Show #6130 2011-04-15 (taped 2011-01-20) Regular

Contestants

Amy Fulton Stout — a community college professor of literature from Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Jim Fenton — a chemical engineer from West Chester, Ohio

Sara Heard — a housewife from Brooklyn, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $36,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Sara $3,600 $7,200 $28,000 $34,000
3-day champion: $70,400
$24,800
26 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Jim $2,400 $3,000 $8,000 $11,000
3rd place: $1,000
$4,000
14 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Amy $1,400 $3,000 $10,600 $17,001
2nd place: $2,000
$10,600
12 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

ANCIENT HISTORY MOVIE FAMILIES OY! I NEED A NOSH! MALLS OF AMERICA YOUR BODY AND "U" ANIMAL HOMOPHONES
$200 [18]
In 331 B.C. this Macedonian traveled to the Siwa Oasis where the oracle pronounced him a god
Alexander the Great
Sara
$200 [5]
A classic from 1965:The von Trapps
The Sound of Music
Sara
$200 [10]
To start, how about a bowl of chicken soup with these dumplings, so light & fluffy, also called knaidlach
matzah (balls)
Jim
$200 [2]
This cable network has a theme park at the Mall of America with a roller coaster named for SpongeBob
Nickelodeon
Jim
$200 [25]
This tube connects the abdomen of a fetus to the placenta
the umbilical cord
Jim
$200 [1]
A leaf cutter insect, or Mom's sis
an ant/aunt
Jim
$400 [21]
This Thracian gladiator organized a revolt of gladiators & slaves & defeated 2 Roman armies in 72 B.C.
Spartacus
Amy
$400 [6]
A 1985 comedy:Hello, McFlys!
Back to the Future
$400 [13]
The way she cooked this cut of beef from the breast section under the first 5 ribs--so moist, so tender
brisket
Sara
$600 [4]
Nieman Marcus & Christian Dior are among the high-end stores at Copley Place in this city's Back Bay area
Boston
Sara
$400 [26]
One kind of this is a wound on the skin; another kind affects the mucous membrane as in the lower esophagus
an ulcer
Sara
$400 [17]
An adult male pig, or to drill a hole
a boar/bore
Jim
$600 [22]
In 337 A.D. this first Christian Roman emperor abolished crucifixion as a form of execution
Constantine
$600 [7]
A 2000 comedy:The Byrneses (the Fockers show up in the sequels)
Meet the Parents
Amy
$600 [14]
What am I? Chopped liver? That sounds good, cooked with onions & this, rendered chicken fat
schmaltz
Sara
$800 [11]
The sooner you get to this state's Sooner Mall, the sooner you can find the deals at Dillard's or Old Navy
Oklahoma
Jim
$600 [28]
The lower teeth are positioned in front of the upper teeth when the jaw is closed in this form of malocclusion
an underbite
Sara
$600 [19]
A mammal that's sometimes spectacled, or naked
a bear/bare
Sara
$800 [23]
In 439 A.D. the Vandals established their capital in this North African city founded by the Phoenicians
Carthage
Jim Amy
$800 [8]
A 2004 animated film:The Parrs, who look good in red spandex
The Incredibles
Amy
$800 [15]
Oy! You haven't lived until you've tasted my grandma's sweet eggy noodle pudding called lokshen this
kugel
Sara
DD $1,000 [3]
Rushmore Mall in this state is the only regional shopping center within a 200-mile radius
South Dakota
Jim
$800 [29]
In humans, this bone of the forearm is medially located (on the side of the little finger)
the ulna
Sara
$800 [20]
A South American ruminant, or a Tibetan monk
a llama/lama
Jim
$1,000 [24]
This Athenian lawmaker revised most of Draco's 7th century B.C. code of justice
Solon
$1,000 [9]
A 1968 scarefest:The title character made it a family of 3 for the Woodhouses
Rosemary's Baby
$1,000 [16]
You know what I could really go for? An apricot one of these 3-cornered cookies, a tradition for Purim
hamantaschen
Amy
$1,000 [12]
All hail this state's King of Prussia Mall, one of the largest shopping complexes on the East Coast
Pennsylvania
Sara
$1,000 [30]
A fetus hangs out in this womb until its birthday
the uterus
Amy
$1,000 [27]
An "Arctic" avian, or to rotate
a tern/turn
Sara

