Show #6282 2012-01-03 (taped 2011-11-02) Regular

Dave Leach game 4.

Contestants

Nicholas Campiz — a graduate student in geography from Gainesville, Florida

Sally Sommers Smith — a biology professor from Kennebunk, Maine

Dave Leach — a software analyst from Atlanta, Georgia (whose 3-day cash winnings total $48,684)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Dave $800 $0 $6,100 $12,200
4-day co-champion: $60,884
$6,800
15 R, 7 W (including 1 DD)
Sally $1,800 $2,200 $5,000 $9,500
2nd place: $2,000
$5,000
9 R, 3 W
Nicholas $3,600 $4,400 $12,200 $12,200
New co-champion: $12,200
$16,000
25 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

1812 PATENTS OF WELL-KNOWN FOLKS THE NUMBER AFTER 1: LITERARY EDITION TAKING STOCK LAND O' LAKERS "OLD" ENGLISH
$200 [17]
In 1812 he completed his 7th & 8th Symphonies & wrote a letter in which he asked, "Can our love endure..."
Beethoven
Nicholas
$200 [7]
Patented March 1, 1921 was an improved "Diver's suit" by this escape artist
Houdini
Dave
$200 [26]
The storming of the Bastille & death carts filled with human cargo are features of this Dickens novel
A Tale of Two Cities
Nicholas
$200 [12]
Very taxing:HRB
H&R Block
Dave
$200 [6]
Sean Connery went shoeless when imprinting his feet in the cement at this Hollywood theater
Grauman's Chinese Theater
Dave
$200 [1]
A card game, or an unflattering term for an elderly unmarried woman
Old Maid
Nicholas
$400 [18]
In October the capital of Pennsylvania moved permanently from Lancaster to this city
Harrisburg
Sally
$400 [8]
In 1993 this "Billie Jean" singer co-patented a "Method and means for creating anti-gravity illusion"
Michael Jackson
Nicholas
$600 [28]
This Belgian detective doesn't buy suicide as the cause of a dentist's death in "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe"
(Hercule) Poirot
Dave
$400 [13]
Athletically, it's a shoe-in:FL
Foot Locker
Dave Nicholas
$400 [22]
L.A.'s city fathers renamed Weyse Avenue this street; "Hollywood & Weyse" just didn't cling
Vine
Dave
$400 [2]
Put on your thinking chapeau & give us this apparel-related term for something trite or out of date
old-fashioned (or old hat)
Nicholas
$600 [19]
In November this president was re-elected, defeating DeWitt Clinton
Madison
Nicholas
$600 [9]
This guitarist patented a device to permit total freedom of the player's hands... think David Lee Roth got a cut?
(Eddie) Van Halen
Dave Sally
$800 [29]
Proteus loves Julia, but another woman catches his eye in this Shakespeare play
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Dave
$600 [14]
More than makeup:EL
Estee Lauder
Sally
$600 [23]
This L.A. arena, home to the Lakers & the site of 9 Grammy Awards, is named for an office-supply company
the Staples Center
Nicholas
$600 [3]
"Educational" term for something from an earlier era
old school
Nicholas
$800 [20]
City this of New York opened in 1812: 200 years later it's still around, with the "y" now a second "i"
Bank
Nicholas
$800 [10]
In 2004 he was mayor of NYC when he officially co-designed a new telephone handset
(Michael) Bloomberg
Nicholas
$1,000 [30]
Dominick Dunne wrote about a pair of women in a navy ensign's life in "The Two Mrs." these
Grenvilles
Dave
$800 [15]
For upscale handbags:COH
Coach
Nicholas
$800 [24]
The Nisei Week Festival is held every August in the section of Los Angeles known as "Little" this city
Tokyo
Nicholas
$800 [4]
A painting by a distinguished artist, or the artist himself
an old master
Sally
$1,000 [21]
On February 27 this poet addressed the House of Lords for the first time, speaking on the Luddite rioting
Lord Byron
Nicholas
$1,000 [11]
No. 4,753,647 went to this Activia-selling actress for a diaper with a handy sanitary wipe tucked inside
(Jamie Lee) Curtis
Dave
DD $2,400 [27]
"Helm's Deep" & "The Taming of Smeagol" are chapters in this "Two"-titled book
The Two Towers
Nicholas
$1,000 [16]
The casino went boom, but the corporation endures:LVS
Las Vegas Sands
$1,000 [25]
Simon Rodia built the folk art towers named for this South L.A. community between 1921 & 1954
Watts
Nicholas
$1,000 [5]
"Earthy" term for one's country of origin, especially if it's Ireland
the Old Sod
Dave Sally

