Show #6277 2011-12-27 (taped 2011-11-01) Regular

Jason Keller game 8.

Contestants

Andrew Robinson — a graduate student of international science and technology policy from Washington, D.C.

Bill Moreau — an elementary school teacher from Woodbridge, Ontario

Jason Keller — a tutor from Highland Park, New Jersey (whose 7-day cash winnings total $183,900)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jason $1,400 $6,400 $18,200 $18,200
8-day champion: $202,100
$16,000
22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Bill $4,000 $3,400 $6,200 $1
3rd place: $1,000
$8,200
15 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Andrew $400 $2,400 $3,200 $2
2nd place: $2,000
$8,400
12 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS TALKING ITALIAN DECADES OF DISASTER FOOD PREPARATION LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS TIPS ON NETWORKING
$200 [1]
The first official list of military calls for this trumpet-like valveless instrument was issued in 1798
the bugle
Bill
$200 [2]
"Grazie" & "prego" translate to these 2 2-word companion phrases
thank you & you're welcome
Jason
$200 [11]
Pearl Harbor is attacked
the 1940s
Bill
$200 [22]
To slice a tomato, use a knife with this type of edge for a clean cut
a serrated edge
Jason
$200 [25]
John T. Dorrance, a chemist who studied cooking in Paris, developed the first canned soups for this brand
Campbell's
Bill
$200 [14]
Snarl along with "Big Cat Diary" & "Pit Bulls and Parolees"
Animal Planet
Jason
$400 [3]
A violin body amplifies the sound escaping from the 2 holes usually called these, as they resemble an italicized letter
the f-holes
Bill
$400 [4]
You oughta know "otto" is Italian for this number
eight
Bill
$400 [12]
The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes
the 1980s
Bill
$400 [24]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew holds a payapa in a forest in Molokai, HI.) An enzyme called papain in theleaves&green skinof raw papaya can be used as one of these food preparations as it breaks down the connective tissue of meats
a tenderizer
Bill
$400 [27]
In the 1940s Stetson Kennedy infiltrated this group, whom he mocked as the "Dumb Klux"
the KKK (Ku Klux Klan)
Jason
$400 [15]
At least grin at "Workaholics" & "Nick Swardson's Pretend Time"
Comedy Central
Andrew
$600 [7]
Fife & drum corps often use this higher-pitched woodwind whose name means "small"
a piccolo
Jason
$600 [5]
A journalist would uncover that "chi" , "che", "quando", "dove" & "perché" translate to these 5 terms
who, what, where, why & when
Bill
$600 [13]
The Titanic sinks
the 1910s
Jason
$600 [26]
Colorful cooking methods include browning & this one associated with Cajun cooking
blackening
Jason
$600 [28]
In 1827 Joseph Dixon founded a factory to make stove polish & these from graphite
pencils
Andrew
$600 [19]
Watch movies like "Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story" & "Sins of the Mother"
Lifetime
Andrew
$800 [8]
The theme song of "Futurama" features chimes, also known as tubular these
bells
Bill
$800 [6]
I'm loony for "lunedì", this day of the week
Monday
Jason
$800 [20]
Three Mile Island is the site of the worst commercial nuclear accident in U.S. history
the 1970s
Bill
$800 [29]
Simmer short-grain rice seasoned with saffron in the broad, shallow pan that gives this Spanish dish its name
paella
Jason
$800 [16]
In 2003 this state replaced its statue of George Washington Glick in Statuary Hall with one of Dwight Eisenhower
Kansas
$800 [17]
Enjoy some of "The Fairly Oddparents" & some "Bubble Guppies"
Nickelodeon
Andrew
$1,000 [10]
This steam-whistle organ was often used on 19th century Mississippi steamboats to announce their arrival at ports
a calliope
Bill
$1,000 [9]
A certain piece of hardware is una vite, so this hand tool used with it is un cacciavite
a screwdriver
Jason
DD $2,000 [21]
The USS Maine goes down, killing 260
the 1890s
Bill
$1,000 [30]
The name of this technique indicates that meat is soaked in saltwater, though other liquids can be used instead
brining
Jason
$1,000 [23]
Katharine Drexel is only the second person born in the U.S. to be recognized as one of these; Elizabeth Ann Seton was 1st
saints
Jason
$1,000 [18]
Wonder if the "Hoarders" & "Monster In-Laws" are for real
A&E
Jason

