Show #6199 2011-07-21 (taped 2011-03-22) Regular

Mark Runsvold game 5.

Contestants

Brian McEntee — an academic advisor from Arlington, Virginia

Samer Ismail — a content manager from McKinney, Texas

Mark Runsvold — a student and waiter from Moscow, Idaho (whose 4-day cash winnings total $153,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Mark $3,000 $3,600 $7,400 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$16,400
16 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Samer $2,600 $5,800 $6,600 $3,201
2nd place: $2,000
$6,200
12 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Brian $2,600 $6,800 $26,200 $30,000
New champion: $30,000
$24,800
27 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE HUMAN BODY ACTRESSES' TRESSES HODGEPODGE THERE SHE IS, MISS AMERICA MEMBER NATIONS OF OPEC LOTS OF "OIL"
$200 [7]
On average, this human organ covers between 14 & 18 square feet
the skin
Mark
$200 [6]
Veronica Lake's haircut that covered one eye was this style, also the name of a game played with small children
a peekaboo
Samer
$200 [21]
The bright star Regulus represents the lion's foot in this constellation
Leo
Brian
$200 [26]
There she is, again & again--Mary Campbell, from this capital of Ohio, won in 1922 & '23 & was 1st runner-up in '24
Columbus
Brian
$200 [1]
This Mideastern member nation holds the world's largest reserves of petroleum
Saudi Arabia
Samer
$200 [16]
Proverbially, it's what you do to a child when you spare the rod
spoil
Samer
$400 [8]
These identifying ridges on the hands are visible on human fetuses at about 4 months
fingerprints
Brian
$400 [12]
In the '60s people "flip"ped for this actress' 'do as Laura Petrie
Mary Tyler Moore
Mark
$400 [22]
Fischbacher & Horn are the last names of this pair made famous by their magical live performances with tigers
Siegfried and Roy
Brian
$400 [27]
It's fair (& balanced) to tell you 1989's Gretchen Carlson reports for this news channel--you decide which one
FoxNews
Brian
$400 [2]
One of the smallest PECs is this country that was invaded in 1990 for its oil
Kuwait
Samer
$400 [17]
A weapon for fencing
a foil
Samer
$600 [9]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates with a knife.) The paper clip moves because no matter how hard you try, you can't hold completely still because the cells of this type of tissue are always in alternating states of contraction & relaxation
muscle tissue
Mark
$600 [13]
In 2011 she sported a new chin-length bob while promoting her film "Just Go With It"
Jennifer Aniston
Brian
$600 [23]
You might do the funky chicken or the fox trot at one of these endurance contests for couples
a dance-a-thon (or a dance marathon)
Brian
$600 [28]
In 2011 17-year-old Teresa Scanlan from this "Cornhusker State" became the youngest winner since 1933
Nebraska
Mark
$600 [3]
Until it withdrew in 2008, the only far east nation in OPEC was this large one made up of thousands of islands
Indonesia
Samer
$600 [18]
7-letter word for the highest layer of dirt from which plants take nutrients
topsoil
Samer
$800 [10]
The average life span of these receptor cell groups in the mouth is 8-10 days
tastebuds
Mark
$800 [14]
This redheaded co-star of "The Kids Are All Right" has published a children's book, "Freckleface Strawberry"
Julianne Moore
Brian
$800 [24]
This "insect" of a company calls itself the world's leading maker of construction & mining equipment
Caterpillar
Brian
$800 [29]
1959's Mary Ann Mobley played Maggie Drummond on this Gary Coleman sitcom
Diff'rent Strokes
Brian
$1,000 [5]
In March 2011 world oil prices rose due to fighting in this OPEC member's oil cities, like Ras Lanuf
Libya
Brian
$800 [19]
One of the 4 things Winston Churchill offered the British people in his first speech as prime minister
toil
Brian
$1,000 [11]
In the average human body there is enough of this element, atomic no. 6, to make about 900 pencils
carbon
Brian
$1,000 [15]
She sported a shaved head & an incredibly buff bod in "G.I. Jane"
Demi Moore
Mark
$1,000 [25]
This language has 3 main dialects: Connact, Munster & Ulster
Gaelic (or Irish)
Samer
$1,000 [30]
This 1971 winner co-hosted "The NFL Today" for CBS from 1975 to 1984
Phyllis George
DD $1,200 [4]
Ecuador & this other South American country are members
Venezuela
Samer
$1,000 [20]
To make water muddy by stirring up sediment
roil
Samer

