Show #6160 2011-05-27 (taped 2011-02-08) Regular

Contestants

Monica Iyer — a law clerk from New York, New York

Renee Huff — a high school English teacher from Olney, Maryland

Chloe Horning — a graduate student in library and information science from Seattle, Washington (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Chloe $2,800 $3,800 $10,200 $18,401
2nd place: $2,000
$10,200
12 R, 1 W
Renee $1,400 $2,200 $9,200 $6,200
3rd place: $1,000
$7,800
12 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Monica $2,800 $10,400 $27,200 $32,200
New champion: $32,200
$19,400
26 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

1811 THE SHANGHAI WORLD EXPO INGREDIENTS IN THEMACBETHWITCHES' CAULDRON "DROP" IT, BUSTER! IT'S THE POLICE I'LL NEED SOME BACKUP
$200 [11]
Insane & no longer fit to rule, this British king was replaced by his son, the prince regent
George III
Monica
$200 [26]
Thepavilionfor this international organization was built to look like one of its relief tents
the Red Cross
Monica
$200 [1]
"Tongue of" one of these best friends
dog
Chloe Monica
$200 [6]
Refer to other people in conversation in order to impress those you're talking to
name-drop
Monica
$200 [14]
To officially record a charge against an arrestee; do it, Danno
to book
Monica
$200 [21]
...and the Gang
Kool
Monica
$400 [12]
Her "Sense and Sensibility" was published anonymously "in three volumes", "by a lady"
Jane Austen
Monica
$400 [27]
This Alpine country'sexhibitnaturally included a ski liftride
Switzerland
Monica
$400 [2]
"Eye of" this amphibian
newt
Renee
$400 [7]
Firm candy made of gelatin & covered with sugar
a gumdrop
Monica
$400 [15]
The title of this Jack Webb TV drama refers to a systematic police search for a criminal
Dragnet
Renee
$400 [22]
...and the Pips
Gladys Knight
Monica
$600 [13]
This family-run company, founded in Germany to manufacture steel, eventually did a booming business
Krupp
$600 [28]
A 20-foot-tallrobotic babynamed Miguelín was featured in this European country's exhibit
Spain
Monica
$600 [3]
"Tooth of" this carnivore that can be timber or gray
wolf
Chloe
$600 [8]
Painted cloth hanging at the rear of a stage
backdrop
Renee
$800 [18]
There's a first name in this term for a policeman's heavy nightstick
a billy club
Renee
$600 [23]
...and the Crickets
Buddy Holly
Monica
$800 [16]
In an 1811 massacre, this pasha of Egypt (not the boxer) knocked out the Mamluks for good
Muhammad Ali
Monica
$800 [29]
Artwork brought to China for the expo included a van Gogh, a Gauguin & aself-portraitby this woman in the Mexico pavilion
Frida Kahlo
Monica
$800 [4]
"Wool of" one of these flyers
bat
Monica
$800 [9]
Perhaps a slippery sombrero inspired this phrase meaning "on a moment's notice"
at the drop of a hat
Monica
$1,000 [19]
If you need a policeman in Marseilles, ask for one of these
a gendarme
Monica
$800 [24]
...and the Sunshine Band
KC
Monica
$1,000 [20]
Construction began on the USA's first federal highway, known as this road after the town in which it originated
Cumberland Road
$1,000 [30]
Thesetwospecial Chinese administrative regions each had apavilion
Hong Kong and Macao
Monica
$1,000 [5]
"Toe of" this amphibian
frog
Chloe
$1,000 [10]
It's an old medical term for edema, the abnormal swelling of body tissue
dropsy
Chloe
DD $2,000 [17]
Named for a palace that housed visiting royalty, it's the HQ of the London Metropolitan Police
Scotland Yard
Monica
$1,000 [25]
...and the Wailers
Bob Marley
Chloe

