Show #6417 2012-07-10 (taped 2012-03-06) Regular

Contestants

Jennifer Morgan — a stay-at-home mom from Norcross, Georgia

Prabhu Balasubramanian — a product manager from Mountain View, California

Stephanie Fontaine — an analyst from Arlington, Virginia (whose 3-day cash winnings total $54,500)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Stephanie	$1,000	$5,400	$11,800	$7,000 2nd place: $2,000	$12,200 19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Prabhu	$2,200	$3,000	$8,200	$9,199 New champion: $9,199	$9,800 17 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Jennifer	$-2,400	$-3,000	$-2,600	$-2,600 3rd place: $1,000	$-2,600 6 R, 8 W

Jeopardy! Round

CHAIRMEN OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE	AT THE BEACH	ILLINOIS STATE SYMBOLS	FACTS ABOUT AUTHORS	NO. 1 IN THE NFL DRAFT	"PIC" ME!
$200 [26] Before he became chairman in 1979, Paul Volcker appropriately worked as an undersecretary of this cabinet dept. Treasury Stephanie	$200 [1] Van Hyning's cockle is a common one of these remnants found on the beach a shell Jennifer	$200 [6] The Goldrush variety of this is the state fruit; hopefully, one a day will keep the doctor away the apple Prabhu	$200 [11] James Joyce learned Dano-Norwegian to read this playwright's works in the original language--that's a fan Ibsen Jennifer	$200 [16] 1998:Peyton Manning the Indianapolis Colts Prabhu	$200 [21] Measuring about a foot long, it's the smallest of the woodwinds the piccolo Prabhu
$400 [27] Chairman from 1936 to 1948, Marriner Eccles had reached this monetary benchmark of success by the time he was 22 millionaire Stephanie	$400 [2] Standard number of colored wedge-shaped panels on your basic inflatable beach ball six Stephanie Prabhu Jennifer	$400 [7] Grab your partner & head to the hoedown for a little of this type of folk dance, official since 1990 square dance Prabhu	$400 [12] Upon arriving in the U.S. from Russia in 1926, Alisa Rosenbaum took this name; the first name rhymes with "pine" Ayn Rand Stephanie	$400 [17] 1970:Terry Bradshaw the Steelers Stephanie	$400 [22] An awkward situation, or a food preserved in brine a pickle Prabhu
$600 [28] Roy A. Young's tenure included this Oct. 24, 1929 event that shook the economy; less than a year later, Roy was gone Black Thursday Prabhu Jennifer	$600 [3] Grand Anse, one of Grenada's main attractions, is advertised as 2 miles of white this sand Prabhu	$600 [8] This red bird beat out the bluebird as an official state symbol the cardinal Prabhu	$600 [13] Emily Dickinson's father served as treasurer of this college Amherst Stephanie Jennifer	$600 [18] 2001:Michael Vick the Falcons Prabhu	$600 [23] Virile drifter Hal Carter comes to a Kansas town in this William Inge play Picnic
$800 [29] This man who served 4 different presidents over 20 years in the job was first appointed in 1987 (Alan) Greenspan Stephanie	DD $600 [5] The brand Gordon & Smith began by making these in a Pacific Beach, California garage in 1959 surfboards Stephanie	$800 [9] This orange & black butterfly reigns as the state insect the monarch butterfly Prabhu	$800 [14] James Thurber & E.B. White shared an office at this magazine founded & edited by Harold Ross The New Yorker Prabhu	$800 [19] 2009:Matthew Stafford the Lions Stephanie	$800 [24] Pace foods makes this sauce in mild, medium & of course hot varieties picante Stephanie
—	$800 [4] It's Spanish for "hut" a cabana Stephanie Jennifer	$1,000 [10] The state tree is the Quercus alba, or white this oak Stephanie Jennifer	$1,000 [15] Best known for his stories about Bertie Wooster & this valet, P.G. Wodehouse was interned in Berlin for most of WWII Jeeves	$1,000 [20] 1974:Ed "Too Tall" Jones the Dallas Cowboys	$1,000 [25] On offense, John Stockton & Karl Malone were masters of this 3-word basketball play pick and roll Stephanie

