Show #6111 2011-03-21 (taped 2010-11-16) Regular

Tom Kunzen game 5.

Contestants

Erin Maxwell — a high school English and drama teacher from Chicago, Illinois

Stephen Huey — a lawyer from Arlington, Virginia

Tom Kunzen — a geotechnical engineer from Orlando, Florida (whose 4-day cash winnings total $110,601)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Tom $800 $5,800 $19,000 $22,801
5-day champion: $133,402
$19,000
27 R, 3 W
Stephen $2,400 $3,800 $11,400 $22,800
2nd place: $2,000
$11,400
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Erin $2,200 $6,400 $10,800 $20,800
3rd place: $1,000
$7,000
14 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

FLAGS OF THE WORLD NETWORKING AN ANCIENT GREEK NEWSCAST OFFBEAT MUSEUMS INTERNAL RHYMES STUPID ANSWERS
$200 [1]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a flag on a monitor.) On the flag of Kiribati, the blue & white waves stand for the Pacific Ocean; the rising sun represents this, which straddles the nation
the Equator
Stephen Erin
$200 [2]
"Sportscenter"
ESPN
Erin
$200 [13]
It's 404 B.C. & here is our top story: Athens has been forced to accept a humiliating peace treaty with this city-state
Sparta
Tom
$200 [22]
A museum at Temple University's School of Podiatric Medicine has some 900 pairs of these in its collection
shoes
Stephen
$200 [7]
This term for an important person sounds like a giant toupee
a bigwig
Tom
$200 [12]
In Hollywood, it's the major street 2 blocks north of Sunset Boulevard
Hollywood Boulevard
Tom
$400 [8]
The castle & key on the flag of this British dependency symbolize its strategic position on the Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Tom
$400 [3]
"Dinner: Impossible"
the Food Network
Erin
$400 [14]
Here's Helios with the forecast: lots of rain in Athens from this god of weather & so much more... watch out for his lightning!
Zeus
Stephen Erin
$400 [23]
Next time you're roaming through North Dakota, visit the museum of this animal & its herd of about 30
buffalo
Stephen
$400 [15]
It can be a meeting among business colleagues, or a Native American ceremonial feast
a powwow
Tom
$400 [27]
A 2009 study recommended treating heroin addicts with diacetylmorphine, the active ingredient in this
heroin
Erin
$600 [9]
The armillary sphere on this country's flag honors Prince Henry the Navigator
Portugal
Stephen
$600 [4]
"Project Runway" (formerly on Bravo)
Lifetime
Tom Stephen
$600 [16]
Breaking news 479 B.C.: Greece has beaten the remaining forces of this Xerxes-led empire! Let's party!
the Persian Empire
Tom
$600 [24]
In Austin, Minnesota you can ham it up at the museum of this meat product in a can
Spam
Tom
$600 [19]
It's a sturdy carryall worn by hikers as well as students
a backpack
Tom
$600 [28]
This lubricant's name means "water displacement, 40th attempt"
WD-40
Tom
$800 [10]
The green flag of this kingdom has a white sword & the shahadah, the Muslim statement of faith, in white script
Saudi Arabia
Stephen Erin
$800 [5]
"Man vs. Wild"
the Discovery Channel
Erin
$800 [17]
What's goin' on in sports, Aetos? King Augeas said now that this hero has cleaned the stables, rodeo season is open
Heracles
Tom
$800 [25]
Suite! A museum in Leavenworth, Wash. displays over 6,000 of these nifty tools, many resembling toy soldiers
nutcrackers
Erin
$800 [20]
A natl. assoc. of wanderers says you can still be this 4-letter term even if you never rode a freight train
a hobo
Stephen
$800 [29]
If today is Jan. 14, 1952, this show is premiering on NBC
the Today show
Tom
$1,000 [11]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a flag on a monitor.) In its talons, a bald eagle holds two traditional emblems--a fue, or a flyswitch, & an uatogi, or war club--on the flag of this territory
American Samoa
Stephen
$1,000 [6]
"The Closer"
TNT
Erin
$1,000 [18]
Up next, entertainment reporter Klakos has a review of this tragedy master's new play, "Oedipus Rex"
Sophocles
Tom
DD $2,000 [26]
Get a whiff of the Brimstone Museum in Southwest Louisiana & learn all about mining for this element
sulfur
Erin
$1,000 [21]
This adjective meaning unkempt & varied is often applied to disorganized armies or militias
ragtag
Tom
$1,000 [30]
China's Song Dynasty was noted for its contributions to the tz'u, a form of this
a song
Tom Erin

