Show #6166 2011-06-06 (taped 2011-02-22) Regular

Contestants

Sam Meyer — a graduate student of Middle Eastern studies originally from St. Joseph, Minnesota

Joanna Liff — an electronic publishing specialist from Chicago, Illinois

Jericho Saria — a freelance video producer originally from Stockton, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $53,602)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jericho	$3,200	$4,800	$8,400	$10,800 3rd place: $1,000	$8,400 16 R, 4 W
Joanna	$2,200	$5,600	$9,600	$16,801 2nd place: $2,000	$11,200 17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Sam	$1,200	$3,600	$15,000	$20,432 New champion: $20,432	$13,600 17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

WE'RE ANIMATED ABOUT BOOKS	TOAST	ANCIENT VIPs	WE MAKE MONEY	THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY	WE "URN" IT
$200 [20] Thisnovel is all about our Depression The Grapes of Wrath Sam	$200 [1] StarKist's recipe for this grilled sandwich includes toast, onion, celery, mayo & cheese a tuna melt Joanna Sam	$200 [6] Although it's known that this Hun died on his wedding night in 453, it's not known how he died Attila Joanna	$200 [7] When created by Congress in 1792, the Mint was part of this department more concerned with foreign affairs the State Department Sam	$200 [18] Before iPods & CDs, we spun these, LPs for short long playing recordings Sam	$200 [13] A long, narrow hospital bed on wheels a gurney Jericho
$400 [21] Warning--this Alan Moore novel is extremely graphic Watchmen Sam	$400 [2] "Everything's better with" this margarine brand on my toast Blue Bonnet	$400 [8] Demosthenes wrote that the second king of this name wasn't Greek but a "pestilent knave from Macedonia" Philip Jericho	$400 [12] The first U.S. Mint building was in this city, then the nation's capital Philadelphia Joanna	$400 [19] Wikileaks, shmiki-leaks--we read the Pentagon Papers in this paper that's in the name of the resulting Supreme Court case The New York Times Joanna	$400 [14] This adjective means an animal is awake & active mostly at night nocturnal Sam
$600 [22] It's about little kids, but not necessarily for little kids Lord of the Flies Joanna	$600 [3] Cole's quality foods claims the 1970s introduction of this Italian restaurant bread in frozen form garlic bread Jericho Joanna	$600 [9] Plato referred to this Athenian philosopher & mentor as "the justest man of that time" Socrates Jericho	$600 [28] The Mint maintains a bullion depository at this Kentucky location Fort Knox Joanna	$600 [25] We didn't need Cris Collinsworth or even John Madden on "MNF", we had this man who wrote "I Never Played the Game" (Howard) Cosell Jericho	$600 [15] Technically it's caused by gastroesophageal backflow heartburn Jericho
$800 [23] I finally caved & readthis1924 British novel A Passage to India Sam	$800 [4] If you're ailing, your diet might be reduced to toast & this, such as Lady Grey tea Joanna	$800 [10] At birth this ancient sage of China was given the name Ch'iu, meaning "hill", because he had a noticeable bulge on his head Confucius Sam	$800 [29] The Mint's 3 main coin-producing facilities include the one begun in 1852 in this city to address a sudden "rush" San Francisco Joanna	$800 [26] Who needs Ryan Seacrest or even Dick Clark? For years we enjoyed this man & his Royal Canadians on New Year's Eve Guy Lombardo	$800 [16] To temporarily end a legal proceeding adjourn Sam
$1,000 [24] This1993 Welsh novel is actually about Scotland. Trainspotting Jericho	$1,000 [5] I like to spread the jelly of this tropical fruit on my muffin a guava Jericho	$1,000 [11] This "elder" Roman writer died in 79 A.D. while rescuing people from Mount Vesuvius' eruption Pliny (the Elder) Jericho	DD $1,000 [30] Soon after the Constitution's ratification, this Secretary of the Treasury prepared plans for a U.S. mint Hamilton Joanna	$1,000 [27] Who needs Megan Fox or Eva Mendes? We remember Raquel Welch busting out in this prehistoric potboiler One Million Years B.C. Jericho	$1,000 [17] An orgiastic, unrestrained festival in ancient Rome bearing the name of a god Saturnalia Jericho

