Show #6261 2011-12-05 (taped 2011-10-12) Regular

Contestants

Brendan Barnwell — a grad student and tutor from Santa Barbara, California

Scott Russell — a university chaplain from Blacksburg, Virginia

Bhibha Das — a postdoctoral research associate originally from Mt. Zion, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,201)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bhibha	$1,000	$2,400	$19,200	$21,179 2-day champion: $41,380	$15,000 18 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Scott	$-600	$1,400	$2,600	$5,100 3rd place: $1,000	$2,600 10 R, 5 W
Brendan	$2,800	$5,000	$8,000	$15,122 2nd place: $2,000	$11,000 17 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

INDIAN FOOD	AMERICAN NOVELISTS	MOVIE MODES OF TRANSPORT	PHRASES OF DEATH	MONOGRAMS IN FASHION	AMMAN, JORDAN
$200 [1] Ghee is a form of clarified this that's been slowly melted, separating the milk solids butter Scott	$200 [3] While collecting material for "The Fountainhead", she worked without pay as a typist for a New York City architect (Ayn) Rand Scott	$200 [6] "Speed" a bus Bhibha	$200 [2] Completing 2 tasks with one action is "killing 2" of these "with one stone" birds Brendan	$200 [25] His name is on everything from underwear to glassware:CK Calvin Klein Brendan	$200 [18] At a park named for this late king, you can see his car collection, including Lawrence of Arabia's armored Rolls King Hussein Brendan
$400 [7] This East Indian flatbread has a palindromic name naan Brendan	$400 [5] In 1992 this "Cider House Rules" author was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame John Irving Scott	$400 [14] "Speed 2" a boat (or a ship) Brendan	$400 [4] This agricultural plot of land is the last one you'll "buy" the farm Scott Brendan	$400 [30] Let's hear it for the red, white & blue:TH Tommy Hilfiger Brendan	$400 [19] In the 200s B.C. Bruce Springsteen could have sung "Streets of" this, as the city was then called Philadelphia Scott
$600 [8] Get your bread piping hot from this type of Indian clay oven seen here a tandoor Brendan	$600 [11] John Ehle is the author of "The Winter People", which became a film, & the father of this woman, who went into film Jennifer Ehle	$600 [15] "The Great Waldo Pepper" planes (biplanes & triplanes)	$600 [23] This longest-serving "Tonight Show" host used "staying at Club Mud" & "time-sharing the oblong condo" Johnny Carson Brendan	$800 [28] Among his projects are purses & shoes:MK Michael Kors Bhibha	$600 [22] By 1300 Amman had disappeared; it was resettled by this empire in 1878 & grew from there the Ottoman Empire Bhibha Scott
$800 [9] The vegetarian dish saag paneer is this & cheese, which is what its name means spinach Bhibha	$800 [12] Having served on a mine-sweeper during World War II, he wrote about one in "The Caine Mutiny" Herman Wouk Brendan	$800 [16] "American Flyers" bicycles Scott	$800 [21] How dead? "Dead as" one of these 8-letter carpentry items a doornail Brendan	$1,000 [27] He often dressed Jackie Kennedy:OC Oleg Cassini	$800 [24] Amman is built on 7 jabals, or these; Jabal el-Qala'a offers especially great views hills Scott
$1,000 [10] This Indian specialty, a spicy curry, gets its name from the Portuguese for "wine and garlic sauce" vindaloo	$1,000 [13] In the 1950s he won $10,000 on "You Bet Your Life", allowing him time off to write a novel... "The Exorcist" William Peter Blatty Scott	$1,000 [17] "Ice Station Zebra" a nuclear submarine Bhibha	$1,000 [20] What are the dead doing? "Pushing up" these, be they English or oxeye daisies Scott	DD $1,200 [29] In 2010 she launched a children's line, yeah, yeah, yeah:SM Stella McCartney Bhibha	$1,000 [26] The Palace of Culture is modeled on the tent of these desert people whose tents don't stay pitched in one place long the Bedouins Bhibha

