Show #6135 2011-04-22 (taped 2011-01-21) Regular

Brian Meacham game 2.

Contestants

Nick Cohen — an equity trader from New York, New York

KC Frodyma — a freelance editor from San Francisco, California

Brian Meacham — a film preservationist originally from Anchorage, Alaska (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Brian	$0	$3,400	$8,600	$7,100 2-day champion: $35,500	$8,400 14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
KC	$1,400	$1,600	$11,200	$3,599 2nd place: $2,000	$12,000 16 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Nick	$200	$1,800	$9,400	$1,300 3rd place: $1,000	$9,400 11 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE ENVIRONMENT	CELEBRITY FACTS	LET'S HAVE ITALIAN TONIGHT!	SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER	HOME FURNISHINGS	FATHERS-IN-LAW
$200 [13] The Florida wild black type of this carnivore is down to about 3,000 animals & needs its habitat protected a bear KC	$200 [16] In 2010 she got engaged to a choreographer she met on the set of "Black Swan" Natalie Portman Nick	$200 [21] About 635 violins still exist among the 1,100 instruments this 17th century man constructed Stradivarius Brian	$200 [1] This item on a bicycle lets drivers see cyclists at night taillight (or reflector) KC	$200 [7] Four-poster is a type of this, sometimes with a canopy a bed Brian	$200 [2] United Farm Workers president Arturo Rodriguez' father-in-law was this man who died in 1993 César Chávez Nick
$400 [14] A New York Times article said this, falling in winter in the Adirondacks, may be more toxic for fish than its liquid counterpart acid snow KC	$400 [17] Alice Cooper's Phoenix eatery has dishes named for ballplayers & is named this, like the Hall of Fame site Cooperstown Nick	$400 [22] Message for you, sir...! In 1897 he founded his wireless telegraph & signal company in London (Guglielmo) Marconi Brian	$400 [9] This 5-letter word can mean "overweight" plump Brian	$400 [8] You don't have to work in the movie industry to have this furnishing named for a professional a director's chair KC	$400 [3] German emperor Frederick III's was this German-born British prince consort Prince Albert KC
$600 [15] As you know from the movie "Medicine Man", the rain forests hold essential plants for treating this disease cancer KC	$600 [18] (Hi. I'm Kyra Sedgwick.) Thanks to my appearances in movies like "The Woodsman" & "Murder in the First", I have a 1, the best score possible, in this popular party game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Brian	$600 [23] This Food Network personality grew up in her film producer grandfather's restaurant, DDL Foodshow Giada De Laurentiis Brian KC	$600 [10] Like a horse equine Brian	$600 [26] A jardiniere is a decorative stand for holding these plants	$600 [4] Catherine Zeta-Jones' is this legendary actor Kirk Douglas Brian
—	$800 [19] Jake Gyllenhaal got his first driving lesson from this late movie star & auto racer Paul Newman Brian	DD $1,000 [24] This Italian-born man began his brief tenure as pope on August 26, 1978 John Paul I Brian	$800 [11] The part of an atom's nucleus that fits the category a neutron KC	$800 [27] To add a southwestern touch, furnish a room with the rug seen here, named for this second most populous Indian tribe Navajo KC	$800 [5] Jefferson Davis' was this U.S. president Zachary Taylor
—	$1,000 [20] Angelina Jolie's uncle, Chip Taylor, wrote this song that says, "You make my heart sing" "Wild Thing" Nick	$1,000 [25] In 2002 he wrote "Baudolino", a historical novel set in 12th century Europe; what an author... author... author Umberto Eco Brian	$1,000 [12] Pertaining to the scientific use & study of very low temperatures cryogenic	$1,000 [28] By definition, this type of china cabinet has a slightly projecting middle section breakfront	$1,000 [6] Daniel Day-Lewis' was this dramatist Arthur Miller Brian

