Show #6123 2011-04-06 (taped 2010-11-30) Regular

Christopher Short game 4.

Contestants

Beth Ford Roth — a freelance writer from Carlsbad, California

Connie Loren — a speech language pathologist from Wichita, Kansas

Christopher Short — a pub trivia editor from Crawfordsville, Indiana (whose 3-day cash winnings total $38,399)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Christopher $2,600 $8,400 $18,400 $27,600
4-day champion: $65,999
$18,000
23 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Connie $1,800 $2,200 $13,800 $7,800
3rd place: $1,000
$13,800
15 R, 0 W
Beth $2,800 $4,000 $9,600 $19,198
2nd place: $2,000
$9,200
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

ONE MAN, ONE BOAT HORTON HEARS A HOOSIER ANAGRAMS THE VEEP RIGHT BEFORE... CHEESY INTERNATIONAL PICKUP LINES GREAT WOMEN IN SPORTS
$200 [26]
Alfred Johnson sailed alone in his aptly named dory "Centennial" from Massachusetts to Britain in this year
1876
Christopher
$200 [11]
This aviator first flew into the world near Millville on April 16, 1867; Orville landed in Ohio in 1871
Wilbur Wright
Christopher
$200 [1]
There should be a law regulating the use of this pointy tool
awl (from law)
Christopher
$200 [25]
Joe Biden
Dick Cheney
Christopher
$200 [14]
You... me... Carnival in this city! We party with its nearly 11 million Cariocas & of course I'll wear my Speedo
Rio de Janeiro
Beth
$200 [6]
(Hannah Storm reads the clue from the set of SportsCenter.) This tennis champ is facing her 2010 breast cancer diagnosis with the same spirit that won her 18 Grand Slam singles titles & the U.S. Open mixed doubles at the age of 49
Navratilova
Christopher
$400 [12]
From this Hoosier's "Top Ten New Words of 2010": Lohab & baconfetti
(David) Letterman
Christopher
$400 [2]
The way she rambles on nonsensically, she's truly lost these
marbles (from rambles)
Connie
$400 [24]
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Beth
$400 [15]
Oui baby, let's hit this landmark that opened on March 31, 1889 to celebrate the centenary of the French Revolution
the Eiffel Tower
Connie
$400 [7]
(Hannah Storm reads the clue from the set of SportsCenter.) She won 2 golds at the 1932 Olympics, took 10 major golf championships & to top it off helped form the LPGA in 1949
Babe Didrikson
Beth
$600 [13]
This 1960s Teamsters president was born on Valentine's Day 1913 in Brazil, Indiana
Jimmy Hoffa
Beth
$600 [3]
Take your coats--it's chilly along here
the coast (from coats)
Connie
$600 [23]
Gerald Ford
Spiro Agnew
$600 [16]
The Prado in this city may have 30 El Grecos & 100 Goyas, but it'll never house more beauty than when you step inside
Madrid
Beth
$600 [8]
(Hannah Storm reads the clue from the set of SportsCenter.) In 2010 she was ranked No. 1 in downhill, super-G, super combined & overall World Cup skiing; she also won Olympic gold
(Lindsey) Vonn
Christopher
$800 [19]
His website says he "dedicated his life to perfecting a lighter, fluffier popcorn", a life that began in Brazil, Ind. in 1907
Redenbacher
Christopher
$800 [4]
We rested up after a hot day in this environment
the desert (from rested)
Connie
$800 [22]
George H.W. Bush
Walter Mondale
Christopher
$800 [17]
This Italian city that lies on about 118 islands was once "the Queen of the Adriatic" but you... you're the queen of my heart
Venice
Christopher
$800 [9]
(Hannah Storm reads the clue from the set of SportsCenter.) This speed skater won the Olympic 500 & 1,000m in both the 1992 & 1994 games & then retired on her 31st birthday as the reigning world sprint champ
Bonnie Blair
Beth
$1,000 [20]
In 1965 this Indianapolis-born novelist published "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater"
Vonnegut
Christopher
$1,000 [5]
This character in mythology amused me more than she scared me
Medusa (from amused)
Beth
DD $1,000 [21]
Hubert Humphrey
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Christopher
$1,000 [18]
What has 4 thumbs & is going to this rhyming region of China with nearly 16,000 people per square mile? Us!
Hong Kong
Christopher
$1,000 [10]
(Hannah Storm reads the clue from the set of SportsCenter.) In 1977 this ex-aerospace engineer became the first woman to earn starting spots in both the Indy 500 & the Daytona 500
(Janet) Guthrie
Christopher

