Show #6389 2012-05-31 (taped 2012-01-18) Regular

Contestants

John Baker — a home inspector from Dixon, Illinois

Scotti Whitmire — a systems administrator from Knoxville, Tennessee

Richard Block — an editor and writer from Diamond Bar, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $17,601)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Richard	$4,000	$3,600	$7,600	$3,599 2nd place: $2,000	$8,800 16 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)
Scotti	$600	$2,800	$4,800	$1,999 3rd place: $1,000	$6,800 10 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
John	$1,200	$6,600	$5,800	$11,300 New champion: $11,300	$5,000 16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE GILDED AGE	"MIS"QUOTES	FAST CARS	CITY BY POPULATION	TV SHOW HAIKU	SHEEP
$200 [4] The era known as "The Gilded Age" got its name from an 1873 novel by Charles Dudley Warner & this humorist Mark Twain	$200 [5] An Old English proverb says that it "loves company" misery Richard	$200 [1] Look at that! The 4-door Panamerafrom this automaker still goes from zero to 60 in 6 seconds or less Porsche Richard	$200 [10] The Twin City that's not a state capital:390,000 Minneapolis John	$200 [11] A Boston lawyer /Dancing baby, quite creepy /Be still, my Flockhart! Ally McBeal John	$200 [12] (Kelly of the Clue Crew reads from the Tobruk Sheep Station in Australia.) Sheep are usually shorn once a year in this season, before the new lambs are born; in Australia, the new season officially begins September 1st spring Richard
$400 [25] An 1874 congressional report on Vanderbilt railroad interests used this word before baron robber John	$400 [13] In 1715 British pastor Isaac Watts wrote, "For Satan finds some" this "still for idle hands to do" mischief Richard	$400 [2] With the GT version named one of Car & Driver's 10 Best for 2012, this is the only Ford to receive that honor 7 times the Mustang Richard	$400 [8] A U.K. capital:486,000, including J.K. Rowling Edinburgh Richard	$400 [18] An old favorite /Yes, I'm still Morley Safer /& I'm Lesley Stahl 60 Minutes John	$400 [16] (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the Tobruk Sheep Station in Australia.) A human & dogs gathering a group of sheep together are said to be doing this, also a verb used for gathering military personnel together for duty mustering Richard
$600 [26] Financial crises in Vienna & New York precipitated the 1873 economic downturn known by this "fearful" term panic John	$600 [14] The Animals sang, "I'm just a soul whose intentions are good, oh, Lord, please don't let me be" this misunderstood Richard	$600 [3] This Dodge seenhereis named for a snake, perhaps because it strikes just as fast the Viper John	$600 [9] Lo mas grande en España:4.1 million Madrid Scotti	$600 [19] We can rebuild him /We have the technology /Wow! Austin's powers! The Six Million Dollar Man Scotti John	$600 [24] (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the Tobruk Sheep Station in Australia.) A mythic figure in Australia is the person with this job of driving animals across vast distances; he was expected to move sheep 6 miles a day, which may not seem like much, until you try it drover
$800 [27] "Let Us Prey", an 1871 cartoon by this man, depicted Boss Tweed& his associates as vultures (Thomas) Nast John	$800 [22] Hermann Goering instructed the police, "Shoot first and inquire afterwards, and if you make" these, "I will protect you" mistakes John	$800 [6] In 1965 this British racing car with a flower name won the Indy 500, averaging 150.686 mph, a record at that time the Lotus Richard	$800 [15] A Brazilian giant in the world's top 10:11 million São Paulo Richard John	$800 [20] Mystery writer /A bunch of small town killings /Maine-ly, whodunit? Murder, She Wrote Scotti	$800 [29] (Kelly of the Clue Crew reads from the Tobruk Sheep Station in Australia.) Australia's wool industry, producing one-fourth of the world's supply, began about 200 years ago with the importing of this breed of sheep originally from Spain Merino
