Show #6074 2011-01-27 (taped 2010-10-13) Regular

Contestants

Kara French — a Ph.D. student in history originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan

Lisa Dvorak — a grocery store chain administrative assistant from Millersville, Maryland

Tom Jennings — a maintenance mechanic from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tom	$1,200	$4,600	$10,200	$20,400 2nd place: $2,000	$10,200 16 R, 1 W
Lisa	$2,400	$4,600	$19,400	$31,201 New champion: $31,201	$16,600 15 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Kara	$2,400	$4,800	$15,600	$10,600 3rd place: $1,000	$15,000 21 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS	FICTIONAL TV CITIES	GET INTO THE RING	"I" DOCTOR	TOYS & GAMES	IN GOD WE TRUST
$200 [2] In 2004 the Stratocaster, one of these, turned 50 an electric guitar Kara	$200 [14] Cicely, Alaska Northern Exposure Tom	$200 [13] In 1954 Tolkien followed up "The Hobbit" with this novel, the first part of a trilogy The Fellowship of the Ring Tom	$200 [1] The pancreas secretes this hormone in response to high levels of blood sugar insulin Kara	$200 [8] In 2000 Fortune magazine named this toy of plastic "automatic binding blocks" the toy of the past century Legos Kara	$200 [26] It follows "America" in the name of an airline that went into the sunset in 2005 West Tom
$400 [3] Licorice stick is a slang term for this woodwind instrument clarinet Tom	$400 [15] Sunnydale, California Buffy the Vampire Slayer Kara	$400 [17] And it burns, burns, burns, this 3-word zone of the Pacific Oceanhighlightedhere the Ring of Fire Kara	$400 [4] This pigmented circular muscle surrounds the pupil of the eye the iris Tom	$400 [9] These Massachusetts siblings began their empire in the 1880s with a game called Banking Parker Brothers Lisa	$400 [30] You can't help but love Shrek even though he's a big, green one of these monsters ogre Tom
$600 [23] A pedal mechanism allows this large orchestral drum to be tuned to different pitches a timpani (or kettledrum) Kara	$600 [16] Metropolis, Kansas Smallville Tom Kara	$600 [18] This newspaperman established his fame with 1916's "You Know Me, Al"; his "Jr." son was also a writer of note Ring Lardner Tom	$600 [5] In the late 1950s the Asian type of this virus caused 70,000 deaths in the U.S.; the Hong Kong strain struck in the '60s influenza Kara	$600 [10] These cute, cuddly plush toys were introduced in 2005 along with a code allowing kids access to an online community Webkinz Kara	$600 [29] It's the word you normally see on this traffic sign detour Lisa
$800 [24] It wasn't until the '60s that we really became familiar with this instrument heard here the sitar Lisa	$800 [21] Dillon, Texas; Go Panthers! Friday Night Lights Lisa	$800 [19] Slip into the bikini this, the ring-shaped geographic feature seen here an atoll Tom	DD $1,000 [6] Robert Edwards won a 2010 Nobel Prize for developing this, which led to the birth of Louise Brown in 1978 in vitro fertilization Kara	$800 [11] This toy train was created in 1901 as an animated ad for a toy store window display Lionel Kara	$800 [28] Several members of the Dandolo family held this Venetian job doge Tom
$1,000 [25] Jascha Heifetz taught a master class on this instrument at USC the violin	$1,000 [22] New New York, New York Futurama Kara	$1,000 [20] This poet finished "The Ring and the Book", a story of a Roman murder case of the 1600s, 28 years after "Pippa Passes" Robert Browning	$1,000 [7] This superficial skin infection is caused by staphylococcus & streptococcus bacteria impetigo Lisa	$1,000 [12] In 1938 William Gruber developed this 3-D viewer; it took off after he got the rights to use Disney characters View-Master Lisa	$1,000 [27] John Hancock was a sufferer of this chronic disease that causes a painful swelling of the joints gout Kara

