Show #6493 2012-12-05 (taped 2012-08-29) Regular

Contestants

Melanie Yulman — a lower schoolteacher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mike McCormick — a logistics director from Hockessin, Delaware

Jennifer North — an attorney from Jersey City, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jennifer	$2,000	$3,600	$8,400	$5,200 3rd place: $1,000	$8,400 12 R, 1 W
Mike	$4,800	$6,600	$11,600	$16,801 New champion: $16,801	$13,800 20 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W (including 1 DD)
Melanie	$2,200	$2,200	$7,400	$9,400 2nd place: $2,000	$7,400 16 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

GREENBACKS	HITS & MISSES	CANADIAN CAPITALS	THIS REVOLUTION WILL BE TELEVISED	DOUBLE VOWELS	THE CHRISTMAS TREE
$200 [6] More bills of this denomination are printed every year than any other, about 45% of the total $1 Mike	$200 [1] 1986:"Greatest Love Of All" Whitney Houston Jennifer	$200 [8] Although Vancouver is not on Vancouver Island, this capital named for a queen is Victoria Mike	$200 [20] In HBO's "John Adams", starting with episode 2 the American Revolution (the Revolutionary War accepted) Melanie	$200 [15] This 10-letter word means impervious to H20 waterproof Mike	$200 [25] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands in front of the Metropolitan Opera Christmas tree at Lincoln Center in New York.) In 1882, the first Christmas tree with electric lights was set up by Edward Johnson, an engineer & vice president of this man's Electric Company (Thomas) Edison Mike Melanie
$400 [7] On $20 bills a seal represents this system; a letter & number represent its component bank issuing the note the Federal Reserve System Melanie	$400 [2] 1989:"Wind Beneath My Wings" Bette Midler Jennifer	$400 [11] This provincial capital is home to Canada's tallest structure Toronto Mike	$400 [21] In the Dickens adaptation "Hard Times" the Industrial Revolution Mike Melanie	$400 [16] Term for either a New England native or Derek Jeter Yankee Mike	$400 [26] If there's blue in your decor, the Colorado blue type of this conifer might be a good tree choice a blue spruce Melanie
$800 [10] A star at the end of this indicates that it's out of sequence with those on the other bills in its series the serial number Melanie	$600 [3] 2012:"Rumour Has It" Adele Jennifer	$600 [12] During WWII this capital of Nova Scotia was Canada's main naval base Halifax Mike	$600 [22] In the BBC's "Terror!" the French Revolution	$600 [17] A wind of 4 to 31 mph; every little one seems to whisper Louise breeze Mike	$600 [27] (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands in front of the Metropolitan Opera Christmas tree at Lincoln Center in New York.) One of the groups that helped make the Christmas tree a tradition in the U.S. were these German mercenaries the Hessians Jennifer Mike
$1,000 [30] Every day this bureau, the B.E.P., produces millions of paper bills, with a face value over $400 million the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Mike	$800 [4] 1999:"That Don't Impress Me Much" Shania Twain Jennifer	$800 [13] Its nicknames include "Oil City" & "E-Town" Edmonton Mike	$800 [23] In the 1969 documentary "Mao Tse-tung and the..." the Cultural Revolution Jennifer	$800 [18] For 729, it's 27 a square root Jennifer	$800 [28] Original German title of the song we know as "O Christmas Tree" "O Tannenbaum" Melanie
DD $1,400 [9] It's the only current bill with the face of a treasury secretary on it the $10 bill Mike	$1,000 [5] 2007:"Umbrella" Rihanna Mike	$1,000 [14] It's the capital & second-largest city of Saskatchewan Regina Melanie	$1,000 [24] In "The Train", set in the early 20th century & starring Ben Kingsley the Russian Revolution	$1,000 [19] Arabic for "peace", it often precedes "aleikum" salaam Jennifer Melanie	$1,000 [29] John Paul II started a tradition of different countries sending a great big tree to light in this square St. Peter's Square Mike Melanie

Double Jeopardy! Round

GREENE BOOKS	MINORITY POPULATIONS	POPULAR MECHANICS	WE'RE AFTER SOME CONSISTENCY	18th CENTURY PEOPLE	TO THE LIBRARY!
$400 [8] "Our Man in ___" Havana Melanie	$400 [7] A large Welsh community has been thriving in Chubut Province in this country's Patagonia region for over 100 years Argentina Mike Melanie	$400 [18] Aaaaaay! This "Happy Days" mechanic got out of the garage to be Dean of Boys at a vocational high school the Fonz Melanie	$400 [2] This name of late comedian Sales can refer to the consistency of some liquids Soupy Mike	$400 [10] Dennis O'Kelly owned Eclipse, one of these, & won a bet that Eclipse would beat the field by 240 yards a racehorse Mike	$400 [1] In 1901 the USA's first reference library for state legislators was set up in this Wisconsin capital Madison Jennifer
$800 [9] "The ___ American" Quiet Jennifer Melanie	$1,200 [26] Brazil has the largest Japanese population outside of Japan, with the most living in the state named for this largest city São Paulo	$800 [19] This hirsute movie character is 7 feet tall, from Kashyyyk, a limited conversationalist & great at spaceship repair Chewbacca Jennifer	$800 [20] Similar to "gritty", it's the adjective used of old-timefilm from the clumping together of particles in the emulsion grainy Melanie	$800 [11] Robert Walpole, in power from 1721 to 1742, is regarded as the first of these British heads of government prime minister Melanie	$800 [3] L.A.'s Central Library used some of the 7 million obsolete cards from this file to wallpaper the elevators the card catalog Mike
$1,200 [12] "This ___ for Hire" Gun Mike Melanie	DD $2,000 [27] Marseilles has a large number of North Africans, most coming from this former colony Algeria Mike	$1,200 [21] Sparkplug Witwicky was a character in this animated TV series whose main characters could use a good mechanic The Transformers	$1,200 [23] Sticky stuff to catch birds was once made from mistletoe, viscum in Latin; hence this adjective viscous Jennifer	$1,200 [15] She disliked living in New York City; living in Philadelphia from 1790 to 1797 suited her a bit better Martha Washington Melanie	DD $1,000 [6] Some of its collections were housed in the Serapeum, a temple dedicated to the god Serapis the Alexandria library Mike
$1,600 [13] "The Power and the ___" Glory Melanie	—	$1,600 [22] From Paul Sr. to Jr., this reality show on Discovery Teutul-ly covers motorcycle mechanic madness American Chopper Mike	$1,600 [24] This adjective describes the slippery texture of okra or a despicable person slimy Jennifer	$1,600 [16] This Russian's achievements included the founding of cities Peter the Great Melanie	$1,200 [4] His Nobel Peace Prize is on display at his presidential library in Atlanta Jimmy Carter Mike
$2,000 [14] "The ___ of the Matter" Heart Mike	—	—	$2,000 [25] Many plants are afflicted by this type of mildew named for feeling like soft feathers downy Mike	$2,000 [17] In 1781 he "critique"d Leibniz' idea that the mind can grasp truths about entities like God Immanuel Kant	$1,600 [5] Shh! The name of this official policy of San Diego's Copley Library sounds like it's kept hush-hush Quiet Policy

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. PRESIDENTS

This man is the only U.S. president since Hoover not named Time magazine's Man or Person of the Year

Gerald Ford

Melanie "Who is Ford?" — wagered $2,000

Jennifer "Who is Nixon" — wagered $3,200

Mike "Who is Gerald Ford?" — wagered $5,201

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