Show #6355 2012-04-13 (taped 2011-12-14) Regular

Contestants

Cat Still — an educational consultant from Los Angeles, California

Peter Allen — a high school chemistry teacher from Fresno, California

Judy Nichols — a mystery writer from Wilmington, North Carolina (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,300)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Judy $2,800 $4,000 $13,200 $21,200
2-day champion: $46,500
$14,200
17 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Peter $800 $2,200 $5,800 $10,001
3rd place: $1,000
$5,800
15 R, 5 W
Cat $3,400 $5,800 $8,200 $11,601
2nd place: $2,000
$14,200
19 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

1937 DOUBLE TALK "E"ASY SCIENCE? FIRST NAMES HEY, U2! GET A ROOM!
$200 [11]
On March 26 spinach growers in Crystal City, Texas dedicated a statue honoring this comic strip character
Popeye
Peter
$200 [30]
Prison on the Hudson
Sing Sing
Cat
$200 [2]
It's the term for an unborn animal from the time of fertilization until the differentiation of the major organs
an embryo
Judy
$200 [12]
Regina is Latin for "queen"; this is the male counterpart
Rex
Judy
$200 [1]
U2 got an early break when they won a talent contest sponsored by this Dublin brewery
Guinness
Peter
$200 [17]
A basement for your Beaujolais
a wine cellar
Cat
$400 [26]
This vessel that met disaster on May 6 had a frame of a lightweight alloy called duralumin
the Hindenburg
Judy
$400 [23]
An abnormal sound in the heart
a murmur
Peter
$400 [7]
A wave signal reflected back to its point of origin from a distance
echo
Cat
$400 [13]
Have no doubt--it's the first name of tea merchants Twining & Lipton
Thomas
Judy
$400 [3]
An allergy is one of the reasons Bono is usually seen wearing these
sunglasses
Judy
$400 [18]
Where company executives hold formal meetings; it sounds like they have to move the surfing equipment out of the way
a boardroom
Cat
$600 [27]
In December he was appointed U.S. ambassador to Great Britain; wife Rose & his large family accompanied him there
Joseph Kennedy
Judy
$600 [22]
Vegas casino with a clown marquee
Circus Circus
Judy
$600 [8]
Fred Mertz could tell you it's a radical organic compound containing C2H5
ethyl
Cat
$600 [14]
Originally a surname, it probably gained popularity as a first name in honor of the 18th U.S. president
Grant
Cat
$600 [4]
We hope the band didn't be have like animals on this technically ambitious 1992 tour
"Zoo TV"
Peter
$600 [19]
Colorful spot in a theater or TV studio where performers can relax before a show
the greenroom
Judy
$800 [28]
Soviet planes destroyed Italian tanks in the Battle of Guadalajara in this war
the Spanish Civil War
$800 [24]
Yogi's bud
Boo-Boo
Cat
$800 [9]
A waterproof layer called the cuticle sometimes covers this outermost cellular layer of animals & plants
epidermis
Judy Cat
$800 [15]
One of the 500 most popular girls' names, it means "from England", though it's a place in France
Brittany
Judy Peter
$800 [5]
One of the 2 "Joshua Tree" No. 1 hits; one starts with "I", the other ends with "you"
"With Or Without You" (or "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For")
Peter
$800 [20]
Put these 4 letters before "chamber" to get a space serving as an entryway into a larger room
ante
Cat
$1,000 [29]
In 1937 NBC Radio created a symphony orchestra for this Italian conductor
Arturo Toscanini
Judy
$1,000 [25]
A lack of vitamin B1 will give you this disease
beriberi
Judy
$1,000 [10]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew pushes down on an inflated ball.) Hooke's law governs this property that allows objects to compress & then rebound to their former shapes
elasticity
Cat
DD $1,000 [16]
This French name means "reborn", a reference to Christian baptism
Renee
Judy
$1,000 [6]
Part of this 1988 U2 documentary with accompanying album was filmed at Graceland
Rattle and Hum
Peter
$1,000 [21]
Consisting of separate offices, it's the often featureless type of farm seen here
a cubicle (or cube farm)
Peter

