Show #6155 2011-05-20 (taped 2011-02-02) Regular

Contestants

Tracey Davidson — a middle school secretary from Glen Allen, Virginia

Adam Kapp — a webmaster from West Chester, Pennsylvania

Matt Neville — a deli clerk from Hamden, Connecticut (whose 1-day cash winnings total $23,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Matt $5,100 $6,700 $9,100 $18,200
2-day champion: $41,200
$8,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Adam $0 $3,800 $9,200 $2,599
3rd place: $1,000
$12,200
17 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Tracey $3,200 $2,600 $15,800 $13,300
2nd place: $2,000
$17,800
19 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE STATE SHE GOVERNED MUSICALS' OPENING NUMBERS MALE NEWBORNS ANCIENT MEASURES WORLD OF SOUP I WANT MY "M-T-V"
$200 [1]
Sarah Palin, 2006 to 2009
Alaska
Adam
$200 [17]
"Chim Chim Cher-ee"
Mary Poppins
Tracey
$200 [23]
Panda, hyena or lion
cubs
Tracey
$200 [7]
The Roman pes, or this, is thought to have measured about 11.65 inches
foot
Matt
$200 [2]
Tsumire-jiru, sardine ball soup, is a traditional favorite in this Asian country
Japan
Adam
$200 [12]
A reason for committing an act, perhaps an illegal one
motive
Tracey
$400 [19]
Ann Richards, 1991-1995
Texas
Matt
$400 [18]
"Food, Glorious Food"
Oliver!
Matt
$400 [24]
Deer or pronghorn
fawns
$400 [8]
Unlike its European counterparts, the ancient Chinese system used this type of notation based on groups of 10
decimal
Matt
$400 [3]
Favored in winter when veggies are scarce, gribnoi sup is Russian for this fungus soup
mushrooms
Adam
$400 [13]
State government department where you've probably spent way too long standing in line
motor vehicles
Tracey
$600 [20]
Janet Napolitano's predecessor, Jane Hull, 1997-2003
Arizona
Matt Adam
$600 [21]
"Why Can't The English?"
My Fair Lady
Matt
$600 [25]
Horse or zebra
a foal (or colt)
Adam
$600 [9]
Exekiel 45 says that 10 baths of oil equal one of these, also the name of a blind Greek bard
homer
Matt
$600 [4]
This type of soup follows "file" in the name of a spicy specialty of the southern United States
gumbo
Tracey
$600 [14]
Mickey Mantle earned this 3-word designation 3 times
most valuable player
Matt
$800 [28]
Christine Todd Whitman, 1994 to 2001
New Jersey
Adam
$800 [22]
"I Hope I Get It"
A Chorus Line
Adam
$800 [26]
Wallaby, koala, or kangaroo
a joey
Matt
$1,000 [11]
"America's Got" this Hebrew unit of sacred weight equal to 60 minas, or about 66 pounds
talent
Tracey
$800 [5]
Stracciatella is the Italian equivalent of this Chinese soup
egg drop soup
Adam
$800 [15]
A Jewish expression meaning congratulations
mazel tov
Matt
$1,000 [30]
Kathleen Sebelius, 2003 to 2009
Kansas
Adam
$1,000 [27]
"A Christmas Carol"
Scrooge
$1,000 [29]
Pigeon or dove
squab
Tracey
DD $1,500 [10]
4 Egyptian digits equaled a palm; 5 equaled this
a hand
Matt
$1,000 [6]
A beef and vegetable soup is called "Brown" this, also the castle where George III is buried (not due to eating the soup)
Windsor
Matt
$1,000 [16]
An incendiary device is named for this WWII Soviet diplomat
Molotov
Tracey

