Show #6398 2012-06-13 (taped 2012-02-08) Regular

Contestants

Colleen McCormick — a graduate student of history from Odenton, Maryland

Steve Van Noord — a third grade teacher from Bellflower, California

Kathy Wright — a bookseller from Seattle, Washington (whose 1-day cash winnings total $38,398)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Kathy $1,200 $5,200 $14,800 $20,800
2-day champion: $59,198
$14,800
17 R, 0 W
Steve $2,000 $5,600 $8,400 $8,000
2nd place: $2,000
$8,400
12 R, 2 W
Colleen $2,400 $2,400 $15,600 $799
3rd place: $1,000
$15,200
20 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE METER IS RUNNING MAKES SENSE--MOVIES EDITION LEFTOVERS ANIMAL LOGOS "WED" BLISS THE NEXT STATE CAPITAL ALPHABETICALLY
$200 [8]
To measure temperature, you can put one of these under your arm or under your tongue
a thermometer
Kathy
$200 [13]
In the "Toy Story" franchise, the Tyrannosaurus has this name
Rex
Steve
$200 [6]
"Bartlett's" has the Albanian proverb "it takes more than a hood and sad eyes to make" one of these religious men
a monk
Colleen
$200 [5]
This silhouetted, bow tie-wearing magazine logo was designed by Art Paul in 1953
the Playboy bunny
Colleen
$200 [1]
You hear the term "born out of" this synonym for matrimony more than "born in" it
wedlock
Colleen
$200 [26]
After Boise
Boston
$400 [9]
A spirometer isn't a drawing toy; it measures the capacity of these body organs that expand & contract
the lungs
Colleen
$400 [14]
Many residents of Rock Ridge in "Blazing Saddles" have the surname Johnson, & this character owns an ice cream shop
Howard Johnson
Colleen
$400 [7]
Kidnapped & ransomed for 25 pounds as a child, he used the story in "The Pirates of Penzance"
(William) Gilbert
Colleen
$400 [10]
This car-care product's logo depicts a certain green reptile & the slogan "Hard Shell Finish"
Turtle Wax
Steve
$400 [2]
In Old Norse it was "Odinsdagr"
Wednesday
Kathy
$400 [27]
After Augusta
Austin
Colleen
$600 [20]
It's the line that divides a circle into 2 equal parts
the diameter
Kathy
$600 [15]
In the movie "Cars", the patriotic Sarge is a type of this vehicle
a Jeep
Colleen
$600 [16]
In 63 B.C. Tiro invented a system of this to record Cicero's speeches
shorthand
Kathy Colleen
$600 [11]
This brand of rum uses a bat as one of its trademarked symbols
Bacardi
Kathy
$600 [3]
Classic British pottery first made in 1759
Wedgwood
Steve
$600 [28]
After Lincoln
Little Rock
$800 [21]
Musicians know a rhythmometer is another name for this device
a metronome
Steve
$800 [18]
It just figures that this movie was set aboard the submarine USS Alabama
Crimson Tide
Steve
$800 [23]
In upstate N.Y., this site of the 1899 Conference of Home Economists later set up housekeeping for Olympic athletes
Lake Placid
Kathy
$800 [12]
A canine with a flaming tail has the earth in its paws in the logo of this web browser
Firefox
Colleen
$800 [4]
They are political topics that potentially could split apart a unified movement
wedge issues (a wedge accepted)
Steve
DD $800 [29]
After Montgomery
Montpelier, Vermont
Colleen
$1,000 [22]
From the Latin for "foot measure", it's a device that measures how far you've walked
a pedometer
Kathy
$1,000 [19]
In "Hellboy II" the troll market can be found underneath this alliterative NYC structure
the Brooklyn Bridge
Colleen
$1,000 [24]
In 1872 this American brig with a feminine name was found at sea--just the ship; the crew was missing
the Mary Celeste
Steve
$1,000 [25]
The logo of this online photo service by HP is seen here
Snapfish
$1,000 [17]
The Transantarctic Mountains stretch 2,000 miles from Victoria Land to this sea
the Weddell Sea
Kathy
$1,000 [30]
After Jefferson City
Juneau, Alaska
Steve

