Show #6132 2011-04-19 (taped 2011-01-21) Regular

Contestants

Mary Mitchell — a State Department attorney from Washington, D.C.

Jason Rhode — a graduate student of philosophy from Lubbock, Texas

Sara Heard — a housewife from Brooklyn, New York (whose 4-day cash winnings total $85,601)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Sara	$200	$3,400	$5,600	$9,201 2nd place: $2,000	$12,600 19 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Jason	$2,000	$2,400	$15,200	$5,200 3rd place: $1,000	$15,200 17 R, 2 W
Mary	$3,000	$4,800	$12,200	$24,300 New champion: $24,300	$10,800 16 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

FROM U.S. TO USSR	25-GAME WINNERS	ON THE BRITISH MONARCHY'S WEBSITE	HOLD IT!	BIBLICAL BOOK TITLES	"ARK", WHO GOES THERE?
$200 [21] In 1962 this clarinetist decided to swing over to the Soviet Union & record a few concerts there Benny Goodman Sara	$200 [22] In 1961 Whitey Ford won 25 games for this American League team the Yankees Jason	$200 [13] It "has served as the official London residence of Britain's sovereigns since 1837" Buckingham Palace Mary	$200 [11] The Ark of the Covenant the 10 Commandments Jason Mary	$200 [6] In Ecclesiastes this 1989 book title precedes "and a time to heal" A Time to Kill Jason	$200 [1] This mountain range extends from southern Illinois across Missouri into Arkansas the Ozarks Sara
$400 [23] In 1977, when it was known simply as The Dirt Band, it became the first U.S. rock group to tour the USSR The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Jason	$400 [27] In 1956 Don Newcombe won 27 games for this National League team the Brooklyn Dodgers	$400 [14] Traditional forms of greeting the Queen: "For men... a neck bow (from the head only) whilst women do a small" one of these bows curtsy Jason	$400 [12] A humidor tobacco (products) Sara	$400 [7] One of Oprah's picks was Jane Hamilton's novel "The Book of" her; sounds just like an Old Testament book Ruth Mary	$400 [2] This African mammal is a walking can of Raid--its diet consists almost entirely of ants & termites aardvark Sara
$600 [24] In 1987 the first U.S. symphony orchestra to play Russia in a decade offered this Sousa piece as its final encore Stars and Stripes Forever Sara	$600 [28] Terrific! He racked up 25 wins for the Miraculous 1969 Mets Tom "Terrific" Seaver	$600 [15] The Queen & the British monarchy have pages on this social networking site; you can "like" them but you can't "friend" them Facebook Mary	$600 [18] A jewel case (not jewelry) a CD Sara	$600 [8] Macon "Milkman" Dead is on a quest for his identity in this novel by Toni Morrison Song of Solomon	$600 [3] In a gas engine, these ignite the fuel-air mixture spark plugs Jason
$800 [25] An admirer of the USSR, he gave a 1949 concert from Moscow's Tchaikovsky Hall that included "Ol' Man River" Paul Robeson Mary	$800 [29] The last Major League 30-game winner was Denny McLain, for this team in 1968 the Detroit Tigers	$800 [16] If the Queen has an engagement outside London, her journeys often use a helicopter or an aircraft from this military group the Royal Air Force (RAF) Jason	$800 [19] A demitasse coffee Sara	$800 [9] A collection of essays by Joan Didion is called "Slouching Towards" this biblical city Bethlehem Sara Mary	$800 [4] Hey! Look closely; if you do, & you should, you will see that there are 6 uses of these 2-word items used in writing! Now, 8! punctuation marks Mary
$1,000 [26] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Dance Theatre of Harlem in New York.) In 1988, the Dance Theatre of Harlem became part of the great legacy of dance in Russia, being acclaimed with a standing ovation at this famed Leningrad theater the Kirov Sara Jason	$1,000 [30] In 1972 Steve Carlton was a 27-game winner for this team that won 59 the whole season the Philadelphia Phillies Sara	$1,000 [17] Before Elizabeth II, Queen Victoria was the last monarch to celebrate the anniversary called a Golden this Jubilee Sara	$1,000 [20] A creel (these creatures, primarily) fish Mary	$1,000 [10] "The Bear" is one of the stories in Faulkner's collection called "Go Down," him Moses Jason Mary	DD $1,000 [5] The U.S. Patent Office lists 3 types of intellectual property--patents, copyrights & these trademarks Mary

