Show #6121 2011-04-04 (taped 2010-11-30) Regular

Christopher Short game 2.

Contestants

Tom Moosbrugger — a library worker from Columbus, Ohio

Ko Otaka — a realtor from Washington, D.C.

Christopher Short — a pub trivia editor from Crawfordsville, Indiana (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,600)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Christopher $3,200 $6,000 $14,400 $10,400
2-day champion: $32,000
$14,400
20 R, 1 W
Ko $-400 $-200 $6,200 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$8,000
10 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Tom $2,000 $5,800 $18,200 $7,599
2nd place: $2,000
$18,200
20 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

PLAY STATION FACE BOOK HANDHELD AYE, "PAD" ONLINE JEOPARDY PLATFORMS
$200 [6]
Sean O'Casey's "Juno and the Paycock" is set in the 1920s in a tenement building in this capital city
Dublin
Ko
$200 [11]
Possessing 5 faces & 15 eyes, Pancanana is a demon god of this Asian religion
Hinduism
Ko
$200 [25]
Used by bird watchers, these items are simply a connected pair of handheld telescopes
binoculars
Tom
$200 [1]
Composer & priest Giovanni Martini is known by this "fatherly" title
Padre
Tom
$200 [16]
In 2010 this site removed its adult services listings
Craigslist
Christopher Ko
$200 [21]
Hemingway's "The Dangerous Summer" was inspired by Dominguin, who worked in this type of sporting arena
a bullfighting arena
Tom
$400 [7]
William Inge set both "Picnic" & "Bus Stop" in this Midwestern state
Kansas
$400 [12]
According to Christopher Marlowe, hers was "The face that launched a thousand ships"
Helen of Troy
Christopher
$400 [27]
President Obama says one of his worst habits is frequently checking this handheld device from RIM
a BlackBerry
Christopher
$400 [2]
Saddle up! It's from the Middle English for "enclosure"
paddock
Christopher
$400 [17]
In this rural social networking game from Zynga, you start with 6 plots of land
Farmville
Christopher
$400 [22]
In 1975, the USS Kirk had to push helicopters off its deck as it helped people fleeing from this Asian capital
Saigon
Ko Tom
$600 [8]
Many believe that this hamlet in the play "Our Town" represented Peterborough, New Hampshire
Grover's Corners
$600 [13]
This military marching command to reverse is the title of Col. David H. Hackworth's "Odyssey of an American Warrior"
about-face
Tom
$600 [28]
They're the handheld percussion instruments heard here
castanets
Tom
$600 [3]
Princess Amidala, to her friends
Padmé
Christopher
$600 [18]
Online ABC & Disney users know to type these 2 letters prior to ".com" to use those sites
G-O
Tom
$800 [24]
A train platform spells final jeopardy for this Tolstoy title heroine
Anna Karenina
Christopher
$800 [9]
In a musical, MacConnachy Square is in the heart of this enchanted Scottish village
Brigadoon
Christopher
$800 [14]
In Catholic lore, when this female saint wiped the sweat from Jesus' face with her veil, an image of him remained there
Veronica
Christopher Ko Tom
$800 [29]
4-letter word for any article used to dress a stage for a scene, or any object carried by hand onstage
a prop
Tom
$800 [4]
This device has a U-shaped bar that goes through a loop called a staple
a padlock
Christopher
$800 [19]
Julian Assange runs this site known for posting U.S. military documents, to the Pentagon's displeasure
WikiLeaks
Tom
DD $1,000 [23]
The Kangshung Face, the North Col & the Khumu Icefall are all parts of this dangerous place
Mt. Everest
Ko
$1,000 [10]
This title swordsman & poet visits Roxane, whom he loves, at her convent every week for almost 15 years
Cyrano
Tom
$1,000 [15]
In 1910 this man published his story collection "Lost Face", which includes "To Build a Fire"
Jack London
Tom
$1,000 [30]
On "Star Trek" handheld devices included tricorders & these weapons with a "stun" setting
phasers
Christopher
$1,000 [5]
Found at the confluence of the Ohio & Tennessee Rivers, it's the seat of McCracken County, Kentucky
Paducah
Christopher
$1,000 [20]
Wake up, pops! Danica Patrick can be seen in ads for this domain-procuring site
GoDaddy.com
Tom
$1,000 [26]
Alliterative term for a feat done by 1920s barnstorming pilots; the man who did it first had less than a 2-year career
wing walking
Ko