DD $1,800 [28] Gilded Age advocates of the theory called "Social" this -ism applauded the "survival of the fittest" Darwinism John	$1,000 [23] Emerson wrote, "Art is a jealous" this, "and, if a man have a genius for painting, poetry... he makes a bad husband" mistress Scotti	$1,000 [7] The 1951Hudson Hornetwas the inspiration for this character, last name "Hudson", voiced by Paul Newman in "Cars" Doc Hudson John	$1,000 [17] Near the mouth of the Yangtze:Near 20 million Shanghai Scotti John	$1,000 [21] Show within a show /"TGS" on NBC /The page doesn't age 30 Rock John	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE GILDED AGED	SINGERS PORTRAYED ON FILM	DISCOVERING JAPAN	WHERE'D YA GET THAT TITLE?	LANGUAGE LAB
$400 [18] He was 88 when he passed away in California in 1951; "Rosebud" probably wasn't on his lips (William Randolph) Hearst John	$400 [14] Dennis Quaid in "Great Balls of Fire!" Jerry Lee Lewis Richard	$400 [11] Prehistoric humans may have reached Japan via land bridges extending over the Tsushima Strait from this peninsula the Korean Peninsula Scotti	$400 [2] Steinbeck found the title of this 1939 novel in "The Battle Hymn Of The Republic" The Grapes of Wrath John	$400 [1] Galician, spoken in northwestern Spain, is similar to this language spoken just over the border Portuguese Richard Scotti John
$800 [19] 89-year-old Liliane Bettencourt's $23.5 billion springs from this hair-color company, because she's worth it L'Oreal Richard John	$800 [15] Sissy Spacek in "Coal Miner's Daughter" Loretta Lynn Scotti	$800 [10] The first reference to Japan in this culture's writing is to "the people of Wo... who bring tribute at fixed intervals" China Scotti	$800 [3] Act V of "Macbeth" gave Faulkner the title of this novel The Sound and the Fury Scotti	$800 [7] In linguistics a primary medium lets you acquire a mother tongue; there are 2--speech & this non-verbal method signing
$1,200 [20] Born in Omaha in 1930, he's worth about $500 million for each of his 81 years Warren Buffett Richard	$1,200 [16] Andrew Schofield (not Gary Oldman) as this lead vocalist in "Sid & Nancy" Johnny Rotten Richard Scotti	$1,200 [12] "The Dutch Discovery of Japan" is subtitled "The True Story Behind James Clavell's Famous Novel" this Shogun Richard	$1,200 [4] Thackeray got "Vanity Fair" from a place in this author's "Pilgrim's Progress" (John) Bunyan Richard Scotti	$1,200 [8] The Navajo language has a "fourth" this in which speakers can address someone without naming him person Richard John
$2,000 [21] Forbes ranks this "skinny" 72-year-old Mexican telecom king as the world's richest person Carlos Slim Richard	$1,600 [17] Kristen Stewart in "The Runaways" Joan Jett Scotti	DD $1,200 [13] Though he didn't make it all the way to "Cipango", he reported it had gold in the greatest abundance Marco Polo Richard	$1,600 [5] This James Jones novel set before Pearl Harbor gets its title from Kipling: "Gentlemen rankers out on the spree, damned..." From Here to Eternity	$1,600 [9] Pinyin is the official method of doing this with Mandarin, transcribing its sounds in Roman characters transliterating Richard John
—	$2,000 [22] "At last", Beyonce in "Cadillac Records" Etta James	—	DD $2,000 [6] Lorraine Hansberry's title "A Raisin in the Sun" comes from a line in the poem "Harlem" by this man Langston Hughes Scotti	$2,000 [23] Sometimes called "Little Russian", it was banned in Russia from 1876 to 1905 Ukrainian Richard

Final Jeopardy!

AIRLINE HISTORY

Clipper Goodwill, a Boeing 727, took this airline's last passengers from Barbados to Miami December 4, 1991

Pan Am

Scotti "What is Pan AEastern?" — wagered $2,801

John "What is Pan Am" — wagered $5,500

Richard "What is Caribbean Air?" — wagered $4,001

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