Show #6237 2011-11-01 (taped 2011-09-21) Regular

Contestants

Emily Gifford — a historical researcher and writer from Middletown, Connecticut

Dave Burnstein — an attorney from Louisville, Kentucky

Evan Sandman — a hotel front desk manager from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,801)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Evan	$4,400	$7,000	$27,800	$21,599 2nd place: $2,000	$24,800 29 R (including 3 DDs), 2 W
Dave	$1,400	$2,400	$1,200	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$1,200 7 R, 2 W
Emily	$2,000	$4,200	$17,000	$33,800 New champion: $33,800	$17,000 19 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

BALLET IT ON THICK	HANDGUNS	NATIONAL FOOD DAYS	HUSBANDRY	A LOT OF HAPPY TALK	WORDS CONTAINING BODY PARTS
$200 [7] This dancer defected from the USSR during a 1974 tour stop in Toronto Mikhail Baryshnikov Evan	$200 [4] Head to the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum to see this woman's pair of gold-plated six shooters Annie Oakley Evan	$200 [1] Get out your creminis & portobellos--October 15 is national this day mushrooms Evan	$200 [12] Katy Perry wed this British comic in India in 2010 Russell Brand Evan	$200 [24] Flaubert wrote that this title character was at last "to know those joys of love, that fever of happiness" Madame Bovary Emily	$200 [21] To become visible, or to come formally before a tribunal appear Evan
$400 [8] The musical about this English boy's dream of going to the Royal ballet school hit Broadway in 2008 Billy Elliot Evan	$400 [14] "Weekend" slang name for a cheap & easily obtained handgun a Saturday Night Special Dave	$400 [2] On July 6, you might pick up a bucket of KFC for national this day fried chicken Emily	$400 [13] Anna Paquin & Stephen Moyer have been a couple on this show & in real life, marrying in 2010 True Blood Dave	$400 [25] This Greek thinker, "the Little Shaq", called happiness "an activity of soul in accordance with perfect virtue" Aristotle Evan Dave	$400 [22] These "notes" are used illicitly to help you on tests crib notes Evan
$800 [10] He left the USSR in 1924 & joined Diaghilev's co. in Paris, becoming its leading choreographer, by George Balanchine Evan	$600 [15] The Handgun Violence Prevention Act was named for this former press secretary James Brady Emily	$600 [3] Friday or not, January 21 is national New England this day clam chowder Evan Dave	$600 [16] Beyonce married him in a secret ceremony in April 2008 Jay Z Emily	$600 [28] This Tolstoy novel begins, "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way" Anna Karenina Dave	$600 [23] Something cut from a magazine or a lawn a clipping Emily
$1,000 [11] (Kelly of the Clue Crew is in a practice room at the Dance Theatre of Harlem in New York. A dancer is practicing in the background.) The Dance Theatre of Harlem has brought ballet around the world, including giving China's first performance of this 1910 Stravinsky work with an elusive title character The Firebird Evan	$800 [19] Weighing about 5 lbs., 1847's "Walker" model was the heaviest handgun ever made by this company Colt Evan	$800 [5] Don't pass over May 31; it's the national day for these cookies made from ground almonds or shredded coconut macaroons Evan	$800 [17] J. Lo wore $7 million worth of Neil Lane jewelry when she married hubby no. 3, this man Marc Anthony Emily	$800 [29] This Welsh poet's "Fern Hill" says, "Now as I was young & easy under the apple boughs ...& happy as the grass was green" Dylan Thomas Evan	$800 [26] Past tense word meaning "rejected a bill passed by the legislature" vetoed Evan
DD $1,200 [9] Prince Siegfried finds romance is for the birds (like Odette) in this 19th century ballet Swan Lake Evan	$1,000 [20] This Olympic event utilizes both a pistol & a sword, but not at the same time modern pentathlon	$1,000 [6] On December 6, some people celebrate St. Nicholas; others, this cold Spanish soup gazpacho Emily	$1,000 [18] Life as Fergie knows it includes marriage to this star of "Life as we Know It" Josh Duhamel	$1,000 [30] One of the "Last Poems" by this "Shropshire lad" guy says, "Happy bridegroom, Hesper brings all desired and timely things" (A.E.) Housman Emily	$1,000 [27] A small bunch of flowers a nosegay Emily

