Show #6184 2011-06-30 (taped 2011-03-02) Regular

Contestants

Rachel Winer — a graduate student in teaching from Burlington, Vermont

Meg Price — a professor of medieval literature from Stillwater, Oklahoma

Jeff Amoros — a field education coordinator from Ellicott City, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $30,801)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jeff $2,400 $5,400 $11,000 $20,001
2nd place: $2,000
$15,200
21 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Meg $1,400 $3,600 $10,000 $12,201
3rd place: $1,000
$9,600
17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Rachel $2,000 $4,200 $12,200 $22,200
New champion: $22,200
$12,200
14 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

MAMMALS SITCOM SPOUSES AIRCRAFT CARRIER NAMES THE BARE FACTS THE 10 COMMANDMENTS THERE WILL BE "RAM"IFICATIONS
$200 [12]
In Tibet a cross between domestic cattle & this wild ox is called a dzo
a yak
Jeff
$200 [1]
Carroll O'Connor & Jean Stapleton in this series
All in the Family
Jeff
$200 [11]
Shades of "Star Trek": the U.S. Navy's aircraft carrier CVN 65 is named this
the Enterprise
Rachel
$200 [30]
About her Lord Tennyson wrote, "then she rode forth, clothed on with chastity"
Lady Godiva
Rachel
$200 [15]
Honor these 2 people; you'll live longer!
your father & mother
Meg
$200 [3]
The first pharaoh of this name ruled around 1293 B.C.
Ramses
Meg
$400 [17]
You could say this Arctic mammal, Odobenus rosmarus, has a Wilford Brimley mustache
the walrus
Jeff
$400 [2]
Ray Romano & Patricia Heaton
Everybody Loves Raymond
Meg
$400 [13]
A woman born Mamie Doud christened this carrier
the Eisenhower
Jeff
$400 [29]
In 1974 Ray Stevens recorded a novelty record about this new fad of running nude in public & took it to no. 1 on the charts
streaking
Jeff
$400 [16]
In the Commandments, God makes it clear that he's not big on "graven" these
images
Rachel
$400 [4]
Asian wheat flour noodles served in broth
ramen
Rachel
$600 [18]
This insectivore has a synonym for "pig" in its name
a hedgehog
Jeff
$600 [8]
Larry Hagman & Barbara Eden
I Dream of Jeannie
Jeff
$600 [14]
Aircraft carriers named for stinging insects include the USS Wasp & this one, now a museum
the Hornet
Meg
$600 [28]
The revival of this 1967 musical that featured some nudity won a 2009 Tony Award for Best Musical Revival
Hair
Rachel
$600 [21]
From the Latin for "defile" comes this, which thou shalt not commit
adultery
Meg
$600 [5]
3-syllable term for noisy or lacking in restraint, like a bunch of school kids on a field trip
rambunctious
Rachel
$800 [24]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Antarctica as a whale blows.)The characteristic shape of this whale, the only species in the genus megaptera, makes it the easiest great whale to identify
the humpback whale
Meg
$800 [9]
William Frawley & Vivian Vance
I Love Lucy
$1,000 [20]
An aircraft carrier was named this, a fictional Tibetan land of eternal youth
Shangri-La
Rachel
$800 [27]
This term refers to swimming in your birthday suit, whether you're fat or thin
skinny dipping
Jeff
$800 [22]
One Commandment says, "remember" this day, "to keep it holy"
sabbath
Meg
$800 [6]
To talk or write aimlessly
ramble
Rachel
$1,000 [25]
It's not a feline, it's not a reptile, it's thefossa, the largest carnivore of this island off Africa
Madagascar
Jeff
$1,000 [10]
Jim Backus & Natalie Schafer
Gilligan's Island
DD $2,200 [19]
The adjective meaning "courageous" is the name of a carrier that's now a (floating) historic landmark
Intrepid
Jeff
$1,000 [26]
William Strachey of Jamestown described her as "well featured but wanton" after seeing her do cartwheels naked
Pocahontas
Jeff
$1,000 [23]
The Commandments forbid bearing "false" this against your neighbor
witness
Jeff
$1,000 [7]
Rickety, like an old house about to fall down
ramshackle
Jeff

