Show #6084 2011-02-10 (taped 2010-10-27) IBM Challenge

IBM Challenge mini-documentary: "Meet the Contestants"

Contestants

Milind Kulkarni — an assistant professor from West Lafayette, Indiana

Betsy Stephenson — a retired employment program specialist from Charleston, West Virginia

Paul Wampler — a web programmer from Knoxville, Tennessee (whose 3-day cash winnings total $50,401)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Paul	$5,000	$6,400	$14,400	$21,601 4-day champion: $72,002	$14,800 20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Betsy	$400	$2,400	$8,000	$12,000 3rd place: $1,000	$9,200 12 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Milind	$3,000	$2,400	$10,800	$16,001 2nd place: $2,000	$10,600 16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

AFRICAN AMERICANS	POETIC SETTINGS	EMOTICONS	THE STATE OF MY BIRTH	THERE'S A DRAFT IN THE ROOM	"BR-R"
$200 [13] "All Hail the Queen" & "The Dana Owens Album" are releases by this actress & hip hop artist Queen Latifah Paul	$200 [24] To Leigh Hunt, this "flows through old hushed Egypt and its sands... caves, pillars, pyramids, the shepherd bands" the Nile Paul	$200 [18] Your choices to express this action are=))or ROTF, which sometimes has an "L" added on laughing (or rolling on the floor) Paul	$200 [11] Jasper Johns, Julia Roberts, Rosalynn Carter Georgia Paul	$200 [1] The first NFL draft was held in 1936 at the Ritz-Carlton in this city, & the hometown Eagles had the first pick Philadelphia Milind	$200 [6] It's another word for a pamphlet brochure Paul
$400 [17] An award for African-American authors & illustrators is named for this wife of Martin Luther King Jr. Coretta Scott King Paul	$400 [27] "A hundred shouting signs shed down their bright fantastic glow" in Claude McKay's "On" this NYC street "Broadway" Milind	$400 [19] :-tis asking for this, also a sports term or a punishment for a child a timeout Betsy	$400 [12] Kurt Vonnegut, David Letterman, Dan Quayle Indiana Betsy	$400 [2] In 2009 the NFL held its draft at this NYC venue; Matthew Stafford was the first to kick up his heels Radio City Music Hall Milind	$400 [7] This slang term for 1930s German storm troopers refers to their uniforms the brownshirts Paul
$600 [20] Between the time this boxer retired in 1977 & again in 1997, he began hawking lean mean grilling machines George Foreman Paul	$600 [28] "In every voice... the mind-forged manacles I hear", says William Blake's grim poem about this capital city London	$600 [21] Like Blondie in a song,:-cis telling you, do this call me Betsy	$600 [14] Jim Beam, Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln Kentucky Milind	$600 [3] MLB's first televised amateur draft was at the Disney complex with the name of this ABC athletic anthology show Wide World of Sports Paul	$600 [8] This 2-word name for the type of glass seenhereincludes a kind of spirit a brandy snifter Paul
$800 [22] In 2005 Baltimore/Washington Intl. Airport was renamed for this late Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall Betsy	$800 [29] To Edith Wharton, this northwest French cathedral is "petalled with panes of azure, gules and or" (Notre Dame de) Chartres Betsy	$800 [25] I can't keep this 2-word expression, but:\|sure can a straight face	DD $1,000 [15] Cesar Chavez, Joe Jonas, Barry Goldwater Arizona Milind	$800 [4] Since 2001 the NBA draft has been a garden party at this arena Madison Square Garden Milind	$800 [9] In the U.S. Army the rank just above Colonel is this general Brigadier General Paul
$1,000 [23] Representing Texas from 1973 to 1979, she was the first black woman from a Southern state to serve in Congress Barbara Jordan Betsy	$1,000 [30] This 19th c. poem begins with the line "This is the forest primeval" Evangeline Betsy	$1,000 [26] @-)shows & you're in this state, & perhaps you think you're a chicken hypnotized Paul	$1,000 [16] Medgar Evers, Oprah Winfrey, Eudora Welty Mississippi Paul Betsy Milind	$1,000 [5] In 2009 the Bell Centre/Le Centre Bell in this city was the home of the NHL draft Montreal Paul	$1,000 [10] Thisfreshwater game fishis named for a small body of water the brook trout Paul

