Show #6265 2011-12-09 (taped 2011-10-12) Regular

Contestants

Nicole Willson — a web designer from Centerville, Virginia

Drew Bayers — a music supervisor originally from Milford, Connecticut

William Castañeda — a human resources professional from San Francisco, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
William	$8,200	$9,200	$15,200	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$13,600 21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Drew	$200	$800	$12,800	$19,200 New champion: $19,200	$12,800 15 R, 2 W
Nicole	$600	$4,600	$15,800	$5,999 2nd place: $2,000	$15,000 16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

BODIES OF WATER	HIP HOP HOOPSTERS	CAIN & ABEL	FIRST LADIES	CANCELED!	TRANSPOSITION WORDS
$200 [1] This 315-mile-long river passes through Troy & Albany before hitting the bright lights of New York City the Hudson Drew	$200 [2] On his modestly titled "K.O.B.E.", Kobe Bryant duetted with this top model & talk show host Tyra Banks Nicole	$200 [8] The story of Cain & Abel is told in this book of the Old Testament Genesis William	$200 [3] The first "Second Lady" & the second First Lady Abigail Adams William	$200 [14] These formed a "cover" overhead & forced the cancellation of a Feb. 7, 2010 Space Shuttle launch clouds William	$200 [26] These dried grapes were grown as early as 2000 B.C. in Egypt raisins William
$400 [4] At its northern end, this "colorful" sea branches into the Gulf of Suez on the west & the Gulf of Aqaba on the east the Red William	$600 [20] This former University of Michigan & Sacramento Kings star raps as "C. Webb" Chris Webber	$400 [9] In this religion's version of the Cain & Abel story, the brothers are known as Kabil & Habil Islam William	$400 [16] (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a presidential library.) In letters from 1840, she wroteboth wayson the page to save paper & money; ironically, she was pilloried by the press for spending too much as First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln William	$400 [15] All scheduled flights in & out of Heathrow Airport April 18, 2010 were canceled due to this a volcanic eruption Nicole	$400 [30] Take one of these, C9H8O4, & call me in the morning aspirin Drew
$600 [5] Originating in the Tanggula Mountains, this is known to many Chinese as "long river" ('cause it's 3,900 miles) the Yangtze William	$800 [21] Known as "A.I." in the NBA, this controversial guard raps under the name Jewelz Allen Iverson Drew	$600 [10] When God asked Cain where Abel was, Cain replied with this 5-word question "Am I my brother's keeper?" William	$600 [23] She prevented the British from burning Gilbert Stuart's painting of Washington, which still hangs in the East Room Dolley Madison Nicole	$600 [17] Reason school was canceled in Pensacola Feb. 12, 2010--it's an every-20-year kind of thing snow William	$600 [29] To wrench an ankle without fracture sprain Nicole
$800 [6] Bonn, Germany & Strasbourg, France are cities on this river the Rhine William	$1,000 [22] Once part of a notorious brawl, this star defender now a Laker tells his side on the "My World" CD Ron Artest Drew	$800 [11] In sacrifice to God Cain offered the "fruit of the ground"; Abel offered these animals sheep William	$800 [24] After meeting her future husband in Sunday school, she enrolled in a Kansas City, Missouri finishing school Bess Truman Drew Nicole	$800 [18] The final round in the NCAA Division III women's golf championships May 13, 2011--due to this lightning Drew	$800 [28] It's a type of bean or horse pinto
$1,000 [7] The Aleutian Islands & the Commander Islands mark this sea's southern border the Bering Sea William	DD $2,000 [13] This former hubby of Eva Longoria had some success in his native France with his hip hop album "TP" Tony Parker William	$1,000 [12] This other brother of Cain & Abel was born after the murder Seth William	$1,000 [25] Appropriately, this First Lady was "full of grace" Grace Coolidge Nicole	$1,000 [19] Culprit in the cancellation of the Blue Angels' San Francisco show Oct. 10, 2009 fog William	$1,000 [27] It's another word fer cuspidor (fer yer tobaccy, ya low-down varmint!) a spittoon Nicole

