Show #6450 2012-10-05 (taped 2012-07-31) Regular

Contestants

Jeff Huong — a recent law-school graduate from Sandy Springs, Georgia

Mike Lonesky — a federal investigator from Clinton, New York

Brendan O'Connor — an Internet security engineer from San Francisco, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,201)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Brendan	$1,400	$1,800	$5,800	$4,463 2nd place: $2,000	$5,800 9 R, 1 W
Mike	$1,200	$5,000	$15,400	$14,401 New champion: $14,401	$17,400 22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Jeff	$-200	$2,400	$5,600	$600 3rd place: $1,000	$5,400 9 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

50th ANNIVERSARIES IN MUSIC	THE NAME OF THE WIND	"C_N_N"	A COLORFUL CATEGORY	MISSOURI LOVES COMPANIES	LITERATURE QUOTES: ONE WORD OFF
$200 [2] The Rolling Stones formed in 1962, when this lead vocalist was a lad of 18 Mick Jagger Mike	$200 [12] It's the warm, dry wind that comes down the eastern slope of the Rockies; the term also can precede "salmon" chinook Brendan Jeff	$200 [17] In an essay, first say what you're going to say, then say it, then say that you said it--that last part is called this the conclusion Jeff	$200 [9] In Soviet times, the May Day & October Revolution parades were big events held on this Moscow expanse Red Square Mike	$200 [1] In 2007 this St. Louis-based car rental company said, "we'll pick you up" to ex-competitors Alamo & National Enterprise Mike	$200 [22] "'Bah!' said Scrooge. 'Xbox!'" "Humbug!" Mike
$400 [3] 5 decades ago, this band invited folks on a "Surfin' Safari", an album also including "Surfin'"--we sense a theme the Beach Boys Mike	$400 [26] This Hawaiian wind shares its 4-letter name with a type of coffee Kona Jeff	$400 [18] Kings is an example of this western land formation; De Chelly is another canyon Mike	$400 [13] The last chapter of this dystopian novel, in which Alex renounces his past, was removed in the first U.S. publication A Clockwork Orange Jeff	$400 [5] At dinnertime, Fido & Mittens don't care that since 2001, Ralston this has been Nestle this Purina Brendan	$400 [23] "My appendix burns at both ends; it will not last the night" "candle" Brendan
$600 [4] On May 18, 1962 she took the mic to sing a solo "Happy Birthday" to JFK at Madison Square Garden Marilyn Monroe Brendan	$600 [28] A story set in this city says Santa Ana winds make "wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands' necks" Los Angeles	$600 [19] Mustache-free, like me clean-shaven Mike	$600 [14] AT&T annually distributes 150 million of the directories called "real" these Yellow Pages Jeff	$600 [6] Monsanto specializes in these, like corn, canola & cotton ones seeds Brendan Mike	$600 [24] "And the answer came, in a shrill treble: 'Good-bye, Mr. Spock'" "Chips"
$800 [10] It was 50 years ago these Jersey boys hit No. 1 with both "Sherry" & "Big Girls Don't Cry" Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons Mike	—	$800 [20] Someone who's aged 100 or older a centenarian Mike	DD $1,000 [15] This patriot militia was established in 1770 in present-day Bennington, Vermont the Green Mountain Boys Jeff	$800 [7] The brands of Brown Shoe Company, based in St. Louis, naturally include this little boy Buster Brown	$800 [25] "The deep and dank tarn at my feet closed sullenly and silently over the fragments of the 'House of Pancakes'" "Usher" Mike
$1,000 [11] Paddy Moloney founded this Irish folk band 50 years ago & they're still going strong today the Chieftains	—	$1,000 [21] French word for a roll or twist of hair worn at the back of a woman's head a chignon	$1,000 [16] In the Korean War this Navy group ceased demonstrating & became the nucleus of Squadron 191 the Blue Angels Mike	$1,000 [8] The headquarters of this company, founded by two brothers, is in a Kansas Citybuildingthe color of an eye shade H&R Block	$1,000 [27] "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking Grandma" "thirteen"