Double Jeopardy! Round

PUP-PARAZZI THE CRUSADES UPDATING THE NOVEL VERB-AL NAMES AMERICAN BALLET "Q"-LINARY TERMS
$400 [21]
The super cutedogsare with this supermodel, famous for her mole
Cindy Crawford
Kathy
$400 [4]
In the 13th century, the Pope made the Teutonic Knights' uniform a white tunic with a black one of these symbols on it
a cross
Colleen
$400 [1]
"I just got the ring today", said Frodo. "It has to go to Mount Doom. I have only one delivery option... FedEx"
The Lord of the Rings
Colleen
$400 [6]
To rise above & sink below the surface of water
to bob
Kathy
$400 [26]
The same ballerina plays both the mother & Mexican sweetheart of this young outlaw in the 1938 ballet named for him
Billy the Kid
Colleen
$400 [16]
To make this, take a flour tortilla, fold it in half over a cheese filling & cook lightly in an ungreased skillet
a quesadilla
Colleen
$800 [22]
Thedogis being heldby this man, who has been snuffing torches on prime time reality TV since 2000
Jeff Probst
$1,200 [11]
During a Crusade, a papal legate was asked how to I.D. heretics & replied, do this 3-word phrase; "God will know his own"
"kill them all"
Steve
$800 [2]
Updated chapters include "Jonathan Harker's Blog" & "E-mails--Lucy & Mina"
Dracula
Kathy
$800 [7]
To institute legal proceedings against someone
sue
Steve
$800 [27]
The 1971 ballet "Eight Jelly Rolls" was choreographed to the music of this jazz pianist & composer
("Jelly Roll") Morton
Colleen
$800 [17]
This egg & cheese pie with a geographic name contains chopped bacon
quiche Lorraine
Kathy
$1,200 [23]
Thepup's in good hands--this ex-Detroit Pistongrabbed 11,954 rebounds
Dennis Rodman
Steve
DD $1,600 [5]
The 1098 discovery of the spear-like weapon that reputedly pierced Jesus' side, the Holy this, inspired the Crusaders
Lance
Colleen
$1,200 [3]
"Wang Lung, it's not the Hwangs driving us into poverty! It's your addiction to Farm Ville!
The Good Earth
Colleen
$1,200 [8]
To designate a trail so that it's clearly defined
mark
Kathy
$1,200 [18]
This fruit has an aroma similar to an under-ripe pear
a quince
Kathy
$1,600 [24]
In 1954, Stormysaid, "thank you for being a friend" to this actress, who later played Rose on "The Golden Girls"
Betty White
Kathy Steve
$1,600 [12]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew displays a map on the monitor.) The nearest port to Jerusalem was this city, now joined with Tel Aviv; in the 1100s, the Crusaders captured it, lost it, captured it, then lost it for good
Jaffa (Joppa accepted)
Steve
DD $2,000 [14]
Mr. Toad's "shiny new motor car" isn't new enough; Toad's off to Lexus' "December to Remember" sales event
The Wind in the Willows
Colleen
$1,600 [9]
To pry open a lock
jimmy
Kathy
$1,600 [19]
Some of the finest of these hard-shell clams come from the waters around Rhode Island
quahogs
Kathy
$2,000 [25]
Theresasits in the lapof this actress, taking a break from starring in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
Elizabeth Taylor
Steve
$2,000 [13]
In 1190 Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, known as this for his red beard, went crusading but drowned in a Turkish river
Barbarossa
Colleen
$2,000 [15]
"We'll track the cell phone signal of the chief choir boy, Jack Merridew. The lads will be off that island by supper"
the Lord of the Flies
Colleen
$2,000 [10]
To allot a special privilege
grant
Colleen
$2,000 [20]
Also known as a stick, it's the curled up cylinder of inner bark of cinnamon
the quill

Final Jeopardy!

POLITICAL TERMS

19th c. reports on horse races used this 2-word term to mean horses that were in the field but didn't finish high

also rans

Steve "What is a dark horse" — wagered $400
Kathy "What is also rans?" — wagered $6,000
Colleen "What are back runners" — wagered $14,801

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