Show #6555 2013-03-01 (taped 2012-10-24) Regular

Contestants

Melissa Leanza — a bookkeeper from Laguna Hills, California

Craig Sallinger — a government librarian from Washington, D.C.

Sara Garnett — a graduate student of zoology originally from Okemos, Michigan (whose 2-day cash winnings total $53,402)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Sara	$3,200	$7,000	$11,800	$22,001 3-day champion: $75,403	$11,600 18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Craig	$1,400	$3,600	$11,000	$21,998 2nd place: $2,000	$16,000 23 R, 8 W (including 2 DDs)
Melissa	$2,200	$4,600	$6,600	$600 3rd place: $1,000	$6,600 11 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

HOMOPHONIC PAIRS	PRESIDENTIAL POOCHES	WITCH MOVIE?	PLACES IN TEXAS, PLUS	LINES	HEY, "BERT"
$200 [14] The moment for an herb sometimes grouped with parsley, sage & rosemary thyme time Craig	$200 [1] In the early 1860's, his dog Fidobecame the first presidential dog to be photographed Abraham Lincoln Melissa	$200 [15] The title of this 2005 film refers to Aslan, Jadis & a piece of furniture The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe Sara	$200 [13] It's the seat of Ector County & in a novel the name of an organization for ex-Nazis with a "file" on it Odessa Craig	$200 [10] It's where your line of fate & line of health are found your palm Craig	$200 [2] A 7th century French saint gave his name to this nut the filbert Melissa
$400 [20] An accomplishment of one's tootsies a feet feat Sara	$400 [4] Garfield named his dog this to warn Congress not to send him any bills that he didn't want to sign into law Veto Melissa	$400 [16] In "Harry Potter & The Prisoner Of Azkaban", Sirius Black tells her, "You really are the brightest witch of your age" Hermione Sara	$400 [27] It's north of Abilene & can also be either a dinner jacket or a complete formal outfit Tuxedo Craig	$400 [11] (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue from the American Red Cross in New Orleans Louisiana.) The Southeast Louisiana chapter of the Red Cross was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. The height of the tile trim on the Memorial Wall denotes this the floodline (waterline) Melissa	$400 [3] Dogbert & Catbert are characters in this comic strip Dilbert Craig
$600 [21] To lightly damage beers bruise brews (ail ale accepted) Sara	$600 [5] A pup of liberty, this "golden" breed owned by Gerald Ford, became a guide dog for the blind a golden retriever Sara	$600 [17] 3 college kids go missing while investigating strange doings in the Black Hills Forest in this 1999 film The Blair Witch Project Craig	$600 [28] It's southeast of Amarillo; a person in this job passes the bull with a muleta; Olé! Matador Sara Craig	$600 [24] This conduit carries oil about 800 miles from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez Harbor the Alaskan Pipeline Melissa	$600 [8] He's the royal dad of Princess Astrid of Belgium King Albert Sara
$800 [22] The falsehood regarding the sodium hydroxide solution a lye lie Sara	DD $1,000 [6] Thomas Jefferson owned 2 briards that were a gift from this Frenchman LaFayette Sara	$800 [18] Angela Lansbury played an apprentice witch with a flying bed in this Disney film that mixed live action & animation Bedknobs And Broomsticks Sara	$800 [29] I-35 goes through it; it's a university in Pennsylvania or a synagogue Temple Melissa	$800 [25] The line of latitude called this is the northern boundary of the Tropical Zone the Tropic of Cancer Craig	$800 [9] Sadly this "Unfinished Symphony" composer finished living at the age of 31 (Franz) Schubert Craig
$1,000 [23] 100% a tool for making small holes in leather all awl Melissa	$1,000 [7] This chocolate lab was First Dog from 1997 to 2001 Buddy Sara	$1,000 [19] Connie Booth, John Cleese's then-wife, played the accused witch ("She turned me into a newt!") in this movie Monty Python And The Holy Grail Sara	$1,000 [30] It's an Air Force base & a nickname of England's property-poor King John Lackland	$1,000 [26] In Monteverde & Puntarenas in this country you can zip line through cloud & rainforest canopies Costa Rica Sara Craig	$1,000 [12] This monarch's greatest victory over the English came at Bannockburn in 1314 Robert the Bruce Melissa

