Show #6587 2013-04-16 (taped 2012-12-04) Regular

Contestants

Gary Roberts — a defense consultant from Suffolk, Virginia

Jamey Wiglesworth — a DJ and bar trivia host from Versailles, Kentucky

Lisa Byatt — a technical writer from Amherst, New Hampshire (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Lisa $800 $2,800 $8,800 $1
3rd place: $1,000
$8,800
12 R, 2 W
Jamey $-400 $200 $12,800 $20,201
2nd place: $2,000
$11,400
13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Gary $4,400 $9,800 $20,200 $25,601
New champion: $25,601
$20,200
28 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY INSTRUMENT-ATION 19th CENTURY SPORTS "D" LICIOUS HAWAIIAN CROSSWORD CLUES WE'VE GOT YOU SURROUNDED!
$200 [7]
In 1620 pilgrims established this colony, the first permanent English settlement in New England
Plymouth
Lisa
$200 [26]
Proverbially, if you're in perfect health, you're "fit as" one of these
a fiddle
Gary
$200 [15]
In 1896, for the longest Olympic event in this sport the athletes were taken 1,200 meters out to sea by boat & left there
swimming
Lisa
$200 [1]
A cruller or old-fashioned
a donut
Lisa Gary
$200 [6]
Lei day dance (4)
a hula
Gary
$200 [20]
Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein
Switzerland
Gary
$400 [8]
At least 50 of the 85 letters making up the "Federalist Papers" were written by this future treasury secretary
Hamilton
Gary
$400 [27]
It's the instrumental name of the wine glasses seen here
a flute
Gary
$400 [16]
On May 27, 1873 Survivor won the first running of this Triple Crown race in Baltimore by 10 lengths
the Preakness
Gary
$400 [2]
2-word Chinese term for small, often steamed dishes served as light meals or appetizers
a dim sum
Gary
$400 [10]
Outdoor bash (4)
a luau
Gary
$400 [21]
India, China
Nepal
Lisa
$600 [9]
For fiscal 2000, the U.S. had a $236 billion one of these, our largest ever
a surplus
Jamey Gary
$600 [28]
Sawyer Sawyer, Thumb Thumb or Brokaw Brokaw
a Tom Tom
Jamey
$600 [17]
In the 1890s strategy in this sport included kicking opponents, & the flying wedge was a popular offensive play
football
Gary
$600 [3]
Demonic term for a dark, dense baked chocolate item
a devil's food cake
Gary
$600 [11]
Necklace shell (4)
a puka
Jamey Gary
$600 [22]
Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia
Paraguay
Lisa
$1,000 [25]
"His name is" this & in 1869 this doctor who had set John Wilkes Booth's leg was pardoned & freed from prison
(Samuel) Mudd
Lisa
$800 [29]
Don't be obtuse! okay, be obtuse if you're one of these figures, or even isosceles if you'd like
a triangle
Gary
$800 [18]
What's now this tennis tournament began as an event hosted by a Newport, Rhode Island casino in 1881
the U.S. Open
Lisa
$800 [4]
These British biscuits got their name because the baking soda in them was thought to help the body process food
a digestive
Lisa
$800 [12]
Honolulu's gem of a landmark (7, 4)
Diamond Head
Jamey
$800 [23]
Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi
Rwanda
Gary
DD $1,200 [14]
Selling out early, this prospector who gave his name to a mother lode of silver ended up broke & took his own life
(Henry) Comstock
Gary
$1,000 [30]
In "Twelfth Night", she's Sebastian's twin
Viola
Lisa
$1,000 [19]
Candy Cummings is credited with introducing this pitch in the 1860s; some thought it was an optical illusion
a curve ball
Gary
$1,000 [5]
2-word term for any cow's milk cheese enriched to contain at least 60% butterfat
double cream
$1,000 [13]
A young woman (6)
a wahine
Gary
$1,000 [24]
France, Germany, Belgium
Luxembourg
Gary