Double Jeopardy! Round

MEDICINE MEN APPETIZERS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL INFORMATION COLLEGE NICKNAME'S THE SAME CITY SEALS FROM THE LATIN
$400 [21]
On James Lind's advice, in 1795 the British navy began issuing daily rations of lemon juice to prevent this disease
scurvy
Nicholas
$400 [1]
The signature appetizer at P.F. Chang's is chicken in cups of this vegetable
lettuce
Dave Sally
$400 [26]
She... that's all you need, really; of roughly 4 score to hold the post, she's the only she
(Janet) Reno
Dave
$400 [6]
U. of Washington, UConn
Huskies
Nicholas
$400 [11]
The city seal of Omaha features a farmer & a Native American standing on the banks of this river
the Missouri River
Nicholas
$400 [16]
This opposite of analog comes from the Latin for "finger"
digital
Dave
$800 [22]
Edward Jenner came up with the first successful vaccine, one that prevented this deadly disease
smallpox
Nicholas
$800 [2]
A delicious hors d'oeuvre is this French cheese, perhaps de Melun, baked in pastry
Brie
Sally
DD $700 [29]
He's the only Attorney General ever convicted of a felony
John Mitchell
Dave
$800 [7]
Gonzaga, Yale
Bulldogs
Nicholas
$800 [12]
St, Anthony Falls & a suspension bridge across the Mississippi River are on this Minnesota city's seal
Minneapolis
Nicholas
$800 [17]
This "holy" synonym for wedlock comes from the Latin for "marriage"
matrimony
Dave
DD $1,400 [23]
In 1895 he began replacing hypnosis as a form of therapy with free association
Sigmund Freud
Nicholas
$1,200 [3]
This French-named type of appetizer, seen here, can feature a wide variety of toppings
canapé
Sally
$800 [27]
In 1992 he authored "With Reagan: The Inside Story"; his name isn't the plural of "mouse"
(Edwin) Meese
Dave
$1,200 [8]
West Virginia, Appalachian State
Mountaineers
Nicholas
$1,200 [13]
You'll find a hornet's nest on a tree branch depicted on this North Carolina city's seal
Charlotte
Sally Nicholas
$1,200 [18]
That's funny--the name of this arm bone is from the Latin for "shoulder"
humerus
Dave
$1,600 [24]
"Penicillin Man" is a book about this bacteriologist & his discovery
(Alexander) Fleming
Dave Sally
$1,600 [4]
Baba ghanoush is a dip made with this large purplish member of the nightshade family
eggplant
Nicholas
$1,200 [30]
He became Attorney General in 2001, shortly after losing his re-election race as a senator from Missouri
John Ashcroft
$1,600 [9]
Temple, Rice
Owls
Nicholas
$1,600 [14]
This peak is depicted in the background of the seal of Portland, Oregon
Mt. Hood
Dave
$1,600 [19]
This word meaning to compel into military service comes partly from the Latin for "to write"
conscript
Dave
$2,000 [25]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows us a diagram of the human circulatory system on the monitor.) The theory that blood circulates from the heart through the body's arteries & back to the heart through the veins was first explained by this Englishman in 1616
(William) Harvey
Sally
$2,000 [5]
A popular Louisiana appetizer, crawfish tails that have been shelled, battered & deep-fried are called Cajun this
popcorn
Sally
$2,000 [28]
As Deputy A.G. 1997-2001, he made a controversial recommendation of a presidential pardon for Marc Rich
Eric Holder
$2,000 [10]
University of Houston, Washington State
Cougars
Nicholas
$2,000 [15]
Approved in 1939, the seal of this city in New York State features a barge being towed through a canal
Buffalo
$2,000 [20]
Ovid used this Latin plural meaning "transformations" for a title
metamorphoses
Dave Nicholas

Final Jeopardy!

ASTRONOMY

In July 2011 it completed its first orbit around the Sun since its discovery in 1846

Neptune

Sally "What is Neptune?" — wagered $4,500
Dave "What is Neptune?" — wagered $6,100
Nicholas "What is Neptune??" — wagered $0

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