Double Jeopardy! Round

MINOR FACTS ABOUT MAJOR PEOPLE NBA ROOKIES OF THE YEAR BOURBON PLANNING NOVEL QUOTES MOUNTAINS SCOOBY'S RELATIVES?
$400 [2]
At his second inaugural address in 1793, he made no mention of his dogs Sweet Lips, Drunkard & Tipsy
Washington
Samer
$400 [1]
In 1985 it was this Bull with a bright future
Michael Jordan
Samer
$400 [16]
This man for whom a Clermont, Ky. bourbon is named uses the more formal "James" in the name of the company
Jim Beam
Brian
$400 [21]
1937:"A sudden understanding, a pity mixed with horror, welled up in Bilbo's heart"
The Hobbit
Brian
$400 [26]
At 14,433 feet, Colorado's Mount Elbert is the highest peak in this mountain chain
the Rockies
Mark
$400 [11]
3-syllable adjective for an unpaid bill or a late library book
overdue
Brian
$800 [3]
This long-term Caribbean leader who came to power in 1959 is an accomplished ping-pong player
Fidel Castro
Brian
$800 [7]
Shaq took the honor in 1993 as a member of this team
the Orlando Magic
Brian
$800 [17]
Bourbon is made with this type of mash that uses liquid from a prior distillation; so is Jack Daniel's, but Jack ain't bourbon
sourmash
Mark
$800 [22]
2003:"The Holy Grail is not a thing. It is, in fact... a person"
The Da Vinci Code
Brian
$800 [27]
Lake Kawaguchi is famous for its inverted reflection of this peak on its still waters
Fuji
Mark
$800 [12]
This carbonated beverage comes in varieties called Baja Blast & Livewire
Mountain Dew
Brian
$1,200 [4]
At the St. Louis exposition of 1904, this Apache leader signed & sold autographs
Geronimo
Mark
$1,200 [8]
In 2009 Allen Iverson returned to this team for which he won the award in 1997
the (Philadelphia) 76ers
Mark
$1,200 [18]
Legend has it that this brand's founder took its name from a southern belle's corsage
Four Roses
$1,200 [23]
"George gonna say I done a bad thing. He ain't gonna let me tend no rabbits"
Of Mice and Men
Mark
$1,200 [28]
Worn down by wind and rain, the mountains of this range that includes the Vesuvius are among the lowest in Europe
the Apennines
Mark
$1,200 [13]
This Frenchman played the title roles in "Danton" & "Cyrano de Bergerac"
Gérard Depardieu
Brian
$1,600 [5]
This French thinker & author of "No Exit" had an ocular condition & was called "short, ugly, wall-eyed" by Life magazine
(Jean-Paul) Sartre
Brian
$1,600 [9]
This Knicks center was the 1986 choice
Patrick Ewing
Brian
$1,600 [19]
The brand Evan Williams honors "Kentucky's first distiller", who set up on the banks of this river in Louisville in 1783
the Ohio
Brian
$2,000 [25]
1952:"When I walk down the street I bet people will say there goes Roy Hobbs, the best there ever was in the game"
The Natural
Mark
$1,600 [29]
Now dormant, this volcano in Eastern Turkey last erupted on June 2, 1840
Mount Ararat
$1,600 [14]
Term for something that remains after most has been removed
a residue
Brian
$2,000 [6]
As a prince, this Prussian embraced the arts & music; as king following his father, Frederick William, he waged war
Frederick the Great
Mark
$2,000 [10]
When Kareem Abdul-Jabbar got the award, he was going by this name
Lew Alcindor
Brian
$2,000 [20]
3 parts Maker's Mark + 1 part sweet vermouth + maraschino juice + the cherry = the Maker's Mark this cocktail
Manhattan
Mark
DD $9,000 [24]
1995:"Perhaps, thought Nanny, little green Elphaba chose her own sex, and her own color"
Wicked
Mark
$2,000 [30]
This range forms an arc from Slovakia to Romania with both ends lying on the Danube river
the Carpathians
Brian
DD $3,400 [15]
This capital at the confluence of the Baghmati & Vishnumati is also called Kantipur
Kathmandu
Brian

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY LEADERS

Time magazine first mentioned him in 1939, when his father sent him on a diplomatic errand from London to Glasgow

John F. Kennedy

Samer "Who is John Major?" — wagered $3,399
Mark "What is ___?" — wagered $7,400
Brian "Who is JFK?" — wagered $3,800

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