Show #6151 2011-05-16 (taped 2011-02-02) Regular

Contestants

Joyce Newmark — a rabbi from Teaneck, New Jersey

Denise Troy — a litigation attorney from Scottsdale, Arizona

Joe McKee — a percussionist from Palos Heights, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $49,500)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Joe $3,000 $6,200 $10,200 $200
3rd place: $1,000
$8,600
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Denise $1,400 $2,000 $14,400 $22,201
2nd place: $2,000
$14,400
17 R, 2 W
Joyce $5,800 $7,000 $22,200 $29,200
New champion: $29,200
$19,000
21 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

IN COUNTRY REALLY BIG SHOW THAT'S EXPENSIVE! AMAZING ANIMALS SHIP NAMES DOUBLE E, DOUBLE O
$200 [11]
Tampico, Oaxaca, Mazatlan
Mexico
Joyce
$200 [21]
War alternated between hell & hijinks on this show whose 1983 finale got a 60.2 rating
M*A*S*H
Joyce
$200 [16]
"Antiques Roadshow" veteran Kenneth Gloss put a $25-35 million price tag on a 1st edition Bible printed by this man
Gutenberg
Joe
$200 [26]
The biggest hunting parties in the animal kingdom are by these ants that can be over 200,000 strong
army ants
Joe
$200 [1]
The Cunard liner Carpathia arrived 1 hour & 20 minutes after this other ship went down
the Titanic
Joyce
$200 [6]
A revealing woman's blouse, or a game to play with Baby
peekaboo
Joyce
$400 [12]
Kakata, Buchanan, Monrovia
Liberia
Joyce
$400 [22]
Nearly 80% of all viewers watching TV on Nov. 21, 1980 were tuned in to this show to learn that Kristin had shot J.R.
Dallas
Denise
$400 [17]
Nothing says romance like eating this fungus, particularly a black perigord from France
truffles
Joyce
$400 [27]
The heaviest tree dwellers on earth are these animals of Sumatra & Borneo that can weigh up to 300 pounds
orangutans
Denise
$400 [2]
The name of this Spanish slave ship, the subject of a Spielberg film, means "friendship"
Amistad
Denise
$400 [7]
A pony, a feather & macaroni are featured in the first verse of this song
"Yankee Doodle"
Joyce
$600 [13]
Zakinthos, Andros, Pappades
Greece
Joe
$600 [23]
On May 14, 1998, 41% of the U.S. saw the 4 main characters on this show get a year in jail for doing nothing to stop a crime
Seinfeld
Joyce
$600 [18]
In 2010 his hitting & third base playing services cost the Yankees $33 million
Alex Rodriguez
Joe
$600 [28]
Thisshark, named for its size, has thousands of teeth, but each is just 3 millimeters long, hence its not quite fear some jaws
a whale shark
Joe
$600 [3]
A pro-war slogan of 1898 was "Remember" this ship, "to hell with Spain!"
the Maine
Joe
$600 [8]
2-word anatomical term for a craving for candy
a sweet tooth
Joyce
$800 [14]
Uranium City, Inuvik, Yellowknife
Canada
Joyce
$800 [24]
On Aug. 29, 1967 nearly half of the U.S. saw the running end for Dr. Richard Kimble on this show
The Fugitive
Joe
$800 [19]
This pop artist's painting "Eight Elvises" sold for $100 million in 2008
Warhol
Denise
$800 [29]
More than 140 species of these reef makers all spawn at the same time in the world's largest event of its kind
coral
Joe
$800 [4]
One of the first frigates built for the U.S. Navy, it was launched in Boston on Oct. 21, 1797
the Constitution
Joe
$800 [9]
Flying targets simulate the flight of game birds in this 2-word activity; pull!
skeet shooting
Joyce
$1,000 [15]
Sao Luis, Manaus, Rio Verde
Brazil
Denise
$1,000 [25]
The high-rated "Cheers" finale had this character muse on the point of life: "comfortable shoes"
Cliff Clavin
Denise
$1,000 [20]
Got $675,000? Then the Alma-Tadema, a piano made by this company founded by a 19th c. German man, could be yours
Steinway
$1,000 [30]
Found throughout North America, the whistling type of this has the most feathers of any bird, over 25,000
swans
$1,000 [5]
A white concrete & steel structure spans the hull of this sunken battleship, a national memorial since 1962
the Arizona
Joe
DD $2,200 [10]
Stringlike metal shavings used for scouring, polishing & smoothing; no sheep necessary
steel wool
Joyce

