Show #6114 2011-03-24 (taped 2010-11-17) Regular

Contestants

Connie McClung — a human resources and finance manager from Atlanta, Georgia

Michael Brown — a graduate student from Rochester, New York

Megan Barnes — a stay-at-home mother from Baltimore, Maryland (whose 2-day cash winnings total $70,002)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Megan	$3,600	$5,200	$19,200	$33,201 3-day champion: $103,203	$15,400 19 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Michael	$-200	$200	$1,800	$3,598 3rd place: $1,000	$1,800 8 R, 6 W
Connie	$3,000	$5,800	$16,600	$29,599 2nd place: $2,000	$18,200 22 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

A FAIR TO REMEMBER	THE GENTLE ART OF RUGBY	RUSSIAN FOOD & DRINK	WHAT THE HECK IS THAT CRITTER?	THE MANSION FAMILY	DOUBLE LETTER, DOUBLE MEANING
$200 [11] Philadelphia's Centennial Exposition of 1876 was held to commemorate the 100th anniversary of this local event the signing of the Declaration of Independence Megan	$200 [24] If the ball is in-goal & you hold it & touch it to the earth, 5 points are scored by what's called this electrical term grounding	$200 [3] This Russian vodka brand is known as Stoli for short Stolichnaya Megan	$200 [16] A Guernsey a cow Connie	$200 [21] Their family "Compound" is 6 acres of waterfront property on Nantucket Sound the Kennedys Connie	$200 [1] This 5-letter word can refer to an event in Genesis or to what you do in supplying too much fuel to your carburetor flood Megan
$400 [12] The World Expo of 1893 was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of one of this man's voyages Columbus Megan	$400 [25] With 16 players fighting for possession, this way of re-starting play is a synonym for a disorderly struggle a scrum Michael	$400 [4] This beet soup can be served hot or cold but it should always come with a dollop of sour cream borscht Connie	$400 [17] A leghorn a chicken Connie	$400 [22] Alfred, a scion of this munitions & chemicals family, built Nemours Mansion in Wilmington, Del. for his new bride DuPont Connie	$400 [2] A group of news reporters, or to make smooth by ironing press Michael
$600 [13] The International Exposition Bureau didn't recognize the NYC World's Fair of this year; it was too soon after Seattle 1962 1964 Michael Connie	$600 [26] Like a score in U.S. football, a goal kick, a reminder of rugby's soccer origins, is worth this many points 3 Megan Michael	$600 [5] Like latkes, draniki are these potato pancakes Connie	$600 [18] A Lipizzaner a horse Connie	$600 [23] This European banking dynasty's properties include Chateau Lafite, which makes a pretty good Bordeaux the Rothschilds Michael	$600 [7] Also one end of a swimming pool, this adjective can mean "superficial" shallow Connie
$1,000 [15] The First World's Fair, the Great Exhibition of 1851, was held in this London park famed for its Speakers' Corner Hyde Park Connie	$800 [27] This position is the last line of defense; in the NFL it's the offensive role of Larry Csonka & Moose Johnston the fullback	$800 [6] A traditional appetizer is caviar, the red type being the roe of this fish the salmon	$800 [19] A Thomson's a gazelle	$800 [29] Marble House in Newport, Rhode Island was bilt in the late 1800s for William, last name this Vanderbilt	$800 [8] To move unsteadily, or to arrange in a zigzagged order stagger Megan
DD $1,800 [14] This U.S. city's 1915 Panama Pacific Expo was held over a landfill made partly of earthquake debris San Francisco Megan	$1,000 [28] The USA's national team is the Eagles; Argentina's is Los these, aka mountain lions Pumas Michael	$1,000 [10] Sharlotka is a Russian dessert made with this fruit apple Connie	$1,000 [20] A Poland China a pig Megan	$1,000 [30] 269-room Villa Hugel in Essen, Germany was home to this arms & steel industry family until 1945 the Krupps Michael	$1,000 [9] A small tower, or a revolving gun structure on a military plane turret Connie

