Show #6327 2012-03-06 (taped 2011-11-29) Regular

David Gard game 3.

Contestants

Ben Parks-Stamm — an apple farmer from Winthrop, Maine

Laura Whittle — a retired high school English teacher from Sacramento, California

David Gard — a retail horticulturist from Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts (whose 2-day cash winnings total $38,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
David	$4,200	$7,000	$16,800	$31,300 3-day champion: $69,900	$15,000 20 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Laura	$2,800	$7,600	$15,600	$25,000 2nd place: $2,000	$15,600 17 R, 0 W
Ben	$1,200	$2,000	$7,200	$6,485 3rd place: $1,000	$7,200 10 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

SALUTE THE FLAGS	GRAMMY-WINNING WOMEN	NUTRITION	THE BOOK'S TITLE IN GERMAN	"GROUND" CONTROL	MAJOR TOM
$200 [4] A founder of Tenochtitlán saw aneagle and snake, the scene depicted in the center of this country's currentflag Mexico David	$200 [26] 2009:Best female pop vocal performance for "Halo" Beyoncé	$200 [1] With almost as much protein as a cow's, milk from these beans sells about $1 billion worth a year in the United States soybeans David	$200 [7] The 1936 bestseller "Vom Winde Verweht" Gone With the Wind Laura	$200 [16] The epicenter of an atomic explosion ground zero Ben	$200 [21] A 39-year-old widower in 1886, he married 20-year-old Mina Miller & built a mansion for her where he improved the phonograph Thomas Edison David
$400 [10] This constellation appears on the flags of Australia, New Zealand & Papua New Guinea the southern cross Laura	$400 [27] 1964:Best rock & roll recording for "Downtown" Petula Clark Laura	$400 [2] (I'm Dr. Oz.) Using sports drinks to rehydrate during exercise replaces not only fluid, but chemicals that are lost through perspiration like potassium & this one, symbol Na sodium David	$400 [8] A novel you can't refuse, "Der Pate" The Godfather Laura	$400 [17] It's a rhyming term for hamburger meat ground round David	$400 [22] Thomas Bruce, Earl of this, got Turkish permission to remove Greek sculptures, or "marbles" Elgin David
$600 [13] The words on this South American country's flag are "Ordem e Progresso", "Order and Progress" Brazil David	$600 [28] 1999:Best female pop vocal performance for "I Will Remember You" Sarah McLachlan Laura	$600 [3] Holy this fish! The Spanish & king types have rebounded from depletion, but may have lots of PCBs or mercury mackerel Ben	$600 [9] John Steinbeck's "Von Mausen und Menschen" Of Mice and Men Ben	$600 [18] Scientifically, it's Marmota monax a groundhog Ben	$600 [23] During the Amer. revolution, General Thomas Conway actively advocated that Horatio Gates replace this man George Washington David
$800 [14] The sun, the land & the people of this Caribbean country are represented in the three colors of its flag, seen here Jamaica Ben	$800 [29] 2007:Best female R&B vocal performance for "No One" Alicia Keys	$800 [5] Unlike other nuts, chestnuts have a significant amount of this, aka ascorbic acid Vitamin C Laura	$800 [11] The Russian classic "Krieg und Frieden" War and Peace David Ben	$800 [19] The ceremonial beginning of a construction project groundbreaking Laura	$1,000 [25] Called "The Angelic Doctor", this 13th century theologian listed the 7 Deadly Sins for us Thomas Aquinas Laura
$1,000 [15] Germany today uses the same flag it did under the 1919-1933 government called this the Weimar Republic David	$1,000 [30] 1986:Best country performance by a duo or group with vocal for "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout The Good Old Days)" The Judds Laura	$1,000 [6] Like all dried fruit, raisins are very nourishing, containing lots of magnesium & this element that can keep anemia at bay iron David	$1,000 [12] The island tale "Herr der Fliegen" Lord of the Flies Laura	$1,000 [20] An arena for testing new ideas, or an army testing facility like Utah's Dugway one a proving ground Laura	DD $1,200 [24] Born in 1854, he assisted Alexander Graham Bell with his telephone experiments Thomas Watson David

