Show #6414 2012-07-05 (taped 2012-02-22) Regular

Contestants

Stephanie Fontaine — an analyst from Arlington, Virginia

Chris Sullivan — a land protection specialist from Traverse City, Michigan

Ron King — a web designer from Camarillo, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,601)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Ron $3,000 $6,000 $10,000 $12,401
2nd place: $2,000
$10,000
15 R, 2 W
Chris $3,000 $5,200 $6,200 $7,200
3rd place: $1,000
$8,800
15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Stephanie $3,000 $4,600 $12,600 $12,700
New champion: $12,700
$12,600
19 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE OCCULT STOCK SYMBOLS SPARE ME! ONLY PARTLY TRUE GEOGRAPHICALLY IN BETWEEN "B" RIGHT
$200 [1]
Yes, yes, this aid to mediums at large takes its name from the French & German words for "yes"
a Ouija board
Chris
$200 [26]
AET symbolizes this insurance company
Aetna
Stephanie
$200 [16]
There are 2 of these on a baseball diamond but only one on a bowling lane; don't step over it
the foul line
Ron Chris
$200 [2]
This pioneer blazed a path through the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky around 1775, marking his way with Post-it notes
Daniel Boone
Stephanie
$200 [21]
China & South Korea
North Korea
Stephanie
$200 [11]
Fleshy crest on the head of a fowl
the comb
Ron
$400 [7]
Popular with astronomers & astrologers, this word comes from a Greek phrase meaning "circle of little animals"
a zodiac
Stephanie
$400 [27]
Personalize holiday cards with your own digital photos at this online retailer that uses the stock symbol SFLY
Shutterfly
Chris
$400 [17]
3 strikes in a row is a turkey; 2 in a row is this, like a big serving of Wild Turkey
a double
Chris Stephanie
$400 [3]
The spare key to this D.C. residence once known as the Executive Mansion is kept under the Washington Monument
the White House
Chris
$400 [22]
Spain & Italy
France
Ron Stephanie
$400 [12]
To speak or perform without rehearsal
to ad lib
Ron
$600 [8]
A "Dictionary of the Occult" defines white this as consorting with spirits for a good or innocent purpose
magic
Ron
$800 [29]
"Nourishing Families. Enriching Lives. Every Day" is the slogan of this food company, DLM
Del Monte
$600 [18]
For a pro bowler, it's 200; on the 5th at St. Andrews, it's 5
par
Stephanie
$600 [4]
The Lone Ranger got his name after suffering from this condition, from the Greek for "fear of strangers"
xenophobia
Stephanie
$600 [23]
Estonia & Lithuania
Latvia
Stephanie
$600 [13]
This word for something you might find in a dusty corner comes from coppa, an Old English word for "spider"
a cobweb
Chris
$800 [9]
This Israeli known for bending spoons "with his mind" gained fame in the 1970s
Uri Geller
Ron
DD $1,000 [28]
This financial services company, stock symbol WFC, was founded in 1852 to serve the West
Wells Fargo
Chris
$800 [19]
Like a submerging submarine, a bowling ball that hooks sharply at the last second is said to do this
dive
Ron
$800 [5]
The mold Chares used to sculpt this 105' tall ancient wonder of the world is kept in a warehouse in Encino, California
the Colossus of Rhodes
Stephanie
$800 [24]
Afghanistan & India
Pakistan
Stephanie
$800 [14]
To soak up
to absorb
Chris
$1,000 [10]
Like the Romans, if you're interpreting the behavior of sacred animals, you're practicing this divination
augury
Stephanie
$1,000 [30]
This cell phone company trades on the NYSE as MMI; the "MI" stands for Mobility, Inc.
Motorola
Ron
$1,000 [20]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue.) To pick up a Woolworth's split, a bowler tries to clip the left side of the 5 pin, throwing it across the lane to hit the pin with this number
the 10 pin
Chris
$1,000 [6]
The name of this common bird of prey follows "sharp-shinned", "rough-legged" & of course "hundred-toed"
hawk
Chris
$1,000 [25]
Colombia & Costa Rica
Panama
Ron
$1,000 [15]
Slang for a baseball argument, or an edible plant of the genus rheum
rhubarb
Ron