Double Jeopardy! Round

COMPLETES THE PULITZER-WINNING PLAY TITLE THE SPORT'S GOVERNING BODY AMERICAN FACES IT'S "AH" FULL I COME FROM OUTER SPACE NEIL, EARTHLING
$400 [22]
Alfred Uhry's "Driving Miss ____"
Daisy
Tom
$400 [1]
FIFA
soccer
Stephen
$400 [6]
Here's this Confederate president in full beard, later in life
Jefferson Davis
Tom
$400 [11]
If you're convinced you're the one true savior, odds are you have this type of complex
a messiah complex
Tom
$400 [16]
This gas that I breathe, you call CH4& use to heat your homes--funny universe
methane
Tom
$400 [21]
This Ohioan who became a licensed pilot on his 16th birthday is remembered for the one small step he took in 1969
Neil Armstrong
Erin
$800 [24]
Robert E. Sherwood's "Abe Lincoln in ____"
Illinois
$800 [2]
The WBO & the WBA
boxing
Tom Erin
$800 [7]
He's the king of the wild frontier, looking rather dapper in the portrait seen here
Davy Crockett
Stephen
$800 [12]
Hard reddish-brown wood of the genus Swietenia
mahogany
Tom
$800 [17]
You named my homegalaxyafter this--a spinning toy on a stick? How quaint; prepare to be destroyed
a pinwheel
Tom
$800 [23]
A 2010 episode of "Glee" featured his song "Hello Again"
Neil Diamond
Stephen
$1,200 [25]
William Saroyan's "The Time of Your ____"
Life
Erin
$1,200 [3]
The ITTF--it's what the "TT" stands for
table tennis
Tom
$1,200 [8]
In 1927, Orville Wright, on the left, came face-to-face with this man, famous in the same field as Orville
Charles Lindbergh
Tom
$1,200 [13]
This slang term for an unnecessary article of ornamentation comes from the chorus of "Camptown Races"
doo-dah
Stephen
$1,200 [18]
My planet's star will reach the late stage called white this in only 3 billion years, so I had to get out of there
a white dwarf
Stephen
$1,600 [29]
In 2000 Neil Clark Warren founded this website that aims to unite people in long-term relationships
eHarmony.com
Tom
$1,600 [26]
Jason Miller's "That ____ Season"
Championship
Erin
$1,600 [4]
The ISF (it's big in Japan)
sumo
Stephen
$1,600 [9]
There was something a little fishy about this treasury secretary & Chief Justice seen here
(Salmon) Chase
Tom
DD $1,600 [14]
3-dimensional figure with 8 plane faces
an octahedron
Stephen
$1,600 [19]
I got the first message from Earth to the stars, sent from this type of telescope at Arecibo in 1974
a radio telescope
Tom
$2,000 [30]
Before writing dark children's books like "Coraline" & "The Graveyard Book", he penned a bio of Duran Duran
Neil Gaiman
Tom
$2,000 [27]
Donald L. Coburn's "The ____ Game"
Gin
$2,000 [5]
The FIS (it's big in Austria)
skiing
$2,000 [10]
1972 U.S. presidential candidate seen here
(Shirley) Chisholm
Tom
$2,000 [15]
Now meaning a type of woven carpet, it formerly referred to a residence set aside for a noblewoman in India
a mahal
Erin
$2,000 [20]
Now that I am here, everyone who dismissed Erich von Daniken's book "Chariots of" these beings should feel shame
the Gods
Tom
DD $4,000 [28]
Neil Estern sculpted him with his dog Fala for his Washington, D.C. memorial
FDR
Erin

Final Jeopardy!

COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS ON SCREEN

From 1966 to 1968 this role was played by 2 different actresses in a TV series; it was also the title role in a 2004 film

Catwoman

Erin "What is Catwoman?" — wagered $10,000
Stephen "What is Catwoman" — wagered $11,400
Tom "What is Catwoman?" — wagered $3,801

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