Show #6115 2011-03-25 (taped 2010-11-17) Regular

Contestants

Julie Ross Godar — an online managing editor from San Francisco, California

Eric Sebert — a pig and chicken farmer from Hominy Falls, West Virginia

Megan Barnes — a stay-at-home mother from Baltimore, Maryland (whose 3-day cash winnings total $103,203)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Megan	$600	$2,800	$2,800	$2,816 2nd place: $2,000	$8,800 14 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Eric	$1,800	$4,200	$7,400	$1,500 3rd place: $1,000	$7,400 13 R, 2 W
Julie	$2,000	$4,800	$13,000	$15,801 New champion: $15,801	$12,600 21 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

PRESIDENTIAL MONOGRAMS	RECENT ALBUMS	IT'S ALPHANUMERIC	IMAGINARY PLACES	I THINK WE LEFT SOMEONE OUT	ALL ONE SYLLABLE
$200 [26] HH Herbert Hoover Megan	$200 [1] These Disney siblings were out of sight with "The 3D Concert Experience" the Jonas Brothers Julie	$200 [21] Bold & Spicy & Cracked Peppercorn are varieties of this steak sauce A.1. Megan	$200 [15] You gain access to this kingdom through a rabbit hole, which might be on the banks of the Thames Wonderland Megan	$200 [10] The authors of the Bible's Gospels:Matthew, Luke, John &... Mark Julie	$200 [2] It's a big or main branch of a tree; when it breaks, things will fall the limb (or bough) Eric Julie
$400 [27] WHT William Howard Taft Julie	$400 [7] This woman, an unlikely YouTube sensation from Britain, gave us "The Gift" for Christmas 2010 (Susan) Boyle Megan	$400 [22] The slogan of this educational organization known in farming communities is "learn by doing" 4-H Eric	$400 [16] He is marooned on Houyhnhnms Land, an island in the South Seas Gulliver Eric	$400 [11] The last 4 vice presidents: Biden, Cheney, Gore &... Quayle Julie	$400 [3] To drill & make a hole, or to put one off with dull talk... yawn bore Megan
$600 [28] WHH William Henry Harrison Eric	$600 [8] In 2009 this first "American Idol" had a No. 1 album with "All I Ever Wanted" Kelly Clarkson Megan	$600 [23] A type of spy plane, or a band with an Edge U2 Julie	$600 [17] In a series of novels including "A Tiger for Malgudi", Malgudi is a made-up city in this real country India Julie	$600 [12] The Jackson 5 consisted of Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon, Michael &... Tito Julie	$600 [4] "Young" one "in the woods", or a pig good with sheep Babe Eric
$800 [29] MVB Martin Van Buren Julie	$800 [9] For "Working On A Dream", he was once again backed by the E Street Band Bruce Springsteen Julie	$800 [24] This savings plan lets workers put a fixed amount of income into a retirement account & defer taxes 401(k) Megan	$1,000 [19] Aircastle is the capital of this title island in a political work by Sir Thomas More Utopia Eric	$800 [13] The 4 men who served as 5-star generals during WWII were Arnold, MacArthur, Marshall &... Dwight David Eisenhower Megan	$800 [5] Luck; you need it for a game of it chance Megan
$1,000 [30] JM (the 2) James Madison & James Monroe Megan Julie	$1,000 [20] "Fly Me to the Moon" is Volume V in the "Great American Songbook" series by this British rocker Rod Stewart	$1,000 [25] Ford introduced this truck in 1975: it soon became the bestselling domestic vehicle F-150	DD $1,400 [18] The title locale of this Robert Louis Stevenson novel is 9 miles long & 5 miles wide Treasure Island Julie	$1,000 [14] The 4 horsemen of the apocalypse are conquest, war, famine &... death Megan	$1,000 [6] It's the flute heard here: no drum, though the fife Eric