Double Jeopardy! Round

COSMOPOLITAN ELLE A LURE "W" RED BOOK WAITING FOR THE HAIRDRESSER
$400 [14]
This Spanish city on the Mediterranean was known in antiquity as Barcino
Barcelona
Andrew
$400 [8]
Marion Cotillard played Leonardo DiCaprio's dreamy wife Mal in this 2010 film
Inception
Andrew
$400 [21]
Cock-a-doodle-doo! In the 1950s Howard Worden developed a classic fishing lure called this animal's tail
a rooster (tail)
Jason
$400 [2]
It's a man who has lost his wife by death & has not remarried
a widower
Bill
$400 [16]
The title of this Dr. Seuss work is illustrated on its cover
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
Jason
$400 [18]
I might ask for "just a" this, a simple shortening & tidying up around the edges
trim
Bill
$800 [12]
Sudan University of Science & Technology, including the Institute of Laser, is in this capital
Khartoum
Andrew
$2,000 [24]
She starred with Ethan Hawke in "Before Sunrise"; she & Ethan Hawke not only starred in the sequel but also co-wrote it
Julie Delpy
Andrew
$800 [22]
The Million-Dollar Lureis made of 3 pounds of gold & platinum & 100 carats of diamonds &these red gems
rubies
Andrew
$800 [3]
An exploratory gas or oil well, or a nickname for a student from the University of Arizona
a wildcat
Andrew
$1,200 [15]
This Stendhal novel title was inspired by the colors worn by the Catholic clergy & the French military
The Red and the Black
Jason Andrew
$800 [19]
I'll get my hair straightened with the Brazilian this; it's also what happened to my favorite football team, 35-0
a blowout
Bill
$1,200 [11]
India's financial capital, this West Coast city consists of several islands that have become one land mass via reclamation
Mumbai
Bill
$1,200 [5]
Rapala lures are made to mimic wounded fish; in 2003 Phillipe Marn used one to land a record 385-lb. yellowfin this
tuna
Jason
$1,200 [6]
In a Coors light ad, the guy with this "avian" nickname tries to help his amorous buddy "live the dream"
a wingman
Jason
$1,600 [4]
This psychologist was unafreud to confront his own demons in "The Red Book", written between 1914 & 1930 & published in 2009
(Carl) Jung
Andrew
$1,200 [20]
I hope things are okay here; I think I see this woman in the back filming for the Bravo show about her salon takeover
Tabatha
Jason
$1,600 [10]
The Postal Museum in Vaduz, this principality's capital, is a must-visit for stamp collectors
Liechtenstein
Jason
$1,600 [13]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew wraps a lure.) When youwrapa fish hook with feathers & thread, it's called tying one of these lightweightluresthat mimic insects
flies
Jason Andrew
$1,600 [1]
This 4-letter term for a ridge on the skin resulting from a blow also begins the name of a boxing weight division
a welt
Bill
$2,000 [25]
Made into a 1998 film, this James Jones novel fictionalizes the "narrow"ly won battle for Guadalcanal
The Thin Red Line
Andrew
DD $5,200 [9]
This city in the Crimea is a health resort with many sanatoriums, including one suggested by Chekhov in 1899
Yalta
Andrew
$2,000 [23]
Mepps makes its special "killer" lure to catch this large member of the pike family, not Hubert Humphrey's running mate
a muskie
Jason
$2,000 [7]
High-quality wood is used in this type ofpaneling whose name is from the German for "wagon"
wainscoting
Jason
DD $3,000 [17]
In "The Veteran", a sequel to this 1895 novel, Henry Fleming tells us Chancellorsville was where he was wounded
The Red Badge of Courage
Jason

Final Jeopardy!

PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATIONS

His second inauguration marked the first time that women officially participated in the inaugural parade

Woodrow Wilson

Andrew "Who is Calvin Coolidge?" — wagered $3,198
Bill "Who is F.D.R.?" — wagered $6,199
Jason "Who was Wilson?" — wagered $0

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