Double Jeopardy! Round

YOU HAD ME AT SHALOM	FASHION	A RIVER RUNS TO IT	PUTTING THE "POP" IN POP CULTURE	HOMOPHONES	AFRICAN-AMERICAN INVENTORS
$400 [1] A memorial outside Israel's Knesset honoring Israel's fallen soldiers was inspired by the burning bush story in this Bible book Exodus Jeff	$400 [2] Tommy Bermuda sells the Bahama--er, Tommy Bahama sells the Bermuda type of these in denim & twill shorts Brendan	$400 [9] The Yakima:to this larger Pacific Northwest river the Columbia River	$400 [4] Dr. Seuss bounced out with this book in 1963 Hop On Pop Mike	$400 [14] Pertaining to the ear, or spoken aloud aural/oral Brendan	$400 [19] (Kareem Abdul-Jabar delivers the clue.) The son of slaves who taught himself to be a draftsman, Lewis Latimer drew the blueprints for this man's telephone patent, which won a patent race (Alexander Graham) Bell Brendan
$800 [3] In 1948 she was appointed Minister to Moscow; in 1969 she became Israel's prime minister Golda Meir Mike	$800 [23] Fringed versions of this cloak with a hole for the head made a comeback on the Paris runways in 2012 a poncho Jeff	$800 [10] The Yangtze:a sea with this country in its name China Mike	$800 [5] This nickname was in dozens of obituaries for Michael Jackson "King of Pop" Mike	$800 [18] Against, or a song's "paragraphs" versus/verses Jeff	DD $400 [22] (Kareem Abdul-Jabar delivers the clue.) Dr. Charles Drew saved the lives of soldiers & civilians in WWII when he improved blood banks by finding a long-term storage method for this blood liquid plasma Mike
$1,200 [15] In 1909 Jewish immigrants from Europe founded this 2-word city, now Israel's chief financial center Tel Aviv Brendan	$1,200 [26] Popular styles of these have included puffed & Gigot or leg-of-mutton sleeves Jeff	$1,200 [11] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on a monitor.) The Indus River rises in Tibet & flows 1800 miles through South Asia before emptying into this sea that shares its name with an adjacent peninsula the Arabian Sea Mike	$1,200 [6] James Osterberg leads his band The Stooges under this name Iggy Pop Mike	$1,200 [20] To lower something, or to coordinate a movie's sound & picture sink/sync Mike	$800 [21] (Kareem Abdul-Jabar delivers the clue.)Granville T. Woodsenabled moving trains to communicate with each other & with railway stations, reducing collisions & saving lives via the electric induction telegraph, which used existing telegraph lines & a coil in the train to produce this field around the train electromagnetic Mike
$1,600 [16] Later Israel's Defense Minister, he lost an eye during a 1941 battle in Syria (Moshe) Dayan Brendan	—	DD $1,200 [13] The Vistula:this sea the Baltic Sea Mike	$1,600 [7] Hendrix heard a Who & Lou Rawls, too, at this June 16-18, 1967 California event Monterey Pop	$1,600 [24] A confused hand-to-hand fight, or another name for the Kra Peninsula melee/Malay Jeff	—
$2,000 [17] Born in Israel, he played the solo violin passages in John Williams' score for "Schindler's List" Itzhak Perlman Mike	—	$1,600 [12] The Hudson:"Upper" this Bay New York	$2,000 [8] We're thinking about going to the style ofthisVH1 show Pop-up Video Mike	$2,000 [25] Extremely unpleasant, or what the Brits call variety meats awful/offal	—

Final Jeopardy!

POETRY

Her most famous poem was written for a December 1883 art & literary auction to benefit the Pedestal Fund

Emma Lazarus

Jeff "Who is E. B. Browning" — wagered $5,000

Brendan "Who is Dickinson?" — wagered $1,337

Mike "Who is Ezra Pound" — wagered $999

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