Show #6157 2011-05-24 (taped 2011-02-08) Regular

Contestants

Gay Haubner — a fund raiser for a non-profit from New York, New York

Tom Brown — a program analyst originally from Harleysville, Pennsylvania

Matt Neville — a deli clerk from Hamden, Connecticut (whose 3-day cash winnings total $65,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Matt $600 $4,400 $7,800 $15,600
2nd place: $2,000
$8,800
14 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Tom $-1,000 $2,000 $9,200 $15,601
New champion: $15,601
$10,200
18 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Gay $2,000 $5,200 $5,200 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$5,200
13 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE 1860s COLORFUL TV SHOWS ACT I, SCENE 1 MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, JOHN & VALERIE THE WHITE STUFF "P-S-P"
$200 [2]
In April 1866 this company absorbed U.S. Telegraph, giving it a complete monopoly in the United States
Western Union
Tom
$200 [7]
(1965-1971)"_____ Acres"
Green
Matt
$200 [11]
Act I, Scene 1 of this Shakespeare play takes place atop the castle at Elsinore
Hamlet
Matt
$200 [1]
In 1988 the remains of this explorer were moved & reburied next to Robert Peary
Matthew Henson
Matt Gay
$200 [17]
Peregrine White was born aboard this ship in November 1620, Pilgrim
the Mayflower
Gay
$200 [26]
An association of at least 2 people joined by a contract in a business
a partnership
Tom
$400 [3]
In 1986 this 23-year-old from Cleveland invested $4000 in an oil refining business; he became very, very rich
John D.) Rockefeller
Tom
$400 [8]
(1988-1998)"Murphy _____"
Brown
Matt
$400 [13]
In the first scene of this Tennessee Williams drama, Maggie walks into the bedroom to change her dress
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Gay
$400 [19]
In 2011 this web guy was called "the world's youngest billionaire" (but it turns out a co-founder of the site is 8 days younger)
Zuckerberg
Matt
$400 [18]
For 21 minutes on June 3, 1965 astronaut Ed White achieved this American first as part of the Gemini 4 mission
space walk
Matt Tom
$400 [27]
This is a place where personal property is left as security in exchange for a money loan
a pawnshop
Gay
$600 [4]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library.) There was lots of partying in this city before & certainly after Lincoln was nominated for president there in 1860; hereis a $321.50 bar tab for party officials that week
Chicago
Tom
$600 [9]
(1984)"_____ Thunder"
Blue
$600 [14]
Murray, a New York police officer is among those playing poker in Act I, Scene 1 of this Neil Simon comedy
The Odd Couple
Gay
$600 [20]
There's an egg-eating contest in this 1967 film; remember it? Or have we got failure to communicate
Cool Hand Luke
Tom
$600 [23]
In the Grimm Brothers' version of the story. the evil queen uses a tight-fitting bodice to try & kill this woman
Snow White
Matt
$600 [28]
This plant has a large, white edible root
parsnip
Matt
DD $1,000 [5]
In an 1867 article, this English physician wrote, "the first object must be the destruction of any septic germs"
Joseph Lister
Tom
$800 [10]
(2004-2006)"Laguna Beach: The Real _____ County"
Orange
Gay
$800 [15]
Joe Boyd, a real estate salesman, is watching the Washington Senators play baseball on TV as this musical opens
Damn Yankees
Matt
$800 [21]
Of the current Supreme Court members, the one who fits the category
John Roberts
Tom
$800 [24]
Get some color in your cheeks & ride a brown cow through the city of Whitehorse, the capital of this Canadian territory
the Yukon
Matt Tom
$800 [29]
This software was called Display & also Image Pro before Adobe bought it
Photoshop
Matt
$1,000 [6]
In 1868 this Liberal Party member succeeded Disraeli as British Prime Minister; he served in that capacity 3 other times
Gladstone
Gay
$1,000 [12]
(1983-84)"The _____ Rose"
Yellow
$1,000 [16]
Moliere's "The Imaginary" this opens with the title character adding up his apothecary's bill
Invalid
Gay
$1,000 [22]
In 2007 Scooter Libby was convicted of perjury & obstruction of justice regarding the leak of the i.d. of this CIA agent
Valerie Plame
Matt
$1,000 [25]
The glistening dunes of this New Mexico National Monument are actually miles and miles of gypsum
White Sands
Gay
$1,000 [30]
6-letter term for care after surgery
post-op
Tom