Double Jeopardy! Round

NATION STATION THE "L" YOU SAY AUTHORS IN HOLLYWOOD ROCK PAPER SCISSORS
$400 [19]
Coming in right behind Spain, this Scandinavian country is the fifth largest in Europe
Sweden
Jim
$400 [13]
If you were born on August 15, you're this fire sign
Leo
Sara
$400 [4]
We wonder if this witty gal wrote dialogue for "A Star Is Born" while sitting at a round table
Dorothy Parker
Sara
$400 [25]
The live album "Hell Freezes Over" led to a "Long Road Out Of Eden" 13 years later for this flighty band
the Eagles
Sara
$400 [1]
Boston:It's a whole new world
the Globe
Jim
$400 [9]
In the Beijing Olympic Glossary for this sport, the scissor kick entry says that it's relegated to the sidestroke now
swimming
Amy
$1,200 [21]
On June 6, this North Atlantic nation celebrates Sjomannadagur or "Seafarer's Day"
Iceland
Amy
$800 [14]
The cast of this series included Chris Noth, Benjamin Bratt & Dennis Farina
Law & Order
Sara
$1,200 [6]
After scripting "The Pearl" & "The Red Pony", he wrote "Viva Zapata" for Brando
(John) Steinbeck
Sara
$800 [26]
This Southern band was known as "My Backyard" before naming themselves after their gym teacher
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Amy
$800 [2]
Des Moines:Voters need to do it
the Register
Jim
$800 [10]
Scissors are often included in this versatile Victorinox product that's been around since 1897
a Swiss army knife
Amy
$1,600 [22]
After Ananda Mahidol was found dead in 1946, Bhumibol Adulyadej became king of this Asian country
Thailand
$1,200 [15]
Flows of this created the scenic landscape in Idaho's Craters of the Moon National Monument
lava
Jim
$1,600 [7]
It was a "New World" for this Brit when he was asked to write screenplays for "Jane Eyre" & "Pride & Prejudice"
(Aldous) Huxley
Sara
$1,200 [27]
1981's "Under Pressure" was a hit by Queen & this rocker
David Bowie
Amy
$1,200 [3]
Hartford:Sounds like a berry
the Courant
Sara
$1,200 [11]
Augusten Burroughs wrote of his tumultuous youth in the memoir doing this "With Scissors"
Running
Amy
$2,000 [23]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a picture and a map on the monitor.) Helping to overthrow Ethiopian dictator Mengistu in 1991 sparked a drive for independence here, & in 1993 it became Africa's newest independent republic
Eritrea
Sara
$1,600 [17]
This French city, the capital of Sarthe Department, is home to a Grand Prix race
Le Mans
Sara
$2,000 [8]
Perhaps writing the movies "The Little Foxes" & "The Dark Angel" wasn't so "heavenly" for this female playwright
(Lillian) Hellman
Amy
$1,600 [28]
"Cum On Feel The Noize" & "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" are 2 hits from this rhyming metal band
Quiet Riot
Jim
$1,600 [16]
Columbus:A speedy message
the Dispatch
Sara Jim
$1,600 [12]
This Fauvist artist who died in 1954 put out a book called "Jazz" using a technique he called "drawing with scissors"
(Henri) Matisse
Sara
DD $4,200 [20]
It's home to the southernmost national capital in the world
New Zealand
Jim
$2,000 [18]
From an ancient Greek region, this adjective means "concise", "using few words"
laconic
Sara
DD $4,000 [5]
Named for the writer of the "Star-Spangled Banner", he spent some time on the "Gone With The Wind" script
(F. Scott) Fitzgerald
Sara
$2,000 [29]
This Beach Boys song was inspired by Brian Wilson's mom saying dogs could sense things unspoken, in the air
"Good Vibrations"
$2,000 [30]
San Jose:Tidings from a planet
the Mercury News
Sara Jim
$2,000 [24]
The scissors or "X"chairis sometimes named for this Renaissance monk who once ruled Florence
Savonarola

Final Jeopardy!

ANCIENT ARTIFACTS

Some of its text says, "The decree should be written on a stela of hard stone, in sacred writing, document writing & Greek writing"

the Rosetta Stone

Jim "What is the Rosetta Stone?" — wagered $3,000
Amy "What is the Rosetta Stone?" — wagered $6,401
Sara "What is the Rosetta Stone?" — wagered $6,000

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