Show #6112 2011-03-22 (taped 2010-11-16) Regular

Tom Kunzen game 6.

Contestants

Megan Barnes — a stay-at-home mother from Baltimore, Maryland

Barry Cohen — a higher education management consultant from San Diego, California

Tom Kunzen — a geotechnical engineer from Orlando, Florida (whose 5-day cash winnings total $133,402)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tom	$5,600	$8,000	$18,800	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$18,800 26 R, 1 W
Barry	$1,200	$4,600	$11,000	$2 2nd place: $2,000	$10,400 14 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Megan	$1,000	$3,600	$19,600	$37,601 New champion: $37,601	$16,400 16 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

19th CENTURY SCIENCE	A PREQUEL TO WHICH MOVIE?	LET THERE BE LIGHT BEER	COUNTDOWN	A NUMBER LESS THAN 10	"BIRD" IS THE WORD
$200 [1] Names for types of these, including cirrus & nimbus were coined in 1803 by British meteorologist Luke Howard clouds Barry	$200 [6] "Friday Night Sniffles" could have been a prequel to this 1977 film Saturday Night Fever Tom	$200 [26] It's how Miller spells "light" in the name of its beer introduced in 1975 L-I-T-E Tom	$200 [11] British Hanoverian kings:4. George IV3. George III2. This king George II Tom	$200 [21] Word that begins the Gettysburg Address 4 Barry	$200 [16] You might be as "naked as" one of these, Garrulus glandarius a jaybird Tom
$600 [3] In 1881 he immunized farm animals from anthrax in Pouilly-le-Fort, on the outskirts of Paris Pasteur Tom	$400 [7] "The Somewhat Impressive Six"--to this 1960 tale The Magnificent Seven Tom	$400 [27] It's produced at all 12 of Anheuser-Busch's U.S.-based breweries Bud Light Tom Barry	$400 [12] The Presidents:5. Monroe4. Madison3. This guy Thomas Jefferson Tom	$400 [22] In cricket scoring, it's a duck's egg 0 Tom	$400 [17] A convict a jailbird Tom
$800 [4] By 1880 both Edison & British physicist Joseph Wilson Swan had applied for patents on this type of electric lamp an incandescent light bulb Tom	$600 [8] "Conceived on the Fourth of October"--to this 1989 biopic Born on the Fourth of July Tom	$600 [28] This mile-high product bills itself as "The world's most refreshing beer" Coors Light Barry	$600 [13] The periodic table:4. Beryllium3. Lithium2. This element helium Tom	$600 [23] Points in a perfect aircraft landing 3 Barry	$600 [18] "Cerebral" word for a foolish or flighty person a birdbrain Megan
DD $1,000 [2] Physician Robert Graves described exophthalmic goiter, a condition now named for him, which affects this gland the thyroid Barry	$800 [9] "Mr. Negative Goes to Med School"--to this 1962 adventure Dr. No	$800 [29] Its makers call this Dutch import "One dam good bier" Amstel Light Tom	$800 [14] "The 12 Days Of Christmas" gifts:7. Swans a-swimming6. Geese a-laying5. These golden rings Tom	$800 [24] The number of legs on a daddy longlegs, aka the harvestman 8 Barry	$800 [19] Ammunition used to hunt flying game birdshot Barry
$1,000 [5] Georg Grotefend bet some drinking companions that he could decipher this wedge-shaped system of writing, & did in 1802 cuneiform Megan	$1,000 [10] "Add Primer to Your Conestoga"--to this 1969 musical Paint Your Wagon Megan	$1,000 [30] "We have to eat our words. We swore we'd never make a light beer", the Boston Beer Company says of this light Samuel Adams Light Tom	$1,000 [15] The states:49. Alaska48. Arizona47. This New Mexico Tom Megan	$1,000 [25] Nations in the Iroquois Confederacy, after the Tuscarora tribe joined 6 Tom Megan	$1,000 [20] A horse racing enthusiast, so called for his trackside perch a railbird Megan

