Show #6357 2012-04-17 (taped 2011-12-19) Regular

Contestants

Evan Nolan — a contract attorney from Winchester, Massachusetts

Mary Harris — a knitting store owner from Seattle, Washington

Michelle LaLonde — a law librarian from Novi, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,500)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Michelle $400 $3,200 $8,800 $3,300
2nd place: $2,000
$7,600
10 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Mary $2,400 $3,800 $7,400 $5,900
New champion: $5,900
$7,400
17 R, 5 W
Evan $1,600 $4,600 $2,200 $11
3rd place: $1,000
$5,400
12 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THEY WROTE FORENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA WILL SMITH MOVIES WHAT MAKES IT GO? A SINGLE TREE ENDS WITH "W" COWBOY TALK
$200 [1]
Marie Curie's 1926 entry on this element said one could use it to make luminous paints to use in watches
radium
Evan
$200 [8]
2007:"My name is Robert Neville. I'm a survivor living in New York City... If there's anybody out there..."
I Am Legend
Mary
$200 [21]
(Kelly of the Clue crew points at the rear area of a remote-control inflated shark toy floating around her.) Just like the real thing, our helium-filled shark is propelled by the side-to-side movement of this rear appendage, also called the caudal fin
a tailfin
Evan
$200 [4]
Sequoia National Park has the General Grant tree & a 255-footer named for this man, Grant's boss
Lincoln
Michelle
$200 [9]
Lacking intellectual depth, or one end of a pool
shallow
Michelle
$1,000 [26]
It's the money used to finance a miner's activities
a grubstake
Mary
$400 [2]
Almost half of his 1926 entry on conjuring was about himself, mentioning such tricks as the milk-can escape
Houdini
Mary
$400 [15]
1997:"When do I get my own flashy, little memory messer-upper thing?"
Men in Black
Michelle
$400 [22]
This device propels a traditional pogo stick
a spring
Evan
$400 [5]
The bald cypress named for this Aztec ruler is known for its massive trunk, seenherein an example in Mexico
Montezuma
Evan
$400 [11]
An area of grazable grassland; it's found before "lark"
a meadow
Evan
DD $1,600 [27]
As a verb, it meant to shoot someone; as a noun it referred to a rectangular bar of chewing tobacco
plug
Michelle
$600 [3]
Carl Sagan took on this vast topic, with thoughts on the "intelligent" type "beyond the solar system"
life
Mary
$600 [18]
1996:"Welcome to Earth!"
Independence Day
Evan
$600 [23]
The Navy's USS Defender has 4 engines of this type, so look for the green handle at the pump when filling her up
Diesel
Mary
$600 [6]
The company named for this "rocky" golf course south of San Francisco has trademarked "Lone Cypress"
Pebble Beach
Evan
$600 [12]
Rendered fat used in making soap or candles
tallow
Mary
$800 [16]
The article on ventriloquism for the 1958 edition was penned by this man, not Charlie McCarthy
(Edgar) Bergen
Mary
$800 [19]
2005:"Lean in, place your hand on the small of her back, say it in her ear like a secret. But watch your hand placement"
Hitch
Evan
$800 [24]
Disneyland's monorail runs on this type of power; let's have a parade!
electricity
Michelle
$800 [7]
In a Japanese forest of mighty cedars, you can rest on one that didn't endure, called Wilson's this
Stump
$800 [13]
Adjective for an unhealthy yellow complexion
sallow
Mary
$1,000 [17]
Sir Walter Scott wrote that this refers to "the laws, rules and customs by which" knighthood "was governed"
chivalry
Evan
$1,000 [20]
2004:"I think you murdered him because he was teaching you to simulate emotions"
I, Robot
Mary
$1,000 [25]
This rocket named for the color of Alabama rock lifted the first U.S. satellite into space
the Redstone rocket
$1,000 [10]
Connecticut has the Charter this; France has the Chapel this, with a room for prayer inside
Oak
Mary
$1,000 [14]
A large sea wave
billow

Double Jeopardy! Round

PIG LATIN LATIN NUMERICAL TITLES CELEBRITY NAMES I'VE GOT 2 TICKETS TO PARADISE PACK YOUR BAGS WE'LL LEAVE TONIGHT
$400 [6]
Anthropologists consider each modern human a wise man, as he's Omohay...
Apienssay
Michelle Mary
$400 [7]
Jules Verne:5
Five Weeks in a Balloon
$400 [12]
Since his real last name was Jenkins, Elizabeth Taylor could have been Mrs. Jenkins twice
Richard Burton
Mary
$400 [17]
The name of this West Indies island comes from an Arawak word for "land of wood & water", mon
Jamaica
Mary
$400 [1]
The devil may wear it, but he better have $1,495 if he wants a leather flap shoulder bag made by this company
Prada
Mary
$400 [22]
822 aircraft with parachutists & gliders hit the skies during the night preceding this June 6, 1944 event
the storming of the beach of Normandy (D-Day)
Michelle
$800 [8]
Stephen Covey:7
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Mary
$800 [13]
This real first name of Mia Hamm is also the first name of an actress-granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway
Mariel
Mary Evan
$800 [18]
This state's record low is 12 degrees; its January average is a balmy 68
Hawaii
Michelle
$800 [2]
She's the "DK" in DKNY, maker of a croco leather large tote
Donna Karan
Evan
$1,200 [25]
In October 2006 Patti Smith presided over the last night at this iconic rock club where she began her career
CBGB's
Michelle
$1,200 [9]
Luigi Pirandello:6
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Evan
$1,200 [14]
The actor born Craig Bruderlin changed his name to James this; his son Josh uses the name as well
Brolin
Mary
$1,200 [19]
"Dive" into this Mexican port & resort city on the Pacific coast officially founded by Spaniards in 1550
Acapulco
Mary
$1,200 [3]
Last name of Ivanka, who has a line of satchels & purses; we understand dad's in NYC real estate
Trump
Mary
DD $2,000 [24]
On June 20, 1791 she influenced her husband to flee Paris; too bad his picture was on the nation's paper money
Marie Antoinette
Michelle
$1,600 [10]
Reginald Rose:12
12 Angry Men
$1,600 [15]
After an appearance with Lou Ferrigno, Terry Bollea took this new name for his wrestling career
Hulk Hogan
Evan
$1,600 [20]
Cannes is a chief city in this region, the eastern end of the Mediterranean coast of France, named for its blue sky & sea
the Côte d'Azur
Michelle
$1,600 [4]
Seen here is an old commercial that showed the durability of luggage from this national brand
American Tourister
Mary Evan
$2,000 [23]
On Oct. 15, 1946, the night his execution was ordered, this No. 2 Nazi took a 1-way trip via poison in his Nuremberg cell
Hermann Göring
$2,000 [11]
John O'Hara:8
BUtterfield 8
DD $3,200 [16]
He got his name in utero after he kicked his pregnant mom as she was looking at a da Vinci painting
Leonardo DiCaprio
Evan
$2,000 [21]
This island is spelled with a double "A" if you're talking about the Dutch part, with beaches like Guana Bay
Saint Martin
Mary
$2,000 [5]
This company with a biblical hero in its name makes the Tote-a-Ton duffle
Samsonite
Mary Evan

Final Jeopardy!

MUSEUMS

For 2010 & 2011, it's gotten more visitors than any other single museum in the U.S.

the National Air & Space Museum

Evan "What is Smithsonian Museum of American History" — wagered $2,189
Mary "What is the Smithsonian?" — wagered $1,500
Michelle "What is the Metropolitan Museum of Art?" — wagered $5,500

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