Show #6259 2011-12-01 (taped 2011-10-11) Regular

Contestants

Gillian DiPietro — a law student from Brooklyn, New York

Logan Schultz — a bank examiner from Lexington, Kentucky

Jan Zasowski — a stock trader from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,801)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jan $2,200 $6,400 $18,800 $19,800
2-day champion: $46,601
$19,800
22 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Logan $1,600 $1,800 $8,800 $3,498
2nd place: $2,000
$6,200
15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Gillian $1,400 $400 $7,000 $3
3rd place: $1,000
$10,000
12 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

WEE FOLK FURNITURE BRIT SPEAK DANCE! ABOUT THE STATES "IGGY" POP
$200 [9]
In a Grimm tale the Miller's daughter gave this little man a necklace & a ring for spinning straw into gold for her
Rumpelstiltskin
Logan
$200 [27]
This type of low bed has casters so that it can be rolled under another bed for storage
a trundle
Logan Gillian
$200 [11]
A brolly is one of these--don't leave home without it on a rainy day
an umbrella
Jan
$200 [12]
Time to form this dancing line! Put your hands on the shoulders of the person in front of you, & 1, 2, 3, kick! 1, 2, 3, kick!
a conga line
Logan
$200 [16]
It's the only state that borders Maine
New Hampshire
Logan
$200 [21]
Laverne & Shirley's neighbor
Squiggy
Gillian
$400 [10]
The name of this type of wee supernatural being is from the Latin for "spirit"
a sprite
Logan
$400 [2]
This French-named style of furniture that was "new" around 1900 was characterized by the graceful whiplash curve
(Art) Nouveau
Jan
$400 [26]
It's not just a special occasion like Easter or Boxing Day, it's also a vacation in general
a holiday
Logan
$400 [13]
Seen here is the Kahurangi troupe performing the haka, a traditional dance of the Maori of this nation
New Zealand
Jan
$400 [17]
Delaware has only 3 of these: New Castle, Kent & Sussex
counties
Gillian
$400 [22]
A 1998 hit for Will Smith
"Gettin' Jiggy Wit It"
Jan
$600 [6]
Treasure seekers can sometimes track down one of these Irish fairies by the sound of his shoemaker's hammer
a leprechaun
Gillian
$600 [1]
Useful little end tables & coffee tables are also called these "tables", so they may talk like foreigners
accent tables
Gillian
$600 [3]
Elastoplast isn't a cartoon villain, it's one of these that sometimes stings when you yank it off
a band-aid
Jan
$600 [14]
We'd love to show a clip of this "forbidden dance" from a 1990 film, but we want to keep our G rating
the lambada
Jan Gillian
$600 [18]
The state ship of Connecticut is this early nuclear submarine
the Nautilus
Logan
$600 [23]
She played first mate to Captain Link Hogthrob
Miss Piggy
Jan
$800 [7]
The nixies of German mythology are said to live in this environment, like the naiads of Greek mythology
water (a river accepted)
Gillian
$800 [28]
Hey, Mr. Irving! A chair of the mid-19th c. with a concave seat & high back shares its name with this town
Sleepy Hollow
Jan
$800 [4]
The ironmonger is the gent who runs this type of local store
a hardware store
$800 [15]
"The Lawrence Welk Show" wasn't afraid to roll out a wunnerful "beer barrel" version of this dance
the polka
Logan
$800 [19]
Orson Welles' birthplace of Kenosha is in this state
Wisconsin
Jan Logan
$800 [24]
Swinging '60s London was the scene for this woman born Lesley Hornby
Twiggy
Jan
$1,000 [8]
This ugly guy "with eyes as big as saucers" wanted to eat the 3 billy goats that crossed over his bridge
the troll
Jan
$1,000 [30]
French for "shelf", it's an open-shelved piece of furniture for displaying knickknacks
étagère
Logan
DD $1,000 [5]
A lido is a public one of these; on a cruise ship you'll find one on the lido deck
a swimming pool
Jan
$1,000 [29]
This promenade dance, done by couples to win a certain baked item, is also something easy, as in "Winning that game was a..."
a cakewalk
Logan
$1,000 [20]
It's named for an Indian people also known as the Kaw
Kansas
Jan
$1,000 [25]
In a David Bowie song, he played guitar with his band the spiders from Mars
Ziggy Stardust
Jan Gillian