Double Jeopardy! Round

ARCHITECTURE THE MOGULS & THE MOVIES POETIC QUESTIONS NOT WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE FOUNTAINS IN THE DICTIONARY
$400 [1]
This style of home named for a Massachusetts peninsula features a gabled roof & a central chimney
a Cape Cod
Ko
$400 [16]
Starting in 1915, Carl Laemmle built this "city" named for his studio, complete with its own mayor & fire department
Universal City
$400 [17]
This piece of Edgar Allan Poe-try asks, "Is there--is there balm in Gilead?--tell me--tell me, I implore!"
"The Raven"
Christopher
$400 [5]
Combine the last name of writer Virginia & the strong safety who rushes the QB to get this newsman(5, 7)
Woolf Blitzer
Christopher
$400 [19]
The fountains in this French palace express the power of the king over nature
Versailles
Tom
$400 [10]
It follows blue, cran & straw
berry
Christopher
$1,200 [3]
From 1938 to 1952 this Bauhaus creator headed Harvard's architecture department
(Walter) Gropius
Ko
$800 [22]
These brothers brought sound to the big screen with "The Jazz Singer"
the Warner Brothers
Christopher
$800 [18]
In "Song of Myself", he asked, "Do I contradict myself?"
Whitman
Tom
$800 [6]
A courteous & respectful set of dishes & utensils, as for afternoon tea(5, 7)
civil service
$800 [20]
This European capital is famous for its fountains, like the one seenheredepicting Triton
Rome
Tom
$800 [11]
This synonym for shy is derived from abash, meaning to embarrass
bashful
Christopher
$1,600 [4]
Craftsman homes feature these on the porch, but they're square, not round as in ancient Greek temples
columns
Christopher
$1,200 [23]
The moguls proved their patriotism with movies like this one, in which Bogey battles Germans in the title desert
Sahara
$1,200 [26]
His "Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" asks, "Do I dare disturb the universe?"
Eliot
Ko
$1,200 [7]
A depressed young southern lady; perhaps her beau is gone(4, 5)
blue belle
Christopher
$1,200 [21]
Take in a night show every 15 minutes in front of this Las Vegas hotel
the Bellagio
Christopher
$1,200 [12]
Slower than a gallop, this horse's gait is named for a pilgrimage site in England
canter
Tom
DD $2,000 [2]
This British architectural style began with the accession of Henry VII in the late 15th century
Tudor
Ko
$1,600 [24]
Under siege by TV, Darryl F, Zanuck publicly declared every picture he made would now be in this widescreen process
CinemaScope
Ko
DD $2,000 [27]
This poet innocently wondered, "Little lamb, who made thee?"
William Blake
Ko
$1,600 [8]
Complete demolition of a tall grass that produces sugar(6, 4)
razing cane
Christopher
$1,600 [29]
This Chicago fountain seenherehas the same name as a palace
the Buckingham Fountain
Tom
$1,600 [13]
With a small circle above it, this letter represents a unit used to measure light wavelengths
an A
Tom
$2,000 [15]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue on a monitor.) A cupola is the top structure of adome; when the windows or walls are opened to illuminate the domeinterior, it's this type of cupola, sharing its name with a certain portable light
a lantern
Tom
$2,000 [25]
William Randolph Hearst was said to have spent$7 million promoting the career of this actress, his companion
Marion Davies
Ko
$2,000 [28]
Keats' ode to this bird ends, "Was it a vision, or a waking dream? Fled is that music:--do I wake or sleep?"
the nightingale
Tom
$2,000 [9]
The area or subject covered by 19th c. writer Bret when he was a reporter(5, 4)
Harte beat
$2,000 [30]
The fountain seenhereis a symbol of this Swiss city; note that it's in a lake
Geneva
Tom
$2,000 [14]
From the Italian for "little property", it can be a trifle or a short, light piece of music or verse
bagatelle

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD GEOGRAPHY

These 3 nations each border the world's largest & smallest oceans

Russia, the United States & Canada

Ko "What areU.S. Canada MexiIndia Sri Lanka?" — wagered $6,200
Christopher "What are Australia, Papua New Guinea, Borneo" — wagered $4,000
Tom "What are Australia, Indonesia, and Malaysia" — wagered $10,601

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