Double Jeopardy! Round

FILL IN THE QUOTE	IN A BIG COUNTY	QUASI-RELATED PAIRS	JUST LIKE HEAVEN	SIGMOID & THE SEA MONSTERS	SWEET LI'L FILMS
$400 [6] Marx & Engels wrote that "the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of" these "struggles" class struggles Ben	$400 [1] 3 of the 6 most populous U.S. counties, including Orange, are in this state California David	$400 [2] Cloudless during the day &one piece of stock sunny & share David	$400 [13] The love theme from "Footloose" is "Almost" this paradise	$400 [26] This slit in a sperm whale's head is sigmoid, or s-shaped a blowhole David	$400 [21] 4 years before "Field of Dreams", he gave a memorable performance as Gardner Barnes in "Fandango" Kevin Costner
$800 [10] Sexy completion of Henry Kissinger's "Power is the great..." aphrodisiac Laura	$800 [7] This Illinois county of more than 5 million people is named for a pioneer lawyer, not a sea captain Cook County Ben	$800 [3] The head of a monastery & the last name of the guy who sang "Alison" abbot and Costello David	$800 [14] The name of this abode of Adam & Eve is Hebrew for "pleasure" or "delight" Eden Laura	$800 [27] The sea type of these, family Cheloniidae, pull their necks into their shells using a sigmoid curvature of the vertebrae turtles David	$800 [22] Owen Wilson co-wrote the quirky "Rushmore", starring this "Ghostbuster" as Mr. Blume Bill Murray Ben
DD $1,000 [12] Completes Gloria Steinem's line "Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to..." marry David	$1,200 [8] Don't mess with the city of Kirby or the rest of this state's Bexar county Texas Ben	$1,200 [4] Tiny computer components & a short swim chips and dip	$1,200 [15] The name of this "ground", a paleface name for a Native American heaven, implies that game is plentiful the happy hunting ground Laura	$1,200 [28] Long & sinuous & up to 600 pounds, the oarfish may be the source of the legends of the "sea" type of this snaky beast sea serpent	$1,200 [23] Paul Giamatti wrestles with life affer taking a teen grappler into his home in this double-talk 2011 film Win Win
$1,200 [11] "America is my country", wrote Gertrude Stein, "and" this "is my home town" Paris David	$1,600 [9] This large New York county shares its name with the capital of the Bahamas Nassau Laura	$1,600 [5] A "Sesame Street" grouch & a "wonderful" cartoon cat with a bag of tricks Oscar and Felix Laura	$1,600 [18] Camp David once had this name, after the idyllic Tibetan place in a James Hilton novel Shangri-La David	$1,600 [29] This small, curved, equine-named creature favors estuaries & shallow coastal waters the seahorse David	$1,600 [24] Dennis Christopher takes on the Italian bicycle team in this 1979 sleeper that won a best screenplay Oscar Breaking Away
$2,000 [16] Bismarck wanted Germany to be "an honest" this "who really intends to do business" broker	$2,000 [17] Wayne County has more people than any other in this state but lost 12% of them from 2000 to 2010 Michigan Ben	$2,000 [20] A speedy messenger & singer Burl courier and Ives Laura	DD $4,400 [19] To Homer, these fields were a land of perfect happiness on the banks of the Oceanus river the Elysian Fields David	$2,000 [30] Like many animals, fish have these slithery creatures as parasites; the cod type is S-shaped as an adult worms	$2,000 [25] "The Hammer" is a knockout film with this ex-"Loveline" & "Man Show" host Adam Carolla

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN WRITERS

A fellow author called him "a very unique cat--a French Canadian Hinayana Buddhist beat Catholic savant"

(Jack) Kerouac

Ben "Who is ____?" — wagered $715

Laura "Who was Jack Kerouac?" — wagered $9,400

David "Who was Kerouac?" — wagered $14,500

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