Show #6117 2011-03-29 (taped 2010-11-17) Regular

Contestants

Ted Sitting Crow Garner — a sculptor and writer from Chicago, Illinois

Jennifer Carlo — an assistant dean of student affairs from Dunbar, West Virginia

Denise O'Connor — a health care attorney from Oak Ridge, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $31,700)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Denise $1,400 $3,000 $6,200 $200
3rd place: $1,000
$8,000
13 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Jennifer $1,600 $1,800 $8,600 $500
2nd place: $2,000
$8,600
14 R, 3 W
Ted $-600 $3,200 $10,000 $2,500
New champion: $2,500
$12,800
22 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

TREES QUITE THE CAST OF TV CHARACTERS PASTA SHAPES ANCIENT NAMES FOR MODERN PLACES THE M16 THE "G"-5
$200 [17]
The most common Christmas tree in the U.S. is the Scotch species of this conifer
a pine
Ted
$200 [12]
This title doc is a lifesaver, but Drs. Lawrence Kutner & Amber Volakis both died after working for him
House
Jennifer
$200 [1]
Vermicelli is from the Latin for "little' these--eww!
worms
Jennifer
$200 [7]
Once Lusitania, this country's modern name comes from the Roman name Portus Cale
Portugal
Ted
$200 [22]
Technically, an M16 isn't really a machine gun, but an automatic one of these
a rifle
Ted
$200 [6]
If you're not moving too well, you've "got a hitch in" this
your get-along
Ted
$400 [18]
A gift from the Japanese, Prunus serrulata is one of the chief species of this tree planted at the Jefferson Memorial in 1912
a cherry tree
Ted
$400 [13]
Gil Grissom & Raymond Langston both went after the bad guys (with science!) on this show
CSI
Jennifer
$400 [2]
Fettuccine means this; get it right & we'll award you a "blue" one
a ribbon
Denise Jennifer
$400 [8]
"Helvetia" is still inscribed on this mountainous country's currency & stamps
Switzerland
Jennifer Ted
$400 [23]
The primary manufacturer of the M16 is this American company also famous for its revolvers
Colt
Ted
$400 [27]
A sneaker, or slang term for a private investigator
a gumshoe
Jennifer
$600 [19]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a botanical photo on the monitor.) Broadringson a tree indicate years of sunshine & rain; narrow rings indicate cold or this weather condition, from the Middle English for "dryness"
drought
Denise
$600 [14]
Jamie-Lynn Sigler (played by Jamie-Lynn Sigler) & Mrs. Ari were characters on this HBO show
Entourage
Denise Ted
$600 [3]
Stelline are literally "little" these heavenly bodies
stars
Jennifer
$600 [9]
Greeks & Romans wrote about this island, Hibernia, though they never settled on it
Ireland
Denise
$600 [24]
Varieties of these for the M16 include rubber, tracer & armor-piercing
ammunition (or bullets)
Ted
$600 [28]
In English grammar, it's the "ing" form of a verb functioning as a noun
a gerund
Jennifer
$800 [20]
The "biloba" in its scientific name means "2-lobed", referring to its 2-lobed leaves
a Ginkgo
Ted
$800 [15]
Supporting roles on this show include Glenn Quagmire & Death, the latter voiced by Adam Carolla
Family Guy
Denise
$800 [4]
Little round tortellini get their name from tortello, an Italian word for this food
cake
Ted
$800 [10]
The ancient name for this modern country's capital is Berytus
Lebanon
Denise
$800 [25]
A standard attachment to the underside of the M16 is the M203, one of these "launchers"
a grenade launcher
Denise Jennifer Ted
$800 [29]
The esophagus
the gullet
Denise
$1,000 [21]
From a Dutch word for "kitten", it's a drooping cluster of flowers found in willow, birch & oak trees
a catkin
Ted
$1,000 [16]
Lutz, Frank & Toofer help make a variety show on this TV show
30 Rock
$1,000 [5]
Orecchiette means "little" these body parts
ears
Jennifer
DD $1,800 [11]
Tripolitania is now the northwestern part of this country
Libya
Denise
$1,000 [26]
If you could keep it supplied, an M16 is capable of 950 rpm, which stands for this
rounds per minute
Denise
$1,000 [30]
This multi-decked Spanish warship had 3 masts & a square rig
a galleon
Ted