Double Jeopardy! Round

FIRST OF THE MONTH THEJEOPARDY!TIME MACHINE GEOLOGY THE NATIONAL TRACK & FIELD HALL OF FAME MINER CLASSICS "MAJOR" CONCERNS
$400 [1]
2011 New Student Orientation began at Providence College
September
Logan
$400 [29]
Sure, Mr. Gore, Palm Beach, early 2000--guess you want to rework the ballot named for this insect
a butterfly
Jan
$400 [7]
Corundum makes up much of this rock used to make an abrasive "board"
emery
Jan
$400 [15]
Dave Wottle was known for his cap; after winning 1972's Olympic 800, he forgot to take it off during this & had to apologize
the national anthem
Logan Gillian
$400 [18]
He didn't strike it rich in the 1897 Klondike gold rush, but he did use the experience in works like "Son of the Wolf"
(Jack) London
Logan
$800 [14]
In the U.S. Army this commissioned officer wears 2 stars
a major general
Logan
$800 [2]
The Catholic observance of All Hallows
November
Jan
$800 [26]
Dress like a swell for the 1934 opening of this songwriter's "Anything Goes", featuring "I Get a Kick Out Of You"
Cole Porter
Gillian
$800 [8]
The sword of Damocles is a large one of these formations in Carlsbad Caverns
a stalactite
Gillian
$1,200 [3]
At Oregon, hewon seven NCAA track titles and made thecoverof Sports Illustrated as a freshman, before his tragic death at 24
(Steve) Prefontaine
Gillian
$800 [19]
The son of a coal miner, this author touched on the mining life in his autobiographical 1913 novel "Sons and Lovers"
(D.H.) Lawrence
Gillian
$1,200 [11]
In the Bible it's the collective term for Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel & Daniel
Major Prophets
Jan
$1,200 [4]
Canada Day
July
Jan Logan
$1,200 [20]
Feel like doing some pillaging? Turn the dial to 1240 & join this "colorful" Tatar group
the Golden Horde
Jan
$1,200 [6]
Shatter cones, with radiating fracture lines, are only found at the sites of space object impacts & of these tests
nuclear tests
Logan
$1,600 [5]
Al Oerter won this event in 4 straight Olympics but due to youth, then injury, then age, was an underdog every time
discus throw
$1,200 [25]
"Marching Men" by Sherwood Anderson recounts the tribulations of coal miners in this eastern state
Pennsylvania
Gillian
$1,600 [12]
It's the line that passes through the 2 foci of an ellipse
a major axis
Jan
$1,600 [9]
Mardi Gras 2022 (get your beads now)
March
Gillian
$1,600 [21]
Get ready to shout, "Mr. President, look out!" when the setting is for this city Sept. 6, 1901
Buffalo
Logan
$1,600 [23]
This fancy French word refers to a deep fissure in a glacier
a crevasse
Jan
$2,000 [17]
She won the first Olympic women's marathon in 1984 & ran under 2:50 in the New York Marathon in 2009
Joan Benoit
$1,600 [28]
This "colorful" Richard Llewellyn novel set in a Welsh mining community was made into a 1941 Oscar-winning film
How Green Was My Valley
Gillian
$2,000 [13]
This George Bernard Shaw play tells the tale of a woman who joins the Salvation Army
Major Barbara
Gillian
$2,000 [10]
Official birthday of Point Given & Mine That Bird
January
$2,000 [22]
You'll learn from Corneille & La Rochefoucauld if you visit Madame de Rambouillet's 17th century one of these gatherings
a salon
Jan
$2,000 [24]
Agiant oceancalled Panthalassa once surrounded this supercontinent, whose name means "all earth"
Pangaea
Jan
DD $3,400 [16]
Mike Conley had a personal best of over 27' in the long jump & over 58' in this event
the triple jump
Logan
DD $3,000 [27]
1917's "King Coal" by this author was to the mining industry what an earlier work had been to the meat-packing industry
Upton Sinclair
Gillian

Final Jeopardy!

HIT SONGS

Inspired by a Meher Baba saying, this 1980s Grammy winner was the first a cappella recording to top the Billboard 100

"Don't Worry, Be Happy" (by Bobby McFerrin)

Gillian "What is ?" — wagered $6,997
Logan "What isIt's All RiDont worry, be happ" — wagered $5,302
Jan "What is Don't Worry Be Happy?" — wagered $1,000

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