Show #6276 2011-12-26 (taped 2011-11-01) Regular

Jason Keller game 7.

Contestants

Jack McClintock — a graduate student of aerospace engineering from Westford, Vermont

Andrea Bornschlegel — a corporate controller from Mountain View, California

Jason Keller — a tutor from Highland Park, New Jersey (whose 6-day cash winnings total $147,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jason $5,600 $11,600 $22,400 $36,900
7-day champion: $183,900
$20,600
27 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W
Andrea $400 $1,400 $7,400 $400
3rd place: $1,000
$7,400
8 R, 1 W
Jack $1,600 $4,400 $18,400 $4,000
2nd place: $2,000
$11,600
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

FUNDRAISERS FAMOUS TOMBS ALSO A BODY PART FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES SOUP ALPHABET SCIENCE TERMS
$200 [19]
In 2011 this group, the MDA, put on a 6-hour, Jerry Lewis-less version of its telethon
the Muscular Dystrophy Association
Jack
$200 [2]
Workers of all lands are addressed on his Londontombstone
Karl Marx
Andrea
$200 [1]
It's a border along a highway where vehicles can pull over in an emergency
the shoulder
Jack
$200 [17]
Said before a toast & after a sneeze, it means health in German
Gesundheit
Jack
$200 [12]
"B" is for this thin soup; Swanson's makes beef, chicken & vegetable varieties
broth
Andrea
$200 [7]
This measure of acidity & alkalinity tends to range between 0 & 14
pH
Jason
$400 [20]
A 5k walk benefits this children's research hospital founded by Danny Thomas
St. Jude
Jason
$400 [26]
Astatuefrom this groundbreaking singer & actor's Los Angeles gravesite really jazzes up our category
Al Jolson
$400 [3]
Hitch a ride
thumb
Jason
$400 [18]
Someone who takes the opposite side of an argument for argument's sake is "advocatus diaboli", or this
Devil's advocate
Jason
$400 [13]
"S" is for this soup base made by boiling meat or vegetables
stock
Jason
$400 [8]
O2is a diatomic one of these units of a pure substance; H2O is polyatomic
a molecule
Jason
$600 [24]
Great Strides is a fundraising event used in "taking steps to cure" this disease, CF for short
cystic fibrosis
Jason
$600 [27]
"Faithful to the cause of prohibition"begins this sometimes-violent woman'sepitaph
Carry Nation
Jason
$600 [4]
Florida's state tree is a species of this
the palm
$600 [21]
While nom de plume is a pen name, this phrase, "war name", is simply any pseudonym
nom de guerre
Jack
$600 [14]
"P" is for this label founded in 1927 that makes beef barley & Italian-style wedding soup
Progresso
Jason
$600 [9]
Basketball players learn not to move this foot, the term for the axle around which a wheel turns
the pivot
Jack
DD $2,200 [25]
Race for the Cure is a fundraiser for the breast cancer foundation named for this woman, Nancy G. Brinker's sister
Susan G. Komen
Jason
$800 [28]
Theheadstoneof this Hollywood legend is seen here, doc
Mel Blanc
Jack
$800 [5]
It's a collection of supplementary material at the end of a book
the appendix
Jack
$800 [22]
Italian for "the sweet life", it was popularized by a 1960 Fellini film
la dolce vita
Jason
$800 [15]
"T" is for this classic; Martha Stewart says to make it with the whole plum variety
tomato (soup)
Jason
$800 [10]
Factor VIII is missing in the A type of this hereditary coagulation disorder
hemophilia
Jason
$1,000 [29]
There's no name in the inscription on this much-visited tomb
the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Andrea
$1,000 [6]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew spins the dreidel on the monitor.) When it's your spin of the dreidel, hopefully you don't land on this 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet, or you'll have to add to the pot
shin
Jason
$1,000 [23]
This Greek word is also used in English & means a cleansing of the emotions, especially pity & fear
catharsis
Jason
$1,000 [16]
"M" is for this Japanese soup made from a paste & often served with rice at breakfast
miso soup
Jack
$1,000 [11]
This life stage in the development of an insect occurs between the larva & the imago
the pupa
Jason