Double Jeopardy! Round

THAT'S TOTALLY HOT! TITLE ACTORS SHAKESPEARE, SHAKESPEARE, FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT! "O" MY THE 1830s YOU DO KNOW JACK
$400 [17]
In January 2012 scientists using an X-ray one of these beams heated metal to 3.6 million degrees (for an instant)
a laser
Ron
$400 [12]
"The People vs. Larry Flynt"
Woody Harrelson
Chris
$400 [26]
Though the prince "hath forbid this bandying in Verona streets", Tybalt & Mercutio go at it in this drama; doesn't end well
Romeo and Juliet
Chris
$400 [1]
In other words, a Pollyanna
an optimist
Stephanie
$400 [11]
In January 1833 British ships arrived in this island group, forcing the Argentinians there to leave
the Falklands
Chris
$400 [6]
In "The Christmas Song", he's "nipping at your nose"
Jack Frost
Stephanie
$800 [18]
These features, like one at Eyjafjallajokull, Iceland, can reach more than 2,000 degrees internally
a volcano
Ron
$800 [13]
"Marty"
Ernest Borgnine
Ron
$800 [27]
This title guy goes after Laertes--at a funeral!--but ends up saying, "I prithee take thy fingers from my throat"
Hamlet
Stephanie
$800 [2]
Said of god, it means almighty & all-powerful
omnipotent
Stephanie
$800 [22]
In 1838 Friedrich Bessel became the first to measure the distance to a faraway one of these, 61 Cygni
a star
Stephanie
$800 [7]
He's played daring Jack Sparrow in 4 movies so far
Johnny Depp
Ron
$1,200 [19]
This state of matter was created when atoms in a gas are ionized has reached over 2 billion Kelvin in an Albuquerque lab
plasma
Stephanie
$1,200 [14]
"Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Cate Blanchett
Chris
DD $1,000 [30]
Bad stuff will go down when guys are named 1, 2 & 3 murderer, as Fleance & his dad discover in this play
Macbeth
Chris
$1,200 [3]
It means to shun, snub or exclude from a group
ostracize
Stephanie
$1,200 [23]
On June 4, 1831 this country's national congress elected Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld as its king
Belgium
Stephanie
$1,200 [8]
Summit ascending nursery rhyme duo
Jack & Jill
Stephanie
$1,600 [20]
The metal with the highest melting point, over 6,000 degrees, is this one sometimes called wolfram
tungsten
$1,600 [15]
"Barton Fink"
John Turturro
$1,200 [28]
Cassio, a man who did not commit adultery, gets his leg maimed anyway by this aide to Othello
Iago
Ron
$1,600 [4]
The process by which bones are formed & people's ideas become inflexible is called this 12-letter word
ossification
Chris
$1,600 [24]
In 1831 the first U.S. political party to have a national convention was this one "anti" secret societies & oaths
the Anti-Masonic Party
$1,600 [9]
In "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover", it's Paul Simon's advice to Jack
"Slip out the back"
Chris
$2,000 [21]
These sudden intense eruptions out of the sun's corona can reach a temperature of 180 million degrees
a solar flare
Ron
$2,000 [16]
"Thor"
Chris Hemsworth
Ron
$1,600 [29]
In this play Oberon says, "thou see'st these lovers seek a place to fight: hie therefore, robin, overcast the night"
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Chris
DD $2,000 [5]
In math, it's 1/8 of a circle or a 45-degree angle; it's also an instrument for measuring angles
an octant
Chris
$2,000 [25]
More than 12,000 Boers left this South African colony in the "Great Trek" that began in 1835
Cape Colony
$2,000 [10]
Stopping at mid-thigh, they're associated with heavy-handed government action
jackboots

Final Jeopardy!

FACTS & FIGURES

With only 58% of residents, this U.S. state has the lowest percentage of licensed drivers

New York

Chris "What is New York" — wagered $1,000
Ron "What is New York?" — wagered $2,401
Stephanie "What is New York" — wagered $100

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