Double Jeopardy! Round

ROLE IN COMMON CANADA'S MARITIME PROVINCES HARVARD ALUMNI THE "KID" STAYS IN THE CATEGORY POETS & POETRY THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE TITANIC
$400 [1]
Peter Sellers, Alan Arkin, Steve Martin(a French policeman)
(Jacques) Clouseau
Cat
$400 [30]
A Haligonian is a resident of this Maritimes city
Halifax
Peter
$400 [17]
Benazir Bhutto (class of '73), the first female P.M. of this country, was known as "Pinky" during her Harvard days
Pakistan
Peter
$400 [12]
These popular 1980s toys were "born" in Cleveland, Georgia
Cabbage Patch Kids
Peter
$400 [7]
Robert Browning wrote that one of these is "safe 'twixt you, me, and the gate-post!"
a secret
Judy
$400 [6]
The Titanic was on its way to this U.S. city when it struck the iceberg in the North Atlantic
New York
Peter
$800 [2]
Tony Perkins, Vince Vaughn, Henry Thomas(a psycho)
(Norman) Bates
Cat
$800 [24]
Like a certain western U.S. state, Prince Edward Island is famed for growing these, as in the field seen here
potatoes
Cat
$800 [18]
This Fed head graduated Harvardsumma cum laude(1975) in economics (Natch)
(Ben) Bernanke
Peter Cat
$800 [13]
They're soft, chewy & tart kid-shaped candies
Sour Patch Kids
Peter Cat
$800 [8]
This divorced Algonquin "News Item" poet & wit continued writing under her married name
Dorothy Parker
Cat
$800 [22]
Among those who perished were Macy's co-owner Isidor Straus & this millionaire, the IV
John Jacob Astor
Cat
$1,200 [3]
Leonardo DiCaprio, Jason Robards, Dean Stockwell(a billionaire)
(Howard) Hughes
Peter
$1,600 [26]
New Brunswick is the only province that's officially this / Le Nouveau-Brunswick est la seule province officiellement ca
dual-language/bilingual
Cat
$1,200 [19]
This late-night host graduatedmagna cum laude from Harvard & was president of the Harvard Lampoon
(Conan) O'Brien
Cat
$1,200 [14]
Bill Cosby took over hosting duties on this series that began as a segment on "Art Linkletter's House Party"
Kids Say The Darndest Things
Peter
$1,200 [9]
Keats wrote, "blinded alike from sunshine and from rain, as though" this flower "should shut, and be a bud again"
a rose
Judy
$1,600 [28]
Reportedly, the band played on until the ship went down, its final piece believed to be this 1841 hymn
"Nearer, My God, To Thee"
Judy
$1,600 [4]
Kate Bosworth, Margot Kidder, Noel Neill(a reporter)
Lois Lane
Peter
DD $2,000 [25]
When the French ruled Canada, the region was known as this
Acadia (Acadie)
Cat
$1,600 [20]
This editor (class of '43) worked at the Crimson long before he oversaw the Washington Post's coverage of Watergate
(Ben) Bradlee
Cat
$1,600 [15]
This term for brainiac youths was applied to a youthful Phillies team of yore
the Whiz Kids
$1,600 [10]
Referring to Abe's supposed early love, Edgar Lee Masters called her "beloved in life of Abraham Lincoln"
Ann Rutledge
$2,000 [29]
The Titanic was owned by the White Star Line, which in turn was owned by this American banker & steel magnate
J.P. Morgan
Peter
$2,000 [5]
David Bowie, Crispin Glover, Guy Pearce(an artist)
Andy Warhol
Cat
$2,000 [27]
In Nova Scotia, you can see Bluenose II, this type of graceful sailing ship. To see Bluenose I, look on the Canadian dime
a schooner
Peter
$2,000 [21]
This onetime N.C. senator & wife of a senator worked at the Langdell Library before getting her J.D. (1965)
Elizabeth Dole
Judy
$2,000 [16]
This cartoon urchin of 1890s newspapers lent his name to a kind of disreputable journalism
the Yellow Kid
Judy
$2,000 [11]
Maybe on Sunday, Emily Dickinson wrote, "Some keep" this "going to church--I keep it staying at home"
the Sabbath
Judy Peter
DD $4,000 [23]
The first rescue ship on site was this British liner that picked up more than 700 survivors, mostly women & children
the Carpathia
Cat

Final Jeopardy!

WORD ORIGINS

An exploited part of a law, originally it meant an opening in a castle wall used to look at or shoot at an enemy

a loop hole

Peter "What is a loop hole?" — wagered $4,201
Cat "What is a loop hole?" — wagered $3,401
Judy "What is a loop hole?" — wagered $8,000

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