Double Jeopardy! Round

GEOGRAPHIC TERMS	THE YUCKS STOP HERE	ALL GODS' CHILDREN	MAN UP	DANCE WITH ME!	I'M GONNA "SIT"
$400 [1] A cascade is a small one of these & a ribbon is a tall narrow one a waterfall Connie	$400 [2] He went to join Gracie in 1996, less than 2 months after his 100th birthday George Burns Megan	$400 [25] This watery fella's kids included Orion & Polyphemus Poseidon Megan Michael Connie	$400 [20] In 1961 he reached an altitude of 115 miles in the Freedom 7 Alan Shepard	$400 [12] Eat it with corn chips, señor salsa Michael	$400 [7] "Cheers" or "Two and a Half Men" a sitcom Connie
$800 [13] A fertile spot in a desert; the Sahara's Erg Awbari comes complete with palm trees & lakes an oasis Connie	$800 [3] A "Hee Haw" regular known for her straw hat with dangling price tag, she said good-bye in Nashville in 1996 Minnie Pearl Connie	$800 [26] Oddly, in one tradition the war god Ares fathered this Greek love god Eros Megan Michael	$800 [22] On July 20, 1969 he was alone in the command module Columbia, circling the Moon at an altitude of 60-75 miles (Michael) Collins Megan	$800 [14] An unforeseen & clever plot change towards the end of a movie twist Michael	$800 [8] In February 1960 black college students staged one at a Greensboro, North Carolina lunch counter a sit-in Connie
$1,200 [15] (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from about the National Geographic Explorer.) Today we're crossing 66 degrees, 33 minutes south latitude; it was 250 years ago that Captain Cook was the first to cross this same borderline the Antarctic Circle Megan Michael	$1,200 [4] Chance the gardener, he stopped "Being There" in London in 1980 Peter Sellers Connie	$1,600 [28] A big supporter of the heavens, he was the son of the Titan Iapetus Atlas Megan	$1,200 [23] Haise, Swigert & this commander were about 205,000 miles from Earth when an explosion ruptured an oxygen tank (James) Lovell Connie	$1,200 [16] A design dot used in regular patterns polka Michael	$1,200 [9] This toy from Hasbro uses 2 revolving plastic discs around an axis a Sit 'n Spin Megan
$1,600 [19] From the Latin for "one who makes a levied payment" comes this term for a stream that flows into a larger stream tributary Connie	$1,600 [5] The "Monty Python" member who played King Arthur, he ended his grail quest in Maidstone, England Graham Chapman Megan	$2,000 [29] This son of the Celtic river god Boann shares his name with a breed of cattle Angus Connie	DD $1,600 [24] He described the moonscape that he walked on as "magnificent desolation", also the title of his 2009 memoir Buzz Aldrin Connie	$1,600 [17] The sixth letter of the NATO phonetic alphabet foxtrot Megan Connie	$1,600 [10] This southeastern Alaskan town was once the territorial capital Sitka Michael
$2,000 [21] Spanish for "table" & common in the southwest, it's a broad, flat-topped elevation with clifflike sides a mesa Megan	$2,000 [6] An overdose killed this controversial standup comic in Hollywood in 1966 Lenny Bruce Connie	DD $4,000 [27] Mnemosyne, or "memory", was the mom of these inspirational sister goddesses the muses Megan	$2,000 [30] This Apollo 12 astronaut paintedhimselftiptoeing on the Ocean of Storms Alan Bean	$2,000 [18] In Catholic theology, it's a region reserved for unbaptized babies limbo Megan	$2,000 [11] Last name of poet Dame Edith Sitwell Megan

Final Jeopardy!

19th CENTURY LITERATURE

Armor-clad knights face off in a game of baseball in an 1889 work by this author

Mark Twain

Michael "Who is Twain" — wagered $1,798

Connie "Who is Mark Twain?" — wagered $12,999

Megan "Who was Mark Twain" — wagered $14,001

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