Show #6412 2012-07-03 (taped 2012-02-22) Regular

Contestants

Leslie Page — a public library director from Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Leo Velazquez — a theme park ride operator from Orange, California

Matt Samberg — an attorney from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (whose 2-day cash winnings total $44,601)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Matt $3,600 $7,300 $12,100 $16,801
3-day champion: $61,402
$11,000
16 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Leo $200 $-400 $8,400 $15,801
3rd place: $1,000
$8,400
11 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Leslie $1,800 $2,600 $8,100 $16,100
2nd place: $2,000
$7,400
17 R (including 1 DD), 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

WORDS WITH FRIENDS FACE THE NATION LETTER-HEADS DOUBLE DOUBLE E CLASSIC ALBUMS ON THE TURNTABLE
$200 [17]
Marc Antony precedes "I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him" with this 7-word line
"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears"
Matt
$200 [1]
Summer in this country lasts from December to February
Australia
Leslie
$200 [14]
Back when the company was launched in 1945, you could rent one of these do-it-yourself movers for $2 per day
U-Haul
Matt
$200 [2]
It's an implement edged with rubber used to remove excess water
a squeegee
Matt
$200 [4]
Quincy Jones & Michael Jackson took home album of the year Grammys for this 1982 megaseller
Thriller
Leo
$200 [25]
Turntable expert Grandmaster Flash excels at moving the record back & forth under the needle, also called this action
scratching
Leo
$400 [18]
This document says of the British, "We must...hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends"
the Declaration of Independence
$400 [3]
It's where western civilization began
Greece
Leslie
$400 [15]
From 2001 to 2005 the rapper & businessman seenherewent by this name
P. Diddy
Matt
$400 [8]
In song it precedes, "where'd ya get those peepers?"
Jeepers creepers
Leslie
$400 [10]
The Bee Gees sang 6 of the hit songs on this 1977 movie soundtrack
Saturday Night Fever
Matt
$400 [26]
"Lethargic" name for the revolving turntable found on some kitchen tables
Lazy Susan
Leslie
$600 [19]
This song begins, "What would you think if I sang out of tune, would you stand up and walk out on me"
"With A Little Help From My Friends"
Matt
$600 [5]
Itoccupies almost half of its continent
Brazil
Matt
$600 [16]
Reasons for having one of these: the baby's too big: it's in distress; it's not in a head-down position
a C-section
Leslie
$600 [9]
Rhyming word meaning very tiny: 4 of its 6 letters
peewee
Leslie
$600 [11]
"Thunder Road" kicks off this third album by Bruce Springsteen
Born to Run
Leslie
$1,000 [27]
On a modified Boeing707 the radarsystemmounted on a turntable is known by this military acronym
AWACS
$1,000 [21]
"If you're wrong, admit it" is a chapter title in this advice book by Dale Carnegie
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Matt
$800 [6]
We bet you know this tiny country highlighted here
Monaco
Matt
$800 [22]
Sue, who resides at the Field Museum in Chicago, was a 42-foot-long one of these
T. rex
Leslie
$800 [24]
It's the job of someone charged with the maintenance of a golf course
greenskeeper
Leo
$800 [12]
His "Songs in the Key of Life" include "I Wish" & "Isn't She Lovely"
Stevie Wonder
Leslie
DD $1,900 [20]
He said of his dad's influence when he ran for governor in 1994, "I've inherited 100% of his enemies & only 50% of his friends"
George W. Bush
Matt
$1,000 [7]
Last night I dreamt I went to Mandalay again, in this country
Burma (or Myanmar)
Matt
$1,000 [23]
Adopted by the army in 1942, these individual meals in a box were first used by paratroopers
K rations
Leslie
$1,000 [13]
Angus Young sports a pair of devilish horns on the cover of this 1979 AC/DC album
Highway to Hell

