Show #6275 2011-12-23 (taped 2011-10-26) Regular

Jason Keller game 6.

Contestants

Erin Arlow — a stay-at-home mom from Portland, Oregon

Sara Plant — a travel specialist from Redondo Beach, California

Jason Keller — a tutor from Highland Park, New Jersey (whose 5-day cash winnings total $127,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jason $2,000 $4,800 $17,000 $20,000
6-day champion: $147,000
$20,400
28 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 2 DDs)
Sara $600 $800 $3,200 $3,600
2nd place: $2,000
$3,200
8 R, 3 W
Erin $1,400 $3,400 $1,800 $399
3rd place: $1,000
$1,800
8 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

ANIMAL TYPES AN ABBREVIATED STORY GERMAN CHANCELLORS SINCE WWII NBA FINALS MVP STOP THAT RACKET! SEE FOOD
$200 [12]
Belted Galloway &Polled Hereford
a cow (cattle)
Erin
$200 [2]
My friend was having a party; he said come on over & BYOB
bring your own beer
Jason
$200 [7]
From 1949 to 1963 Konrad Adenauer served as the first chancellor of this country
West Germany
Jason
$200 [1]
2009:This Laker who averaged 32.4 points per game
Kobe Bryant
Sara
$200 [16]
In 1973 the Supreme Court ruled Burbank couldn't stop airport noise, which is regulated by this administration
the FAA
Jason
$400 [26]
There's nothing better for Sunday brunch than this classic dish seen here
Eggs Benedict
Jason
$400 [13]
Sumatran &greater one-horned
a rhinoceros
Jason Sara
$400 [9]
At the party I impressed a beautiful woman by fibbing & telling her I worked for the CBO, this U.S. Govt. office
the Congressional Budget Office
Jason
$400 [8]
Church not being so separate from state in Germany, Angela Merkel is part of the CDU, "C" standing for this
Christian
Erin
$400 [3]
2011:This 7-footer whose career has taken him from Deutschland to Big D
Dirk Nowitzki
Jason
$400 [17]
If I don't get some sleep, I'm going to pull this electric deviceright out from under you
an amplifier
Erin
$1,000 [27]
Seen here, pods from this tree are sometimes used to make a chocolate substitute
a carob
Jason
$600 [25]
Hoffmann's two-toed &brown-throated three-toed
a sloth
Erin
$600 [14]
When she said she wanted to go someplace nice, I headed straight for the ATM & typed in my PIN, this
personal identification number
Jason
$800 [11]
Gerhard Schroder, Chancellor from 1998 to 2005, deployed German troops to this 250,000-square-mile Asian country
Afghanistan
Jason Erin
$600 [4]
2000, 2001 & 2002:This Laker was the big everything, averaging a double-double for each series
Shaquille O'Neal (The Shaq)
Jason
$600 [18]
On stage, the noise of this from the audience prompted John Barrymore to throw them a fish & say, "Here, you walruses!"
coughing
Jason Sara
$800 [24]
Mourning &Seychelles turtle
doves
Sara
$800 [21]
It seemed like she bought my wild story about surviving an attack from an RPG, this
a rocket-propelled grenade
$1,000 [15]
Chancellor from 1974 to 1982, Helmut Schmidt earned this high German military medal during WWII
the Iron Cross
Jason
$800 [5]
1984: This Celtic; averaging 27 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists & 2 steals per game gets one MVP status
Larry Bird
Jason
$800 [19]
A gragger is supposed to be used to make noise when the name of the villain Haman is read on this Jewish holiday
Purim
Jason
$1,000 [23]
Parnassian &Gossamer-winged
butterflies
$1,000 [22]
She kissed me on the cheek, gave me her phone number & walked away; needless to say, I soon needed CPR, this!
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Erin
DD $2,000 [10]
As chancellor from 1982 to 1998, Helmut Kohl presided over the reunification of Germany in this year
1990
Jason
$1,000 [6]
1994 & 1995:This Nigerian completed 2 "dream" seasons with MVP honors
Hakeem Olajuwon
Jason
$1,000 [20]
Hearing that the U.S. assailed prisoners with music by this band of his, Lars Ulrich said Venom would have been better
Metallica
Jason

