Show #6454 2012-10-11 (taped 2012-08-01) Regular

Stephanie Jass game 4.

Contestants

Hilary Hultman-Lee — a mom and tutor from Sterling, Virginia

Tom Conn — a claims processor and sports broadcaster from Saint Anne, Illinois

Stephanie Jass — a history professor from Milan, Michigan (whose 3-day cash winnings total $66,770)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Stephanie $1,400 $5,600 $24,400 $23,400
4-day champion: $90,170
$23,200
28 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Tom $2,200 $2,800 $4,000 $4,000
2nd place: $2,000
$4,600
6 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Hilary $1,200 $4,800 $12,400 $199
3rd place: $1,000
$12,400
17 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

TALKIN' FOOTBALL "X"s & "O"s PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES I THEE WED YOU'VE BEEN SCHOOLED! LOOKING DOWN WITH GEOEYE
$200 [1]
In 2012, after turning Denver's 2011 season around, this quarterback was traded to the Jets
(Tim) Tebow
Stephanie
$200 [3]
"Horst Q. Limpit died aged 97 of athlete's foot", begins this type of article
obituary
Hilary
$200 [15]
Simi Valley, California
Ronald Reagan
Hilary
$200 [5]
"Weddings for Dummies" says, "If the groom arrives late with a crooked tie", this person "takes the heat"
the best man
Tom
$200 [9]
Referring to the city it serves, it's a nonresidential junior college
a community college
Stephanie
$200 [26]
From the heavens, this East Coast structure looks like part of an enormous sun dial
the Washington Monument
Stephanie
$400 [2]
Robert Griffin III is the first player from this Waco, Texas university to win the Heisman
Baylor
Stephanie Hilary
$400 [4]
Let there be light with this element discovered in 1898
xenon
$400 [19]
Little Rock, Arkansas
Bill Clinton
Hilary
$400 [12]
Traditionally the groom throws this, often made of blue satin, at single men; catch it & you're next at the altar!
a garter
Stephanie
$400 [10]
This term for elementary school sounds like a good place to learn the rules of word usage
a grammar school
Stephanie
$400 [27]
Seen here off the Australian coast, this type of countercurrent that's also a first name can last a year
an eddy
$600 [6]
George Halas was 72 during his last season as head coach of this NFL team
the Chicago Bears
Stephanie
$600 [16]
This French word refers to the works of an artist taken as a whole
oeuvre
Hilary
$600 [21]
At Columbia Point in Boston, Massachusetts
John F. Kennedy
Tom
$600 [20]
In bridal fashions blusher, cascade & birdcage are types of these
veils
Stephanie
$600 [11]
Often remedial, this session is also the title of a Mark Harmon film released in July 1987
summer school
Hilary
$600 [28]
Spreading four miles into the Persian Gulf, manmade Palm Jumeirahin this nation was built to hold more than 2,000 villas
the UAE (United Arab Emirates)
Hilary
$800 [7]
This bowl began in 1935 with local Miami getting blanked 26-0 by Bucknell
the Orange Bowl
Tom
$800 [17]
A university in Ohio, or the last name of a Spanish saint
Xavier
Stephanie
$800 [22]
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Gerald Ford
Stephanie
$800 [24]
This economic contraction... oh, wait, it's a wedding category... this begins when the organist plays the happy music
the recessional
Stephanie
DD $600 [14]
From the Greek for "many skills", it's an engineering school that teaches industrial arts & applied sciences
a polytechnical school
Tom
$800 [29]
You can see why this Down Under landmark was revered by aboriginal people
Ayers Rock
Hilary
$1,000 [8]
In December 2011 Tom Coughlin's job security as this team's head coach was being debated; not so much in 2012
the New York Giants
Tom
$1,000 [18]
It sounds like a big mode of transport, but it's a congressional bill dealing with a large number of items
omnibus
$1,000 [23]
Abilene, Kansas
Eisenhower
Stephanie
$1,000 [25]
Reportedly, an "unfaithful" clause in this agreement with Charlie Sheen got $4 million for Denise Richards
a prenuptial
Hilary
$800 [13]
John Gray got his Ph.D. with help from the USPS via this type of course
a correspondence course
Tom
$1,000 [30]
Odds are you'll recognize this location named for a former Nevada senator
McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas

Double Jeopardy! Round

1920s BESTSELLERS STARTS WITH 2 VOWELS ALLITERATIVE AMERICANS ALSO A TRIBE OF ISRAEL THE REPUBLIC SUMMER ENTERTAINMENT 2012
$400 [5]
In 1923 her "Etiquette" book was sitting pretty at the top of the nonfiction list
Emily Post
Stephanie
$400 [1]
It's the remote rural area not only of Australia but of New Zealand as well
the Outback
Stephanie
$400 [12]
She won an Oscar playing a nun in "Dead Man Walking"
Susan Sarandon
Stephanie
$400 [21]
It precedes "Strauss" in the name of a San Francisco apparel manufacturer
Levi
Hilary
$400 [26]
In 2012 Danilo Medina was elected president of this Caribbean country with "Republic" in its name
the Dominican Republic
Stephanie
$400 [4]
A great line in "The Avengers": this patriotic character saying, "Hulk--smash"
Captain America
Hilary
$800 [17]
Believe it or not, his "Believe It or Not" was a bestseller in 1929
Ripley
Stephanie
$800 [2]
As a noun it refers to soft mud or slime; as a verb it means to leak out slowly, as through a small opening
ooze
Stephanie
$800 [13]
A statue in Eugene, Oregon honors this "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" author who lived in the city
Ken Kesey
Stephanie
$800 [22]
A sandwich served on rye
Reuben
Hilary
$800 [27]
It encompasses the historical provinces of Bohemia & Moravia
the Czech Republic
Hilary
$800 [6]
This show about a teacher-turned-meth maker had its most-watched episode with its Season 5 premiere
Breaking Bad
Stephanie
$1,600 [19]
In 1926 Edna Ferber "cruised" up the bestseller list with this novel that became a musical
Show Boat
Stephanie
$1,200 [3]
Last name of the man who ran both Ford & Chrysler, & introduced the Mustang in 1964
Iacocca
Tom
$1,200 [14]
In 1908, hebecame the first black heavyweightchampionof the world
Jack Johnson
Stephanie
$1,200 [23]
Slang for a $100 bill
a Benjamin
Hilary
$1,200 [28]
From 1798 to 1803 the Helvetic Republic governed most of this country
Switzerland
Hilary
$1,200 [7]
This actor swung through Manhattan as "The Amazing Spider-Man"
(Andrew) Garfield
Stephanie
DD $2,000 [18]
"Revolt in the Desert", about his exploits in Arabia, was a nonfiction bestseller in 1927
T.E. Lawrence
Stephanie
$1,600 [10]
From the Greek for "well-bearing", it's an elevated sense of well-being or elation
euphoria
Hilary
DD $2,000 [15]
Among the holdings in his financial empire were an aircraft company, RKO Pictures & lots of stock in TWA
Howard Hughes
Stephanie
$1,600 [24]
To move about aimlessly; it's found before "fly"
Gad
Stephanie
$1,600 [29]
Kinshasa is the capital of the Democratic Republic of this
the Congo
Hilary
$1,600 [8]
This "dogged" rapper went "Back In Time" on the "Men in Black 3" soundtrack
Pitbull
Stephanie
$2,000 [20]
In this bestseller Sinclair Lewis modeled Gopher Prairie after his home town of Sauk Centre, Minnesota
Main Street
Stephanie
$2,000 [11]
The heights of layers of this atmospheric region vary depending on changes in solar radiation
the ionosphere
Stephanie
$2,000 [16]
Famous for his American flag paintings, he was saluted with a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011
Jasper Johns
Stephanie
$2,000 [25]
A degree of expertise in karate or judo
Dan
$2,000 [30]
This republic governed Germany from the end of World War I to the rise of Hitler
the Weimar
Hilary
$2,000 [9]
A woman disappears on her anniversary in this bestselling alliterative novel by Gillian Flynn
Gone Girl

Final Jeopardy!

NONFICTION

In an 1854 work, this title body of water was compared with the proportions of Loch Fyne

Walden Pond

Tom "What is The Firth of Forth?" — wagered $0
Hilary "What is Lake Victoria?" — wagered $12,201
Stephanie "What is Loch Lomand?" — wagered $1,000

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