Double Jeopardy! Round

STRANGE HISTORY	WASN'T THAT AN '80s THING?	ORDINAL PHRASES	KID IN PLAY	THE "KO" CORRAL	MOVIES WITH THE SAME NAME
$400 [7] When this Russian empress learned she had dandruff, she locked up her hairdresser so he couldn't tell Catherine the Great Kara	$400 [14] A man... a woman in distress... ladder climbing... a giant ape... this video game that debuted in 1981 had it all! Donkey Kong Kara	$400 [19] "Tithe" comes from the Old English meaning this fraction 1/10 Kara	$400 [3] Leapin' lizards! Andrea McArdle & Sarah Jessica Parker have both played this title orphan Annie Kara	$400 [1] A competition in which culinary specialties are prepared a cook-off Tom	$1,600 [27] 2004: Matt Dillon;2006: Jessica Simpson(there are 12 a year at some businesses) Employee of the Month Lisa
$800 [10] One reason this fascist Italian dictator adopted the Roman salute may have been a fear of shaking hands Mussolini Kara	$800 [15] The Wayfarerstyle of this brand of sunglasses was an '80s fave Ray-Ban Tom	$800 [20] The Advent of Christ on Judgment Day is also called this 2-word phrase the second coming Lisa	$800 [4] Katherine Leigh Doherty & Matthew Gumley played Jane & Michael Banks when this title woman flew onto Broadway in 2006 Mary Poppins Kara	$800 [2] In 1889 this territory was divided into 2 states; so Sioux me! the Dakota Territory Lisa	$2,000 [26] 1946: Ingrid Bergman;2009: Jamal Woolard(not saying which, but one is about rap music) Notorious Lisa
$1,200 [11] This "rock" of a general was an unpopular teacher at VMI before the Civil War & was often the target of pranks Stonewall Jackson Lisa	$1,200 [16] He was elected Governor of Massachusetts in 1982 & 1986 & then it was on to the presidency! Well, not quite (Michael) Dukakis Lisa	$1,600 [22] In Judaism, Arabot, a place where righteousness & justice are found, is also called this, just like a Jessica Biel TV show seventh heaven Tom	$1,200 [5] Wednesday has Mondays off in this 2010 Broadway show, along with Pugsley, played by Adam Riegler The Addams Family Tom	$1,200 [6] A tree of the walnut family, or slang for a baseball bat hickory Lisa	—
$1,600 [12] This electricity pioneer & coil inventor lived as a virtual recluse & was obsessed with raising pigeons Tesla Tom	$1,600 [17] This stainless-steel car with gull-wing doors debuted in 1981; fewer than 10,000 were made the DeLorean Kara	$2,000 [23] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Though the 1954 Geneva Accords boundary included the Ben Hai River, it was named for this northern parallel of latitude the 17th Tom	DD $2,000 [8] In 1983 Roshi Handwerger was 10-year-old Patrick Dennis & Angela Lansbury, this title woman (Auntie) Mame Kara	$1,600 [25] Electronic guidance has phased out navigation by compass & clock, this morbid-sounding art dead reckoning	—
$2,000 [13] In 1778 this man, the elder, suffered a fatal collapse minutes after speaking against Colonial independence (William) Pitt Kara	$2,000 [18] The piece seenhereis by this pop artist who started out graffitiing New York City subways in 1981 Keith Haring Lisa	DD $4,000 [21] As 4 of his units moved on Madrid, a Spanish Civil War general coined this term to describe the extra support inside the capital the fifth column Lisa	$2,000 [9] In 1991 11-year-old Daisy Eagan became the youngest female Tony winner, for "The Secret" this Garden Kara	$2,000 [24] This blue-gray & white-bellied shark can weigh 1,000 pounds the mako Tom	—

Final Jeopardy!

SPORTS AWARDS

In the 4 major U.S. sports leagues, he's won more regular season MVP awards than any other player

Wayne Gretzky

Tom "Who is Wayne Gretzky?" — wagered $10,200

Kara "Who is Brett Favre?" — wagered $5,000

Lisa "Who is Gretzky?" — wagered $11,801

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