Double Jeopardy! Round

DESIGNING WOMEN	THE FACTS OF LIFE	ST. ELSEWHERE	CHEERS	DYNASTY	BACK TO '80s TV
$400 [12] "Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury" was the maxim of this French fashion designer (Coco) Chanel Emily	$400 [11] Oogenesis is the formation, development & maturation of one of these an egg Emily	$400 [6] The "home of golf", it's also home to Scotland's oldest university St. Andrews Evan	$400 [17] "Rah"is a shortening of this word hurrah Evan	$400 [20] China's Jianwen & Wanli; nice vases , fellas Ming Evan	$400 [1] When this '80s action series was brought to the big screen in 2010, Rampage Jackson got the role of B.A. Baracus The A-Team Evan
$800 [13] In 2010 Oprah gave 50 brides-to-be wedding dresses by this designer, a guest on the show Vera Wang Emily	$800 [27] In scientific classification, it immediately follows kingdom, phylum, class... order Evan	$800 [7] This Caribbean island that's paired with Nevis is also known as St. Christopher St. Kitts Emily	$800 [18] "The sound made when a sheep explodes" was Carnac the Magnificent's response to this 3-syllable cheer sis boom bah	$800 [21] Russia's Ivan VI & Nicholas I Romanov Evan	$800 [2] Once a regular on "A Different World"hehad a 2010 comedy special subtitled "Where U Been?" Sinbad Dave
$1,200 [14] This designer seenherecelebrates the exuberant, the embellished & the over-the-top Betsey Johnson Emily	$1,200 [28] Visual purple is a photosensitive pigment found in the rod-shaped cells of this part of the eye the retina	$1,200 [8] This capital of Newfoundland & Labrador is the eastern starting point of the Trans-Canada Highway St. John's Evan	$1,200 [19] CCNY's "Allagaroo" cheer is said to come from "allez guerre", French for "go to" this war Emily	$1,200 [22] France's Louis XIII-XVI Bourbon Evan	$1,200 [3] Colin Farrell & Jamie Foxx hit the streets as Crockett & Tubbs in the movie based on this '80s fave Miami Vice Emily
$1,600 [15] After her brother Gianni died in 1997, this woman became the head designer of his label Donatella Versace Emily	$1,600 [29] Types of these, such as methionine & leucine, link up to form proteins amino acids Evan	$1,600 [9] The site of 2 winter Olympics, this Swiss town has also hosted several Alpine world ski championships St. Moritz Emily	DD $2,000 [25] Yalies once cheered, "Brek-ek-ek-ex, ko-ax, ko-ax", the chorus of these creatures in an Aristophanes play frogs Evan	$1,600 [23] England's Henry VII & Edward VI Tudor Evan	$1,600 [4] Even with Val Kilmer as the voice of K.I.T.T., a remake of this '80s show failed to gain traction with viewers Knight Rider Emily
$2,000 [16] Kate Middleton'swedding dresswas designed by Sarah Burton, of this late British designer's fashion house Alexander McQueen Emily	DD $4,000 [30] The name of this portion of the brainstem means "the long marrow" medulla oblongata Evan	$2,000 [10] Charlotte Amalie, the capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands, is located on this island St. Thomas Evan Dave	$2,000 [26] "Rock chalk, Jayhawk," is followed by these 2 school letters KU Evan	$2,000 [24] Spain's Charles I & II Hapsburg Evan Dave	$2,000 [5] In the '80s he was a staple of "Wrestlemania"; he "Knows Best", according to the 2005 reality show about him Hulk Hogan Dave

Final Jeopardy!

CHILDREN'S LIT

This classic book begins, "The pretty little Swiss town of Mayenfeld lies at the foot of a mountain range"

Heidi

Dave "What is Swiss Family Robinson" — wagered $1,200

Emily "What isHeidi?" — wagered $16,800

Evan "What is Pippi Longstocking" — wagered $6,201

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