Show #6498 2012-12-12 (taped 2012-09-04) Regular

Contestants

Saidi Chen — an attorney for a legal nonprofit from New York, New York

Alistair Bell — a computer chip designer from Berlin, Massachusetts

Rachel Shuman — a curriculum coordinator from Silver Spring, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $19,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Rachel	$2,400	$5,200	$2,400	$2,001 2nd place: $2,000	$1,400 11 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
Alistair	$1,000	$1,200	$13,200	$13,200 New champion: $13,200	$13,200 15 R, 3 W
Saidi	$1,000	$3,800	$1,000	$1,950 3rd place: $1,000	$3,000 15 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

BREAD	EARLY U.S. CAPITALS	SLINGING ARROWS	"C" THE 4-LETTER WORDS	THAT DOCTOR IS UNREAL!	ARMY BRANCHES
$200 [16] Hot cross buns are traditionally served on this day, 2 days before Easter Good Friday Alistair	$200 [11] Home to the U.S. Naval Academy, it served as the U.S. capital from November 26, 1783 to August 19, 1784 Annapolis Rachel	$200 [21] This tribute from District 12 uses a bow & arrow to help her win the Hunger Games Katniss Everdeen Saidi	$200 [2] Term for a baby whale or seal calf Alistair	$200 [1] Soviet editors said this Pasternak novel had anti-Soviet material, so it was not published in the USSR Doctor Zhivago Saidi	$200 [26] The name of this Army branch is also something a knight might wear Armor
$400 [17] This U.S. city precedes "brown" in the name of a sweet, dark steamed bread Boston	$400 [12] In 1783 Nassau Hall on this Ivy League school's campus received the first foreign minister to the U.S., a delegate from Holland Princeton Saidi	$400 [22] The cruel but cowardly King Joffrey likes the heft of a crossbow on this HBO drama Game of Thrones Saidi	$400 [3] A large barrel for wine a cask Rachel	$600 [5] In letters to his children during WWI, Hugh Lofting created this title physician Doctor Dolittle Rachel	$400 [27] The fortification suggests this corps may be adept at building things the Army Corps of Engineers Rachel
$600 [18] It's the Hebrew-derived name for a loaf of bread baked for the Sabbath challah Rachel	$600 [13] Before it became capital of New Jersey, it was the U.S. capital for 2 months; Congress met at the French Arms Tavern Trenton Alistair	$600 [23] Sam Claflin said the bow & arrow was the toughest part of his role as a duke enchanted by Kristen Stewart in this fairy tale Snow White and the Huntsman Saidi	$600 [8] Of the 4 Beatles, John was known as "the smart one" & Paul was this one the cute one Saidi	$800 [6] He falls in love with Mary Morstan in "The Sign of Four"; can you deduce who it is? Dr. Watson Saidi	$600 [28] It's the ancient symbol seenhereon the insignia of the Medical Service Corps the caduceus
$800 [19] Kneading converts flour, water & leavening into a smooth & elastic bread dough by developing this substance gluten Saidi	$800 [14] Pierre L'Enfant remodeled this hall in Lower Manhattan before it was the seat of government in 1789 & 1790 Federal Hall Rachel Alistair	$800 [24] In this animated 2012 film, Princess Merida must rely on her archery skills to undo a curse Brave Rachel	$800 [9] A worn but elegant decorating style combining old & new is popularly referred to as shabby this chic Saidi	DD $1,000 [4] This 1886 title doctor isn't really himself when he tramples over a kid & clubs a guy to death Dr Jekyll Rachel	$800 [29] In Vietnam the Special Forces, also known by this colorful name, earned 17 Medals of Honor the Green Berets Saidi
$1,000 [20] You can see why theloaves have this name that means "slipper" in Italian ciabatta	$1,000 [15] 1 of 2 Pennsylvania cities other than Philadelphia in which the Second Continental Congress met York & Lancaster Saidi	$1,000 [25] Daryl Dixon puts his Horton Scout crossbow to good use against zombies on this AMC show Walking Dead Rachel	$1,000 [10] Clamp this small movable bar on the fretboard of a guitar & it will raise the pitch of the strings a capo Alistair	$1,000 [7] This doctor is the title of works by both Thomas Mann & Christopher Marlowe Doctor Faustus Rachel	$1,000 [30] Ifthesecrossed muskets are on your uniform, you're part of this fighting force the Infantry