Double Jeopardy! Round

INDONESIA	JACK NICHOLSON'S OSCAR-NOMINATED ROLES	I "GET" IT	COLLEGES NAMED FOR PEOPLE	IN WHICH DECADE	THE HALEAKALA OBSERVATORY
$400 [24] Narrowing to just 16 miles, the Sunda Strait separates Java from this island Sumatra Julie	$400 [19] Retired actuary Warren Schmidt(2002) About Schmidt Julie	$400 [13] Archery arrow's goal target Julie	$400 [6] This university has campuses in Utah & Hawaii Brigham Young Eric	$400 [1] The Black Panther Party is organized the 1960s Julie	$400 [8] (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Haleakala Observatory in Maui, Hawaii.) The unit here fires pulses of light at mirrors on the moon & man-made satellites; the pulses reflect back to earth, allowing distances to be precisely measured; it's called an LRS, this type of ranging system laser Eric
$800 [25] In 2003, remains were found in Indonesia of what many have called a small species of humans nicknamed these, from Tolkien hobbits Eric	$800 [20] Astronaut Garrett Breedlove(1983) Terms of Endearment Julie	$800 [14] An antonym of "recollect" forget Julie	$800 [7] D.C.'s Columbian University got this new name in 1904 George Washington University Eric	$800 [2] The February 26 attack on the World Trade Center the '90s Julie	$800 [9] (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Haleakala Observatory in Maui, Hawaii.) Astronomers at Haleakala are using the Faulkes Telescope North to observe the ongoing gigantic collision of two galaxies that gets this name from the long star trails that extend to each side, like sensory organs from the head of an insect antennae Julie
$1,200 [26] With close to 200 million adherents, Indonesia has the world's largest population of members of this religion Muslim Julie	$1,200 [21] Oil rigger Robert DuPea(1970) Five Easy Pieces Eric	$1,200 [15] In the Bible it means to make children beget Megan	$1,200 [10] This Tulsa school was named for the evangelist seen here Oral Roberts University Eric	$1,200 [3] Grace Metalious' "Peyton Place" is published the '50s Julie	$1,200 [18] (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Haleakala Observatory in Maui, Hawaii.) Your mother probably told you not to stare at the sun, but that's what this telescope does all day long; called the SOLARC, it's used to study this outermost region of the sun's atmosphere the corona Julie
DD $1,400 [27] Following a bitter war for independence, this European nation granted Indonesia self-rule in 1949 the Netherlands Julie	$1,600 [22] Hitman Charley Partanna(1985) Prizzi's Honor	$1,600 [16] In 1984 Penzoil & Texaco both thought they had bought this company Getty Oil	$1,600 [11] One of the Claremont Colleges says, "Our name is" this (Harvey this), "and we're proud of it" Mudd Megan	$1,600 [4] Italy conquers Ethiopia the '30s Megan	$1,600 [29] (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Haleakala Observatory in Maui, Hawaii.) The world became a safer place when Haleakala's Pan-STARRS telescope went into operation in 2010; its mission is to search the skies for NEAs, these unwelcome visitors to our cosmic neighborhood near-earth asteroids Megan
$2,000 [28] In 2010, Merapi, one of these in Indonesia, displaced nearly 400,000 people a volcano Megan	$2,000 [23] Playwright Eugene O'Neill(1981) Reds Eric	$2,000 [17] A vacation far from your daily worries, or a Steve McQueen action film getaway Megan Eric	$2,000 [12] This private liberal arts college in Bronxville, N.Y. was named for the wife of its founding donor Sarah Lawrence	$2,000 [5] The Washington Post wins its first Public Service Pulitzer the 1970s	DD $6,000 [30] (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Haleakala Observatory in Maui, Hawaii.) Carefully hold a thumb over the sun atop Haleakala, & you won't see a white ring like you would at sea level--just pure blue; the sky is so clear, that there's hardly any of this--the dispersion of light by atmospheric particles scattering Megan

Final Jeopardy!

PHILANTHROPY

The Pink Pony Fund, for breast cancer care & prevention, is a philanthropic initiative of this fashion company

Ralph Lauren

Megan "What is Ralph Lauren?" — wagered $16

Eric "What is ?" — wagered $5,900

Julie "What isRalphRalph Lauren?" — wagered $2,801

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