Show #6338 2012-03-21 (taped 2011-12-06) Regular

Contestants

Greg Bentley — a law clerk from Pikeville, Kentucky

Cathy Guiles — a copy editor originally from Baltimore, Maryland

Melanie Spratford — a caterer from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $19,201)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Melanie $0 $1,800 $6,200 $6,200
2nd place: $2,000
$6,200
8 R, 0 W
Cathy $3,000 $6,000 $13,600 $14,600
New champion: $14,600
$13,600
19 R, 1 W
Greg $1,800 $4,600 $13,600 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$10,600
17 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

FLIGHT A BLANK EXPRESSION HOME ICE SIR WALTER SCOTT NATURAL SELECTION GOD DID IT!
$200 [1]
A report detailing an airplane's route, or the title of a 2005 Jodie Foster thriller
flight plan
Cathy
$200 [16]
It happened when I arrived in Hollywood: I came, I saw, I ___-ed
I conquered
Greg
$200 [6]
Madison Square Garden
the (New York) Rangers
Greg
$200 [26]
Sir Walter Scott was born in 1771 in this city
Edinburgh
Cathy
$200 [21]
Vegetarians take note: Organic Valley's Omega-3 Milk is infused with kosher oil from these creatures
fish
Cathy
$200 [11]
In Genesis 19, God got a tad angry with Sodom & rained on it fire & this, an old word for sulfur
brimstone
Greg
$400 [2]
A pipe dream is also alliteratively called a flight of this
flight of fancy
Cathy
$400 [17]
Important trio of possibilities at the races: win, place or ___
show
Greg
$400 [7]
Mellon Arena
the Pittsburgh Penguins
Greg
$400 [27]
This noble outlaw helps King Richard I rescue the title knight in Scott's "Ivanhoe"
Robin Hood
$400 [22]
Endangered Species Chocolate makes a bar flavored with these colorful antioxidant-rich berries of the genus Vaccinium
blueberries
$400 [12]
In Genesis 9, God blessed this man & his sons & told them to be fruitful & multiply
Noah
Cathy Greg
$600 [3]
The Red Baron commanded a unit called the "flying" this, for its brightly colored planes
the Flying Circus
$600 [18]
Everything I need: wine, ___ & song
women
Greg
$600 [8]
Joe Louis Arena
the Detroit Red Wings
Cathy Greg
$600 [28]
In 1813 Sir Walter wrote a letter complimenting this American on his "History of New York"
Washington Irving
$600 [23]
Sweetgrass Natural Fibers specializes in "eco fashion" made from hemp, cotton & this tall grass
bamboo
Greg
$600 [13]
In Exodus 3, God told Moses, who was standing on holy ground, to take off these
his shoes
Cathy
$800 [4]
AKA the acute stress response, the name of this reflex contains 2 basic options one faces when threatened
fight-or-flight
Cathy
$800 [19]
Describes me if Angelina Jolie ever needs any help: ready, ___ & able
willing
Melanie
$800 [9]
Scotiabank Saddledome
the Calgary Flames
Greg
$800 [30]
Jedediah Cleishbotham, Capt. Clutterbuck & Malachi Malagrowther were all these of Sir Walter Scott
pseudonyms
Cathy
$800 [24]
EVO's Wild Cravings Red Meat Formula Biscuits are high-protein, grain-free treats for these
dogs
Cathy
$800 [14]
In Genesis 2:21, God helped himself to one of these from Adam
the rib
Greg
$1,000 [5]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew sits in a Qantas flight simulator in Sydney, Australia.) The four forces that act on a plane in flight include lift, gravity, & drag; by pushing these levers forward, we're increasing this fourth force that counteracts drag
thrust
$1,000 [20]
The "Jeopardy!" office on tape days: blood, toil, tears & ___
sweat
Cathy
$1,000 [10]
TD Banknorth Garden
the Boston Bruins
Greg
$1,000 [29]
Scott's novel "Kenilworth" contains the scene involving a mud puddle, a cloak & these 2 personages
Sir Walter Raleigh & Queen Elizabeth I
Greg
$1,000 [25]
Clothing optional: "Bear" this granola says it's "100% pure and natural"
Naked
Melanie
DD $1,000 [15]
In Exodus 3, God promised to smite this land "with all my wonders"; in Exodus 7, he did
Egypt
Greg

