Show #6273 2011-12-21 (taped 2011-10-26) Regular

Jason Keller game 4.

Contestants

Janemarie Cloutier — a school librarian from Langhorne, Pennsylvania

Drew Tompkins — a legal software consultant originally from Montgomery, Alabama

Jason Keller — a tutor from Highland Park, New Jersey (whose 3-day cash winnings total $69,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jason $5,200 $8,600 $19,800 $25,000
4-day champion: $94,800
$19,600
26 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Drew $800 $1,600 $6,800 $6,800
2nd place: $2,000
$6,800
10 R, 4 W
Janemarie $3,400 $6,000 $20,200 $799
3rd place: $1,000
$14,000
19 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE ECONOMY STATE CAPITAL FUN FESTS GIVE 'EM A "HAND" HIGHEST-RATED TV SERIES OF THE SEASON 5 DEGREES OF SEPARATION
$200 [22]
Theories that try to explain this steady rise of prices include cost-push & demand-pull
inflation
Jason
$200 [1]
Krewe Mystique holds this capital city's oldest Mardi Gras parade
Baton Rouge
Jason
$200 [7]
They're manacles, man!
handcuffs
Jason
$200 [6]
1982-83 & 1992-93:This newsmagazine
60 Minutes
Drew
$200 [12]
MS, from Cal Tech
master of science
Janemarie
$200 [21]
This organization is separated by age into Daisies, Brownies, Juniors, Cadettes & Seniors
the Girl Scouts
Jason
$400 [23]
From the Latin for "support", it's a benefit given by the government to individuals in the form of cash or a tax reduction
subsidy
Jason Drew
$400 [2]
In summer 2011 Abraham Lincoln was back at home in this state capital during its "History Comes Alive" program
Springfield
Janemarie
$400 [8]
Pessimistic people see things "going to hell in" one of these woven containers
a handbasket
Jason
$400 [17]
2004-05:This drama--the original one, not New York or Miami
CSI
Jason
$400 [13]
BPhil, from Oxford
bachelor of philosophy
Janemarie
$400 [27]
From the Latin for "skin", it's the term for the skin of a fur-bearing animal when separated from the flesh
pelt
Drew
$600 [24]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a graph on the monitor.) Enacted in 1917 for World War I bonds, the limit known as this has been raised by Congress many times, yet when reached in 2011, its need to be increased caused quite a stir
the debt ceiling
Jason
$600 [3]
On Labor Day weekend, this capital invites you to step back in time & relive the Gold Rush days
Sacramento
Jason
$600 [9]
This hyphenated term refers to the ability to use dexterity & vision together
hand-eye coordination
Drew
$600 [18]
1969-70:This show featuring Goldie Hawn, Ruth Buzzi & Gary Owens
Laugh-In
Janemarie
$600 [14]
MAg, from Texas A&M
master of agriculture
Janemarie
$600 [28]
The Windward Passage separates Haiti from this largest island in the West Indies
Cuba
Jason
$800 [25]
In May 1953 the average rate of this was only 2.5%, in Sept. 2011, it was 9.1%
unemployment
Jason
DD $1,000 [4]
This city has been hosting its Golden North Salmon Derby since 1947, before it was officially a state capital
Juneau
Jason
$800 [10]
If there's an emergency on your ship, you'll hear this 4-word command, so head up the companionway
"all hands on deck"
Janemarie
$800 [19]
1957-58 & the next 3 seasons:This Western set in Dodge City
Gunsmoke
Jason Drew
$800 [15]
M.Div., from Yale
master of divinity
Jason
$800 [29]
This machine separates denser substances from less dense ones by spinning them around in a container
a centrifuge
Jason
$1,000 [26]
In a May 2011 interview, Steve Forbes called for a return to this to stabilize the value of the dollar
the gold standard
Jason
$1,000 [5]
It hosts the National Odor-Eaters Rotten Sneaker Contest as well as the Green Mountain Film Festival
Montpelier
Janemarie
$1,000 [11]
In cyberconvo, OTOH is short for this, when you don't want to commit to an opinion
on the other hand
Jason
$1,000 [20]
1971-72 & the next 4 seasons:Those were the days
All in the Family
Janemarie
$1,000 [16]
JD, from Duke Law (the Latin, please)
juris doctor
Jason
$1,000 [30]
When Pakistan & India were split in 1947, this troubled state had a Hindu ruler, Hari Singh, but a Muslim majority
Kashmir
Janemarie