Double Jeopardy! Round

BRITISH AUTHORS WHO'S THAT MAN? WAR STUFF THEY'RE NUTS IN CALIFORNIA ARCHITECTURE THAT'S "EASY"
$400 [13]
This "Treasure Island" author's "Silverado Squatters" was based on the journal he kept on his honeymoon
Robert Louis Stevenson
Denise
$400 [21]
"Rain Man"
Dustin Hoffman
Denise
$400 [26]
Around 1250 B.C., with Moses dead, the Israelites, led by this man, conquered the land of Canaan
Joshua
Denise
$400 [11]
Treating it to remove bitterness, California's Chumash Indians once lived on flour made from this, the nut of the oak tree
an acorn
Joe
$400 [1]
These overlapping pieces of material on roofs lent their name to a 19th century style of building
shingles
Joe
$400 [6]
N'awlins nickname, y'all
the Big Easy
Joyce
$800 [14]
"Just So Stories", his 1902 collection for children, was the only book he also illustrated
Rudyard Kipling
Joyce
$800 [22]
"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (the real shooter)
John Wayne
Joe
$800 [27]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Lafitte Nat'l Historical Park in New Orleans, LA.) Jean Lafitte changed from pirate to patriot when he & his men sailed out of these bayous in the national historical park named for him to aid the U.S. during this war
the War of 1812
Joe
$800 [12]
After 45 years selling these at Dodger Stadium, Roger Owens wrote a book, "The Perfect Pitch"
peanuts
Denise
$1,200 [3]
Known for his geodesic dome, he once designed a dome to cover all of Midtown Manhattan
Buckminster Fuller
Joe
$800 [7]
This household product "makes oven cleaning easier"
Easy-Off
Joe
$1,200 [15]
Due to negative public reaction to "Jude the Obscure", he abandoned writing novels for the last 33 years of his life
Thomas Hardy
Denise
$1,200 [23]
"The Man with One Red Shoe"
Tom Hanks
Denise
$1,200 [28]
This King Henry's marriage to Elizabeth of York in 1486 helped bring the Wars of the Roses to an end
Henry VII
Joe Denise
$1,200 [18]
In the Kerman variety of this, 1/4 of the nuts may lack the typical split shell & need it done mechanically
the pistachio
Denise
$1,600 [4]
An obelisk is a type of this, from the Greek for "one stone"
a monolith
Joyce
$1,200 [8]
In Spanish this proverb translates to "faciles venida, faciles van"
easy come, easy go
Joyce
$1,600 [16]
A former spy himself, he described his spy George Smiley as "short, fat, and of a quiet disposition"
John le Carré
Joyce
$1,600 [24]
"The Man Who Would Be King"
Sean Connery
Joe Denise
$1,600 [29]
Most of the "French" troops besieged in this doomed Asian city in spring 1954 were foreign Legionnaires
Dien Bien Phu
Joyce
$1,600 [19]
California's almond industry began forming co-ops in the 1880s; this gem of a brand name dates from 1914
Blue Diamond
Denise
$2,000 [5]
Owre Housein Minneapolis is in this style that fits in with the flat plains landscape
Prairie style
Joe
$1,600 [9]
Rodney Dangerfield has to quit smoking & drinking to inherit a $10 million fortune in this 1983 comedy
Easy Money
Denise
DD $4,000 [17]
She always kept rabbits on her farm, Hill Top, so children wouldn't be disappointed if they stopped for a visit
Beatrix Potter
Joyce
$2,000 [25]
"The Man Who Knew Too Much"
Jimmy Stewart
Denise
$2,000 [30]
Led by Robert the Bruce, on June 24, 1314 the Scots won their greatest victory over the English in this battle
the Battle of Bannockburn
Joe Denise
$2,000 [20]
Species of this tree whose seeds are edible nuts include the rare Torrey type of Southern California
pine
Joyce
DD $2,400 [2]
This Washington, D.C. landmark was designed by Henry Bacon as a Greek temple with 36 Doric columns
the Lincoln Memorial
Joe
$2,000 [10]
Ezekiel is the real first name of this African-American private detective created by author Walter Mosley
Easy Rawlins
Joyce

Final Jeopardy!

COLLEGE

From the Latin for "free", this 2-word term for a type of college refers to the old belief of what a free man should be taught

liberal arts

Joe "What is Community College?" — wagered $10,000
Denise "What is Liberal Arts?" — wagered $7,801
Joyce "What is liberal arts?" — wagered $7,000

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