Double Jeopardy! Round

PHILOSOPHERS THE ROLE IN COMMON CARS OF THEFUTUREPRESENT BIBLICAL FORGIVENESS "PROD"UCT PLACEMENT
$400 [6]
A major figure in logic, he is perhaps best known for his love affair with a student named Heloise
(Peter) Abelard
Tracey
$400 [15]
William Bendix, Brian Dennehy, John Goodman:A baseball player
Babe Ruth
Adam
$400 [26]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, IL.) In theory, an omnivorous engine can run on any fuel combination; this one adds butanol, which would result in fewer fill-ups as it's high in energy density, to the common mix of gas & this alcohol
ethanol
Adam
$400 [21]
An early instance of forgiveness is in Genesis 50, when this man forgives his many brothers who had wronged him
Joseph
Matt
$400 [1]
A copy, or the propogation of a species
reproduction
Adam
$400 [5]
You're in this arena if you're gazing down from the uppermost deck added by Domitian in 82 A.D.
the Colosseum
Matt
$800 [12]
Followers of this 13th Century Italian thinker are known as Thomists
Thomas Aquinas
Matt
$800 [16]
James Earl Jones, Denzel Washington, Mario Van Peebles:A Civil Rights activist
Malcolm X
Tracey
$800 [27]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, IL.) The Argonne National Laboratorydynamometercan measure both a car's particulate production & its fuel efficiency--the latter by simulating road stresses & measuring the products of this element in the engine's emissions
carbon
Matt
$800 [22]
According to the Book of Mark, until we have forgiven our brothers, we should cease this religious activity
pray
$800 [2]
A wunderkind, like Chopin or Mozart
a prodigy
Tracey
$800 [7]
You're crossing this desert if you're traveling between its commercial cities of Hohhot & Baotou
the Gobi
Tracey
$1,200 [13]
This Danish thinker often attacked the evangelical Lutheran Church, saying there were no true Christians among its members
Kierkegaard
Tracey
$1,200 [17]
Clark Gable, Marlon Brando, Mel Gibson:A British sailor
Fletcher Christian
Tracey
$1,200 [28]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, IL.) Argonne researchers are working to reduce the size & increase the life span ofstorage batteries with this element in their name
lithium
Tracey
$1,200 [23]
In a parable recounted in Luke 15, he confesses his riotous living to his father & is forgiven
the Prodigal Son
Adam
$1,200 [3]
Something made in the course of making another, like a beneficial chemical
a byproduct
Adam
$1,200 [8]
You're in this U.S. state if you're checking out the Coral Castle that Ed Leedskalnin mysteriously carved in 1923
Florida
Tracey
$1,600 [14]
In "The Social Contract", this French thinker claimed that "Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains"
Rousseau
Adam
$1,600 [18]
Marlon Brando, Rod Steiger, Herbert Lom:A 19th century world leader
Napoleon
$1,600 [29]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, IL.) The dynamometer is a key part of testing to find a real-world car that gets 100 mpge--miles per gallon energy equivalent--the goal of this automotive prize
the X Prize
Adam
$2,000 [25]
Matthew 6 says you should pray, "Forgive us our" these "as we forgive our" these-ors
debts
Matt Adam Tracey
$1,600 [4]
The editing & finalizing of a film for release after it has been shot
post-production
Adam
$1,600 [9]
You're on this island if you're enjoying some Blue Mountain coffee on the peaks of the same name
Jamaica
Tracey
$2,000 [20]
After this lantern-carrying Greek's death, a marble dog was placed on top of his monument in Corinth
Diogenes
Tracey
DD $2,000 [19]
Val Kilmer, Dennis Quaid, Kirk Douglas:A frontier dentist
Doc Holliday
Tracey
$2,000 [30]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, IL.) Designed to take advantage of available supply, the 3-fuel mix of Argonne's omnivorous engine means the computer has to solve a new problem dozens of times a second, as it figures what mix to use for each firing, also called this event
combustion
Tracey
DD $3,000 [24]
Jesus says there's forgiveness for this, from the Greek for "evil speech", but not if it's against the Holy Ghost
blasphemy
Adam
$2,000 [11]
It opened at the St. James Theatre in April 2001 & closed in April 2007
The Producers
Matt
$2,000 [10]
If you're in the capital of the Maldives, "You've got" this city
Male
Adam

Final Jeopardy!

CANALS

When Sweden's Gota Canal was completed in the 1820s, these 2 seas became directly linked

the Baltic Sea & the North Sea

Matt "What are the Baltic and the North Sea?" — wagered $9,100
Adam "What are North and Atlan" — wagered $6,601
Tracey "What are the" — wagered $2,500

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