Show #6463 2012-10-24 (taped 2012-08-08) Regular

Keith Whitener game 1.

Contestants

Deepa Zavatsky — an attorney from Princeton, New Jersey

Keith Whitener — a research chemist originally from Charlotte, North Carolina

Betsy Chisolm — a volunteer storyteller from Greeley, Colorado (whose 2-day cash winnings total $25,999)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Betsy	$-200	$3,400	$17,800	$9,000 2nd place: $2,000	$19,000 21 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Keith	$2,900	$4,500	$12,500	$25,000 New champion: $25,000	$13,000 18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Deepa	$-200	$4,200	$8,600	$7,000 3rd place: $1,000	$8,600 14 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE RUM DIARIES	GREAT IDEAS	BEASTLY COLLECTIVES	TV THEME SONG HITS	THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE	WHICH WORD IS MIZPELED?
$200 [21] Day 1:I wish I were still this "sweet" perennial grass, but I seem to have another destiny (sugar)cane Keith	$200 [1] Visually impaired Samuel Genensky came up with the idea of putting a circle or a triangle on these doors restrooms Betsy	$200 [13] Knot is the collective term for these amphibians that are not exactly the same as frogs toads Deepa	$200 [3] 1962:"The Ballad Of Jed Clampett" from this show The Beverly Hillbillies Betsy	$200 [26] (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map of the U.S. on the monitor.) In 1976, America was split straight down the middle; Jimmy Carter dominated the blue East, but the red West was solid for this man Ford Betsy	$200 [8] You must be cognizant of misspellings in a catagory like this, otherwise you might be embarrassed category Betsy Deepa
$400 [22] Day 14:I enjoy life in the balmy air of this capital of Puerto Rico San Juan Keith	$400 [2] The idea for the EU began in 1950 with the Schuman Plan that the coal & steel industries of France & this nation be joined Germany Deepa	$400 [14] As well as a cast of thousands, you can have a cast of these birds of prey, like the kestrel or the peregrine falcons Deepa	$400 [4] 1995:"I'll Be There For You" Friends Keith	$1,000 [27] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map of the U.S. on the monitor.) The North & South were clearly divided in 1888, when Republican Benjamin Harrison lost the popular vote but edged out this incumbent in the Electoral College Grover Cleveland Keith	$400 [9] It was a fallacy to believe that Jim's harassment of that badger was a singular occurrance occurrence Keith
$600 [23] Day 24:After distillation, I am clear & clean & am told I will gain color from aging in this customary wood oak Betsy	DD $500 [7] In 1971 3 guys at this company first put a computer CPU on a chip Intel Keith	$600 [15] A group of rhinos is called this, like an unexpected meeting between two automobiles a crash Deepa	$600 [18] 1993:"Bad Boys" Cops Deepa	—	$600 [10] "You requested a vaporizer in your room?" asked the concierge. "Certainly. We can accommadate you" accommodate Deepa
$800 [24] Day 78:I am bottled at the Bacardi factory; this mammal's image on the label is freaking me out a bat Betsy	$600 [5] In the 1920s Otto Rohwedder saw the popularity of toasters & invented this device to make toasting easier the bread slicer Betsy Deepa	$800 [16] This term for a group of camels sounds like a single-file train of them stretched out across the desert a caravan Deepa	$800 [19] 1976:"Making Our Dreams Come True" Laverne & Shirley Deepa	—	$800 [11] The governor's use of improper grammer showed a heinous disregard for knowledge & decorum grammar Keith
$1,000 [25] Day 100:While being mixed into a zombie, I had a great talk with this rum buddy named for a Welsh buccaneer Captain Morgan Betsy	$800 [6] In 1879 Samuel Dodd, this wealthy man's lawyer, came up with the idea of business trusts Rockefeller Betsy Keith Deepa	$1,000 [17] A group of owls is known as this, like the Canadian legislature a parliament Deepa	$1,000 [20] 1981:"Believe It Or Not" The Greatest American Hero Betsy	—	$1,000 [12] Filling out the questionnaire, the lieutenent felt nauseous; a bee had stung him in the laboratory lieutenant Betsy