Double Jeopardy! Round

ALICE	"WONDER" LAND	RABBIT	THE MAD TEA PARTY	THE LOOKING GLASS	ALL A DREAM
$400 [22] Chapter XI of "Alice in Wonderland" is "Who Stole" these pastries? tarts Jason	$400 [3] Jimmy Stewart said this film was his favorite, as "it's what a true motion picture should be" It's a Wonderful Life Jason	$400 [8] North American jackrabbits aren't really rabbits, they're members of this group often confused with rabbits hares Sara	$400 [1] The Tea Party is mad at government programs, like the cap & trade system meant to reduce this element carbon Sara	$400 [13] Anton von Leeuwenhoek ground lenses to make these, which magnified objects up to more than 200 times microscopes Sara	$400 [21] Add 3 letters to reve, French for "dream", & you'll have this word for a daydream reverie Sara
$800 [23] "The egg only got larger and larger, and more and more human... when (Alice) had come close to it, she saw... that it was" him Humpty Dumpty Sara Mary	$800 [4] It's the TV show where Kevin pined for Winnie The Wonder Years Jason	$800 [9] Mother rabbits can be inattentive; to make up for that, nature made this liquid of theirs 15% protein milk Sara	$800 [2] The Tea Party demands repeal of new legislation on health insurance, derided with this 9-letter name Obamacare Sara	$800 [14] He told of the discoveries he made looking through a telescope in 1610's "The Sidereal Messenger" Galileo Mary	$800 [27] Eat that 11 p.m. quesadilla & you might have a pesadilla, Spanish for this a nightmare Sara Mary
$1,200 [24] A common phrase in Lewis Carroll's day was "grin like" one of these; it grins in his story the Cheshire Cat Jason	$1,200 [5] Drusilla, played by Debra Winger, left Paradise Island & joined her sister Diana Prince on this TV show Wonder Woman Mary	$1,200 [10] Yes, Mr. Beatty, European rabbits do construct extensive burrow systems called these warrens Jason	$1,200 [18] Many TPers are mad at the 17th Amendment, ratified in 1913 to provide for direct election of this body the Senate Mary	$1,200 [15] Corning made glass tough enough for windows on these current vehicles tore-enter our atmosphere at 15,000 mph Space Shuttles Mary	$1,200 [28] In 1899 he wrote of hypermnesic dreams, in which memories, inaccessible by day, turn up in the dream Freud Sara
$1,600 [25] Alice holds this poem up to a looking-glass to decipher it "Jabberwocky" Jason	$1,600 [6] Mary Stuart Masterson, Eric Stoltz & Lea Thompson are at the heart of this 1987 love triangle Some Kind of Wonderful Sara	$1,600 [11] On many rabbits these can rotate 270 degrees, presumably to get a clearer TV picture ears Jason	$1,600 [19] The Tea Party is leery of this intl. body, which it suspects of plots like trying to get people in Denver to bike more the UN Jason	$2,000 [17] To make binoculars compact, most contain these triangular glass objects; the Porro type gives better depth perception prisms Mary	$2,000 [30] You might have surreal dreams when you try to sleep when your temperature is 102, defined as this 5-letter condition fever Sara
$2,000 [26] This tea-party guest poses the riddle, "Why is a raven like a writing-desk?" the Mad Hatter Jason	$2,000 [7] Bob Dylan won an Oscar for the song "Things Have Changed" from this 2000 film Wonder Boys Mary	$2,000 [12] The rare volcano rabbit lives around the lofty volcanoes that surround this North American capital Mexico City Sara	$2,000 [20] Ironically, the Boston Tea Party ("Time to party like it's 1773!") opposes this Oct. 2001 anti-terrorist law the Patriot Act Jason	DD $3,000 [16] This Rochester, N.Y. company named for 2 German men made the lenses for CinemaScope & won an Oscar for the work Bausch & Lomb Mary	DD $7,000 [29] Misty thoughts while smoking opium are the origin of the expression this type of dream pipe dreams Sara

Final Jeopardy!

AUTHORS

He died in 1995, the day before the opening of a Glasgow veterinary library named for him

James Herriot

Sara "Who was Herriott?" — wagered $3,601

Mary "Who is James Herriott" — wagered $12,100

Jason "Who is James Hiller?" — wagered $10,000

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