Double Jeopardy! Round

THIS PLACE IS DUELSVILLE BALLET PLAYING FOR CHANGE HEY HEY HEY, IT'S PHAT ALBERT! DOUBLE "L" PUBLISHER, PAIR-ISH
$400 [8]
In 1781 Emperor Joseph II staged a piano duel between Mozart & Muzio Clementi in this city
Vienna
Cathy
$400 [6]
In this ballet a little girl named Clara meets the Sugar Plum Fairy in the Kingdom of Sweets
The Nutcracker
Melanie
$400 [18]
This song title from the '80s precedes "25 for Haiti" in a 2010 project featuring 80 recording artists
"We Are The World"
Greg
$400 [23]
In 2011 Prince Albert of this principality wed ex-Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock of South Africa
Monaco
Cathy
$400 [1]
Combatants shoot pellets of colored gel at each other in this game
paintball
Melanie
$400 [9]
The publisher Simon & him is part of CBS
Schuster
Greg
$800 [10]
Green Park & Covent Garden were once favored dueling spots in this city
London
Cathy
DD $400 [27]
A young prince is saved by a magic feather in this 1910 Stravinsky ballet
The Firebird
Greg
$800 [19]
Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp & Neil Young organized the first of these heartland benefits in 1985
Farm Aid
Melanie
$800 [24]
Like Newt Gingrich & Thomas Foley, Carl Albert held this leadership position, from 1971 to 1977
Speaker of the House
Cathy
$800 [2]
The name of these flowers seenherefits them perfectly
bluebells
Melanie
$800 [14]
Louisa May Alcott & James Patterson were published by Little, this
Brown
Melanie
$1,200 [11]
Pushkin fought his fatal duel in this city, just 34 years after it was founded
Saint Petersburg
$800 [7]
Hershy Kay provided the orchestrations of this man's music for the 1958 ballet "Stars and Stripes"
(John Philip) Sousa
Greg
$1,200 [20]
Dozens of rock stars have played the Secret Policeman's Balls to benefit this human rights organization, A.I.
Amnesty International
Melanie
$1,200 [25]
This microbiologist worked on cancer & developed the oral polio vaccine
(Albert) Sabin
Greg
$1,200 [3]
It's another name for a tadpole
a polliwog
$1,200 [15]
A Random House imprint combines this small fowl with Dell
Bantam Books
$1,600 [12]
In 2008 Bobby Fischer died in this island city, site of his 1972 chess duel with Boris Spassky
Reykjavik
$1,600 [30]
In the 1920s Uday Shankar, Ravi's brother, choreographed "Radha-Krishna" for this Russian ballerina
Pavlova
Greg
$1,600 [21]
The organization "Rock" this sponsored a 2008 "Ballot Bash" & a 2011 "Democracy Day" with "Glee" star Darren Criss
the Vote
Cathy
$2,000 [28]
In 1942 this Frenchman wrote, "There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide"
Albert Camus
Cathy
$1,600 [4]
It's the lumberjack term for when politicians vote for each other's bills
logrolling
$1,600 [16]
A big name in textbooks is Prentice this
Hall
Cathy
$2,000 [13]
The book "War of the Rats" tells of a sniper duel during the winter 1942-43 battle for this Russian city
Stalingrad
$2,000 [29]
In 1944 this conductor composed the music for "Fancy Free", Jerome Robbins' first ballet
Leonard Bernstein
$2,000 [22]
The Clash & The Who headlined the 1979 Concerts for Kampuchea, benefits for victims in this war-torn country
Cambodia
Cathy
DD $5,000 [26]
This man used his $33,000 in Nobel Prize money to expand the hospital he built & to establish a leper colony
(Albert) Schweitzer
Greg
$2,000 [5]
Prince Charles is the duke of it
Cornwall
Cathy
$2,000 [17]
Young readers enjoy books from Grosset & him
Dunlap

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS NAMES

At his death in January 2010, he was called "the Garbo of letters, famous for not wanting to be famous"

J.D. Salinger

Melanie "Who is Mailer?" — wagered $0
Cathy "Who is Salinger?" — wagered $1,000
Greg "Who was Warhol?" — wagered $13,600

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