Show #6120 2011-04-01 (taped 2010-11-30) Regular

Christopher Short game 1.

Contestants

Christopher Short — a pub trivia editor from Crawfordsville, Indiana

Mark Samburg — a law clerk from Essex, Connecticut

Amanda Wallwin — a creative project manager from Brooklyn, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $19,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Amanda	$2,800	$4,300	$12,900	$999 3rd place: $1,000	$13,400 20 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Mark	$1,200	$1,200	$12,400	$1,599 2nd place: $2,000	$9,200 13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Christopher	$2,800	$5,600	$11,600	$21,600 New champion: $21,600	$11,600 17 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

MUSEUMS BY CITY	SPORTS NICKNAMES	ACTUAL FBI FILES	WHAT'S GOING "ON"?	VWLLSS MMMLS	MOLECULAR GASTRONOMY
$200 [1] The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Washington, D.C. Mark	$200 [7] "The Bambino" of baseball Ruth Christopher	$200 [11] This "subject is very vulnerable right now because of her rejection by Arthur Miller and also by Joe DiMaggio" (Marilyn) Monroe Mark	$200 [17] The smallest of the Great Lakes in area Ontario Amanda	$200 [2] It's banded:RMDLL an armadillo Amanda	$200 [16] (Sarah gives the clue from the Moto Restaurant in Chicago, IL.) Molecular gastronomy uses science to be creative, efficient, & delicious, as in ice cream made instantly using the liquid form of this element; faster freezing means more smaller ice crystals & smoother ice cream nitrogen Christopher
$400 [3] The Henry Ford Museum(don't say Detroit) Dearborn Amanda	$400 [8] "The Brown Bomber" of boxing Louis Christopher	$400 [12] His extensive file noted in 1964 that Mrs. Leonard Farber of White Plains contacted his Atlanta office Martin Luther King, Jr. Amanda	$400 [18] A short football kick that's recoverable by the kicking team an onside kick Mark	$400 [13] It feeds on insects:NTTR an anteater Amanda	$400 [19] (Sarah gives the clue from the Moto Restaurant in Chicago, IL.) All kinds of food becomefaux caviarusing the reaction between drops of sodium alginate & the medium of calcium chloride; they take a bead shape when they combine in this type of semisolid form a gel (gelatinous accepted) Amanda
$600 [4] The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Museum Cleveland Amanda	$600 [9] "Sweetness" on the gridiron Walter Payton Christopher	$600 [28] Would not pursue the 1948 Republican nomination in part because he might need to lead "an American-Japanese army into Russia" MacArthur Mark Christopher	$600 [20] A bystander watching but not participating an onlooker Christopher	$600 [14] It prospers at sprinting:CHTH a cheetah Christopher	DD $500 [24] (Jimmy gives the clue from Moto Restaurant in Chicago, IL.) Some creations at Moto involve the use of a laser; here, pastry chef Ben Roche uses one for this process; it heats sugar to the necessary 338 degrees quite efficiently caramelization Amanda
$800 [5] The J. Paul Getty Museum(opened in 1997) Los Angeles Amanda	$800 [10] "Catfish" of baseball (Jim) Hunter Mark	$800 [29] The Air Force "telephonically advised... an object purporting to be a flying disc" was found near this New Mexico city Roswell Christopher	$800 [21] A variety of agate with alternating colored layers an onyx	$800 [26] It's a marsupial:BNDCT a bandicoot Christopher	$600 [23] (Sarah gives the clue from the Moto Restaurant in Chicago, IL.) Food is cooked to precise temperatures & uniform doneness in a water bath without the water coming into direct contact with it; the food issealed without air so the technique is called "sous vide", "vide" meaning this vacuum Amanda
$1,000 [6] The Carnegie Museums Pittsburgh Mark Christopher	$1,000 [15] 5'3""Muggsy"of 14 seasons in the NBA (Tyrone) Bogues Mark	$1,000 [30] This mustachioed comic "commented he should be given half a" Communist Party "membership because his mother was a gentile" Groucho Marx	$1,000 [22] The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis & treatment of malignant tumors oncology Amanda	$1,000 [27] It's hoofed:NTLP an antelope Christopher	$1,000 [25] (Jimmy gives the clue from the Moto Restaurant in Chicago, IL.) Miracle berries expand the uses of foods like lemon by blocking the sour types of these specialized cells, which scientists now say are found all over and not in separate parts of the tongue receptors Mark