Double Jeopardy! Round

BOTTLES OF WATER	THE WORLD PRESS	WHAT A 19th CENTURY CHARACTER	CLASSICAL GAS	BIOPIC SUBJECTS	IT ENDS WITH "U"
$400 [21] This company with green bottles of mineral water asked us to "Decouvrez l'histoire de la main la plus sexy" Perrier Nicole	$400 [26] The Communist newspaper Granma was named for the yacht sailed from Mexico to Cuba in 1956 by rebels led by him Castro Drew	$400 [6] This French title character duels with a nobleman who has insulted his enormous nose Cyrano Nicole	$400 [10] Elgar named this musical march, often heard at graduation, after a phrase in "Othello" "Pomp And Circumstance" Drew	$400 [1] 2004:"Ray" Ray Charles Drew	$400 [16] This flightless bird is related to the cassowary the emu William Drew
$800 [22] This 5-letter brand from the French Alps also offers a facial spray boasting "unique mineral balance and neutral pH" Evian Drew	$800 [27] Founded in 1831, this city's Morning Herald is Australia's oldest continuously published newspaper Sydney Nicole	$800 [7] It's the noble title of Aleksei Vronsky, who has an affair to remember with Anna Karenina count	$800 [11] Beethoven wrote a sonata & Tchaikovsky a symphony with this pity-evoking title Pathétique	$800 [2] 1942:"The Pride of the Yankees" Lou Gehrig William	$800 [17] The name of this site of ruins in the Andes means "old peak" Machu Picchu Nicole
$1,200 [23] Calistoga Water calls itself the original mineral water of this California valley better known for wine Napa William	$1,200 [28] In July 1996 this organ of Communist thought in Russia ceased publication after 84 years of "truth" Pravda Nicole	$1,600 [9] Playful Nora Helmer & her banker husband Torvald live in this author's "Doll's House" Ibsen Drew	$1,200 [12] Mozart wrote this evening serenade in 1787 while working on "Don Giovanni" Eine kleine Nachtmusik Drew	$1,200 [3] 1989:"Great Balls of Fire!" Jerry Lee Lewis Drew	$1,200 [18] This orange-flavored liqueur is often an ingredient in a cosmopolitan Cointreau William
$1,600 [24] In 1988 "S." this was the first Italian mineral water to be exported to France Pellegrino William	DD $2,000 [29] Translate the name of Tulsa's leading newspaper into French & you have this Paris daily Le Monde Nicole	$2,000 [14] The besotted Hindley Earnshaw appears in this classic novel Wuthering Heights Nicole	$1,600 [13] He based the tone poem "Pohjola's Daughter" on the Finnish saga "Kalevala" Sibelius Nicole	$1,600 [4] 2004:"Finding Neverland" James Barrie Drew	$1,600 [19] Malcolm Guthrie wrote a 4-volume reference, now the standard, on this group of African languages Bantu William
$2,000 [25] Introduced in Wichita in '94 & as a national brand 3 years later, this brand from Pepsi believes its water fine Aquafina Drew	$2,000 [30] Considered the first global newspaper, it was rescued by The New York Times, which took full ownership in 2003 The International Herald Tribune Drew	DD $4,000 [8] Mr. Woodhouse, eternally preoccupied with health & food, is the father of this Austen title character Emma Nicole	$2,000 [15] This French composer of "Danse macabre" was writing music by the time he was 5 Camille Saint-Saëns William	$2,000 [5] 1981:"Reds" John Reed Nicole	$2,000 [20] Specially trained chefs prepare this puffer fish in Japan, where it is a delicacy fugu William

Final Jeopardy!

"FIRST" PHRASES

The earliest known use of this term was in an Indianapolis Star opinion piece of September 20, 1914

First World War

Drew "What is the 'First' World War?" — wagered $6,400

William "What is the first world?" — wagered $15,200

Nicole "What is World War I?" — wagered $9,801

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