Show #6329 2012-03-08 (taped 2011-11-29) Regular

David Gard game 5.

Contestants

Jessamine Price — a graduate student in creative writing from Greenbelt, Maryland

Vijay Iyer — an attorney from New York, New York

David Gard — a retail horticulturist from Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts (whose 4-day cash winnings total $84,700)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
David	$2,200	$3,800	$11,000	$2,000 3rd place: $1,000	$11,000 15 R, 2 W
Vijay	$3,600	$5,000	$9,200	$6,200 2nd place: $2,000	$9,000 14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Jessamine	$1,000	$3,600	$5,200	$9,201 New champion: $9,201	$9,000 14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

HALL OF FAMERS	YOU'RE SO RECEPTACLE	TIME TO "ROCK" & "ROLL"	GET YOUR VERBS MOVING	ORGANIZATIONS	SOUTH AFRICAN WILDLIFE
$200 [3] Among the first class of inductees into the Television Hall of Fame were Milton Berle & this zany redhead Lucille Ball David	$200 [16] A small box for holding tea, or the person who totes your irons & drivers around the links a caddy David	$200 [1] Irish eyes are always smiling when they gaze at this small, yellow-flowered clover the shamrock	$200 [7] To run at a moderate pace, or to give a slight push to something, like your memory jog Vijay	$200 [21] A 325,000-member fraternal order of these professionals was founded by 2 Pittsburgh boys in blue in 1915 police Jessamine	$200 [24] (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Madiwke Game Reserve in South Africa.) African elephants deal with more heat than their Asian relatives, so their ears are bigger; when they're flapped, thousands of these smallest vessels in the ear bring cool blood to the body capillaries Jessamine
$400 [8] This colorful rebounder wormed his way into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011 Dennis Rodman Vijay	$400 [17] A type of rodeo race for women, or an early Niagara Falls transport barrel Vijay	$400 [2] This company claims to be "the world leader in the in-line skate market" Rollerblade Vijay	$400 [10] To jump, especially with the help of a pole, as in the Olympics vault David	$400 [22] These 2 groups named for elder siblings, both formed to mentor youth, joined up in 1977 Big Brothers and Big Sisters David	$400 [25] (Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Madiwke Game Reserve in South Africa.) Among lions that roam southern Africa, the females do most of the hunting, & they generally outnumber males in these groups that average about 15 lions prides Jessamine
$600 [9] He beat it into into the Rock Hall of Fame in 1997 as a member of his family quintet & in 2001 as a solo performer Michael Jackson David	$600 [18] This term for a grain container or a type of freight car could also apply to a kangaroo hopper	$600 [4] It's a flexible, sliding cover for the working area of a desk a rolltop Jessamine	$600 [11] Also the name of a ballroom dance, it means to move along in a breezy, conspicuous manner waltz Jessamine	$600 [30] The logo of this club depicts Half Dome & a giant sequoia you just want to hug Sierra Club David	$600 [26] (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Madiwke Game Reserve in South Africa.) If a giraffe didn't have adaptations like thick-walled arteries & extra valves to counteract gravity, lowering its head to drink would cause an aneurysm, & then raising its head would cause it to faint, because this vital measure is naturally so high its blood pressure David
$800 [13] Recently honored as a Hispanic hero, in 1987 she swung her way into the LPGA's Hall of Fame Nancy Lopez Vijay	$800 [19] 1953 play that's also a container in which substances are heated to high temperatures The Crucible David	$800 [5] As a noun, it's paper; as a verb, you do it on a computer to move text horizontally scroll Jessamine	$800 [12] Drop a letter from what lovers might do to marry in secret & you'll get this easy gait lope Vijay	$800 [29] This former campaign manager for George W. Bush is the co-founder of American Crossroads (Karl) Rove Jessamine	DD $1,000 [27] (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Madiwke Game Reserve in South Africa.) Zebras spend a lot of time standing around on grassy plains, which would make them seem like easy prey, but to lions, they blend in with tall stalks of grass, because lions have weak color vision due to a shortage of these retinal cells cones Jessamine
$1,000 [14] Played on screen by Edward James Olmos, this member of the National Teachers Hall of Fame passed away in 2010 Jaime Escalante Vijay	$1,000 [20] This sooty receptacle lends its name to a realist art movement of the early 20th century an ashcan Jessamine	$1,000 [6] 2-word term for sugar in large, hard crystals rock candy David	$1,000 [15] An early form of this word meaning to walk with an arrogant strut was used by Puck in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" swagger Jessamine	$1,000 [23] WADA, the World Anti-this Activity agency, tries to keep sports free of banned drugs Doping Vijay Jessamine	$1,000 [28] (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Madiwke Game Reserve in South Africa.) To communicate over distance or in dense brush, rhinos use infrasound, too low for human hearing to detect, because it's below 20 of these frequency units hertz David

