Show #6554 2013-02-28 (taped 2012-10-24) Regular

Contestants

Twyla Dignan — a domestic goddess from West Linn, Oregon

Dean Flagg — a contracts assistant from Los Angeles, California

Sara Garnett — a graduate student of zoology originally from Okemos, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,601)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Sara $2,200 $4,000 $16,800 $27,801
2-day champion: $53,402
$16,800
19 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Dean $4,600 $6,000 $13,900 $26,400
2nd place: $2,000
$18,400
21 R, 2 W (including 2 DDs)
Twyla $1,000 $2,400 $8,400 $8,400
3rd place: $1,000
$8,400
13 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

YOU KNOW, THE MOVIE WHERE... SHAKESPEARE ON WHAT CONTINENT? CHEW, CHEW TRAINS "WEE"!
$200 [6]
Julie Andrews sings about how "the hills are alive"
The Sound of Music
Dean
$200 [1]
Shakespeare wrote a spoiler in the prologue of this play: "A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life"
Romeo and Juliet
Sara
$200 [11]
The Serengeti Plain
Africa
Twyla
$200 [12]
This chewy snack is meat that has been cut thin & dried; Native Americans added berries to it to make pemmican
jerky
Twyla
$200 [21]
1940s Big Boys were the largest locomotives ever in regular service powered by this, soon replaced by diesel
coal (or steam)
Sara
$200 [26]
To shed tears
weep
Twyla
$400 [7]
Samuel L. Jackson asks, "What does Marsellus Wallace look like?" & is not pleased with the response
Pulp Fiction
Dean
$400 [2]
This play is set in part in Padua, home to a single girl named Katherina
The Taming of the Shrew
Sara
$400 [14]
The Great Victoria Desert
Australia
Sara
$400 [13]
Kaiser Wilhelm II & Albert Einstein were fans of these chewy "ursine" sweets
gummy bears
Sara
$400 [22]
In 1956 one of these railway systems was built in Houston, Texas; Disney's came 3 years later
monorail
Dean
$400 [27]
It's an event at which hot dogs are cooked, though it sounds like they're being made fun of by comedians
weenie roast
Dean
$600 [8]
Rosie Perez is amazing on "Jeopardy!" (but we really wouldn't take "Mt. Suvius") & oh yes, basketball is played
White Men Can't Jump
Twyla
$600 [3]
Prince Hal says to him, "Thou art so fat-witted with drinking of old sack"
Falstaff
Dean
$600 [15]
Fundy National Park
North America
Dean
$600 [17]
Fannie Farmer's 1896 recipe for these chewy little baked treats didn't include chocolate; that came later
brownies
Twyla
$600 [23]
This car once served as the conductor's office on a freight train but is now rarely seen
caboose
Dean
$600 [28]
Snouted cotton boll eater
weevil
Sara
$800 [9]
Jonah Hill crunched the numbers & got an Oscar nomination
Moneyball
Sara
$800 [4]
The hilarity of this Shakespeare play involves 2 sets of twin brothers & lots of mistaken identity
The Comedy of Errors
Dean
$800 [16]
Marie Byrd Land
Antarctica
Sara Twyla
$800 [18]
It's said an ocean wave drenched a candy stand on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, giving rise to this chewy confection
salt water taffy
Sara
$1,000 [25]
Conceived by Czar Alexander III, it was completed in 1916 & stretches from Moscow to Vladivostok
Trans-Siberian Railroad
Dean
$800 [29]
2-word term for a reservist who fulfills his or her military obligation on Saturdays & Sundays
weekend warrior
Twyla
$1,000 [10]
Jennifer Aniston's in love with that guy... need a bit more? OK. The guy is TV reporter Jim Carrey
Bruce Almighty
Dean
$1,000 [5]
Her dad Brabantio dies of grief over her marriage to Othello
Desdemona
Dean
$1,000 [19]
Mount Ararat
Asia
Sara Twyla
$1,000 [20]
How about some nice, chewy squid? it sounds more appetizing when you order it by this Italian name
calamari
Dean
DD $2,000 [24]
Chartered in 1859, the RR we know by the names of these 3 places didn't get to the New Mexico capital until 1880
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Dean
$1,000 [30]
Mason was the first name of this parson & Washington biographer
Weems

