Show #6453 2012-10-10 (taped 2012-08-01) Regular

Stephanie Jass game 3.

Contestants

Craig Chern — an assistant principal from Wall Township, New Jersey

Felicia McGowan — an administrative coordinator from Baltimore, Maryland

Stephanie Jass — a history professor from Milan, Michigan (whose 2-day cash winnings total $47,570)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Stephanie $4,200 $5,800 $22,200 $19,200
3-day champion: $66,770
$21,800
23 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Felicia $3,200 $4,000 $1,400 $200
3rd place: $1,000
$4,400
9 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Craig $600 $0 $6,000 $7,000
2nd place: $2,000
$6,000
12 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

35 YEARS AGO: 1977 YOU KNOW THE RULES! WORD ORIGINS TRAVEL TEXAS IT'S GETTING WARM SHEDDING THEIR CLOTHES
$200 [16]
With freezing temperatures, this was officially recorded in Miami, Florida for the first time ever
snow
Craig
$200 [9]
Some say you have to be outside & wearing shoes before you claim the front seat by saying the name of this weapon
shotgun
Stephanie
$200 [17]
This form of big-guy wrestling takes its name from the Japanese for "mutual strike"
sumo
Craig
$200 [26]
At this landmark you can see Davy Crockett's buckskin vest & a hunting knife like the one wielded by Jim Bowie
the Alamo
Stephanie
$200 [6]
It can reach 800 degrees during the day on this planet (Venus is a little hotter), but the night's a bit brisk at -275
Mercury
Stephanie Felicia
$200 [1]
It was a nice night for a naked walk in 1984 at Griffith Observatory for this actor, on the hunt for Sarah Connor
(Arnold) Schwarzenegger
Stephanie
$400 [20]
This blockbuster set in "a galaxy far, far away" hit theaters just before Memorial Day weekend
Star Wars
Stephanie
$400 [10]
"Colorful" 2-word term for the do-unto-others precept found in Matthew 7:12
the Golden Rule
Felicia
$400 [18]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) From the Latin for "piece of felt", it's the process of separating a solid out of a liquid using a membrane
filter (or filtration)
Craig
$400 [27]
Say howdy to 52-foot Big Texat the state fair of Texas, a stone's throw from this college football stadium
the Cotton Bowl
Stephanie Craig
$400 [7]
Temperatures in a traditional home this, which often uses dry rather than steam heat, range from 150 to 190
a home sauna
Craig
$400 [2]
This actor streaked to glory as Frank the Tank in "Old School"
(Will) Ferrell
Craig
$600 [21]
The world's last known natural case of this disease was reported in Somalia
smallpox
$600 [13]
"The strong shall not oppress the weak" was a principle in the "code" of this Babylonian king
Hammurabi
Craig
$600 [19]
This adjective meaning "evil" comes from the Latin for "left hand"
sinister
Stephanie
$600 [8]
In 1913 this California low point had 5 straight days of at least 129 degrees
Death Valley
Stephanie
$600 [3]
In "The Proposal", Sandra Bullock is shocked to see this actor's "Green Lantern", so to speak
Ryan Reynolds
Stephanie
DD $800 [22]
In November it began regular service between New York & Europe, about a 3 1/2 hour trip
the SST (or the Concorde)
Stephanie
$800 [14]
No. 11 in this man's rules for boxing, first published in 1867: no shoes or boots with springs allowed
(The Marquess of) Queensberry
Felicia
$800 [24]
This word meaning an hour to be home comes from the French for "cover the fire"
a curfew
Felicia
$800 [11]
During an eruption, the water at the opening of this "loyal" Wyoming geyser is about 204 degrees
Old Faithful
Felicia
$800 [4]
In "Failure to Launch", this Hall of Fame Steeler QB & Fox pregame host bared more than his soul to the camera
(Terry) Bradshaw
Stephanie
$1,000 [23]
Completed by Christopher Tolkien, this history of Middle-earth was published in 1977
The Silmarillion
Craig
$1,000 [15]
"Secondary Motions" & "Putting the Question and Announcing the Vote" are sections in one edition of this text
Robert's Rules of Order
Stephanie
$1,000 [25]
This condiment gets its name from the Chinese for "pickled fish brine"
ketchup
$1,000 [12]
Sunstroke is likely with prolonged exposure to over 105 degrees on the H.I., short for this
heat index
Stephanie
$1,000 [5]
In 2003 she played Chris, a leader of the (tastefully) naked "Calendar Girls"; 3 years later, she was "The Queen"
Helen Mirren
Felicia