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE DREIDEL WILL ROCK THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION GOING THE DISTANCE WHAT'S UP, "ESSE"? GEMSTONES STOP THAT RACKET!
$400 [1]
Adam Sandler sang that this Van Halen frontman "lights the menorah"
David Lee Roth
Sara
$400 [24]
This novel was a bestseller & won Pearl S. Buck a Pulitzer in 1932
The Good Earth
Jason
$400 [19]
It's 1,984 miles from Motor City, California to this better known Motor City to the northeast
Detroit
Jason
$400 [5]
Long curls or locks of hair
tresses
Jason
$400 [26]
In 1910 a gemologist named a variety of beryl morganite for this financier & mineral collector
J.P. Morgan
Jason
$400 [4]
This racket is extorting money by saying you'll keep bad guys (aka yourself) from hurting someone
the protection racket
$800 [2]
Folk purists were incensed when this man born Robert Zimmerman "went electric" in 1965 & started rocking out
Bob Dylan
Sara
$800 [25]
"Humboldt's Gift" earned this author the gift of a Pulitzer
Saul Bellow
$800 [20]
TheP-51 Mustang fighterhad great range; Goering saw Mustangs over this city & said he knew the Axis had lost World War II
Berlin
Jason
$800 [6]
A ship, or a pitcher that holds liquids
a vessel
Sara
DD $1,400 [27]
The Aztecs prized this blue-green gemstone & a double-headed serpent mosaic of it is an icon of their art
turquoise
Jason
$800 [11]
Where laws control sales through rationing or price controls, commerce outside those laws is in this colorful area
the black market
Jason
$1,200 [3]
An army of fans know that this KISS singer & bassist was born Chiam Witz
Gene Simmons
Jason
$1,200 [16]
She gave readers "Breathing Lessons" & took home the prize for her efforts
Anne Tyler
Sara Erin
$1,200 [21]
It's just 133 miles from London to this other U.K. capital; you can drive the whole way
Cardiff (Wales)
Jason Erin
$1,200 [8]
Antonym of extraneous
essential
Jason
$1,200 [12]
This high-interest form of lending was one of the many "fishy" rackets of NYC's notorious Westies gang
loan-sharking
Jason
$1,600 [7]
Guitarist Robby Krieger lit the fire under this classic '60s band
The Doors
Jason
$1,600 [17]
Junot Diaz won in 2008 for "The Brief Wondrous Life of" him
Oscar Wao
Erin
$1,600 [22]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a globe on the monitor.) On a two-dimensional map, a straight lineappears to be the shortest distance between L.A. & London; on the globe, theactualshortest distance between them would be part of one of these big, 2-word geometric units
great circles
Jason
$1,600 [9]
Someone whose job is ironing clothes in a laundry
a presser
Sara
DD $2,000 [13]
The old-time illegal lottery called this game employed runners to take bets
the numbers game
Jason
$2,000 [15]
This Velvet Underground frontman was born in Brooklyn in 1942
Lou Reed
Erin
$2,000 [18]
Jhumpa Lahiri won for her collection of stories called "Interpreter of" these
Maladies
Jason Sara
$2,000 [23]
It's a 30 mile swim across the Alenuihaha Channel from the Big Island of Hawaii to this nearest island
Maui
$2,000 [10]
In steelmaking, the open-hearth process superseded this one named for Sir Henry
the Bessemer process
Jason
$2,000 [14]
Many traveling executives & rich families with kids go in for K&R insurance, short for this
kidnapping & ransom
Sara Erin

Final Jeopardy!

POLITICAL WORDS

16th century British farmers notching their livestock for identification led to this term for an item set aside for a specific purpose

earmark

Erin "What is pork barrel" — wagered $1,401
Sara "What is earmarking?" — wagered $400
Jason "What is earmark?" — wagered $3,000

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