Double Jeopardy! Round

SCIENTIFIC THEORIES	AUSTRALIAN HISTORY	OSCAR-WINNING DIRECTORS OF THE 1980s	FAMOUS AFRICAN AMERICANS	RELIGIOUS MATTERS	WHAT DO YOU "GN"OW?
$400 [9] The special theory of this was published in 1905; the general one was announced in 1916 relativity Prabhu	$400 [5] In May 1787 Captain Arthur Phillip set sail from England to Australia with some 200 guards & 800 of these & their families prisoners (or convicts) Jennifer	$400 [1] Oliver Stone, for a Vietnam movie(1986) Platoon Stephanie Prabhu	$400 [19] He worked on a Ford assembly line & as a prizefighter before founding Motown records Berry Gordy	$400 [24] Say a big Sankhya to Vijnanabhikshu, who wrote a treatise on the Sankhya school of this religion Hinduism Stephanie	$400 [14] There's no place like this troll-like treasure-guarding creature of folklore a gnome Stephanie
$800 [10] This theory is named for an event of about 13.7 billion years ago the big bang theory Prabhu	$800 [6] The British began colonizing this island around 1803 in fear that the French might do so Tasmania Prabhu	$800 [2] Oliver Stone, for a Vietnam movie(1989) Born on the Fourth of July Jennifer	$800 [20] This tennis player's memoir "Days of Grace" was published posthumously in 1993 Arthur Ashe Jennifer	$800 [25] (Sarah of the Clue Crew walks through the Garden of Gethsemane in Jerusalem.) Jesus retired here to the Garden of Gethsemane after the Last Supper, which according to the Gospel of Matthew was part of this Jewish festival Passover Stephanie	$800 [15] 6-letter adjective meaning distasteful or offensive; dude, that's totally... gnarly Stephanie
$1,200 [11] The Butterfly Effect--its flapping wings changing the weather--is an example of this theory exploring randomness chaos theory Prabhu	$1,200 [7] Sydney's ANZAC war memorial was built to honor the Australian & New Zealand Army Corps, which helped win this war World War I Stephanie	$1,200 [3] Robert Redford(1980) Ordinary People Jennifer	$1,200 [21] She read a poem at President Clinton's 1993 inauguration & in 2011 received the Medal of Freedom from President Obama Maya Angelou Prabhu	$1,200 [26] Another name for it is al-Kitab, or "the book"; it contains 114 suras, or chapters the Koran Prabhu	$1,200 [16] To grind the teeth together in rage gnash Jennifer
$2,000 [13] Experiments to test directly G.U.T.s, or these, need a trillion times more energy than what's now available grand unified theories	$1,600 [8] This notorious bushranger's words prior to being hanged at the Melbourne jail in 1880 were "Such is life" Ned Kelly	$1,600 [4] Warren Beatty(1981) Reds Stephanie Jennifer	$1,600 [22] Living in rags paid off--in 1976 he was honored with a special Pulitzer citation for his contribution to American music Scott Joplin	$2,000 [28] In the 1830s this founder of a religion & his flock lived in self-sustaining communities called Stakes of Zion Joseph Smith Stephanie	$1,600 [17] Brindled & white-tailed are types of this African antelope a gnu Jennifer
DD $3,000 [12] When it comes to this, the weakest of the 4 known forces, it's more than just a theory--it's the law gravity Prabhu	—	—	$2,000 [23] In 1990 he succeeded Ed Koch as mayor of New York City (David) Dinkins Stephanie	DD $3,000 [27] Her book, "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" was published posthumously in 1913 Mary Baker Eddy Prabhu	$2,000 [18] Unlike schist & various other banded rocks, this rock doesn't readily break along its layers gneiss

Final Jeopardy!

ENTREPRENEURS

In 1989 he said, "You can't just ask customers what they want... by the time you get it built, they'll want something new"

Steve Jobs

Prabhu "Who was Steve Jobs?" — wagered $999

Stephanie "Who is Bill Gates?" — wagered $4,800

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