Show #6575 2013-03-29 (taped 2012-11-14) Regular

Rebecca Rider game 2.

Contestants

Michael Carvaines — an independent filmmaker originally from Parma, Ohio

Joan Kossack — a pre-K teacher from Carol Stream, Illinois

Rebecca Rider — an office supply sales assistant from Fresh Meadows, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Rebecca	$4,200	$5,800	$11,800	$20,800 2-day champion: $46,400	$17,800 21 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Joan	$800	$2,200	$9,800	$16,800 2nd place: $2,000	$9,800 14 R, 3 W
Michael	$3,600	$6,400	$8,000	$100 3rd place: $1,000	$8,800 16 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

LOGOMANIA	WORLD CITIES	CONSTELLATION TRANSLATION	"BLACK" OR "WHITE"	A PERSON, PLACE & THING	IN A MUSICAL MOOD
$200 [21] In 1886, this company's owner for the world's first "motorwagen" Mercedes (or Mercedes-Benz) Joan	$200 [11] George Square in this largest Scottish city has a very tall column with Sir Walter Scott atop it Glasgow Michael	$200 [1] Corona Borealis is the northern one of these a crown Rebecca Joan	$200 [6] Chardonnay & Riesling white wine Joan	$200 [26] A "Solo" actor, a good spot to cross a river, a car company Ford Joan	$200 [15] What have you been doing all day?This song "I've Been Working On The Railroad" Rebecca
$400 [22] As you get older, you might actually hope for the use of this software product Photoshop Michael	$400 [12] It's the capital of the world's most populous country Beijing Michael	$400 [2] Cetus, a sea creature a whale Rebecca	$400 [7] It's another name for a pirate's Jolly Roger a black flag Michael	$400 [27] An L.A. Laker, a city in Japan, a type of beef Kobe Joan	$400 [16] 1970 unearthed this No. 1 hit song for Kentucky native Loretta Lynn "Coal Miner's Daughter" Rebecca
$600 [23] A blacksmith started this company with little more than an idea and some discarded steel John Deere Michael	$800 [14] (Vanna White delivers the clue from Jamaica.)Most cruise ships on Jamaica's northern coast dock at this port, whose name is Spanish for Eight Rivers Ocho Rios Joan	$600 [3] Scutum, for a soldier a shield	$600 [8] In 2012 this mobile device was ripe for the picking as its maker, Research in Motion, faced financial trouble BlackBerry Rebecca	$600 [28] A "Fresh Prince", a Kansas county, a women's college Smith Michael	$600 [17] La. gov. Jimmie Davis bought the copyright to this song, then claimed authorship--it made him happy when skies were gray "You Are My Sunshine" Joan Michael
$800 [24] The logo seenhereadvertises this line of products first released in 1985 Air Jordan Rebecca Michael	$1,000 [20] Once an imperial naval base, this Siberian port is headquarters to Russia's Pacific Fleet Vladivostok Rebecca	$800 [4] Horologium, maybe on the wall a clock Rebecca	$800 [9] U.S. ski trails marked with this symbol are considered difficult; double or triple markings are for experts only a black diamond Michael	$800 [29] A modern rock piano-playing chanteuse, a "Valley" north of San Bernardino, a fruit apple	$800 [18] This British band gave us "Creep", "High and Dry" & "Lotus Flower", one of Rolling Stone's Top 10 2011 singles Radiohead Michael
$1,000 [25] "Bird is the word" for this brand of often salty snacks whose logo is seen here Wise Rebecca	DD $1,800 [13] This capital of Australia's Northern Territory lies on Beagle Gulf Darwin Michael	$1,000 [5] Vulpecula a fox Rebecca	$1,000 [10] Giddyup on over to this capital of Canada's Yukon Territory Whitehorse Rebecca	$1,000 [30] A "Big Bang Theory" actor, a city in Kansas, a "New School for Design" Parsons	$1,000 [19] In a Rodgers & Hart classic, "We'll have Manhattan", these 2 boroughs, too the Bronx & Staten Island Michael

