to see why local tradition says that "bondi" once meant "water breaking over rocks" in the language of these people
the Aborigines
Gitta
$800 [10]
"It's like you're always stuck in second gear, well it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year"
Friends
Amanda
$1,200 [9]
An overdose of barbiturates, August 5, 1962, at her L.A. home
Marilyn Monroe
Gitta
$800 [2]
Grip, shaft, a head made of stainless steel, titanium, carbon graphite...
golf club
Abie
$800 [24]
Malcolm Gladwell:"The ____ Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference"
Tipping
Abie
$800 [16]
If you've been beaten 72-0 in football, you've gotten this, from the name of a smelly critter, Mephitis mephitis
skunked
Amanda
$1,200 [28]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the National Maritime Museum in Sydney, Australia.) One of the world's most accurate maritime reproductions is the Australian-built replica of this James Cook ship that shares a name with a Space Shuttle
Endeavour
Gitta
$1,200 [11]
"Believe it or not, I'm walking on air, never thought I could feel so free"
Greatest American Hero
Abie
$1,600 [14]
Firing squad, at the Utah State Prison, January 17, 1977
Gary Gilmore
$1,200 [3]
Reservoir, filter basket, carafe
a coffee maker
Amanda
$1,200 [25]
Kate Jacobs:"The ____ Night Knitting Club"
Friday
Gitta
$1,200 [17]
To "go whole" this animal means to indulge completely
hog
Amanda
$1,600 [29]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Sydney, Australia.) At 3/4 of a mile, the Harbour Bridge is so long that it requires a permanent continuous painting crew; this man, who played Crocodile Dundee, was once a part of that crew
(Paul) Hogan
Amanda
$1,600 [12]
"I don't know who you think you are but before the night is through, I wanna do bad things with you"
True Blood
Abie
DD $2,000 [8]
Air crash of his MiG fighter plane while on a training mission near Moscow, March 27, 1968
Yuri Gagarin
Abie
DD $1,600 [4]
Eyepiece, declination setting scale, azimuth fine adjustment
a telescope
Amanda
$1,600 [26]
Jane Austen & Ben Winters:"Sense and Sensibility and ____ ____"
Sea Monsters
$1,600 [18]
This "scaly" alliterative term originally referred to men who flirted in tea rooms
lounge lizards
Abie
$2,000 [30]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia.) As the Opera House is located on the Harbour, it's fitting that the roof is made up of these sections, named for what they're designed to evoke
sails
Amanda Abie
$2,000 [13]
"Movin' movin' movin', though they're disapprovin', keep them dogies movin"'
Rawhide
Amanda
$2,000 [22]
Possible dropping of a tortoise on his head by an eagle, in 456 B.C.
Aeschylus
$2,000 [5]
Mars light, tower ladder, water pressure gauge, hydrant intake
a fire truck
Gitta
$2,000 [27]
Sara Gruen:"Water for ____"
Elephants
Gitta
$2,000 [19]
Teens who frequent shopping centers are called these, the title of a Kevin Smith film
mall rats
Amanda

Final Jeopardy!

THE OLD TESTAMENT

In the Book of Job, this name means "accuser", & that was his role in God's court

Satan

Abie "What is Satan" — wagered $2,400
Gitta "What is Satan?" — wagered $9,100
Amanda "What is Lucifer?" — wagered $7,201

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