Double Jeopardy! Round

KEEPING UP WITH THE JOANS NONFICTION MEDICAL PROCEDURES "M.C." ANCIENT BABYLON MODERN BABBLING
$400 [16]
John's big sister, she recently played William H. Macy's love interest on "Shameless"
(Joan) Cusack
Jamey
$400 [6]
A former Navy SEAL chronicled "No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed" him
Osama bin Laden
Gary
$400 [2]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C..) The amount of blood taken from you is one unit, or about a pint, less than half the amount used in one of these medical procedures where someone else gets your blood
a transfusion
Gary
$400 [4]
Usually a den with a TV & not a hollow in the earth, it's a place where a guy can get away from it all
a man cave
Lisa
$400 [1]
Babylonian society had 3 classes: free citizens, partially free dependents & these people who could buy their freedom
slaves
Gary
$400 [5]
The book's title says it all: "It's Not" this science "and Other Irritating Modern Cliches"
It's Not Rocket Science
$800 [21]
Shewas once dubbed "Queen of the Movies"
Joan Crawford
Jamey
$800 [25]
In "Dream New Dreams", Jai Pausch carries on after the death of her husband Randy, best known for this "Last" book
The Last Lecture
$800 [3]
Reduction is the medical name for "popping it back in", which tough guys try to do with this displacement of a joint
a dislocation
Jamey Gary
$800 [7]
A mix of batters gives this dessert its characteristic look
a marble cake
Gary
$800 [13]
This Macedonian wanted to combine Asia & Europe into one country & make Babylon its capital; he died in the city in 323 B.C.
Alexander the Great
Jamey
$800 [18]
As John McCain lagged in fund-raising in 2007, an ex-supporter said in a Texas paper, "stick" this "in him, he's done"
a fork
Lisa
$1,200 [22]
This folk singer who once dated Steve Jobs sang "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" at his memorial
(Joan) Baez
Jamey
$1,200 [26]
This author who died in 2012 sold over 20 million copies of his "7 Habits" books, not to mention "The 8th Habit"
(Stephen) Covey
Gary
$1,200 [8]
Carrie on "Homeland" had ECT, electroconvulsive therapy, on this organ
your brain
Lisa
$1,600 [11]
It's the feature of the garment seenherethat fits the category
a Mandarin collar
Lisa
$1,200 [14]
26 of his laws concerned regulations for professional men such as physicians & boatbuilders
Hammurabi
Gary
$1,200 [19]
Seems impossible, but Victoria Beckham says, "I give" this percent & "I expect that from the people that work with me"
110%
Jamey
$1,600 [23]
Herfilms include "Bonneville", "Pleasantville", and "The Upside of Anger"
Joan Allen
$1,600 [27]
"American Prometheus" was subtitled "The Triumph and Tragedy of" this father of the atomic bomb
Oppenheimer
Jamey
$1,600 [9]
You can plump up those wrinkles by injecting zyderm, a cow type of this protein
collagen
Jamey
$2,000 [12]
A diamond shaped in this style is an oval, usually with 58 facets
a marquise cut
Gary
DD $1,200 [15]
This longest river in southwest Asia flowed through the center of ancient Babylon
the Euphrates
Gary
$1,600 [20]
Resigning in 2001, Canadian senator Therese Lavoie-Roux, like many politicians, said she wanted to do this "time"ly thing
spend time with her grandchildren/family
Jamey Gary
$2,000 [24]
"A Prima Donna's Progress" is the autobiography of this Aussie dame
Joan Sutherland
Gary
$2,000 [28]
Cheryl Strayed's "Wild" takes her "From Lost to Found" on this West Coast pathway, the PCT
the Pacific Crest Trail
Jamey
$2,000 [30]
"Daddy, you're so handsome", said the 3-year-old daughter of the man who got the USA's 1st full one of these surgeries
face transplant
Lisa
DD $2,600 [10]
It's "my bad"--in Latin
mea culpa
Jamey
$2,000 [17]
Processional Way, Babylon's main street, ran through this gate on the north known for its blue glazed brick
the Ishtar Gate
$2,000 [29]
One of Forbes' "89 business cliches that will get any MBA promoted" is "low-hanging" this
fruit
Jamey

Final Jeopardy!

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS

The winner in 1984, he likes to be called "Arch", a reference to his job

Desmond Tutu

Lisa "Who is Paul Krugman?" — wagered $8,799
Jamey "Who is Desmond Tutu?" — wagered $7,401
Gary "Who is Desmond Tutu" — wagered $5,401

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