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE E.U. COUNTRY THAT...	"NU" DIRECTIONS	CONTEMPORARIES	WINGS	DRUMSTICKS	CHICKEN PARTS
$400 [1] Is described by World Book as "a small country where western civilization started about 2,500 years ago" Greece Sara	$400 [6] 9-letter word for the 2 in the fraction 2/3 the numerator Melissa	$400 [7] Cosimo de' Medici began ruling Florence in 1434, just 5 years after she helped at the siege of Orleans Joan of Arc Sara	$400 [12] Missouri businessmen financed Charles LIndbergh, allowing him to buy this plane in which he made history The Spirit of St. Louis Craig	$400 [17] In 1959 he was the drummer for a Liverpool band called Rory Storm & the Hurricanes Ringo Starr Craig	$1,200 [26] In the title of a novel about "The Assassination Of Jesse James", author Ron Hansen called this man a coward Robert Ford Sara Craig
$800 [2] Is bordered on the north by the Baltic Sea & separated from Germany by the Oder River Poland Sara Craig	$800 [22] Fats are one of the 3 main classes of these that provide energy to the body nutrients Craig	$800 [8] In 1675, Leibniz was inventing calculus while this architect had his design of St. Paul's accepted by the King (Sir Christopher) Wren Craig	$800 [13] He flew faster than the speed of sound in a Bell X-1 that he named Glamorous Glennis for his wife (Chuck) Yeager Craig	$800 [18] Jason, the son of this man, wielded the drumsticks for a Led Zeppelin reunion at a 1988 concert John Bonham Craig Melissa	$1,600 [27] Initially, Henry Fleming is overwhelmed by fear & flees the battlefield in this Stephen Crane novel The Red Badge of Courage Craig
$1,200 [3] Is an island country due south of Turkey Cyprus Craig	$1,200 [23] An annoying thing, or in law, something offensive to the community a nuisance Melissa	$1,200 [9] While Baron Munchhausen was lying about his exploits, this Italian was exploiting his lying around Casanova Sara Craig	$1,200 [14] Despite being made almost entirely of birch, Howard Hughe's flying boat was dubbed this by the press the Spruce Goose Melissa	$1,200 [19] Despite losing an arm in a car accident, Rick Allen is still the drummer for this hard rockin' "Hysteria" band Def Leppard Craig	DD $2,500 [28] The character "judgement of" this second son of Priam was that he was a coward during the Trojan War Paris Craig
$2,000 [5] You'd visit to ski Kitzbuhel Austria Craig	$1,600 [24] It precedes weapon, winter & waste nuclear Sara	$1,600 [10] In 1858 Bernadette of Lourdes had visions of the Virgin Mary while John Speke sighted this lake, the source of the Nile Lake Victoria Craig	$1,600 [15] He was flying the Fokker DRI triplane no. 425/17 when he was killed in action in April 1918 the Red Baron (Baron Richthofen) Sara	$1,600 [20] Neil Peart of this band gets his sound with Pro Mark NP Signature 747 drumsticks Rush Craig	—
DD $2,500 [4] Has a territory just off Canada, even though it's 1,300 miles away Denmark Craig	$2,000 [25] Pertaining to coins numismatic Craig	$2,000 [11] In July, 1865 Edward Whymper scaled the Matterhorn; a month later, he found an effective antiseptic with carbolic acid (Joseph) Lister Craig	$2,000 [16] This B-29 that dropped the "Fat Man" bomb over Nagasaki was named for flyer Frederick C. Bock Bockscar Craig	$2,000 [21] Seen here, he made history in 1927 by being the first drummer to use a full kit on a recording Gene Krupa Craig	—

Final Jeopardy!

BUSINESS HISTORY

In 1938 his company began installing instruments in U.S. homes to record the frequencies to which a radio was tuned

A.C. Nielsen

Melissa "Who is Sarnoff" — wagered $6,000

Craig "Who is Nielsen?" — wagered $10,998

Sara "Who is Nielsen?" — wagered $10,201

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