Double Jeopardy! Round

BIBLICAL WHO SAID IT?	TV SPIN-OFFS	IN YOUR FACE!	PIRATE HAIKU--"AR"	SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE	DJIBOUTI
$400 [20] "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh" Adam Amanda	$400 [2] "The Jeffersons" from... All in the Family Christopher	$400 [1] It's the 8-letter top part of your face, from your eyebrows to your hairline the forehead Mark	$400 [3] Patagonia /Aye lads, this country make way /Loot Buenos Aires Argentina Amanda	$400 [7] These waves, from the Greek for "shake", that pass through the Earth's rocks are caused by earthquakes seismic waves Amanda	$400 [26] More than 90% of Djibouti's people practice this religion Islam Amanda
$800 [22] "O my son Absalom, o Absalom, my son, my son!" King David	$800 [4] "Melrose Place" from... Beverly Hills, 90210 Christopher	$800 [15] The vermilion border defines these the lips	$800 [5] Sing to me, sweet wench /Opera's sweet solo song /4 letters, one smile an aria Amanda	$800 [11] The force of these smaller post-earthquake tremors decreases quickly over time aftershocks Amanda	$800 [27] Though Somali is most widely spoken, Djibouti's official languages are Arabic & this, a relic of its colonial past French Amanda
DD $1,000 [23] "Out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice" Jonah Amanda	$1,200 [8] "Go, Diego, Go" from... Dora the Explorer Christopher	$1,200 [19] This part of your face can also mean impudence; the "barefoot boy" had one "of tan" cheek Christopher	$1,200 [6] Shiver me timbers /Jason's ship be in its name /Scurvy noble gas argon Mark	$1,200 [12] Herculaneum had not yet recovered from a 62 A.D. earthquake when this calamity occurred 17 years later the eruption of Vesuvius Christopher	$1,200 [28] Djibouti became independent June 27, 1977, but it didn't adopt one of these until September 4, 1992 a constitution Mark
$1,600 [24] "What evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go" Pontius Pilate Mark	$1,600 [13] "Private Practice" from... Grey's Anatomy Amanda	$1,600 [18] Your ciliary processes are in these your eyes Christopher	$1,600 [9] Fleet of scallywags /Though Philip of Spain sent ye /Davy Jones comes next Armada Christopher	$2,000 [16] Differing from Richter, the MM or "modified" this scale uses witness observations to gauge intensity Mercalli	$1,600 [29] Temperatures in Djibouti go up each year with the arrival from the inland desert of the Khamsin, one of these a wind
$2,000 [25] "The dream of Pharaoh is one... the seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years" Joseph Mark Christopher	$2,000 [14] "The Hills" from... Laguna Beach Mark	$2,000 [21] It's that indentation in the middle of your upper lip, just below your nose philtrum Mark	$2,000 [10] O! Greek hunt goddess /No wench ye be, fair maiden /Save me from the plank Artemis Amanda	DD $4,800 [17] These, like the thrust type, are defined as narrow zones where rock masses move in relation to one another faults Mark	—

Final Jeopardy!

BILLBOARD'S HOT 100

In 2010 they broke The Beatles' record for having had the most songs on the Hot 100 chart by a non-solo act

the cast of Glee

Christopher "Who is the cast ofGlee?" — wagered $10,000

Mark "Who are The Rolling Stones?" — wagered $10,801

Amanda "Who is the Jackson 5?" — wagered $11,901

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