Double Jeopardy! Round

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS	THEY'RE ON CABLE	POETIC TITLE VERBS	IT'S A COUP D'ETAT	COMPOUND WORDS	FATHER'S IN LAW
$400 [1] His "Heroic" Period, from about 1803 to 1812, produced his "Eroica" Symphony Beethoven KC	$400 [16] He plays novelist Hank Moody, a New Yorker transplanted to L.A., on "Californication" David Duchovny Brian	$400 [6] "____ by Woods on a Snowy Evening" Stopping Brian	$400 [21] After his murder, the conspirators did not gain control, as power was passed on to the Second Triumvirate Julius Caesar Nick	$400 [11] A student's may be 3-ring or spiral bound a notebook Nick	$400 [25] Father was quite the cutup in Prof. Charles Fried's class at this Massachusetts law school founded in 1817 Harvard KC
$800 [2] One of Verdi's first masterpieces was this Shakespearean opera with an intense sleepwalking scene Macbeth KC	$800 [17] James Roday is Shawn Spencer, a police consultant who pretends to have otherworldly powers, on this comedic series Psych KC	$800 [7] "I ____ Lonely as a Cloud" Wandered KC	$800 [22] Carl Henrik Anckarsvard was the leader of the coup that overthrew King Gustav IV of this country Sweden Nick	$800 [12] Common name for the patella the kneecap Nick	$1,200 [27] Coincidentally, today father's squash opponent was also his deponent, as father was taking this a deposition Brian
$1,200 [3] Charles Gounod's mother thought he might become a priest, & one of his best-known works is this setting of a Catholic prayer Ave Maria	$1,200 [18] (I'm Joel McHale.)When you're not watching "Community", you can catch me on this show on E! that satirizes other shows (though sometimes they do the job themselves)"Hint, hint. It's not the Kardashians." The Soup Nick	$1,200 [8] "She ____ in Beauty" Walks	$1,200 [23] In 1921 Reza Pahlavi helped with a coup that eventually brought his son to power in this country Iran KC	$1,200 [13] It's often said, "Build a better" this "and the world will beat a path to your door" a mousetrap Brian	$1,600 [28] Father learned about the quaint problems of the poor at Chicago's "Edwin F. Mandel" this type of "Clinic" legal aid
$1,600 [4] He was 24 years older than his friend Mozart, but outlived him by almost 20 years Franz Joseph Haydn	$1,600 [19] The title pair of this TNT show is Boston detective Angie Harmon & medical examiner Sasha Alexander Rizzoli & Isles KC	$1,600 [9] "To an Athlete ____ Young" Dying KC	DD $2,000 [24] This S. American president was the leader of an unsuccessful coup in 1992 & was the target of a coup in 2002 Hugo Chavez KC	$1,600 [14] Lunar term meaning mentally deranged or dreamily romantic moonstruck KC	DD $2,000 [26] Father has rooms near the Court of Chancery in this state where half of Fortune 500 companies are incorporated Delaware KC
$2,000 [5] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Juilliard School.) The string quartet is a stripped down, personal expression of a composer's feelings; Debussy wrote only one, but it's the only work that he gave one of these numbers an opus KC	$2,000 [20] We are bananas about this celebrity stylist; the show titled her "Project" is seen on Bravo Rachel Zoe	$2,000 [10] "On First ____ into Chapman's Homer" Looking	$2,000 [29] In Pakistan Nawaz Sharif tried to dismiss this military leader in 1999 but was overthrown by him instead Musharraf Nick	$2,000 [15] It's the 9-letter name for a type of restaurant that specializes in steak & other meat on the bone chophouse Nick	$2,000 [30] As a non-partner who has a formal relationship with a firm, father is said to be "of" this to Bisbee, Pell & Bisbee counsel Brian

Final Jeopardy!

BIOGRAPHERS

As many mourned, this minister wrote in a letter, "Washington is gone! Millions are gasping to read... about him"

Parson Weems

Brian "Who is Cotton Mather?" — wagered $1,500

Nick "Who is Benjamin Rush?" — wagered $8,100

KC "Who is ." — wagered $7,601

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