Show #6334 2012-03-15 (taped 2011-11-30) Regular

Contestants

John Erler — a movie mocker from Austin, Texas

Sue Anderson — a speech language pathologist from Peoria, Illinois

Michael Gurshtein — a thin films engineer from Thornton, Colorado (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Michael $800 $2,800 $19,000 $3,999
2nd place: $2,000
$13,200
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Sue $1,600 $1,600 $13,400 $3,400
3rd place: $1,000
$12,000
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
John $1,800 $8,600 $17,000 $29,000
New champion: $29,000
$15,800
20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

NEW YORK CITY MBAs REMEMBER WHO WON THE SUPER BOWL? WEIGHTS & MEASURES WRITERS' WORDS 1N, 2N, 3N, 4N, 5
$200 [19]
Robert Wagner was the mayor when work began on this 16-acre performing arts center
Lincoln Center
Michael
$200 [11]
We salute you if you know that this man earned an MBA from George Washington University
Colin Powell
Sue
$200 [14]
I:Winning was the only thing when this team stomped Kansas City, 35-10
the Green Bay Packers
John
$200 [24]
It's a group of 12 dozen items, & not necessarily offensive
a gross
Michael
$200 [6]
The formal, concise statement of the meaning of a word; I worked out for weeks to get it for my muscles
definition
John
$200 [1]
This wild dog of Australia is also known as a warrigal
a dingo
Michael
$400 [20]
When companies first list on the NYSE, the CEO is typically invited to do this, which starts trading on the floor
ring the bell
Michael
$400 [12]
She joined Microsoft in 1987, the same year she received her MBA from Duke; today she's Mrs. Microsoft
Melinda Gates
Sue
$400 [15]
XXXIII:John Elway retired after this team shot down the Falcons, 34-19
the Denver Broncos
John
$400 [25]
In Britain, if you weigh 140 pounds, you weigh 10 of these units
a stone
John
$400 [7]
It's a French word for a trite phrase, & the French have their own, like "J'ai dormi comme une souche", "I slept like a stump"
a cliché
Sue
$400 [2]
It's the term for a plant that lives or grows for only one year or season
an annual
Sue
$600 [21]
(I'm Geoffrey Canada.) I'm president of a unique organization providing not just education, but health care & social services to the children of 97 blocks in this Manhattan neighborhood, from 116th St. up to 143rd St.
Harlem
John
$600 [13]
The first U.S. president with an MBA, he received his from Harvard Business School in 1975
George W. Bush
Michael
$600 [16]
XLIV:Who dat say dey gonna beat dis team? Not the Colts, who fell 31-17
the New Orleans Saints
John
$800 [27]
This unit of area is in the name of the wood that's home to Winnie-the-Pooh
acre
Michael
$600 [8]
"Pathetic" or not, it's a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
fallacy
John
$600 [3]
This adjective describes medications you can legally purchase without seeing a doctor
nonprescription
Sue
$800 [22]
This museum, established in the late 1920s, began with 8 prints & one drawing
the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Michael
$800 [17]
XXV:This team beat Buffalo 20-19 when a kick sailed wide--a 47-yard kick, so give Norwood a break
the Giants
John
DD $1,800 [26]
An octant, or 1/8 of a circle, is equal to this many degrees
45
John
$800 [9]
The use of only a few words to convey meaning, it's said to be "the soul of wit"
brevity
John
$800 [4]
When you're this type of guest, it means you didn't bother to tell anyone you were coming
unannounced
Sue John
$1,000 [23]
In 1942 Fiorello La Guardia became the first mayor to reside in this home built in 1799 by a New York City merchant
Gracie Mansion
John
$1,000 [18]
XX:Beating the Patriots 46-10 was pure sweetness for them
the Chicago Bears
John
$1,000 [10]
It can be someone who embodies a certain quality or idea, or a term for attributing human qualities to animals or things
personification
John
$1,000 [5]
It's the 2-word name of the 18th-century invention seenherethat revolutionized the textile industry
a spinning jenny

