Show #6078 2011-02-02 (taped 2010-10-26) IBM Challenge

IBM Challenge mini-documentary: "Practice Makes Perfect"

Contestants

Mike Huijon — a medical student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Fred Cofone — a copy editor from Old Greenwich, Connecticut

Molly Rosenbusch — a night court clerk from Twin Lakes, Idaho (whose 1-day cash winnings total $19,601)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Molly	$1,400	$6,600	$16,000	$0 2nd place: $2,000	$15,800 22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Fred	$3,200	$4,000	$11,200	$3,200 New champion: $3,200	$11,200 17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Mike	$1,800	$3,600	$3,200	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$3,200 7 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO	SPORTS LEGENDS	STAMPS	HUMBLE & NOT-HUMBLE ABODES	BONES	3-LETTER WORDS
$200 [26] The main harbor on Tobago has a huge port for these, so come on, Mabel, let's get off & see the town cruise ships Molly	$200 [5] In 2010 he became the second Emmitt in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Smith Fred	$200 [16] This comedian known for entertaining the troops was honored with a stamp in 2009 Bob Hope Fred	$200 [18] To build this Inuit structure, begin harvesting blocks of hard-packed snow about 3' long, 15" high & 8" deep an igloo Molly	$200 [1] The parathyroid glands regulate this element essential to bone health calcium Molly	$200 [9] Steal from "Peter to pay Paul" rob Mike
$400 [27] Parang, a style of music with songs called anunciacions & nacimientos, is popular at this time of the year Christmas Molly	$400 [6] Martina Navratilova ended up ahead in the rivalry with her, 43 matches to 37 Chris Evert Fred	$400 [17] A 2010 stamp honored political cartoonist Bill Mauldin, the youngest winner of this prize the Pulitzer Molly	$400 [19] A terrace is often part of this apartment found on the roof or top floor of a building a penthouse Fred	$400 [2] One basic & one more serious, they're the 2 main types of bone fracture simple & compound Fred	$400 [10] A riotous crowd of people mob Fred
$600 [28] T&T are close enough to this country that the water from the Orinoco murks up scuba diving Venezuela Fred Mike	$600 [7] In 1979 Grete Waitz was the first woman to do this in NYC in under 2 1/2 hours--no, not finish her shopping at Saks finish the New York Marathon Mike	$600 [20] The Love stamp seenhereis adapted from an image on a Hallmark card, & features these flowers pansies Molly Mike	$600 [21] From the Latin for "assembly", it's a building housing nuns a convent Molly	$600 [3] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical rendering on the monitor.) In the second year of life, two bones fuse to form this lower jawbone, & the chin starts to develop at the fusion point the mandible Molly	$600 [13] Weep aloud, or cry uncontrollably sob Molly
$800 [29] Trinidad's prime minister lives in Whitehall--the one located in the capital, this of Spain Port of Spain Mike	$800 [11] Called "Slammin' Sam", he's the only man to win the same PGA tournament 8 times Snead Fred	$800 [24] This author of "Hawaii" was honored on a stamp wearing (what else?) a Hawaiian lei Michener Molly	$800 [22] Mukesh Ambani's $1 billion home, the world's most expensive, lies on the Arabian Sea in this largest Indian city Bombay (or Mumbai)	$800 [4] Infection-fighting white blood cells called neutrophils are produced in this part of the bone the marrow Fred	$800 [14] In tennis, a high-arcing shot hit deep into the opponent's court a lob Fred
$1,000 [30] At the Caroni Sanctuary you can see Trinidad's national bird, the scarlet this an ibis Molly	$1,000 [12] (Alex Trebek presents the clue from the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, MI.) I once introduced this hockey player to a large group of sports fans by saying, "All of us have heroes, and he is one of mine"--Number 9 for the Detroit Red Wings--"Mr. Hockey" Gordie Howe Fred	$1,000 [25] Part of the Nature of America series, the paneseenhereis called this type of forest a kelp forest Molly	$1,000 [23] The Navajo usually built this one-room earth-covered dwelling with the entrance facing east a hogan	DD $1,000 [8] This forearm bone takes its name from the Latin for "elbow" the ulna Mike	$1,000 [15] A male swan a cob Mike

