Show #6494 2012-12-06 (taped 2012-08-29) Regular

Contestants

Noah Rachels — a university fundraiser from Astoria, New York

Skylar Rampersaud — a computer security researcher from Kapolei, Hawaii

Mike McCormick — a logistics director from Hockessin, Delaware (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,801)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mike	$1,600	$2,600	$7,300	$14,600 2nd place: $2,000	$11,400 18 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Skylar	$1,000	$2,800	$2,000	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$4,400 8 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Noah	$2,000	$6,000	$13,600	$15,099 New champion: $15,099	$13,600 19 R, 6 W

Jeopardy! Round

HOME SWEET MOTOR HOME	MOVIE MONEY	SHALL I COMPARE THEE?	THE NAME OF THE FLAG	AMERICAN WOMAN	STAY AWAY FROM MEAT
$200 [14] Unlike fixed homes, most motor homes power their lights with this type of current that's found in batteries direct current Noah	$200 [10] Paul Newman won an Oscar for this sequel to "The Hustler" The Color of Money Mike	$200 [21] A crazy person is said to be "nutty as" this notoriously unloved holiday dessert fruitcake Noah	$200 [8] This country's flag is called the Dannebrog Denmark Mike	$200 [1] Florida's state attorney in 1978, she would add the rest of the country to her docket as U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno Mike	$200 [3] AKA soybean curd, it can be frozen up to 3 months--but that will change its texture, making it slightly chewier tofu Skylar
$400 [15] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the RV/MH Hall of Fame.) One of the earliest RVs in existence is a 1913 custom-built wooden trailer that went on the back of this famous car of the day Model T Mike	$400 [11] The title of this 1954 classic refers to the Trevi one in Rome Three Coins in the Fountain Mike Noah	$400 [22] Money in the bank is like this 2-word bedding item that kids tote around security blanket Skylar Noah	$400 [9] Hinomaru, the name of Japan's flag, means "the circle of" this body the sun Noah	$400 [2] "Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor", this future first lady wrote in 1780 Abigail Adams Mike Skylar	$400 [4] This 5-letter term coined in 1944 is the beginning & end of "vegetarian" vegan Skylar
$600 [27] Ray Frank, who coined the term motor home, also built the first one made of this synthetic material fiberglass Noah	$600 [12] Oliver Stone's follow-up to "Wall Street" had this subtitle Money Never Sleeps Mike Noah	$600 [23] Something less than thrilling is commonly said to be this "as ditchwater" dull Mike	$800 [20] On YouTube you can watch Jack Webb talk about the U.S. flag in a clip rhymingly called "The Story of" this Old Glory Noah	$600 [16] In 1934, after a nervous breakdown, this painter discovered N.M.'s ghost ranch, where she'd make her home Georgia O'Keeffe Skylar	$600 [5] Not "Yesterday" but in 2009, this musician & longtime vegetarian launched a "meat free Monday" campaign Paul McCartney Noah
$800 [28] This 5-letter action comes before "out" in the name of a motor home attachment that adds room space glide (or slide)	$800 [13] This 1964 Sergio Leone film starring Clint Eastwood introduced the spaghetti Western A Fistful of Dollars Mike Noah	$800 [24] Something that happens "as quick as" this action literally takes place in 2/5 of a second blink of an eye Noah	$1,000 [30] Poland's flag is descriptively called bialo-czerwona, meaning these 2 colors red and white Noah	$800 [17] This children's author wrote the 1980 sequel "Superfudge" Judy Blume Skylar	$800 [6] Kashi makes this type of crunchy grain-fruit-honey-nut breakfast cereal & bars of it, too granola Mike
$1,000 [29] The film "This Is Nowhere" explores the trend of motor homes "camping" in the parking lots of this colossus of chain stores Wal-Mart Noah	$1,000 [26] This Cher film takes place at a Woolworth's in a small Texas town, not far from where "Giant" was shot Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean	$1,000 [25] Biff went home to mom & dad like this biblical guy did in Luke 15 after some "riotous living" the prodigal son Mike	DD $1,600 [19] This Caribbean nation flies La Estrella Solitaria, "The Solitary Star" Cuba Mike	$1,000 [18] The first U.S.-born person to be named a saint, she has a "Hall" of a college named for her (Elizabeth Ann) Seton Mike	$1,000 [7] The Food Network says kosher salt is optional for a 1 lb. serving of this, Japanese for green soybeans edamame Noah