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD AUTHORS	TASTY MUSICAL ACTS	FLOWERS	A COMPLETE FISCAL EXAM	THE SUNSHINE STATE	WHOLE LOTTA "LOVE"
$400 [12] "Voyage in the Dark" author Jean Rhys was born in Dominica; her father was from this U.K. country Wales Megan	$400 [1] Billy Corgan of this band wasn't Melon Collie when its third album sold over 4 million copies The Smashing Pumpkins Tom	$400 [20] It's noted for the size & color of its autumnal flowers a chrysanthemum	$400 [18] Cutting taxes is one way to try to keep this downturn from taking the next step into depression a recession Tom	$400 [2] The first NASA operations on this Florida promontory were in 1958 Cape Canaveral Barry	$400 [3] Before it re-ran (& re-ran & re-ran), it ran on CBS beginning in 1951 I Love Lucy Barry
$800 [13] A prize named for this country's Jacobus van Looy is given every 5 years for one who has excelled as a writer & a painter the Netherlands Tom	$800 [17] The Roxy Music song "Pyjamarama" inspired the name of this British girl group Bananarama Barry	$800 [21] The nasturtium is so named because of its effect on this sensory organ the nose Megan	$800 [19] Today this shortfall is around 10% of GDP, which is scary enough, but in 1943 it was 30% of GDP the budget deficit Tom	$800 [8] In 1964 one of these named Cleo caused over $100 million in damage a hurricane Megan	$800 [4] Several small items worn on a necklace by hippies love beads Megan
$1,200 [14] Oleg in the 1968 novel "Cancer Ward" is a recent inmate of Soviet labor camps, like this author of the book Alexander Solzhenitsyn Tom	$1,200 [26] We hear Shrek is really big on this gal's songs, like "Criminal" & "Shadowboxer" Fiona Apple Megan	$1,200 [22] Oh, the vanity--these flowers represent egotism, as their mythological name indicates narcissus flowers Tom	$1,200 [23] In June 2010 President Obama marked the 10,000th roadway project begun with money from this $787 billion infusion the stimulus Megan	$1,600 [10] In 1947 President Truman dedicated this large South Florida national park the Everglades Barry	$1,200 [5] This environmental disaster area near Niagara Falls is now known as Black Creek Village Love Canal Barry
$1,600 [15] "A Sport of Nature" is the story of a black activist's white wife in this, author Nadine Gordimer's homeland South Africa Megan	$1,600 [27] This "citrus" electronica band did music for 30 films in the '80s, including "Risky Business" & "Legend" Tangerine Dream	$1,600 [29] The moccasin flower is also known by this other shoe name the lady's slipper Megan	$2,000 [25] In 1954 France became the first large-scale adopter of the VAT, short for this the value-added tax Tom	$2,000 [11] Ending the third of the wars named for them, Billy Bowlegs of this tribe surrendered with his warriors in 1858 the Seminole tribe Tom	$1,600 [6] This Shakespeare play was published in quarto form in 1598 Love's Labour's Lost Megan
$2,000 [16] This Romanian-born "Rhinoceros" author turned from playwriting to painting in his later years Eugène Ionesco Tom	$2,000 [28] "Incense & Peppermints" was the lone hit for this rock aggregate Strawberry Alarm Clock	$2,000 [30] Rise & shine & sing out the name of this flower that often blooms early in the day morning glory Barry	DD $3,000 [24] (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a chart on the monitor.) The Phillips curve shows that when unemployment is reduced, as by expansionary fiscal policy, the level of this economic threat rises correspondingly inflation Megan	DD $3,000 [9] A monument to this ill-fated 1961 venture stands in the Cuban Memorial Plaza in Miami the Bay of Pigs Megan	$2,000 [7] The French call this medieval code that prescribed lovers' behavior amour courtois (& don't say "Courtney") courtly love

Final Jeopardy!

GARMENTS OF THE WORLD

The custom of hijab, Arabic for "veiling", can include this garment, mentioned by Kipling

the burqa

Barry "What is ?" — wagered $10,998

Tom "What is a sari?" — wagered $18,800

Megan "What is a burqa?" — wagered $18,001

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