Show #6253 2011-11-23 (taped 2011-10-10) Regular

Contestants

Katherine Philbin — a homemaker from Bedford, New Hampshire

Steven Maio — a family law attorney from Corning, New York

Francis Lansangan — a military analyst from Virginia Beach, Virginia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $40,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Francis $3,200 $12,200 $23,400 $38,401
3-day champion: $78,401
$21,200
31 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Steven $2,600 $4,000 $19,200 $38,200
2nd place: $2,000
$14,400
14 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Katherine $1,800 $1,600 $12,800 $25,595
3rd place: $1,000
$10,400
13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE FIRST SUPPER OBSESSIONS GEMS & JEWELRY HORSE BREED NAMES ENDS IN DOUBLE E CHARACTERS IN MOVIES
$200 [7]
The menu for his 1865 inaugural banquet included terrapin stew & quail
Abraham Lincoln
Steven
$200 [6]
Delia Bacon was obsessed with the idea that other Elizabethans wrote the works attributed to this man
Shakespeare
Francis
$200 [5]
On Nov. 10, 1958 New York City jeweler Harry Winston donated this great blue stone to the Smithsonian
the Hope Diamond
Francis
$200 [1]
The Jutland horse is named for this country's Jutland Peninsula, where it has been bred for centuries
Denmark
Francis
$200 [3]
A 25th anniversary is a "silver" this
jubilee
Francis
$200 [22]
This animated feline is "the most daring swashbuckler, ladies man and all-around coolest cat"
Puss in Boots
Katherine
$400 [17]
His 1957 inauguration included a "minority dinner" featuring gefilte fish, minestrone soup & Greek salad
Eisenhower
Francis
$400 [27]
This British missionary was obsessed with finding the headwaters of the Nile but died in 1873 with no luck
Livingstone
Francis
$400 [11]
In 1893 Kokichi Mikimoto developed a process to create these "cultured" gems
pearls
Francis
$400 [2]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew holds the bridle of a Budweiser Clydesdale at the Anheuser-Busch Brewery in St. Louis, MO.) Descendants of the great Flemish horse, which could pull a ton or more walking at 5 miles per hour, the Clydesdales were named for a major river in this country
Scotland
Steven
$400 [4]
This word for a man's wig comes from the French for "tuft"
a toupee
Katherine
$400 [23]
This character's 3 husbands were played by Rand Brooks, Carroll Nye & Clark Gable
Scarlett O'Hara
Katherine
$600 [18]
Guests at his inaugural parties downed some 40 million jelly beans
Reagan
Steven
$600 [28]
In 1674 Anton van Leeuwenhoek's obsession with lenses paid off; he discovered these, from the Latin for "first animal"
protozoa
Steven
$600 [12]
The Chinese call it the "jewel of heaven" & believe it protects against accidents
jade
Francis
$600 [15]
"Real" in the name of the alter-real means this; it was bred for the Portuguese court
royal
Katherine
$600 [8]
Ah, yes, hello, my dear, my little this bird of the titmouse family
chickadee
Francis
$600 [24]
In this title role, Ellen Page says, "I'm already pregnant, so what other kind of shenanigans could I get into"
Juno
Francis
$800 [19]
This bachelor president's inaugural guests were served 400 gallons of oysters & 60 mutton saddles
Buchanan
Francis
$800 [29]
This African-American composer was so obsessed with his opera "Treemonisha" that he suffered a breakdown in 1911
(Scott) Joplin
Francis
$800 [13]
Check out the bejeweledhead coveringof this living woman
Queen Elizabeth II
Francis
$800 [16]
The name of this horse of the American plains comes from a Spanish word meaning "stray"
the mustang
Steven Katherine
$800 [9]
Let me rock you, Kubla Khan, with this type of authoritative & formal order
a decree
Katherine
$1,000 [26]
This Bogart character exclaims in court, "Ah, but the strawberries! That's... that's where I had them"
Captain Queeg
Francis
$1,000 [20]
Instead of an elaborate meal, this southerner served peanuts & pretzels
Jimmy Carter
Francis
$1,000 [30]
Cato the Elder's obsession with the threat offered by this city led in part to the Third Punic War
Carthage
Steven
$1,000 [14]
From Latin for "thread", this style of jewelry is made by twisting fine wires of precious metals into patterns
filigree
Steven
$1,000 [21]
This breed takes its name from a city in Slovenia that was home to the Austrian imperial stud
Lipizzaner
Francis
$1,000 [10]
French term for an evening party, perhaps a musical one
a soirée
Steven
DD $3,000 [25]
When Winona Ryder whispers, "Hold me", this Johnny Depp title character replies, "I can't"
Edward Scissorhands
Francis