Double Jeopardy! Round

COMMA SUTRA	ADVENTUROUS FOLKS	STARTS WITH A BODY PART	PHYSICS 101	POP MUSIC BEFORE & AFTER	"G"EOGRAPHY
$400 [18] A comma is half of this other punctuation mark a semicolon Saidi	$400 [23] 75 years after he disappeared, George Mallory's body was found at the 27,000-foot level on this mountain in 1999 Everest Saidi	$400 [13] Peace activists use this biblical word to describe a possible nuclear world war Armageddon Alistair	$400 [1] Wavelength is typically measured from one of these 5-letter high points on the wave to the next a crest Alistair Saidi	$400 [2] "Nasty" &"Running On Empty" Janet Jackson Browne	$400 [4] If you go west through this strait, you're not in the Mediterranean anymore the Strait of Gibraltar Saidi
$800 [19] In musical tuning the Pythagorean comma is a gap between C sharp & this, which seem like they should be the same note D flat Alistair	$800 [24] Isabella Bird's 19th c. journeys in this land, now Iran, included having to pull a gun on angry tribespeople Persia Rachel	$800 [14] Alfalfa & peas, for example legumes Alistair	$800 [9] In 1906 Walther Nernst announced his heat theorem, now known as the third law of this thermodynamics Alistair	$800 [3] "The Crying Game" &"Got My Mind Set On You" Boy George Harrison	$1,200 [6] I'm drawing a blank--just east of Detroit there's this city & its namesake "Farms", "Shores", "Woods" & "Park" Grosse Pointe Alistair
$1,200 [20] The comma type of this insect in the Nymphalidae family has orange wings with ragged edges butterfly	$1,200 [25] In October 1492 Columbus first landed in the New World on an island that's today in this nation the Bahamas	$1,200 [15] Ground, soil earth Alistair Saidi	$1,200 [10] The fundamental constant of quantum physics is named for this German who originated the quantum theory (Max) Planck Saidi	—	$1,600 [7] What the Germans called Danzig, the Poles call this Gdansk Alistair
$1,600 [21] An Oxford comma, also called a serial comma, is a comma used before this part of speech a conjunction Rachel Alistair Saidi	DD $2,000 [26] (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Robben Island in South Africa.) Fearful of cannibals on the mainland, this Portuguese explorer sought food & refuge on South Africa's Robben Island during his India voyage in the 1490s (Vasco) da Gama Rachel	$1,600 [16] Its name is from the Greek for "river horse" hippopotamus Alistair	$1,600 [11] It's the colorful name for the random movement of microscopic particles in a liquid Brownian motion Alistair	—	DD $2,000 [5] Between the Dardanelles & the Aegean lies this Turkish peninsula, site of WWI strife Gallipoli Saidi
$2,000 [22] A motif resembling a comma is central to some types of this textile pattern named for a Scottish town paisley Rachel	$2,000 [27] In 1792 this British naval officer surveyed the coast of Washington & named Mount Rainier Vancouver Rachel Saidi	$2,000 [17] Triglycerides are one type of these fatty compounds lipids	$2,000 [12] Get up in the "A.M." & learn that an orbiting body's this is the product of mass, velocity & distance from an axis angular momentum Alistair	—	$2,000 [8] The Pyrenees are part of the border of this historical region of southwest France Gascony Alistair Saidi

Final Jeopardy!

FASHION DESIGNERS

In 1986 her company, now associated with JC Penney, became the first founded by a woman to make the Fortune 500

Liz Claiborne

Saidi "Who is Liz Claiborne?" — wagered $950

Rachel "Who is Donna Karan" — wagered $399

Alistair "Who is Elizabeth Claiborne?" — wagered $0

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