Double Jeopardy! Round

POETIC VERBS THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOZE ON SEE "INSIDE" FOR DETAILS ANGRY BIRDS TRANSPORTATION THIS IS SPORTS SENATOR
$400 [18]
"Because I could not ____ for death"
stop
Leslie
$400 [1]
Better dead than red? His health ruined by drinking, this crusader against communism found out May 2, 1957
Joseph McCarthy
Leslie
$400 [13]
Ichiro Suzuki is the only player ever to hit one of these home runs in an all-star game
inside the park
Matt
$400 [8]
The Protection Act of 1940 for this bird says you best not mess with me, Mac! I'm only the symbol of our country!
the bald eagle
Leslie
$400 [6]
The main attraction of the event called Monster Jam is watching these vehicles
trucks
Matt
$1,200 [25]
Now Senate majority leader, he boxed in Vegas as a Golden Gloves middleweight
Harry Reid
Leo
$800 [19]
"I ____ the body electric"
sing
Matt Leslie
$1,200 [3]
This comic died of alcohol-related causes in Pasadena, not Philadelphia, on Christmas Day 1946
W.C. Fields
Leslie
$800 [14]
Actors, writers & directors reminisce about their careers on this James Lipton-hosted TV show
Inside the Actors Studio
Leo
$800 [9]
Yes, I can fly! But as a Chaparral Cock, aka this bird, I prefer the ground! & no, I won't say "beep beep" for you!
a roadrunner
Leo
$800 [7]
Based on banana-hanging hooks, it was invented in 1936 to transport skiers at Sun Valley, Idaho
the chairlift
Leslie
$1,600 [23]
In 2010 this ex-Tennessee senator was all bull, returning to acting as Bull Hancock in "Secretariat"
Fred Thompson
Leslie
DD $1,500 [2]
He died in Babylon in 323 B.C., a few days after a drinking bout & a few months after declaring himself a god
Alexander the Great
Leslie
$1,200 [15]
It's along shotthat if you return the Jack you will draw a seven to complete this hand
an inside straight
Matt
$1,200 [10]
Yeah, I'm the redheaded species of this bird. Oh, I damaged your lovely wooden home with my beak? Hmm, do I care? No
the woodpecker
Leo
$1,200 [20]
(Alex delivers the clue from the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad.) Water and fuel for the train are carried in this car just behind the locomotive. It has a gentle-sounding name; think of an early Elvis Presley hit song
a tender car
Leo
$2,000 [24]
Colorado senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell was on the U.S. Judo team at the 1964 Summer Olympics in this Asian city
Tokyo
Leo
$1,600 [4]
This dashing "Captain Blood" star died in 1959 at the end of a week-long binge
Errol Flynn
Leo Leslie
$1,600 [16]
In November 1986 Ivan Boesky was penalized $100 million for this type of illegal activity
insider trading
Leo
$1,600 [11]
As a northern type of this bird, I've been known to imitate songs of 32 different birds in 10 mins., but I do not do requests!
a mockingbird
Leslie
$1,600 [21]
This maternal term for a vessel that guards or serves smaller ones is used in sci-fi to refer to a vast alien craft
a mothership
Leo
$2,000 [5]
After years of heavy drinking, this 14th president died in 1869 of liver problems
(Franklin) Pierce
Matt
DD $2,000 [17]
Referring to Interstate 495, this 3-word term describes isolated politicians
inside the Beltway
Leo
$2,000 [12]
I'm just goin' out with my covey, Ma! As Montezumas, I know we're a small variety of this bird, but I'll be ok! Gosh!
a quail
Leslie
$2,000 [22]
This innovation in the Model T may have resulted from better roads, making oncoming cars more of a worry than ditches
the driver on the left side
Leo Leslie

Final Jeopardy!

1950s MOVIES

"The Man on Lincoln's Nose" was a working title for this 1959 film

North by Northwest

Leslie "What is North by Northwest" — wagered $8,000
Leo "What is North by Northwest?" — wagered $7,401
Matt "What is North by Northwest" — wagered $4,701

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