Double Jeopardy! Round

SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT	AUTHORS ON AUTHORS	THEIR TV ROLES	JA, DAS IST MEIN POSSE	1930s SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY	"TAR" & "FEATHER"s
$400 [1] In 1520 Suleiman took over this title as ruler of the Ottoman Empire sultan Skylar	$400 [5] Charles Dickens wrote that a visit by this "Fairy Tales" scribe had been "five weeks which seemed to the family ages" Hans Christian Andersen Noah	$400 [7] Hank Moody & Fox Mulder David Duchovny Mike	$400 [15] Andreas Brehme was the hero as the West German team won this in 1990 the World Cup Skylar Noah	$400 [21] Norman Haworth, who synthesized this vitamin aka ascorbic acid, won a 1937 Nobel Prize Vitamin C Noah	$400 [16] Late or overdue tardy Mike
$800 [2] In 1522 Suleiman recaptured this "colossal" Greek island from the knights of St. John Rhodes Mike	$800 [6] After reading this book, Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote Walt Whitman, "I greet you at the beginning of a great career" Leaves of Grass Noah	$800 [8] Alexander Scott & Cliff Huxtable Bill Cosby Mike	$1,600 [28] Worldwide there are about 150 institutes to promote German culture named for this 18th & 19th c. writer Goethe Noah	$800 [22] Introduced by DuPont in 1938, Dr. West's miracle toothbrush was the first made of this synthetic polymer nylon Mike	$800 [17] Battling Battalino & Azumah Nelson had success as these featherweights Noah
$1,200 [3] As his top admiral Suleiman hired the pirate Khayr ad-Din, known as this for his red beard, like a crusading emperor Barbarossa	$1,200 [12] When reviewing "Dawn" in The New Yorker, she quipped, "Theodore Dreiser should ought to write nicer" Dorothy Parker Mike	$1,200 [9] Gemma Teller Morrow & Peg Bundy Katey Sagal Noah	$2,000 [27] The artistic Novembergruppe included Bertolt Brecht & this composer, his collaborator Kurt Weill Noah	$1,200 [23] Edwin Armstrongdeveloped this new system of radio transmission & built the first station for it in 1939 FM	$1,200 [18] The surface of an airport runway tarmac Mike
$1,600 [4] At the 1526 Battle of Mohács, Sulei & his boys crushed the forces of this kingdom, which had advanced from Buda to meet him Hungary	$2,000 [14] In 1974, a decade after her suicide, James Dickey called her "the Judy Garland of American poetry" Sylvia Plath Noah	$1,600 [10] Lois Lane & Susan Mayer Teri Hatcher Mike	—	$1,600 [24] In 1930 astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered not only Pluto but Shawna, a main-belt one of these asteroid Skylar	$1,600 [19] This phrase means growing wealthy by taking advantage of one's position feathering one's nest Noah
$2,000 [25] Hoping to rid himself of those troublesome Hapsburgs, in 1529 Suleiman laid siege to this city but couldn't take it Vienna Noah	DD $2,500 [13] Conan Doyle wrote, "Where was the detective story until" this author "breathed the breath of life into it?" Edgar Allan Poe Mike	$2,000 [11] Hurley Reyes & Dr. Diego Soto Jorge Garcia	—	DD $2,400 [26] In 1935 this American became the first to shoot a liquid-fuel rocket faster than the speed of sound Robert Goddard Skylar	$2,000 [20] This Atlantic game fish is also called the silver king & grand écaille tarpon

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD GEOGRAPHY

Though it consists entirely of islands, this populous country borders 3 other nations

Indonesia

Skylar "What is Malaysia?" — wagered $2,000

Mike "What is Indonesia?" — wagered $7,300

Noah "What is Indonesia" — wagered $1,499

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