Double Jeopardy! Round

WOMEN AUTHORS	GREAT ART	MAY-DECEMBER MOVIES	I'M FEELING DIS-ORIENTED	"ADD" IT UP	BELLS
$400 [10] Her father, Rev. Lyman Beecher, was president of the Lane Theological Seminary in Cincinnati Harriet Beecher Stowe Vijay	$400 [1] Several 1899 Monet works depict a Japanese bridge spanning a pond covered with these plants water lilies David	$400 [16] Tim Robbins & Susan Sarandon starred as a baseball rookie & his older lover in this 1988 film Bull Durham Jessamine	$400 [17] I flew across the Pacific on Korean Air, starting in this city where it's headquartered Seoul Jessamine	$400 [3] A guy with a serious dependency on cigs or booze an addict David	$1,600 [24] This instrument has a minimum of 23 bells & is operated with a keyboard a carillon Vijay Jessamine
$800 [11] "Fighting Angel" & "The Exile" were 1936 biographies of her parents, missionaries in Asia Pearl Buck David	$800 [2] His only known assistant was his nephew Gainsborough DuPont Thomas Gainsborough	$1,600 [22] The "story" of this film has Steve Martin romancing Sarah Jessica Parker as a California girl named San DeE* L.A. Story	$800 [18] 2 days ago I boarded a train in this country's capital of Ulan Bator & here I am at Disneyland--life is strange Mongolia Vijay	$800 [4] Intended recipient of a letter addressee David	DD $4,000 [25] This term for a bell tower comes from the region in Southern Italy that produced the metal used in some bells campanile Jessamine
$1,200 [12] On her 1986 death, she was laid to rest next to Jean-Paul Sartre in Paris Simone de Beauvoir Vijay	$1,200 [8] As a young man, this Dutch painter signed his works "Rh"; he later added an "L" for Leiden, his place of birth Rembrandt Vijay	$2,000 [23] Seen here, she earned an Oscar nomination as the girl to whom Peter Sarsgaard gave "An Education" Carey Mulligan	$1,200 [19] It's weird to gain 7 hours flying to Moscow from VVO, the airport of this city in far eastern Russia Vladivostok David	$1,200 [5] STP, for your car, or MSG, for your food an additive Jessamine	—
DD $1,800 [13] This "Age of Innocence" author aided refugees in WWI & was made Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor Edith Wharton Vijay	$1,600 [9] In 1931, Diego Rivera painted a movable fresco showing peasants harvesting this title crop sugarcane	—	$1,600 [20] I quite enjoyed my 38-day jaunt from Singapore to L.A. aboard this cruise line's ship MS Amsterdam Holland America Vijay	$1,600 [6] Not quite right in the head addled David	—
$2,000 [14] This South African put out her first book in 1949, the collection "Face to Face" Nadine Gordimer	$2,000 [15] Her 1926 painting "Black Iris" enlarged the petals of a flower to over-lifesize proportions Georgia O'Keeffe David	—	$2,000 [21] I barely made my flight back to the U.S. out of this Tokyo airport after I went to Haneda by mistake Narita Vijay	$2,000 [7] Satirical Whig writer of "The Spectator" (Joseph) Addison Jessamine	—

Final Jeopardy!

TONY-WINNING MUSICALS

These 2 back-to-back Tony winners for Best Musical (1987 & 1988) were both set in Paris

Les Miserables & The Phantom of the Opera

Jessamine "What are Les Miserables and The Phantom of the Opera?" — wagered $4,001

Vijay "What are La Boheme and The Producers" — wagered $3,000

David "What are Les Miserables and ___?" — wagered $9,000

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