Double Jeopardy! Round

TIME TO RESIGN CAR NAMES GRAY'S ANATOMYSAYS... 3-LETTER WORDS FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS SONG MASH-UPS
$400 [16]
June 16, 2011:This not-so-Internet-savvy N.Y. congressman
Congressman Weiner
Sue
$400 [17]
Honda introduced this luxury division in the 1980s
Acura
Sue
$400 [6]
The internal this vein "collects blood from the skull, brain, superficial parts of face and much of the neck"
jugular
$400 [1]
A pig's digs
a sty
John
$400 [15]
It shares its name with a U.S. state
Georgia
Michael
$400 [24]
Song mash-up by The Doors & James Taylor that says, "Girl, we couldn't get much higher" & "sweet dreams & flying machines"
"Light My Fire And Rain"
Sue
$800 [20]
February 11, 2011:This Egyptian president
(Hosni) Mubarak
Sue
$800 [18]
Liberty & Patriot are models of this make from Chrysler
Jeep
Sue
$800 [7]
This, "medial to and much stronger than the fibula, is exceeded in length only by the femur"
the tibia
Michael
$800 [2]
40 winks
nap
Michael
$800 [14]
It's the southernmost of the 3 Baltic republics
Lithuania
Michael
$800 [27]
The first Top 40 pop hits for Billy Ray Cyrus & Blondie, no wonder it hurt so much--lucky thing it didn't shatter
"Achy Breaky Heart Of Glass"
John
$1,200 [23]
June 9, 2006:This Texas congressman & majority leader later convicted of money laundering
Tom DeLay
John
$1,200 [19]
In 2010 GM sold this Swedish auto brand to a tiny company called Spyker
Saab
John
$1,200 [8]
"The external" this "comprises the auricle, or pinna, and the external acoustic meatus"
the ear
Sue
$1,200 [3]
Anonymous John's last name
Doe
Michael
$1,600 [12]
It was once known as White Russia
Belarus
Michael
$1,200 [28]
According to Hall & Oates, "they see your every move", while Billy Idol sings, "got no human grace"
"Private Eyes Without A Face"
John
$1,600 [25]
April 28, 1969:This Frenchman who'd just lost a constitutional referendum; c'est la vie!
Charles de Gaulle
Michael
$2,000 [22]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a garage with 5 cruisers at the CA Highway Patrol Academy in Sacramento, CA.) Though Chargers & Camaros are also used, CHP officers most often sit behind the wheel of this Ford model that contains the name of a British queen & something she might wear
Crown Victoria
Sue
$1,600 [9]
These "veins return oxygenated blood to the left atrium"
the pulmonary veins
$1,600 [4]
A small child, or a form of tater
a tot
John
$2,000 [11]
One of the quarters of historic Jerusalem is named for its people
Armenia
$1,600 [29]
A soggy No. 1 hit by Milli Vanilli stays soggy when combined with a song from "My Fair Lady"
"Blame It On The Rain In Spain"
Sue
$2,000 [26]
December 18, 2007:This Senate Republican whip & onetime majority leader who had some lobbying to do
Trent Lott
DD $3,000 [21]
Add one letter to the French word for "lemon" to get the name of this French car maker
Citroen
Sue
$2,000 [10]
This bone "extends laterally and almost horizontally across the neck from manubrium to acromion"
the clavicle (or collar bone)
Michael
$2,000 [5]
Not sew, but you do this to make lace using knots & loops
tat
Sue
DD $7,000 [13]
The most populous after Russia
Ukraine
Michael
$2,000 [30]
Mash-up from Blue Oyster Cult & Debby Boone that says, "I'm living for giving the devil his due" & "you give me hope"
"I'm Burnin' For You Light Up My Life"
John

Final Jeopardy!

LITERATURE

This 1928 novel was partly based on the author's wife Frieda & her affair with Angelo Ravagli

Lady Chatterley's Lover (by D.H. Lawrence)

Sue "What is ?" — wagered $10,000
John "What is Lady Chatterley's Lover" — wagered $12,000
Michael "What is Death in Venice?" — wagered $15,001

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