Show #6075 2011-01-28 (taped 2010-10-13) IBM Challenge

IBM Challenge mini-documentary: "Practice Makes Perfect"

Contestants

Eureka Nutt — a paralegal from Canoga Park, California

Doug Payne — a guitar instructor from Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Lisa Dvorak — a grocery store chain administrative assistant from Millersville, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $31,201)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Lisa	$1,400	$3,800	$9,400	$17,001 2nd place: $2,000	$9,400 11 R, 3 W
Doug	$800	$3,600	$2,000	$3,999 3rd place: $1,000	$5,400 12 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Eureka	$2,600	$5,200	$17,000	$18,801 New champion: $18,801	$17,600 24 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

ENGINEERING	SO SAYETH THE TALK SHOW HOST	START SPREADIN' THE BOOZE	POTTER ROAST	I OWE YOU AN "OLOGY"	WORDS REJECTED BY THEOED
$200 [8] Built at a cost of more than $200 million, it stretches from Victoria, B.C. to St. John's, Newfoundland the Trans-Canada Highway Lisa Doug	$200 [6] This "Late Show" guy: "Fall is my favorite season in L.A., watching the birds change color & fall from the trees" David Letterman Lisa	$200 [13] Jose Cuervo (the co.) says Jose Cuervo (the man) was the first producer of this Mexican agave liquor, in 1795 tequila Eureka	$200 [23] Beatrix Potter, you were engaged to Norman Warne, this professional; way to get out of doing revisions her editor Doug	$200 [1] You should know by heart that this is the study of the heart cardiology Eureka	$200 [18] "Pregreening" is the act of creeping forward while waiting for one of these to change a traffic signal (or red light) Doug
$400 [9] The motto of this 1904-1914 engineering project was "The land divided, the world united" the Panama Canal Lisa	$400 [7] This "Daily Show" host: "Why do I have to follow CNN on Twitter? If I want to follow CNN, I can follow them on CNN" Jon Stewart Doug	$400 [14] Stories abound as to why this Tenn. sour mash whiskey has "Old No. 7" on its bottles, but its creator took that secret to his grave Jack Daniel's Eureka	$400 [24] So this brother of Flopsy was a real pet of yours; but didn't your cook say something about making Hasenpfeffer? Peter Rabbit Lisa	$400 [2] No birdbrain, John James Audubon was most closely associated with this -ology ornithology Eureka	$400 [19] "Whinese" is a language they use on long car trips children Eureka
$600 [10] Boulder City, Nevada was built to house the workers who constructed the 1930s structure now called this Hoover Dam Doug	$600 [27] Jay Leno on July 8, 2010: The "nominations were announced today... there's no 'me' in" this award Emmy Eureka	$600 [15] This captain's brand took off when its founder bought a spiced rum recipe from 2 Jamaican pharmacists Captain Morgan Eureka	$600 [25] Beatrix bred Herdwick these, known for grazing over a wide area; sounds like Beatrix at the buffet sheep Lisa	$600 [3] The science of determining dates & the sequence of events, it's also a list of those events by date chronology Lisa	$600 [20] "Pharming" is the practice of creating a fake website to engage in this similarly named illegal gathering of info phishing Lisa
$800 [11] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.) Planetary gear systems have many uses, including car transmissions; the gear set consists of a ring gear & multiple planet gears that rotate around this aptly-named gear the sun gear Lisa	$800 [28] This "Live" ABC guy, on Pam Anderson: "Don't be fooled by the dumb blonde routine. This woman is as smart as a rock" Jimmy Kimmel Eureka	$800 [16] This company claims its product is "not just whiskey. It's the world's finest Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey" Jim Beam Doug	$800 [26] Trix, these features are the last name of a rat you created; did you get the idea from your upper lip in the mirror? whiskers Eureka	$800 [4] An expert in this medical field selects & administers the drug that puts a patient out during surgery anesthesiology Eureka	$800 [21] "Wurfing" is the act of cruising the Internet while here at work Lisa
$1,000 [12] John Smeaton is known for the all-masonry one of these he built on Eddystone Reef near Plymouth, England a lighthouse	—	DD $1,600 [17] Barbayanni & Aphrodite are varieties of this anise-flavored, colorless liqueur ouzo Doug	—	$1,000 [5] This -ology, part of sociology, uses the theory of differential association (i.e., hanging around with a bad crowd) criminology	$1,000 [22] The "fumb" is this body part the big toe