Double Jeopardy! Round

EUROPEAN NATIONALITIES MOVIE TITLE MATH YOU'RE THE TOP McMEN PINEAPPLES ENDS WITH A BODY PART
$400 [10]
Effleurage is a light gliding stroke used in this hands-on type of spa treatment
Swedish massage
Chloe
$400 [6]
Number of simians in a Bruce Willis time travel movie squared
144
Chloe
$400 [16]
In 1985 Reagan & Gorbachev met in Geneva in this type of diplomatic meeting
a summit
Chloe
$400 [26]
In 1831 at age 22, he tried his hand at building a reaper
McCormick
Renee
$400 [21]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a pineapple plantation.) Pineapples are the only widely eaten of the bromeliads, a family of 3,000 species; like others, they aren't grown from seed, but by planting the top leafy structure, called this
a crown
$400 [1]
Someone who moves props or lighting for a theatrical production
a stagehand
Renee
$800 [12]
It's basically a big kettle with a close-fitting lid, used to cook pot roasts & stews
a Dutch oven
Renee
$800 [7]
Number of "Weeks" in a Mickey Rourke film plus the title of a Fellini film; they add up to a whole number
18
$800 [18]
A fictional co. that may or may not help in roadrunner chasing, or a word from the Greek for "highest point"
acme
Renee
$800 [27]
His colleagues in the Senate had the decency to censure him, at long last, on Dec. 2, 1954
(Joseph) McCarthy
Monica
$800 [22]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a pineapple plantation.) Pineapple cultivation needs relatively little irrigation; with its reservoir formed in the leaves, the plant is a natural xerophyte, from the Greek "xeros", meaning this
dry
$800 [2]
To identify an illness via medical exam
diagnose
Monica
$1,200 [13]
Leopoldville was the capital of this colony that existed from 1908 to 1960
the Belgian Congo
Monica
$1,200 [8]
Number of "Days Later" in a zombie flick divided by the title number of heroes in a Jessica Alba Marvel movie
7
Chloe
$1,200 [19]
The point formed in the hairline in the middle of the forehead is a "widow's" this
peak
Renee
$1,200 [28]
You don't have to picture this Republican senator; he's seen here
(Mitch) McConnell
Monica
$1,200 [23]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a pineapple plantation.) The pineapple shoots that grow from the mother plants after the main harvest are called the ratoon crop, also the Hawaiian term for a baby born to late-in-life parents; the word is thought to be from the Latin for this season
autumn
Chloe Renee
$1,200 [3]
Smugglers who hid booze in their footwear gave rise to this adjective for something made or sold illicitly
a bootleg
Chloe Renee
$2,000 [15]
The Elgin marbles helped establish this architectural style, based on 5th century B.C. works
Greek revival
$1,600 [9]
It's what 2(x+y) equals if x is the number of "Angry Men" in a 1957 film & y is the "Kings" in a George Clooney movie
30
Monica
$2,000 [17]
This TV-making brand got its start in 1918 making radio equipment in Chicago
Zenith
$1,600 [25]
This '60s secretary of defense passed away in July 2009
(Robert) McNamara
Monica
$1,600 [29]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a pineapple plantation.) The material that's laid down where pineapples are planted keeps weeds off, retains warmth & keeps moisture in; though it's a strip of plastic rather than organic material, it's called this
mulch
Renee
$1,600 [4]
A spiky sea critter, or a mischievous boy
an urchin
Monica
DD $8,000 [14]
The uppermost polyp of this poisonous sea creature was thought to resemble a sail, hence its name
a Portuguese man-of-war
Monica
$2,000 [11]
Number preceding "Pick Up" in a Roy Scheider film minus Wesley Snipes' "Passenger" number in a 1992 movie
-5
DD $3,000 [20]
8-letter word for the highest point of success or the highest part of a rock formation
pinnacle
Renee
$2,000 [24]
This 18th century Scotman invented a form of pavement
(John) McAdam
Renee
$2,000 [30]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a pineapple plantation.) Whether grown in Africa or here in Hawaii, pineapples have eight spirals in one direction & 13 in the other--one example where nature shows the number sequence named for this Italian mathematician
Fibonacci
Chloe
$2,000 [5]
Most opulent
richest
Chloe

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. CITIES

Alphabetically first among the 150 most populous U.S. cities, it has become the "polymer capital of the world"

Akron

Renee "What is Atlanta?" — wagered $3,000
Chloe "What is Akron" — wagered $8,201
Monica "What is Akron?" — wagered $5,000

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