Double Jeopardy! Round

FUN RAISERS U.S.A. "WAR" & "PEACE" BOOKS' FIRST LINES THE LAST PLAYING THE PONIES
$400 [7]
On a clear day, the first of these amusement park rides offered views not just of Chicago but miles out onto the lake
a Ferris wheel
Jason
$400 [21]
For tourist information on this state, call 1-800-33-GUMBO
Louisiana
Jack
$400 [2]
To sing like a bird
warble
Jason
$400 [1]
Kerouac:"I first met Dean not long after my wife and I split up"
On the Road
Jason
$400 [16]
The end of U.S. TV ads for these was postponed a day to Jan. 1, 1971 to get some last ones in during football games
cigarettes
Jason
$1,600 [27]
Robert Shaw bets on Lucky Dan at 4-1 in this movie, but not to place--oops!
The Sting
$800 [8]
Updrafts keep the pilot aloft in this activity seen here
hang gliding
Andrea
$800 [22]
Take part in a salad toss-off or do some vegetable carving at the annual Yuma Lettuce Days in this state
Arizona
Andrea
$800 [3]
The Pawnee & Crow crafted complex dances for this sacred item that produced smoke offerings to the almighty
a peace pipe
Jason
$800 [12]
A kids' classic:"'Where's papa going with that ax?' said Fern to her mother"
Charlotte's Web
Jack
$800 [17]
This animal was last observed in 1681 on Mauritius
the dodo
Jason
$2,000 [26]
Viggo Mortensen takes this title horse on the "Ocean of Fire" race in a 2004 movie
Hidalgo
Jack
$1,200 [9]
Like a 19th century song says, you can float "through the air with the greatest of ease" on this piece of circus equipment
a trapeze
Jason
$1,200 [23]
At a museum at the college of the Ozarks in Missouri, you can see the Clampetts' car from this classic sitcom
The Beverly Hillbillies
Jason
$1,200 [4]
In "The Green Mile" James Cromwell played the man in this job
the warden
Jack
$1,600 [14]
No. 1 of 7:"Mr. and Mrs. Dursley... were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much"
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Jason
$1,200 [18]
The last of these sent by Western Union on Jan. 27, 2006 included birthday wishes & condolences
a telegram
Andrea
$1,600 [10]
Each October Albuquerque holds an international fiesta of these--up, up & away
a hot air balloon
Jack
$1,600 [24]
With its Old World architecture, this California city is "The Danish Capital of America"
Solvang
Andrea
$1,600 [5]
This word for a black-magic user comes from an Old English word meaning "oathbreaker" or "devil"
warlock
Jason
$2,000 [15]
A 2002 novel:"My name is Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie, I was 14 when I was murdered on December 6, 1973"
The Lovely Bones
Andrea
DD $2,000 [19]
Francis II was the leader of this empire when it was dissolved in 1806
the Holy Roman Empire
Jason
$2,000 [11]
Look, ma! No plane & no parachute! A Vegas wind tunnel lets you experience indoor this, aka bodyflight
skydiving
Andrea
$2,000 [25]
In Mitchell, Ind. a rocket memorial honors this hometown hero who died in a fire on the launch pad in 1967
Gus Grissom
Jack
$2,000 [6]
Exodus 20:24 mentions these, to be placed upon an altar of earth
peace offerings
DD $8,000 [13]
A bestseller: "Renowned curator Jacques Sauniere staggered through the... archway of the museum's Grand Gallery"
The Da Vinci Code
Jack
$2,000 [20]
A Japanese officer found hiding on this island country 29 years after WWII was the last fighting soldier to surrender
the Philippines
Jack

Final Jeopardy!

JOLLY OLD ENGLAND

Queen Anne liked the Marquess of Normanby, gave him permission to build a huge home in London & made him Duke of this

Buckingham

Andrea "What is Queensbury?" — wagered $7,000
Jack "What is Duke of York" — wagered $14,400
Jason "What isWindsorBuckingham" — wagered $14,500

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