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE FORMER EASTERN BLOC	COMMUNICATION	WHAT THE DICKENS!	THE 2012 OLYMPICS	THE "OK" CORRAL	THE GUNFIGHT AT...
$400 [12] In August 2008 the U.S. reached an agreement to base this type of system in Poland; the Russians weren't happy a missile defense system Betsy Keith	$400 [18] One of the first recorded uses of the homing type of this creature delivered Olympic results to Athenians a pigeon Deepa	$400 [1] He says, "Merry Christmas! ...What reason have you to be merry? You're poor enough" Ebenezer Scrooge Keith	$400 [11] Oscar "Blade Runner" Pistorius of this country is the first double-amputee Olympian South Africa Keith	$400 [2] This plant used in Southern cooking is used in Asia to make pain-relieving poultices okra Betsy	$1,200 [25] The 1881 "4 Dead in 5 Seconds" gunfight in this West Texas town took place at Keating's Saloon, not Rosa's Cantina El Paso Betsy
$800 [13] From the monument seen here, you can tell why this Romanian city was once called "Little Paris" Bucharest Keith	$800 [19] In 1943 Galvin Manufacturing created this rhyming handheld device a walkie-talkie Keith	$800 [3] Characters in this novel include Blathers, Brittles, Brownlow & Bumble Oliver Twist Betsy	$800 [17] This swimmer beat Michael Phelps in the 400-meter individual medley to take the USA's first 2012 Olympic gold medal (Ryan) Lochte Betsy	$800 [7] In "The Grapes of Wrath", "the owners knew they were soft and" these people "strong" the Okies Betsy Deepa	$1,600 [24] There was real-life "Gunsmoke" in this Kansas city when Frank Loving shot down Levi Richardson in 1879 Dodge City Keith
$1,200 [14] Many former East Germans are still said to suffer from Mauer im Kopf, this type of structure "in the head" a wall Betsy	$1,200 [28] Heliographs go back to ancient Greek soldiers who polished these to a mirror shine & used them to send messages shields Betsy	$1,600 [5] The Christian name of the main guy in this novel is Philip & his family name is Pirrip Great Expectations Betsy	$1,200 [20] This "Flying Squirrel", a member of U.S. gymnastics' "Fab Five", won gold in individual all-around Gabby Douglas Deepa	$1,200 [8] It began in 1810 as a celebration of the marriage of Bavaria's crown prince Oktoberfest Betsy	$2,000 [23] Frank Loving finally got his in an 1882 gunfight with John Allen in Trinidad, Colorado, along this trail the Santa Fe Trail Betsy Keith
DD $2,000 [15] This present-day country used to be part of a larger nation & kept the old flag seen here the Czech Republic Betsy	$1,600 [27] In 1843 Alexander Bain got a patent for the first of these machines that would scan a 2-dimensional surface a fax machine Deepa	DD $2,000 [4] This novel set in London & Paris was first published serially in 1859 A Tale of Two Cities Betsy	$1,600 [21] He'd lost in the Wimbledon final, but this Scot thrilled the crowd by winning Olympic tennis gold Andy Murray Keith	$1,600 [9] In the wild this shy mammal lives only in the forests of the Congo the okapi Betsy	—
$2,000 [16] Nagycenk in this country has an alley of lime trees more than 1 1/2 miles long Hungary Keith	$2,000 [26] Hieroglyphics & cuneiform are these symbols, images that stand for words or ideas pictographs Keith	$2,000 [6] Little Nell, but not the proverbial cat, dies in this 1840-41 work The Old Curiosity Shop Betsy Keith	$2,000 [22] Though being legally blind seems like it makes this sport hard to do, Im Dong-Hyun set the Games' first world record archery Keith	$2,000 [10] It's drained by the St. Mary's & Suwannee Rivers the Okefenokee Swamp Deepa	—

Final Jeopardy!

THE ELEMENTS

This element was discovered extraterrestrially in 1868; it took 27 more years until someone isolated it on Earth

helium

Deepa "What isPlutoniumUranium?" — wagered $1,600

Keith "What is Helium?" — wagered $12,500

Betsy "What is plutonium?" — wagered $8,800

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