Show #6461 2012-10-22 (taped 2012-08-08) Regular

Contestants

Betsy Chisolm — a volunteer storyteller from Greeley, Colorado

Tim Callo — a manufacturing engineer from Sugar Land, Texas

Glenn Fleishman — a technology journalist from Seattle, Washington (whose 2-day cash winnings total $28,398)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Glenn $800 $1,400 $2,000 $2,000
2nd place: $2,000
$6,600
15 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD)
Tim $200 $4,400 $4,000 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$4,000
13 R, 5 W
Betsy $1,400 $3,800 $6,600 $5,199
New champion: $5,199
$6,600
15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

STATE SYMBOLS OF HAWAII FORMAL MOVIE TITLES PEOPLE OF FAITH HERE'S 2 "U"! A LONG TIME AGO IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY
$200 [16]
It wasn't until 1999 that this was designated Hawaii's official state dance
the hula
Glenn
$200 [17]
1995:His "Opus"
Mr. Holland
Tim
$200 [11]
In their youth Rick Santorum & Antonin Scalia each served as this, helping a priest celebrate mass
an altar boy
Betsy
$200 [2]
This skirt worn by ballerinas is frequently made of tulle
a tutu
Glenn
$200 [22]
Around 1600 B.C. the Shang became the first recorded ruling dynasty of this country
China
Glenn
$200 [1]
Britannica notes that the Canis Major dwarf galaxy "contains only about a billion" of these
stars
Tim
$800 [28]
Hawaii's state bird, the nene, is also known as the Hawaiian variety of this bird
a goose
Tim
$400 [18]
1999:"The Talented" him
Mr. Ripley
Glenn
$400 [12]
In this major branch of Islam, an Ayatollah is an important teacher or leader
Shiite
Tim Betsy
$400 [5]
Here's something to chew on--they're the classic candies seen here
Jujubes
Tim
$400 [23]
At the "Cadaver Synod" of 897, the corpse of Formosus, late holder of this office, was put on trial by Stephen VII
the pope
Betsy
$400 [3]
SpectacularM51is named this, like a rotating ocean current
a whirlpool
Glenn
$1,000 [25]
The yellow variety of this tropical bloomer is the state flower
hibiscus
Glenn Betsy
$600 [19]
1993:Her... well, it's actually a him... I mean, this housekeeper was a man, baby!
Mrs. Doubtfire
Glenn
$600 [13]
The Gideons say these last an average of 6 years
Bibles
Glenn
$600 [6]
The name of this reddish-brown color actually comes from the Latin word for "white"
auburn
Tim
$600 [24]
Between 250 & 900 this Central American culture flowered in its Classic Period in such cities as Tikal
the Maya (the Mayans accepted)
Glenn Tim
$600 [4]
The spokes emanating from the center might help you name this galaxy, also a term for a lateral gymnastics move
a cartwheel
Glenn Tim
$800 [20]
1936:He "Goes to Town"
Mr. Deeds
Betsy
$800 [14]
In a synagogue this person also called a hazzan leads the congregation in chanting & singing
the cantor
Tim
$800 [7]
Thispesky invasive plant has been called the vine thatatethe South
kudzu
Glenn
$800 [27]
By the waters of the Euphrates, this city became a Mesopotamian capital in the early 2nd millennium B.C.
Babylon
Glenn Tim Betsy
$800 [9]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a chart on the monitor.) In the Hubble classification system, elliptical galaxies are denoted with the letter "E"; galaxies in other branches like the Andromeda Galaxy are labeled with the letter "S" standing for this shape
a spiral
Betsy
$1,000 [21]
2007:This British bumbler's "Holiday"
Mr. Bean
Glenn
$1,000 [15]
Another term for a heathen, originally it meant a follower of ancient religions
a pagan
Tim
$1,000 [8]
It's a riddle involving a play on words, like "What's black & white & read all over?"
a conundrum
Betsy
$1,000 [26]
Athens & Sparta squared off in this war that lasted from 431 to 404 B.C.
the Peloponnesian War
Betsy
DD $1,000 [10]
This nearby galaxy aka M31 contains remnants of smaller galaxies "eaten" by the giant central one
Andromeda
Betsy

