Show #6349 2012-04-05 (taped 2011-12-13) Regular

Contestants

John Sellers — a writer from Brooklyn, New York

Emily Garber — a civil liberties lawyer from Portland, Oregon

Joey Falco — a writer from Santa Monica, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $23,999)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Joey $3,000 $4,800 $15,000 $30,000
3-day champion: $53,999
$13,400
20 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Emily $-400 $3,200 $5,600 $11,155
3rd place: $1,000
$5,600
9 R, 2 W
John $4,200 $5,600 $9,800 $15,001
2nd place: $2,000
$8,800
13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

A SHOWER OF APRIL THE "IV" LEAGUE TIME ZONE CITIES BUY GUM! TV DRAMAS WHAT I MEANT TO SAY WAS...
$200 [23]
On April 19, 1975 this nation launched its first satellite, Aryabhata
India
Joey
$200 [6]
Also known as an E-1, it's the lowest rank in the U.S. Army
a private
John
$200 [11]
Chico, California
Pacific Time Zone
Joey
$200 [16]
This gum was introduced way back in 1914, but the ad campaign featuring twins didn't come for another 25 years
Doublemint
John
$200 [1]
This 1970s title family wasn't quite as well off as the zillionaire retail clan of the same name
the Waltons
Joey
$200 [9]
"We understand the importance of having the bondage between the parent & the child", said this VP from Indiana
Quayle
John
$400 [27]
My dog tells me that this advocacy organization was founded in New York City on April 10, 1866
the ASPCA
Emily
$400 [7]
Onion relative to go with sour cream on top of your baked potato
chives
Joey
$400 [12]
Salt Lake City, Utah
Mountain Time Zone
Joey
$400 [17]
The "original" flavor of this sugarless gum was introduced nationally in 1964; it was the only flavor
Trident
John
$400 [2]
Timothy Olyphant plays small-town marshal Raylan Givens on this FX drama
Justified
Joey
$400 [10]
Before the era of Head & Shoulders, Samuel Goldwyn said, "this makes me so sore it gets my" this "up"
dandruff
Emily John
$600 [28]
After years as a wanted man, he was arrested April 3, 1996 in a Montana cabin
the Unabomber
Joey
$600 [8]
Term for a horse, based on its diet
herbivore
$600 [13]
San Antonio, Texas
Central
John
$600 [18]
Vanessa Branch is a peppy British gal who exhorts you to clean up a dirty mouth "no matter what" in ads for this gum
Orbit
John
$600 [3]
"The Mentalist" refers to phony psychic Patrick Jane, played by him
Simon Baker
Joey
$600 [22]
An ex-speaker of the Texas House: "I cannot tell you how grateful I am; I am filled with" this; not the heat, it's the...
humidity
Emily
DD $1,000 [29]
It speaks volumes that the U.S. government established this institution on April 24, 1800
the Library of Congress
Joey
$800 [20]
A type of surgery, or a college course not in your major
elective
Emily
$800 [14]
Nashville, Tennessee
Central
John
$800 [19]
The type of keyboardseenhereis nicknamed for its resemblance to this gum
chiclet
Emily
$800 [4]
The love triangle at the heart of this CW show involves a human girl & 2 undead brothers--awkward, indeed
The Vampire Diaries
Joey
$800 [24]
Boston mayor Thomas Menino, on his city's parking space woes: "it's like" this prison "around my neck"
Alcatraz
Emily
$1,000 [30]
On April 12, 1862 Union spy James Andrews led a group of men in seizing this locomotive in Georgia
The General
$1,000 [21]
From the Latin for "from a stream", it's the historical origin of a word
derivation
Emily
$1,000 [15]
Louisville, Kentucky
Eastern
John
$1,000 [26]
This gum with a rhyming name was originally sold for a penny a piece & had a comic strip inside the wrapper
Dubble Bubble
$1,000 [5]
This rapper has played a detective on "Law & Order: SVU" for more than a decade
Ice-T
John
$1,000 [25]
Mangling mythology, New Mexico governor Bruce King said a proposal would "open a whole box of" these women
Pandoras
John