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 21st CLASSIC CINEMA LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "T" PHYSICAL SCIENCE PETS IN HISTORY ELF-HELP
$400 [22]
Ratified in 1933, the 21st Amendment repealed this
Prohibition
Drew
$400 [21]
For this 1948 film Laurence Olivier dyed his brown hair blond to look more Danish
Hamlet
Jason
$400 [6]
For Fitzgerald, it "is the Night"(6)
Tender
Jason
$400 [1]
This force that attracts or repels other objects at a distance is caused by electric charges in motion
magnetic
Jason
$400 [15]
This wife of Napoleon had a pet orangutan who sometimes joined guests for dinner
Josephine
Janemarie
$400 [11]
Elmer the Elf is a "baker-in-training" for this snack co.; the elf he admires the most is his Uncle Ernie
Keebler
Janemarie
$800 [23]
"There is no new thing under the sun", at least according to this 21st book of the Old Testament
Ecclesiastes
Drew
$800 [26]
"His whole life was a million-to-one shot" was the tagline for this 1976 Best Picture winner
Rocky
Janemarie
$800 [7]
Alec D'Urberville seduces her(4)
Tess
Drew
$800 [2]
In the 19th century a unit of conductance was named the "mho" in tribute to this man who studied current flow
Ohm
Jason
$800 [16]
This Roman emperor considered making Incitatus, his favorite horse, a consul
Caligula
Janemarie
$800 [12]
Playing Buddy, the title 2003 "Elf", he said, "You stink... you smell like beef & cheese. You don't smell like Santa"
Will Ferrell
Janemarie
$1,200 [24]
This 21st Greek letter is sometimes found before the 2nd letter, beta
phi
Janemarie
$1,200 [27]
In a 1942 film Greer Garson as this heroic title Mrs. dodged bombs during the Blitz
Mrs. Miniver
Janemarie
$1,200 [8]
All's "Vanity Fair" to him(9)
Thackeray
Jason Drew
$1,200 [3]
Glycerin reacts with sulfuric acid & this acid, HNO3, to form an explosive
nitric acid
Jason Drew
$1,200 [17]
This late British PM brought his cat Jock to cabinet meetings & thanks to his wishes, Jock V now lives at his home, Chartwell
(Winston) Churchill
Drew
$1,600 [14]
A "Lord of the Rings" fellowship member, this elf is a good archer
Legolas
Jason
$1,600 [25]
"The Lonely Silver Rain" was the 21st & last of this mystery author's novels featuring Travis McGee
John D. MacDonald
Janemarie
$2,000 [29]
A 1961 Gregory Peck film was shot on Rhodes, but it's about destroying guns on this other Aegean island
Navarone
Janemarie
$1,600 [9]
"Enoch Arden" poet(8)
Tennyson
Jason
$1,600 [4]
In alpha decay a radioactive atom emits 2 protons, making it a new element as this figure drops by 2
atomic number
Jason
$1,600 [18]
Richard Nixon in a 1952 address: "Regardless of what they say about it, we're gonna keep" this cocker spaniel
Checkers
Janemarie
$2,000 [19]
In "The Year Without a Santa Claus", elves Jingle & Jangle dealt with the weather-controlling Heat & Snow these
the Misers
Drew
DD $5,000 [28]
Originally planned for Charles Laughton & Elsa Lanchester in the 1930s, it was later made with Bogart & Hepburn
The African Queen
Janemarie
$2,000 [10]
"Alice Adams" author Booth(10)
Tarkington
Drew
$2,000 [5]
Despite the name, a substance gains electrons in this process, which puts the "red" in redox
reduction
Jason
$2,000 [20]
This little protege of P.T. Barnum led a playful attack on Queen Victoria's poodle after the dog barked at him
Tom Thumb
Drew
DD $4,000 [13]
In a Grimm tale, elves made these for a merchant until his wife made them clothes; they never came back
shoes
Janemarie

Final Jeopardy!

THE NFL

This team that joined the NFL in the mid-1970s is the only one whose name starts with the same 3 letters as its city's name

the Seattle Seahawks

Drew "What is ?" — wagered $0
Jason "What is Seattle Seahawks?" — wagered $5,200
Janemarie "What are Cl" — wagered $19,401

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