Double Jeopardy! Round

WHOSE BOOK TITLE? ACTORS, KNOW YOUR LINES CEREAL LETTER DROP ROADSIDE AMERICA BETTER KNOWN AS GOING P-F-T
$400 [1]
Banned from publication in the United States until 1944:"____ ____'s Lover"
Lady Chatterley
Connie
$400 [15]
As Ricky Bobby:"Well, let me just quote the late great Col. Sanders who said, 'I'm too drunk to taste this chicken"'
Will Ferrell
Connie
$400 [16]
After the letter loss, Tony the Tiger is pushing phony art masterpieces to the unsuspecting
Frosted Fakes
Connie
$400 [30]
No doubt the biggest draw in Metropolis, Illinois is the 15-foot bronze statue of this hero
Superman
Connie
$400 [21]
1930s gangster George Kelly
Machine Gun Kelly
Beth
$400 [12]
An excess of revenues over expenses
profit
Beth
$800 [2]
The Pulitzer Prize-winning "____'s Ashes"
Angela
Christopher
$800 [14]
In 2006:"Enough is enough! I have had it with these... snakes on this... plane!"
Samuel L. Jackson
Christopher
$800 [17]
Global cooling gets the best of Snap, Crackle & Pop as they're pitching this revised brand
Ice Krispies
Connie
$800 [29]
In Alliance, Nebraska, 38 cars are arranged in a circle to replicate this prehistoric monument in England
Stonehenge
Connie
$800 [22]
Actress Susan Weld
Tuesday Weld
Beth
$800 [11]
Add syrup & whipped cream to layers of fruit & ice cream & you've got one of these yummy desserts
parfait
Christopher
$1,200 [3]
A Helen Fielding bestseller:"____ ____'s Diary"
Bridget Jones
Beth
$1,200 [13]
As Dr. Evil:"I have one simple request. And that is to have sharks with... laser beams attached to their heads!"
Mike Myers
Beth
$1,200 [18]
There's only one thing Toucan Sam can say after his brand loses a letter by mistake
Froot Oops
Christopher Beth
$1,200 [27]
In Turner County it's hard to miss this state's official peanut monument--it's about 20 feet tall
Georgia
Connie
$1,200 [23]
Author Thomas Lanier Williams
Tennessee Williams
Beth
$1,200 [10]
It's vulgar or irreverent speech, gosh darn it!
profanity
Christopher
$1,600 [4]
A Peter Hoeg bestseller, "____'s Sense of Snow"
Smilla
Beth
DD $2,000 [7]
To Marty Feldman:"It's prounced Fronkonsteen"
Gene Wilder
Christopher
$1,600 [19]
That crazy leprechaun can't help you now; we've axed him & a letter, then we added steel to the marshmallow bits
Lucky Harms
Connie
$1,600 [26]
Wind through Darwin, Minnesota or Cawker City, Kansas; they both claim the world's largest ball of this
twine
Christopher
$1,600 [24]
19th century actress Emilie Langtry
Lillie Langtry
Connie
$1,600 [9]
A past tense in grammar, it also means "without blemish"
perfect
Christopher
DD $2,400 [5]
Dava Sobel's "Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love", "____'s Daughter"
Galileo
Beth
$2,000 [6]
The dude playing Kirk Lazarus:"I know who I am! I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude!"
Robert Downey Jr.
Christopher
$2,000 [20]
A Kellogg's brand not only lost a letter, it lost all its dried grapes after they were prohibited
Raisin Ban
Christopher
$2,000 [28]
Take a gamble & visit Lucy the Elephant, seen here, a seaside attraction in this state for over 100 years
New Jersey
Connie
$2,000 [25]
Petroleum disaster expert Paul Adair
Red Adair
Connie
$2,000 [8]
The chief administrative official of a department of France
prefect

Final Jeopardy!

COMPOSERS

His first name means "happy", but 3 of his 5 symphonies are in gloomy minor keys

Felix Mendelssohn

Beth "Who was Mendelsonn?" — wagered $9,598
Connie "Who is Mussorgsky?" — wagered $6,000
Christopher "Who is Mendelssohn?" — wagered $9,200

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