Double Jeopardy! Round

RADIO FACES ASIA SCIENCE-Y 3-LETTER WORDS AS I RECALL SARAH TONE IN... CHARACTER IN JAMES FENIMORE COOPER
$400 [13]
He's seenherea decade before his most famous broadcasts
Churchill
Francis
$400 [5]
It's the northernmost country in Asia
Russia
Francis Katherine
$400 [26]
It's short for the room or building where experiments are done
a lab
Francis
$400 [21]
In 2008 the USDA ordered the recall of 143 million pounds of this meat, though most of it had already been eaten
beef
Francis Katherine
$400 [3]
"Going Through The Motions" from the "Buffy" musical episode
Sarah Michelle Gellar
$400 [1]
First & last name of the scout who's Cooper's most famous creation
Natty Bumppo
Katherine
$800 [14]
Radio nickname of Howard Stern producer & on-air personality Gary Dell'Abate
Baba Booey
Francis
$800 [9]
The popular sport muay thai is a type of this martial art
kickboxing
Katherine
$800 [27]
It's the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea
ebb
Francis
$800 [22]
In 2010 Legacy propane infrared plaque heaters were recalled due to the chance of poisoning by this odorless gas
carbon monoxide
Francis
$800 [4]
"Building A Mystery" & a TV ad for British Columbia tourism
Sarah McLachlan
Francis
$800 [2]
"The troops and rangers call me" this title, "inasmuch as I have never been known to miss one end of the trail"
Pathfinder
Steven
$1,200 [15]
If you're happier listening to this NPR program not knowing what Michele Norrislooks like, cover your eyes
All Things Considered
Francis
$1,200 [10]
The modern cooking style called this landlocked country's "barbecue" was invented in Taiwan
Mongolian
Katherine
$1,200 [28]
Sn is the chemical symbol for this
tin
Steven
$1,200 [23]
Oops! DePuy Orthopedics had to recall defective implants for this 3-letter joint
the hip
Katherine
$1,200 [6]
A song to Jimmy Kimmel about Matt Damon
Sarah Silverman
Francis
$1,600 [19]
In "The Last of the Mohicans", he's Chingachgook's friend with a name out of "M*A*S*H"
Hawkeye
Francis Steven
$1,600 [16]
This Southerner who announced Brooklyn Dodgers games gave fans folksy expressions like "the catbird seat"
Red Barber
Steven
$2,000 [12]
Get high in the Himalayas in Thimphu, this nation's capital
Bhutan
Francis
$1,600 [29]
This unit of illumination shares its name with an old brand of soap & detergent
lux
$1,600 [24]
A 2009 recall covered millions of window coverings, including Roman shades & roll-up these
blinds
Francis
$1,600 [7]
"All I Ask Of You", by her onetime husband Andrew Lloyd Webber
Sarah Brightman
Katherine
$2,000 [20]
In the tale "The Pioneers", it's 1793 & this hunter named for his apparel has spent 50 years in the wilderness
Leatherstocking
Francis Katherine
$2,000 [17]
Thisdisc jockey is often credited with coining the term "rock 'n' roll"
Alan Freed
Steven
DD $4,000 [11]
The only U.S. mint ever outside the continental U.S. was opened in 1920 in this Asian country, then a U.S. colony
the Philippines
Katherine
$2,000 [30]
These 2 similarly spelled words mean a span of time longer than an era & an electrically charged atom
an eon & an ion
Francis
$2,000 [25]
Millions of these made from 1995 to 2007 for kids were recalled; the MTV show of the same name is still safe
cribs
Steven
$2,000 [8]
Standardslike "Lover Man" & "Misty"
Sarah Vaughan
Francis
DD $6,000 [18]
Fittingly, the title character of this 1841 novel dines on venison in Chapter 1
the Deerslayer
Steven

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN WOMEN

Geraldine Doyle, who in 1942 took a job at a Michigan metal factory, helped inspire the look & job of this iconic character

Rosie the Riveter

Katherine "Who is Rosie the Riveter?" — wagered $12,795
Steven "Who is Rosie theRiveter?Riveter?" — wagered $19,000
Francis "Who is Rosie the Riveter?" — wagered $15,001

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