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE COUNTRY THAT BORDERS...	WHAT THE TV TITLE MEANS	INCA HOOTS?	NAUTICAL TERMS	PEEVED VEEPS	ENDS IN "X"
$400 [4] China & Finland Russia Milind	$400 [1] Slang for what Laura Linney is diagnosed with on a Showtime series The Big C Betsy	$400 [24] When in Peru, don't forget to check out the cute pygmy owls named for these mountains the Andes Milind	$400 [19] This lookout platform is named for the bird that would be released to find the nearest land in bad weather the crow's nest Betsy	$400 [11] He said that if his successor, Joe Biden, "wants to diminish the office of the vice president, that's... his call" (Dick) Cheney Milind	$400 [7] To fasten, like a stamp, or to attach blame affix Paul
$800 [5] Liechtenstein & Slovakia Austria	$800 [2] The building where the variety show "TGS with Tracy Jordan" is produced 30 Rock Milind	$800 [25] The name of this city taken by Pizarro in 1533 is derived from Quechuan words meaning "rock of the owl" Cuzco Milind	$800 [20] The bow is the front part of a ship; this is the rear part the stern Milind	$800 [12] Returning from Europe in 1812, he entered the U.S. under an assumed name, Adolphus Arnot; oh yeah, he shot a guy (Aaron) Burr Milind	$800 [8] The heart of the matter, the this, if you will, is that it's a pivotal point crux Betsy
$1,200 [6] Honduras & Costa Rica Nicaragua	$1,200 [3] While mocked by host John Henson, what contestants do on a watery obstacle course Wipeout Milind	$1,200 [26] After listening to its piercing cry, you'll know why this west Peruvian owl is so named the screech-owl	$1,200 [21] Collectively, it's the 7-letter word for all the ropes & chains used to support & work the masts, booms & sails rigging Milind	$1,200 [13] He initially didn't want to be McKinley's 2nd VP; he thought it would weaken him for a 1904 presidential run Teddy Roosevelt Milind	$1,200 [16] It's a choice 4-letter (French) word for "fake" faux Paul
DD $1,200 [29] Iran & India Pakistan Paul	$1,600 [9] The "restaurant" for which contestants cook, usually to chef Gordon Ramsay's displeasure Hell's Kitchen Paul	$1,600 [27] Peru's ferruginous pygmy owls are the color of this, which is formed by oxidation rust Betsy	$1,600 [22] These walls are built between the decks to form watertight compartments bulkheads	DD $1,200 [15] This veep lead the Democratic-Republican attacks against 1798's Alien & Sedition Acts Thomas Jefferson Betsy	$1,600 [17] It's a wild goat of the Himalayas ibex Paul
$2,000 [30] Greece & Turkey Bulgaria	$2,000 [10] The South Dakota building where the U.S. government stores all the supernatural objects it's collected Warehouse 13 Betsy	$2,000 [28] A long-whiskered owlet was seen in Peru in 2007; it's so rare it has its own genus, Xenoglaux, meaning this "owl" foreign (or strange) Paul	$2,000 [23] It's the triangular blade at the end of the arm of an anchor fluke	$1,600 [14] This Greek American published a memoir, "Go Quietly... or Else" Spiro Agnew Betsy	$2,000 [18] It's the number represented by 1010100& not a giant set of movie theaters googolplex Milind

Final Jeopardy!

THE LAW

Asked in 1966 to write a concise statement for arresting officers to recite, California D.A. Harold Berliner started with these 7 words

You have the right to remain silent

Betsy "What was you have the right to remain silent?" — wagered $4,000

Milind "What is "you have the right to remain silent"" — wagered $5,201

Paul "What is "You have the right to remain silent?"" — wagered $7,201

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