Double Jeopardy! Round

MURDER, SHE WROTE DREAM-Y SONGS HUMAN BODY BITS ADVICE COLUMN SIGNATURES GRAB IT THE BORGIAS
$400 [2]
"The Murder at the Vicarage"(1930)
Agatha Christie
Joey
$400 [3]
"Sweet Dreams" is on her album "I Am... Sasha Fierce"
Beyonce
Joey
$400 [20]
The vestibular apparatus, part of this sense organ, helps with equilibrium
the ear
Joey
$400 [16]
...Should I marry "Ed" or hold out for better? Signed, this word used of some voters in polls
Undecided
Emily
$400 [11]
Shoeless Joe Jackson's was nicknamed "Black Betsy"
his bat
Emily
$400 [25]
Built for the family, the Borgia Apartmentsare an important part of the heritage of this location within Rome
Vatican City
Joey
$800 [8]
"'H' is for Homicide"(1991)
Sue Grafton
Joey
$800 [4]
This hit by The Mamas & the Papas includes the line "I'd be safe and warm if I was in L.A."
"California Dreamin'"
Joey
$800 [21]
Sounding like something to tie up meat, it's a powerful group of muscles that helps straighten the hip
hamstring
$800 [17]
...nothing seems to ease my gloom & despair. Signed, this word from the Latin spondere
Despondent
Emily
$800 [12]
This type of hammer has a hemispherical head & is used in working with metal
a ball-peen hammer
Emily
$800 [26]
The first Borgia to become pope was Calixtus III, whose first Papal Act in 1455 was to try to recover this city from the Turks
Istanbul
John
$1,200 [1]
"Murder in the White House"--a president's daughter would know(1980)
Margaret Truman
$1,200 [5]
"Greatest Hits: The First Ten Years" from this one of the "Desperate Housewives" includes "Dreamin'"
Vanessa Williams
$1,200 [22]
A mass of nerve fibers, the pons is part of this, extending between the cerebral hemispheres & the spinal cord
the brain stem
$1,200 [18]
...I need a way to control my rage. Signed, this word for "angry" that contains an aromatic substance
Incensed
$1,200 [13]
A nighttime procession of Edinburghians carrying these begins the annual Hogmanay Festival
torches
Joey John
$1,200 [27]
As Pope Alexander VI, Rodrigo Borgiafought the invasion of Italy by King Charles VIII of this country; plague helped
France
$1,600 [9]
"Flash and Bones" (featuring Temperance Brennan)(2011)
Kathy Reichs
$1,600 [6]
In 2010 she sang, "I'ma get your heart racing in my skin-tight jeans, be your teenage dream tonight"
Katy Perry
Joey
$2,000 [24]
Named for one of Napoleon's field surgeons, the Lisfranc joint can be found in this body part
the foot
$1,600 [19]
...can you help me conquer my desire & get my life back? Signed, this term for one "owned" by Satan
Possessed
Joey
$1,600 [14]
When a congressman becomes unruly, the Sergeant at Arms could grab thisto restore order
a mace
$1,600 [28]
Lucrezia Borgia was married 3 times, the first at age 13 to a son of the Sforzas, a powerful clan of this Lombard city
Milan
John
$2,000 [10]
"The Talented Mr. Ripley"(1955)
Patricia Highsmith
$2,000 [7]
This 1976 Gary Wright title, "I believe you can get me through the night"
"Dream Weaver"
Joey
DD $3,000 [23]
This gland secretes digestive enzymes & glucagon
the pancreas
Joey
$2,000 [15]
Made of bamboo, the shinai is the fencing foil of this 2-handed style of Japanese fencing
kendo
DD $3,000 [29]
Sibling to Lucrezia & Cesare & equally treacherous, Juan Borgia was murdered in 1497, his body found in this river
the Tiber
John

Final Jeopardy!

POLITICAL TERMS

The OED traces these 2 parallel terms to an October 30, 2000 "Today" show discussion of an electoral map

red state & blue state

Emily "What are "red state" + "blue state"?" — wagered $5,555
John "What are Red State + Blue State?" — wagered $5,201
Joey "What are red state and blue state?" — wagered $15,000

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