Double Jeopardy! Round

REMEMBER LAST DECEMBER?	WORD ORIGINS	PICK UP YOUR ORDER	"H"EALTH & MEDICINE	LET'S PLAY A SONG	A MAN: JORDAN
$400 [11] British protests over university fees included an attack on the car of this not-young royal couple Charles & Camilla Bhibha	$400 [1] From the Arabic for "sign of god", it's a high-ranking Muslim cleric regarded as the most learned of the time period ayatollah Bhibha	$400 [5] The Order of the Nile Egypt Bhibha Scott	$400 [3] This "maneuver" is the method of choice to use when a person is choking the Heimlich Scott	$400 [15] No, we are not doing "Stairway"! First, we play "Immigrant Song", then "Black Dog"! That's how you cover this band! Led Zeppelin Scott	$400 [21] As president of this new private univ. in 1891, David Starr Jordan worked to attract eastern brains to California's wilds Stanford Bhibha
$800 [12] On December 7 this popular American political wife passed away in Chapel Hill Elizabeth Edwards Bhibha Scott	$800 [2] This small scented pouch takes its name from the French for "little bag" a sachet Bhibha	$800 [7] The Order of the Aztec Eagle Mexico Bhibha	$800 [6] The body produces many of these, including prolactin & insulin hormones Brendan	$800 [27] Wait 'til you hear me belt out my version of this singer's 1967 top 10 hit "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" Aretha Franklin Bhibha	$800 [22] Advertising writer James J, Jordan came up with "Ring around the collar" & this airline "is ready when you are" Delta
$1,200 [13] A volume of his bird art sold at auction for more than $10 million, a record for a printed book Audubon Bhibha	$1,200 [4] My gardener told me we don't need to plant; all my flowers are this type, from the Latin for "through the year" perennial Brendan	$1,200 [16] The Supreme Order of the Chrysan themum Japan Brendan	$1,200 [8] This 8-letter word for a collection of blood, usually clotted, comes from words for "blood" & "tumor" hematoma Bhibha	$1,200 [28] Let's lip-synch "All Or Nothing", a 1990 top 5 hit by this rhyming-named duo from Germany Milli Vanilli Bhibha	$1,200 [23] Pascual Jordan's 1925 papers launched this physics field that tries to explain the behavior of teensy particles quantum physics (or quantum mechanics) Brendan
$1,600 [14] The Senate ratified an updated arms control treaty with Russia known as "New" this START Brendan	$1,600 [19] This term for a type of airship is from the Latin for "to direct" a dirigible Brendan	$1,600 [17] The National Order of the Cedar Lebanon Brendan	$2,000 [10] (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical animation on the monitor.) This occurs when the nucleus of a disk protrudes through the surrounding cell & puts pressure on a spinal nerve a herniated disk Bhibha	—	$1,600 [24] This Irish film director based "The Crying Game" on one of his own short stories Neil Jordan Scott
$2,000 [25] Laurent Gbagbo & Alassane Ouattara both had themselves sworn in as pres. of this African country on December 4 Côte d'Ivoire (the Ivory Coast)	DD $3,000 [20] From the Italian for "of a cave", this adjective today refers to anything strange or ugly grotesque Brendan	$2,000 [18] Unrelated to the one in "Harry Potter", the Order of the Phoenix Greece	DD $5,200 [9] A transplant rejection problem, GVH, stands for graft versus this host Bhibha	—	$2,000 [26] This Atlanta-born civil rights leader was a key adviser to President Clinton Vernon Jordan Bhibha

Final Jeopardy!

PLAYWRIGHTS

For a 1953 play, he spent time in Salem doing research at the courthouse & at the Witch House

Arthur Miller

Scott "Who is Arthur Miller?" — wagered $2,500

Brendan "Who is Arthur Miller?" — wagered $7,122

Bhibha "Who is Arthur Miller?" — wagered $1,979

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