Double Jeopardy! Round

GREAT MEN & WOMEN OF MEDICINE POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER GEOGRAPH"IA" THAT BOOK WAS A HORROR! STOPS ONE LETTER DIFFERENCE
$400 [11]
(Dr. Oz presents the clue.) Frederick Banting, an orthopedic surgeon, went into research & won a Nobel Prize for his work extracting insulin from the pancreas, the first effective treatment for this disorder
diabetes
Felicia
$400 [1]
Surely you know the "Airplane!" co-star who's a system of measuring the audience of TV shows
Leslie Nielsen ratings
Craig
$400 [16]
This Italian island is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean
Sardinia
Craig
$400 [6]
Anne Rice, 1976: "Interview with" him
the Vampire
Craig
$400 [26]
In 1920 the first 4-way 3-color one of these was placed at Woodward & Michigan Avenues in Detroit
stop light (a traffic light accepted)
Stephanie
$400 [21]
To linger & to deflect the blow of a sword
tarry & parry
$800 [12]
Working for NYC's Health Dept., Dr. Sara Josephine Baker helped track down Mary Mallon, a carrier of this infectious disease
typhoid
Felicia
$800 [2]
TV drama set at an advertising agency that had the No. 1 hits "Down Under" & "Who Can It Be Now?"
Mad Men at Work
Stephanie
$800 [17]
Forming a great crescent across Northern China is the autonomous region called "Inner" this
Mongolia
Stephanie
$800 [7]
Ira Levin, 1967: her "Baby"
Rosemary
Stephanie
$800 [27]
On I-80 in Iowa you'll find what claims to be the world's largest this; it has a 300-seat restaurant & 24 private showers
a truck stop
Craig
$800 [22]
To cushion or shield & a "serve yourself" type of meal
buffer & buffet
Craig
$1,200 [13]
(Dr. Oz presents the clue.) Dr. Dorothy Andersen named this disease, CF for short, & also helped create a test to diagnose it
cystic fibrosis
Stephanie
$1,200 [3]
"Teenage Dream" singer who also had hits with "Catch A Falling Star" & "Round And Round"
Katy Perry Como
Stephanie
$1,200 [18]
Tradition says Menelik I, son of King Solomon & the Queen of Sheba, was this African country's first emperor
Ethiopia
Felicia
$1,200 [8]
Stephen King, 2009: "Under" this
the Dome
$1,200 [23]
An excavation for coal & a silent clown
mine & mime
Craig
DD $2,000 [14]
Her work as an obstetrical nurse for poor women made her an advocate of birth control, a term she coined
Margaret Sanger
Stephanie
$1,600 [4]
TV show in which Fred MacMurray raises Chip, Robbie & Ernie, who are part of Ron Perlman's biker gang
My Three Sons of Anarchy
Stephanie
$2,000 [20]
Paul's fourth epistle is to the churches of this Roman province now in central Turkey
Galatia
Stephanie
$1,600 [9]
Shirley Jackson, 1959: "The Haunting of" this "House"
Hill
Stephanie
$1,600 [24]
Solitary & to make amends for your sins
alone & atone
Craig
$2,000 [15]
(Dr. Oz presents the clue.)This South African performed the first kidney transplant in his homeland in 1959 & in 1967 performed the first ever human heart transplant, catapulting him to worldwide fame
(Dr. Christiaan) Barnard
Stephanie
$2,000 [5]
"Party Rock Anthem" group that is a renowned toy store on Fifth Avenue in New York City
LMFAO Schwarz
Craig
DD $3,000 [19]
Until it declared its independence in 1991, it was the southernmost of the republics that made up Yugoslavia
Macedonia
Felicia
$2,000 [10]
John Wyndham, 1951: "The Day of" these invading plants
the Triffids
Felicia
$2,000 [25]
A musical ending & a state of prolonged unconsciousness
a coda & a coma
Stephanie

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC RULERS

This ruler of a New World country was born in Vienna's Schonbrunn Palace in 1832 & executed far from home in 1867

Maximilian I

Felicia "Who was ?" — wagered $1,200
Craig "Who was Maxmillian I?" — wagered $1,000
Stephanie "Who was Tsar Nicholas?" — wagered $3,000

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