Double Jeopardy! Round

BREAKING NEWS LINE FROM THE TV SHOW 19th CENTURY FEMALE AUTHORS CRIME THEY DRIVE ON THE LEFT IN...
$400 [1]
(I'm Chris Wallace.) I broke the story that Reagan had selected this former rival as his running mate at the 1980 Republican Convention
George Herbert Walker Bush
Glenn Tim
$400 [5]
The title medico, knocking on Dr. Wilson's door: "I know you're in there. I can hear you caring"
House
Betsy
$400 [13]
Kate Chopin set many works in this city; her early story "A No-Account Creole" begins there
New Orleans
Tim
$400 [11]
It's the crime in Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment"
murder
Glenn
$400 [15]
all of this country with about 1/6 of the world's population
India
Tim
$800 [2]
(I'm CNN correspondent Lizzie O'Leary.) In April 2009 I broke the story that this youngest of the "Big 3" car companies was entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
Chrysler
Betsy
$800 [6]
Roger Sterling: "I did everything they told me. Drank the cream, ate the butter. Then I get hit with a coronary"
Mad Men
Betsy
$800 [18]
Many of her novels dealt with slavery, including "Dred" & a certain 1852 bestseller
(Harriet Beecher) Stowe
Glenn
$800 [12]
Britain's "Great" robbery of one of these took place north of London in 1963, netting 2 1/2 million pounds
a train
Tim Betsy
$800 [16]
this special administrative region of about 7 million people bordering Guangdong Province
Hong Kong
Tim
$1,200 [3]
(I'm Kelly O'Donnell of NBC News.) I broke the story that this Democratic senator ended his candidacy for president in 2004, though he ended up as No. 2 on the Democratic ticket
John Edwards
Tim
$1,200 [7]
David Banner: "Mr. McGee, don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry"
The Incredible Hulk
Betsy
$1,200 [19]
Author Frances Hodgson Burnett based the long curls of this title pampered "Lord" on her son Vivian's
Lord Fauntleroy
Glenn
$1,200 [14]
In Texas you may not possess this "quick" 3-letter type of homemade gun
a zip gun
Glenn
$1,200 [17]
this largest island of the Caribbean with English as its official language
Jamaica
Betsy
$1,600 [4]
(I'm Chuck Todd of NBC News.) In 2006 I broke the story that this man, the ex-governor of Virginia, had decided not to run for president in 2008--he went for the U.S. Senate instead & won
Mark Warner
$1,600 [8]
Brittany: "I've been here since first period... I took all my antibiotics at the same time & now I can't remember how to leave"
Glee
Betsy
$2,000 [21]
The youngest of the sisters, Anne Bronte penned "The Tenant of" this residence in 1848 but died from TB a year later
Wildfell Hall
Betsy
DD $2,000 [23]
In 2011 a renegade group was accused of doing this to fellow Amish, a heinous crime in that culture
cutting off their beards
Glenn
$2,000 [10]
(I'm New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman.) In 2002 I broke the story of a peace plan--a return to June 1967 lines & a Palestinian state for a full peace between Israel & the Arab world--proposed by this now-king of Saudi Arabia
King Abdullah
Tim Betsy
$2,000 [9]
Lorelai: "Cheeseburger, onion rings and a list of people who killed their parents and got away with it"
Gilmore Girls
Glenn
DD $5,000 [20]
Amantine-Lucille-Aurore Dupin was the real name of this "manly" authoress whose love life scandalized Paris
George Sand
Glenn
$2,000 [22]
Richard III was killed at Bosworth Field shouting, this crime! This crime!
treason

Final Jeopardy!

KINGS

The last British monarch to be buried outside the U.K., he was interred in 1727 in the land where he was born

King George I

Glenn "Who was King George I?" — wagered $0
Tim "Who is William of Orange?" — wagered $4,000
Betsy "Who was George II?" — wagered $1,401

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