Show #6221 2011-10-10 (taped 2011-08-29) Regular

Joon Pahk game 6.

Contestants

Jared Balkman — a vending route driver from Appleton, Wisconsin

Hannah Wachs — an elementary school teacher from Irvine, California

Joon Pahk — a college physics teacher from Somerville, Massachusetts (whose 5-day cash winnings total $146,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Joon $5,800 $11,400 $31,200 $23,700
6-day champion: $169,900
$21,400
30 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Hannah $3,000 $2,800 $11,200 $1,999
3rd place: $1,000
$11,200
13 R, 1 W
Jared $0 $1,800 $10,200 $9,100
2nd place: $2,000
$10,200
10 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

CELEBRITY MEMOIRS SCRAMBLED KEGS MONEY, MONEY, MONEY THE RIVER'S TRIBUTARIES THIS YEAR IN HISTORY ADJECTIVES OFTHE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
$200 [2]
One chapter in her book "Bossypants" is "30 Rock: An Experiment to Confuse Your Grandparents"
Tina Fey
Joon
$200 [23]
Cheers, mate:FORESTS
Fosters
Joon
$200 [1]
Ulysses S. Grant appears on this U.S. bill
the $50
Hannah
$200 [18]
Tocantins, Madeira, Rio Negro
the Amazon
Jared
$200 [7]
1969:American Indians begin a 2-year occupation of this island in San Francisco Bay
Alcatraz
Joon
$200 [11]
"Abby, I hear The Naked Heiressis gonna be on Jeopardy!that's huge!""Mom, please. I am rich and famous." [Sighs]"Honey, don't you think you're being..."...this adjective that means "world-weary" & "cynical"--it doesn't mean "covered in green gemstones"
jaded
Joon
$400 [4]
In "All That Is Bitter & Sweet", this actress says mom Naomi likes to say their family put the "fun" in dysfunctional
Ashley Judd
Joon
$400 [24]
Weekends were made for it:CLIMB HOE
Michelob
Jared
$400 [3]
In 1970 this Japanese currency was at 360 to the dollar; today it's under 100
the yen
Hannah
$400 [19]
River Leach, River Churn, River Cherwell
the Thames
Joon
$400 [8]
1770:This man & Seth Warner organize the Green Mountain Boys
Ethan Allen
Joon
$400 [15]
"We can never do this again. Nobody, and I mean nobody, can know about it.""Tresromantic, Nick. What are you implying, that I'm not..."...this 11-letter adjective meaning reliable & responsible like a Boy Scout
trustworthy
Joon
$600 [6]
"Stories I Only Tell My Friends" includes his days in the Brat Pack & his romance with Princess Stephanie of Monaco
Rob Lowe
$600 [25]
Enjoy this Belgian brew:ATLAS LOITERS
Stella Artois
Joon
$600 [5]
Seen here is one of these currency units from a country that's in the zone
the euro
Hannah
$600 [20]
Parma, Trebbia, Ticino
the Po
Jared
$600 [9]
2011:This company founded by a 1941 merger downgrades the USA's long-term credit rating to AA+
Standard & Poor's
Joon
$600 [28]
"Please, Lily, understand, everything I did was to keep you and the twins safe.""Cane, you pretended that you were dead and made me think that I was sleeping with a ghost. I ended up in an insane asylum. You're..."...this 10-letter adjective from the Latin for "look down on" (& favored by Daffy Duck on occasion)
despicable
Hannah
$800 [16]
Once a celebrity daughter named Chastity, this child of Cher revealed "The Story of How I Became a Man" in "Transition"
Chaz Bono
Joon
$800 [26]
Let's go Dutch:SIGHT MALLET
Amstel Light
Joon
$1,000 [14]
The 50,000-rial note of this Middle East country is seen here
Iran
Hannah
$800 [21]
Moselle, Main, Neckar
the Rhine
Joon Hannah
$800 [10]
1789:This French landmark is stormed & its governor, killed
the Bastille
Hannah
$800 [29]
"Oh, Jack, it feels just like yesterday that you and Diane and I were celebrating the IPO.""I've had my eye on you since before Diane died, and now I have even more reason to be..."...this doubtful word that's in the title of Elvis' last No. 1 pop hit
suspicious
Jared
$1,000 [17]
This country star called her 2011 memoir "From This Moment On", also the name of one of her hit songs
Shania Twain
$1,000 [27]
I enjoy "33" bottles:CORK ON GRILL
Rolling Rock
Jared
DD $2,400 [13]
Released by the U.S. Mint in January 1999, the first quarter honoring a state honored this one
Delaware
Joon
$1,000 [22]
Big Salmon, Pelly, Klondike
the Yukon
Joon
$1,000 [12]
1653:This Izaak Walton ode to piscatory endeavors splashes ashore
The Compleat Angler
Joon
$1,000 [30]
"Dear God. You manipulate everyone around you, just like a marionette. You are downright..."...this adjective, also the title of a hit Broadway musical that features Munchkins & flying monkeys
wicked
Joon