Double Jeopardy! Round

ROCK YOUR WORLD	CAPITAL CITY BIRTHPLACES	LAND OF LANDSCAPES	100 YEARS OR OLDER	WHAT DID JESUS DO?	"OD" WORDS
$400 [1] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows off a rock in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum.) The University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum has the state rock of Wisconsin; not to be confused with the state rock of New Hampshire, it's the red type of this granite Jericho	$400 [10] Bjork Reykjavik Sam	$400 [6] Neptune's Grotto in this classical city attracted many artists Rome Jericho	$400 [25] Marjory Stoneman Douglas spent much of her 108 years fighting to preserve this wetlands region of Florida the Everglades Joanna	$400 [2] In Mark 1:Got baptized by (who else?) John the Baptist in this river the Jordan Jericho	$400 [15] A late 1960s TV "squad" The Mod Squad Joanna
$800 [5] Formed by magma, this one of the 3 major types of rock may be plutonic, or formed deep in the Earth igneous Joanna	$800 [11] Julio & Enrique Iglesias Madrid Sam	$800 [20] This Rubens work is fittingly titled "Landscape in" this region, with which the artist is identified Flanders Jericho	$800 [26] Pleasant Riggs Crump, who died in 1951 at the age of 104, was one of the last surviving soldiers of this war the Civil War Joanna	$800 [3] In John 2:Attended a wedding & performed this trick guaranteed to make him the life of any party water into wine Sam	$800 [16] From the name of a mythological hero, it's an extended trip, or an intellectual or spiritual quest odyssey Joanna
$1,200 [8] A schism is a division into faction; this type of rock, one letter different from "schism", has distinctlayers a schist	$1,200 [12] Elizabeth Taylor London Jericho	$1,200 [22] The 1444 work "Miraculous Draught of Fishes" sets the biblical miracle on this Alpine lake Lake Geneva Sam	$1,200 [27] Eve, a daughter of this pair & the only member of her family not to become a scientist & win a Nobel Prize, died in 2007 at 102 the Curies Sam	$1,200 [4] In Luke 2:As a 12-year-old, played hooky from his parents on a visit to this city & hung out at its temple Jerusalem Sam	$1,200 [17] From the Dutch for "slice", it's a young haddock split & boned for cooking as catch of the day scrod Jericho Joanna
$1,600 [9] Dacite is volcanic rock characterized by the presence of this common form of silicon dioxide quartz Jericho Sam	$1,600 [13] Andy Garcia Havana Jericho	$1,600 [23] Born near Dusseldorf in 1830, Albert Bierstadt traveled far to paint this California-Nevada lake Tahoe Jericho	$1,600 [28] This actress who played 100-year-old Rose in "Titanic" passed away at 100 in 2010 Gloria Stuart Joanna	$1,600 [7] In Matthew 5-7:Blessed a big bunch o' folks in this address that includes the beatitudes the Sermon on the Mount Sam	DD $1,600 [18] Thomas Edison developed a method to extract rubber from this yellow wildflower but it proved too expensive goldenrod Joanna
DD $3,400 [30] Scattered material that can include sand & dust is called this "rock", after the layer below the Earth's crust mantle (rock) Sam	$2,000 [14] Lena Olin Stockholm Joanna	$2,000 [24] In 1897 Monet painted "Branch of the Seine Near" this small village he grew to know well Giverny	$2,000 [29] In his 100 years this French anthropologist erroneously received numerous orders for blue jeans (Claude) Lévi-Strauss Sam	$2,000 [21] In Matthew 21:Cursed one of these trees for being all leaf, no fruit a fig tree Sam	$2,000 [19] An old gun accessory, or an overseer, like Clint Eastwood as Rowdy Yates on TV's "Rawhide" ramrod

Final Jeopardy!

COLORFUL TITLES

At its premiere in NYC in 1924 this composition was part of a concert billed as "an experiment in modern music"

Rhapsody in Blue

Jericho "What is Rhapsody in Blue?" — wagered $2,400

Joanna "What is Rhapsody in Blue?" — wagered $7,201

Sam "What is Rhapsody in Blue?" — wagered $5,432

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