Double Jeopardy! Round

DOC BASH-FUL GRUMPY SLEEPY HAPPY & OTHER LITTLE PEOPLE
$400 [6]
Seriously, Doc, I have episcleritis? An inflammation of one of the layers of this sensory organ?
the eye
Ted
$400 [24]
Don't leave your beads behind if you attend a party along the parade route for this pre-Lenten New Orleans festival
Mardi Gras
Denise
$400 [1]
Reasons for his grumpiness include that his heart "was 2 sizes too small"
the Grinch
Jennifer
$400 [11]
In 2010 the sleepy Hudson River town of Rhinebeck, N.Y. hosted the nuptials of this first kid
Chelsea Clinton
Ted
$400 [16]
First name of Mr. Philbin's wife
Joy
Denise
$400 [21]
Kenyan actor Deep Roy played all of these helpers in Tim Burton's "Charlie & the Chocolate Factory"
the Ooompa Loompas
Ted
$800 [7]
I shouldn't have petted that deer, because now I'm afraid I have this disease caused by a deer tick & named for a city
Lyme disease
Ted
$800 [25]
Jason Wu designed Michelle Obama's one-shouldered silk chiffon gown for these events on the night of Jan. 20, 2009
the inaugural balls
Denise Jennifer
$800 [2]
This Dickens character introduced in 1843 is now generic for a grumpy miser
Scrooge
Jennifer
$800 [12]
Big Arm, Bigfork, & Big Sky are all little towns in this state
Montana
Ted
$800 [17]
Adjective describing Ken Kesey's pranksters
merry
Ted
$800 [22]
Dwarves join Donkey to dance & sing "I'm A Believer" in this 2001 animated film
Shrek
Jennifer
$1,200 [8]
What do you mean my shingles is like a second coming of this childhood disease? Wasn't once enough?
chicken pox
Jennifer
$1,200 [26]
Emily Post says you can give one of these parties for a single mom-to-be as well as for parents about to adopt
a baby shower
Jennifer
$1,200 [3]
Disgusted, he calls Claudius' court "an unweeded garden that grows to seed"
Hamlet
Denise
$1,600 [14]
A 1920s query asked, "Will it play in" this Illinois town that experts considered a bellwether?
Peoria
Jennifer
$1,200 [18]
It can follow "wood" or "golf", or precede MLB's Jones
Chipper
$1,200 [23]
In this 1981 Terry Gilliam film, the title little guys have stolen a temporal-travel map from the Supreme Being
Time Bandits
$1,600 [9]
Doc, my nearsightedness is really bad & I don't want to try LASIK; what about RK, short for this?
radial keratotomy
Ted
$1,600 [27]
1,300 invited guests attend the banquet held in Stockholm's Blue Hall following the awarding of these
the Nobel Awards (the Nobel Prizes)
Ted
$1,600 [4]
Who would hold it against this poor fisherman for being grumpy after sharks ate his prized marlin catch?
Santiago
Ted
DD $2,000 [13]
This sleepy Pennsylvania town is often called "The Most Famous Small Town in America"
Gettysburg
Ted
DD $1,200 [20]
If you're this type of "spirit", etymologically akin to "bliss", it can also mean you lack concern
blithe
Ted
$1,600 [29]
Trumpkin, played by Peter Dinklage, is a dwarf loyal to Caspian in this film series
( The Chronicles of ) Narnia
Denise
$2,000 [10]
Doc, you call them renal calculi, I call them by this more common name, but how long before they pass?
a kidney stone
Denise
$2,000 [28]
The invitation to a masked ball that Truman Capote threw in 1966 told women to wear a gown of either of these two colors
black or white
Ted
$2,000 [5]
In this novel Oskar Matzerath decides to stop growing at age 3, makes noise with his favorite instrument & destroys things
The Tin Drum
Ted
$2,000 [15]
Tim McGraw called this Colorado ski resort city southwest of Aspen & Vail a "sleepy little town"
Telluride
$1,600 [19]
This Greek word for extreme happiness was once used by doctors for a patient who felt great even though ill
euphoria
Denise Ted
$2,000 [30]
Frank, played by Peter Dinklage, has unwelcome news about the deceased in this 2010 comedy
Death at a Funeral

Final Jeopardy!

COASTAL STATES

With 301 miles, it has the most coastline of current states that were part of the 13 original colonies

North Carolina

Denise "What is Maine?" — wagered $6,000
Jennifer "What is New York?" — wagered $8,100
Ted "What is New York?" — wagered $7,500

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