Double Jeopardy! Round

"A" IN MATH NAMES IN SONG TITLES SISTER SISTER TENNESSEE WILLIAMS CONSTITUTIONAL NO-NOs CANINE WORDS & PHRASES
$400 [1]
In this type of triangle, all 3 angles are less than 90 degrees
acute
Hannah
$400 [30]
CCR:"Proud ____"
Mary
Joon
$400 [19]
She mentions her sister Margot's diary in her own diary, but Margot's was never found
Anne Frank
Joon
$400 [7]
Williams believed this was his best long play because of "the kingly magnitude of Big Daddy"
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Joon
$400 [12]
No state shall engage in this (unless invaded)
war
Joon
$400 [2]
You can follow the fairway or hit over the rough on this type of golf hole that has an angle in it
a dogleg
Joon
$800 [3]
This segment of a circle can be measured by its length or the angle it forms
an arc
Joon
$800 [29]
Taylor Swift:"____ McGraw"
Tim
Jared
$800 [22]
One of England's first abstract painters, Vanessa Bell was the sister of this Bloomsbury Group author
Virginia Woolf
Hannah
$800 [8]
Tennessee's first success was this play about the Wingfield family that premiered in 1944
The Glass Menagerie
Joon
$800 [13]
No law respecting an establishment of this
religion
Joon
$800 [15]
They're seen here
dog tags
Hannah
$1,200 [4]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange.) The Exchange now allows brokers on the floor to execute trades from handheld devices using programs called "algos", short for this type of step-by-step mathematical process
an algorithm
Jared
$1,200 [28]
Night Ranger:"Sister ____"
Christian
Jared
$1,200 [23]
Ann & Nancy Wilson are the creative spark behind this rock band
Heart
Joon
$1,200 [9]
Born Thomas, Williams may have first used his nickname in this Tennessee port for a writing contest
Memphis
$1,200 [14]
No compulsion in a criminal case to be this against yourself
a witness
Hannah
$1,200 [16]
On "Cheers" Norm once said it's this type of "world and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear"
a dog-eat-dog
Hannah
$1,600 [5]
2 angles in a plane sharing a common vertex & side are said to be this
adjacent
Joon
$1,600 [27]
Falco:"Rock Me ____"
Amadeus
Joon
$1,600 [24]
The first siblings to earn more than $1 million on the LPGA tour were this Swede & her sister Charlotta
(Annika) Sorenstam
Jared
$1,600 [10]
Marlon Brando hitchhiked to Williams' home to read for this role; he also fixed the writer's toilet during the visit
Stanley Kowalski
Joon
$1,600 [20]
No being a senator if you haven't been this for at least 9 years
a citizen
Joon
$1,600 [17]
This canine cliche means you should avoid disturbing a calm situation
Let sleeping dogs lie
Joon Jared
DD $14,200 [6]
It's the length from the base of a cone to the apex
the altitude
Joon
$2,000 [26]
R.E.M.:"What's The Frequency, ____?"
Kenneth
Jared
$2,000 [25]
Last name of sisters Loretta & Linda, U.S. representatives from California
Sanchez
DD $4,000 [11]
In this 1950 play, a dressmaker's deceased husband & her new boyfriend both sport the title art on their chests
The Rose Tattoo
Joon
$2,000 [21]
No denial of voting rights for "failure to pay" this specific tax
a poll tax
Hannah
$2,000 [18]
In 2011, Orrin Hatchused apictureto indicate he felt a Senate hearing had become this
a dog and pony show
Hannah

Final Jeopardy!

THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

He was executed in 1780 & buried in Tappan, New York; his remains were moved to Westminster Abbey in 1821

Major John André

Jared "Who is Benedict Arnold?" — wagered $1,100
Hannah "Who is Benedict Arnold?" — wagered $9,201
Joon "Who is Benedict Arnold?" — wagered $7,500

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