Double Jeopardy! Round

NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARKS	OSCAR WINNER BEFORE & AFTER	MEN & WOMEN OF LETTERS	FORBESSTATES' RICHEST COMPANIES	IMMORTALITY	WORD ORIGINS
$400 [3] Historic landmarks in this city include Hull House & the Marshall Field Company Store Chicago Fred	$400 [5] The outdoorsy home of British Merry Men becomes the new pad for a "Last King of Scotland" winner Sherwood Forest Whitaker Molly	$400 [13] History-loving Edgar Lawrence... (E.L.) Doctorow	$400 [14] Alaska's richest company, Arctic Slope Regional, trades in this, also the name of a U.S. Cabinet department energy Molly	$400 [19] Elder Zhang Guo, one of the Chinese 8 immortals, is depicted as carrying this clingstone fruit a peach Fred	$400 [1] Scallop & scaloppine come from a word meaning these; the fillets are so thin they curl up like them shells Molly
$800 [4] It was in Emigration Canyon near Salt Lake City in 1847 that he told his followers, "This is the place" Brigham Young Molly	$800 [6] Uh oh... it's "Misery" when this actress checks into a "Psycho" lodging Kathy Bates Motel Molly	DD $1,000 [15] The fantastic James Matthew... (J.M.) Barrie Molly	$1,600 [21] In Virginia, look to the heavens & you just might come up with the name of this confectionery that's tops Mars	$800 [25] Immortelles are these that retain their color & shape when dried flowers Molly Fred	$800 [2] The verb "to pounce" comes from a noun meaning this part of a bird of prey talons (or claws) Fred
$1,200 [10] The site where he launched the first liquid fuel rocket in 1926 is now part of a golf course fairway in Massachusetts (Robert) Goddard Mike	$1,200 [7] A 1953 musical based on a Shakespeare play becomes an actress who won as a literature-loving Nazi Kiss Me Kate Winslet Molly	$1,200 [16] The very British Pelham Grenville... (P.G.) Wodehouse Molly	$2,000 [20] This "Entertainment" company is numero uno in Nevada Harrah's	$1,200 [28] Legend says that an Arawak chief named Sequene went in search of this pool of immortality on the Island of Bimini the Fountain of Youth Fred	$1,200 [24] (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a line of poetry on the monitor.) A natural break or pause in a line of poetry is called a "caesura"; the "caes" part comes from the Latin for this verb, as in "excise" cut Molly
$1,600 [11] The Kentucky Derby was modeled on England's Epsom Derby & is held at this site Churchill Downs Fred	$1,600 [8] This best actor winner for "Stalag 17" has no time for Hollywood phonies as the "Catcher in the Rye" kid William Holden Caulfield Molly	$1,600 [17] Young people's author Susan Eloise... (S.E.) Hinton	—	$1,600 [27] Mormons believe these 2 members of the godhead have physical bodies but are immortal God the Father & Jesus Christ	$1,600 [23] The French for "to throw" gives us this word for a pier a jetty Mike
$2,000 [12] His home Beauvoir, where he wrote "The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government", is a landmark in Biloxi Jefferson Davis Fred	$2,000 [9] A "timely" London landmark turns into an actor who won for a 1982 biopic Big Ben Kingsley Molly	$2,000 [18] The adventurous Cecil Scott... (it's not Lewis) (C.S.) Forester	—	$2,000 [26] In Greek mythology, these immortals included Cronus, Rhea & Oceanus the Titans Fred	DD $2,000 [22] Older baling equipment would malfunction & tangle, a possible origin of this word for crazy or disordered haywire Fred

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. PRESIDENTS

Of the 20 presidents elected to a second term, 2 of the 3 who failed to complete that term

(2 of) Lincoln, Nixon & McKinley

Mike "Who were Lincoln and Kennedy" — wagered $3,200

Fred "Who are Nixon +" — wagered $8,000

Molly "Who are Lincoln and FDR" — wagered $16,000

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