Double Jeopardy! Round

NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES STARS OF SPORT MEASURING UP BALLET HIGH WINGS & THINGS WHAT THE GREEK PREFIX MEANS
$400 [1]
The name of this river that flows past Mount Vernon may mean "place where people trade"
the Potomac
Tom
$400 [11]
On Feb. 6, 2011 this Packers quaterback was named MVP of Super Bowl XLV
Aaron Rodgers
Tom
$400 [6]
If you're using a single yoke, it means you're preparing to connect this number of oxen
two
Tom Gay
$400 [16]
Britannica says the high point of classical ballet under the czars came with 19th C. ballets from this composer
Tchaikovsky
Gay
$400 [27]
The Anchor Bar in New York claims to have invented these in 1964
Buffalo wings
Gay
$400 [21]
Proto-
early (first accepted)
Tom
$800 [2]
This capital city of Florida got its name from Creek words meaning "old town"
Tallahassee
Matt
$800 [12]
When Barcelona-born Pau Gasol joined this NBA team in 2008, it was called the "Spanish Acquisition"
the Lakers
Tom
$800 [7]
One bale of paper equals 10 of these
a ream
Tom
$800 [17]
The ballet "Icare" finds the title character soaring high in the air, but alas, his wings are held together with this
wax
Matt Gay
$800 [30]
Flown one time only by Howard Hughes, the wingspan on this plane was an astounding 319 feet
the Spruce Goose
Tom
$800 [22]
Necro-
dead/death
Gay
$1,200 [3]
Merle Haggard sang, "I'm proud to be an Okie from" this place
Muskogee
Matt Tom
$1,200 [13]
Father of "NCIS" star Mark, he won the Heisman Trophy in 1940 & received a Purple Heart in WWII
Tom Harmon
Tom
$1,200 [8]
A skein usually refers to a measurement of this reel-wound substance that's also a term for a long tale
yarn
Tom
$1,200 [18]
At the end of this ballet the souls of Odette & Prince Siegfried ascend high into the heavens together
Swan Lake
Gay
$1,200 [26]
It includes the Cabinet Room, Situation Room &, of course, the Oval Office
the West Wing
Tom
$1,200 [23]
Leuco-
white (bright accepted)
$1,600 [4]
In 1863 a Civil War battle took place around Chickamauga Creek in this state
Georgia
Gay
$1,600 [14]
In the 1920s this Finn won 12 total medals in the Olympics, a record for a track & field athlete
Paavo Nurmi
Tom
$1,600 [9]
This measure equals 128 cubic feet of wood
a cord
Tom
$1,600 [19]
The "Bathing Beauty Ballet" in "High Button Shoes" was a big success for this "West Side Story" choreographer
Jerome Robbins
$1,600 [28]
With a wingspan of nearly a foot, the Queen Alexandra birdwing is the largest one of these
a butterfly
Matt
$1,600 [24]
Syn-
together
Gay
DD $3,000 [5]
Massai Point in this state's Cochise County was named for an Apache warrior
Arizona
Matt
$2,000 [15]
This 6'6" god of a man was drafted by the NFL & NBA, but his Hall of Fame career was with baseball's Padres & Yankees
Dave Winfield
$2,000 [10]
Energy is sold in these units, also called newton-meters, but your electric bill is probably in kilowatt-hours
joules
$2,000 [20]
In a ballet about this Norwegian folk hero, he insults the Mountain King's daughter & must descend quickly
Peer Gynt
Matt
DD $2,000 [29]
Winged Victory is a headless statue of this goddess
Nike
Matt
$2,000 [25]
Melano-
black

Final Jeopardy!

THE 16th CENTURY

Held in 1579, the first Christian service in California was performed by the chaplain traveling with this English captain

Sir Francis Drake

Gay "Who is Cook?" — wagered $5,200
Matt "Who is Sir Francis Drake?" — wagered $7,800
Tom "Who is Drake" — wagered $6,401

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