Double Jeopardy! Round

ON WISCONSIN THE CON FILM FESTIVAL GILBERT & SULLIVAN THE 1930s I'M BORED! FRENCH CROSSWORD CLUES
$400 [24]
This nickname for Wisconsin folks goes back to lead miners who lived in holes in the ground or hillsides
badgers
Meg
$400 [6]
Brad Pitt played an ace cardsharp who was one of George Clooney's accomplices in this 2001 caper
Ocean's Eleven
Meg
$400 [7]
Frederic is a young pirate apprentice in this rollicking work from 1879
The Pirates of Penzance
Meg
$400 [13]
This Louisiana governor created his "share-our-wealth" in 1934, advocating higher income & inheritance taxes
Huey Long
Jeff
$400 [19]
Invite friends over to play this game; dazzle them with your knowledge while filling in your token with little wedges
Trivial Pursuit
Meg
$400 [1]
Pen name (3, 2, 5)
nom de plume
Meg
$800 [25]
The USA's first one of these classes for youngsters opened its doors in Watertown in 1856
a kindergarten
Jeff
$800 [11]
Michael Caine teamed up with this comic actor as the title con men in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"
Steve Martin
Meg
$800 [8]
The true identity of a missing king is at the heart of 1889's "The Gondoliers", set mostly in this city
Venice
Meg
$800 [14]
This son of Man O' War, with "war" in his own name, won the Triple Crown in 1937
War Admiral
Jeff
$800 [20]
Go out & try a new restaurant recommended in this survey/guide launched in 1979
Zagat
Rachel
$800 [2]
Good evening (7)
bonsoir
Jeff Meg
$1,200 [26]
Wisconsin borders these 2 Great Lakes
Superior and Michigan
Jeff
$1,200 [18]
Mel Gibson & Jodie Foster are card-playing cons in this western based on a TV series
Maverick
Rachel
DD $1,600 [9]
A perennial favorite, it is set in a rather inau then tic version of Japan
The Mikado
Meg
$1,200 [15]
In 1934 F. Scott Fitzgerald published this novel about psychiatrist Dick Diver & his schizophrenic wife
Tender is the Night
Jeff
$1,200 [21]
Try writing one of these funny 5-line poems; here, I'll start it for you--"There was a man from Tibet...
a limerick
Rachel
$1,200 [3]
& There you have it! (5)
voilà
Rachel
$1,600 [27]
Surprisingly, these Wisconsin islands have names like Sand, Raspberry & Oak instead of Judas, Andrew & Peter
the Apostles
Jeff
$1,600 [30]
Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Baldwin, Benicio del Toro, Kevin Pollak & Kevin Spacey are the title figures of this 1995 film
The Usual Suspects
Jeff
$1,600 [10]
1882's "Iolanthe" tells the tale of a fairy who has disobeyed magical laws by marrying one of these
a human
Jeff
$1,600 [16]
In June 1936 the Republican National Convention nominated this Kansas governor for president
(Alf) Landon
Jeff
$1,600 [22]
Take a hike! Up this impressive 8,800-foot formation in Yosemite National Park
Half Dome
Meg
$1,600 [4]
A place de coiffure or de beaute (5)
salon
Rachel
DD $2,000 [28]
You can polish off this clue if you know that Frank Lloyd Wright designed the HQ for this company in Racine
Johnson Wax
Jeff
$2,000 [29]
Tatum O'Neal won an Oscar as the protege of con man Ryan O'O'O'O'O'O'O'O'Nealnhiseriodiece
Paper Moon
Meg
$2,000 [12]
This grim landmark is the setting for 1888's "The Yeomen of the Guard" & some of the fun takes place around the chopping block
The Tower of London
Jeff
$2,000 [17]
World War I veterans demanding extra pay for their service made up the 1930s group known as this army
the Bonus Army
Jeff
$2,000 [23]
How about hitting the slopes of Loon Mountain or the Dartmouth Skiway in this state
New Hampshire
Rachel
$2,000 [5]
Up to date (2, 7)
au courant

Final Jeopardy!

COINS OF THE WORLD

50 Cent pieces issued in 2003 by this country depict Frodo, Gandalf, Gollum, Sauron & Aragorn

New Zealand

Meg "What is New Zealand?" — wagered $2,201
Jeff "What is New Zealand?" — wagered $9,001
Rachel "What is New Zealand?" — wagered $10,000

« Back to Games