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE SPAIN! THE SPAIN! TV VILLAINS CLASSICAL MUSIC PARTY HOPPING YOU'VE GOT A DEAL RHYMING DICTIONARY
$400 [26]
In the 1960s Spain wanted a piece of this rock, but the locals voted to keep British control
the Rock of Gibraltar
Sara
$400 [6]
Despite his evil intent, it's hard not to feel bad for this Warner Bros. Road Runner pursuer
Wile E. Coyote
Sara
$400 [11]
This Strauss composition made its debut in Vienna in February 1867
"The Blue Danube" waltz
Twyla
$400 [1]
This current mayor of New York has switched from Democrat to Republican to independent
(Michael) Bloomberg
Twyla
$400 [21]
Citicorp & Travelers Group combined in 1998, forming this entity--makes sense
Citigroup
Dean
$400 [12]
Not lasting, like a legal type of insanity
temporary
Dean
$800 [27]
Hewas criticized in 2012 for going on an elephant hunt during tough financial times
Juan Carlos
$800 [7]
On "Smallville", Michael Rosenbaum played this friend but eventual nemesis of Clark Kent
Lex Luthor
Sara
$800 [17]
Some doubt that Bach wrote "Variations" for this man to play; he was 14 when the Bach work was published
Goldberg
Sara
$800 [2]
A Democrat as mayor, Norm Coleman switched parties & became a Republican senator from this state
Minnesota
$800 [22]
Ingersoll-Rand cooled down with a $10 bil. purchase of Trane, which has installed this in the Kremlin, the Skydome & La Scala
air conditioning
Dean
$800 [13]
Background information or criticism; a sports analyst provides the "color" type
commentary
Twyla
$1,200 [28]
A young Julio Iglesias played some goal for the junior squad of this soccer team from Spain's capital
Real Madrid
Dean
$1,200 [8]
Ellen Barkin plays a bigoted granny on this "New" NBC comedy
The New Normal
Dean
$1,200 [18]
In 1952 (not 1752) Elliott Carter composed a sonata for flute, oboe, cello & this keyboard instrument
harpsichord
Dean
$1,200 [3]
Loretta Sanchez became a Democrat & beat Bob Dornan to become a congresswoman from this state
California
Twyla
$1,200 [23]
In 2011 AT&T announced a $39 billion acquisition of this mobile device firm with a cute spokesbrunette
T-Mobile
Sara
$1,200 [14]
A militant engaged in overthrowing the government; you'll know him by his wild hair & the smoking bomb he carries
revolutionary
Dean
$1,600 [29]
In 1508 this Spanish explorer settled Puerto Rico & was later named its governor
Ponce de León
$1,600 [9]
Morena Baccarinplayed Anna, the leader of the reptilian aliens on this ABC series
V
Twyla
$1,600 [19]
This Mallarme poem about a day in myth-land inspired a Debussy "Prelude" to it
"The Afternoon of a Faun"
Sara
$1,600 [4]
The secretary of the Navy under Reagan, Jim Webb was a Democrat when this state sent him to the Senate
Virginia
Sara
$1,600 [24]
Hedge fund investor Eddie Lampert arranged the 2005 marriage of Sears & this retailer
K-Mart
$1,600 [15]
It's seen here, extra close up
a dromedary
Twyla
DD $2,500 [30]
After uniting their hearts, Ferdinand & Isabella united these 2 Spanish kingdoms in 1479
Castile & Aragon
Dean
$2,000 [10]
The wife of "The Mentalist" was among the victims of this "colorful" serial killer
Red John
Sara
$2,000 [20]
It's a piece in one movement, often based on folk melodies; Liszt wrote 19 "Hungarian" ones
rhapsody
Sara
DD $2,000 [5]
This late Pennsylvanian, once a Democrat, was elected to the Senate for the GOP, then switched back in 2009
(Arlen) Specter
Sara
$2,000 [25]
In 2010 the Justice Dept. approved the merger of Ticketmaster & this company, the biggest concert promoter
Live Nation
Dean
$2,000 [16]
In song, "It's a long way" to this small southern Irish town
Tipperary
Dean

Final Jeopardy!

THE UNIVERSE

In 2006 it was moved to a new list that includes Ceres & Eris

Pluto

Twyla "What is Pluto?" — wagered $0
Dean "What is Pluto?" — wagered $12,500
Sara "What is Pluto?" — wagered $11,001

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