Double Jeopardy! Round

ISLAND NICKNAMES	PLAYING THE PROFESSOR	"STAN" IN THE PLACE WHERE YOU LIVE	NATIONALITY, PLEASE	THE SUPREME COURT	WE ALL SPEAK HINDI
$400 [1] "The Emerald Isle" Ireland Eureka	$400 [8] This movie with Julia Roberts as a Wellesley art history professor has a painting in its title Mona Lisa Smile Eureka	$400 [25] Karachi is this country's chief port Pakistan Doug	$400 [17] Flavor retired by Baskin-Robbins in 2010:____ Vanilla French Eureka	$400 [2] Some historians consider the 1857 decision in this slave v. Sanford to be the worst ever rendered by the Supreme Court Dred Scott Eureka	$400 [5] This light, portable canvas bed is usually on a folding wood frame a cot Doug
$800 [22] "The Home of the Dragon Lizard" Komodo Doug	$800 [9] John Goodman played an angry Tulane professor on this HBO show set in post-Katrina New Orleans Treme Eureka	$800 [26] Mazar-e Sharif, Ghazni & Kandahar are cities in this country Afghanistan Eureka	$800 [18] A type of cigar:____ Masters Dutch Doug	$800 [3] Taking his seat in 1986, he's the Associate Justice seen here (Antonin) Scalia Doug	$800 [13] Though this animal is now mostly found in Africa, its name comes from Hindi a cheetah Doug
$1,600 [24] "The Garden Island" of Hawaii Kauai Doug	$1,200 [10] This British sex symbol earned an Oscar nomination as a bereaved prof in "A Single Man" Colin Firth Eureka	DD $1,000 [28] If you don't count the 2 Ys, the A in this "stan" is the only vowel in its 10-letter name Kyrgyzstan Eureka	$1,200 [19] The Beatles knew it was used to make cheap furniture:____ wood Norwegian Eureka	$1,200 [4] Appointed by Woodrow Wilson, he was the Supreme Court's first Jewish justice (Louis) Brandeis Lisa Eureka	$1,200 [14] You wash your keratinous filaments with this shampoo Lisa Eureka
DD $4,000 [23] "The Island of Mutineers" Pitcairn Doug	$1,600 [11] Arthur Hill won a Tony as this professor in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" on Broadway George	$1,200 [27] Aralsk, Shu & (Good Lord!) Almaty are cities in this country Kazakhstan	$1,600 [20] Wine-producing region in Sonoma:____ River Valley Russian Lisa	$1,600 [6] Norma McCorvey was later identified as the plaintiff in this landmark 1973 Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade Eureka	$1,600 [15] A small boat that's towed behind or carried on a large boat a dinghy Eureka
—	$2,000 [12] He played the brilliant "Gilligan's Island" professor who couldn't figure out how to build a raft Russell Johnson Lisa Eureka	$2,000 [29] You'll find Uchkuduck & the Ustyurt Plateau in this country Uzbekistan Lisa	$2,000 [21] Seen here, it's worn to protect you from the evil eye:____ horn Italian	$2,000 [7] This plaintiff sued to get defendant James Madison to deliver the commission that would make him a judge in D.C. (William) Marbury Eureka	$2,000 [16] This is the Hindi word for a loin band; you'll see them if you go to a black-tie event cummerbund Eureka

Final Jeopardy!

DISNEY MOVIES

With special sound equipment needed in the auditorium, this 1940 film was initially released in only 14 theaters

Fantasia

Doug "What is Fantasia?" — wagered $1,999

Lisa "What is Fantasia?" — wagered $7,601

Eureka "What is Fantasia?" — wagered $1,801

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