Double Jeopardy! Round

BRITISH LITERARY QUOTES	WHAT'S YOUR BAILEY-WICK?	NATIONS' LEADERS IN 1900	GEMS	WORD ORIGINS	WORKING WITH PLATO
$400 [1] This Austen title character "had lived nearly 21 years in the world with very little to distress or vex her" Emma Rebecca	$400 [2] George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart):The town of Bedford Falls in this Christmas film It's A Wonderful Life Rebecca	$400 [22] Nicholas II Russia Joan	$400 [16] A British coronation ring features 5 of these red gems in the shape of a cross lying over a large sapphire rubies Rebecca	$400 [11] The numerical record of a sporting event, it comes from the Old Norse for 20 & also means 20 score Joan	$400 [21] Plato was a teacher of this Greek philosopher & scientist who also became a colleague Aristotle Michael
$800 [7] The first entry of her diary is "129 lbs. (but post-Christmas), alcohol units 14... cigarettes 22, calories 5424" Bridget Jones Rebecca	$800 [3] James Bailey:The circus, merging with this impresario's "Greatest Show On Earth" in 1881 P.T. Barnum Rebecca	$800 [23] Queen Wilhelmina the Netherlands Joan Michael	$800 [17] Traces of copper & iron give the bluish-green tint to this stone found in Iran & the American Southwest turquoise Joan	$800 [12] This ballroom dance gets its name from the Spanish for "revelry", not from a liquor rhumba	$800 [27] The followers of this philosopher & mathematician are the foils in "Phaedo"; they don't take the right angle Pythagoras Michael
$1,200 [8] "The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time", he points out to a police inspector, is that the dog did nothing Sherlock Holmes Rebecca	$1,200 [4] Kay Bailey Hutchison: being the first woman to represent this state in the U.S. Senate Texas Rebecca	$1,200 [24] An empire:Sultan Abdulhamid II the Ottoman Empire Michael	$1,200 [18] One of May's birthstones, it's named for Sicily's Achates River, where it was mined in antiquity agate Joan Michael	$1,200 [13] Derived from the Latin for "high", it's an adjective meaning proud & scornful haughty Joan	$1,200 [28] Plato's unfinished "Critias" was to detail the ancient war between Athens & this fabled island Atlantis Michael
$1,600 [9] She plans to draw a picture of herself & write under it, "Portrait of a governess, disconnected, poor, and plain" Jane Eyre	$1,600 [5] This man, first name Francis, the courtroom, as when representing Dr. Sam Sheppard & Patty Hearst F. Lee Bailey	$1,600 [25] Porfiro Diaz Mexico Rebecca	$1,600 [19] The finest variety of this purple quartz gemstone comes from mines in Uruguay amethysts Rebecca	$1,600 [14] From the Greek for "pleasure", it's the term for an unbridled pursuit of it hedonism Rebecca Joan Michael	DD $2,000 [29] In 529 A.D. almost 1,000 years after it was created by Plato, this school was closed by Justinian I the Academy Michael
$2,000 [10] "Once upon a time there were four little rabbits, and their names were--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, & Peter", she wrote Beatrix Potter Rebecca	$2,000 [6] David Bailey, the inspiration for Antonioni's "Blow-up":this field for British Vogue photography Joan	$2,000 [26] Wilhelm II, German Kaiser & king of this former state Prussia Michael	DD $6,000 [20] The red spots of Jasper give this mineral its name the bloodstone Rebecca	$2,000 [15] The name of this sudden, overwhelming terror or fear comes from the Greek god thought to cause it panic Joan	$2,000 [30] This work is about an ideal city where justice is complete & imitative poets are exiled Plato's Republic Joan

Final Jeopardy!

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

Since 1850, 1 of the 2 Republicans to appear on the ticket as president or vice president 3 elections in a row

Richard Nixon or George H.W. Bush

Michael "Who is Cleveland?" — wagered $7,900

Joan "Who is Nixon?" — wagered $7,000

Rebecca "Who is George H.W. Bush?" — wagered $9,000

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