Show #6589 2013-04-18 (taped 2012-12-04) Regular

Contestants

Darren Abernethy — a telecommunications attorney from Washington, D.C.

Judy Arginteanu — a freelance writer and editor from Minneapolis, Minnesota

Michelle Martin — a journalist from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,800)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Michelle	$200	$4,200	$9,400	$12,799 2nd place: $2,000	$9,000 18 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Judy	$5,200	$8,200	$20,000	$21,000 New champion: $21,000	$18,200 24 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Darren	$200	$1,800	$3,000	$3,000 3rd place: $1,000	$3,000 11 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

MINNE-CODA	LESSER-KNOWN FAITHS	THE EMMY FOR...	THEY RAN FOR PRESIDENT	BEASTLY COMMON BONDS	PORTMANTEAUS
$200 [3] Minnesota's Sawtooth Mountains end in the east when they reach this Great Lake (Lake) Superior Darren	$200 [1] In a 2001 British census, almost 400,000 listed their faith as this order introduced in "Star Wars" the Jedi Judy	$200 [26] Lead Actor in a Comedy, 2002: everybody loved him (Ray) Romano Michelle Darren	$200 [9] He'sa governor now, but here's how he looked running for president in 1976 Jerry Brown Judy	$200 [12] Azteca, Andalusian, Appaloosa horse Judy	$200 [21] The portmanteau word "Oxbridge" combines the names of these 2 institutions in England Oxford and Cambridge Judy
$400 [4] "You're gonna make it after all" is how the theme to this Minneapolis-set '70s sitcom ends The Mary Tyler Moore Show Judy Darren	$400 [2] The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster practices this religion, one letter off from the name of a Jamaican sect pastafarian Michelle Judy	$400 [27] Lead Actress in a Drama, 1999: the lady was a soprano (Edie) Falco Darren	$400 [10] A war hero, heearned his party's nomination on his third run Robert Dole Judy	$400 [17] Basking, mako, thresher shark Judy	$400 [22] Bar patrons forced outside by cigarette bans have engaged in smirting, a blend of smoking & this flirting Michelle
$600 [5] At the Mall of America, a store named for this fictional Garrison Keillor town shut its doors in 2009 Lake Wobegon Judy	$600 [8] "The slowest growing religion in the world", the Church of the Latter Day Dude was inspired by this slacker film The Big Lebowski Darren	$600 [28] Comedy Series, 2004: this chronicle of the Bluth family Arrested Development Darren	$600 [11] Twice Green, twice independent, four times aloser Ralph Nader Michelle	$600 [18] musk, sika, white-tailed deer Judy Darren	$800 [24] Saucy 7-letter image-sending activity that got congressman Anthony Weiner in trouble sexting Michelle
$800 [6] The full name of the Metrodome includes the name of this politician who met his maker in Waverly, Minnesota in 1978 Hubert H. Humphrey Judy	$800 [15] Incorporated in 1968, the Church of All Worlds takes inspiration from his novel "Stranger in a Strange Land" (Robert) Heinlein Judy	$800 [29] Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie, 2012: playing Sarah Palin was a "game change"r Julianne Moore Michelle	$800 [13] Despite no shortage of funds, helost as an independent and again on the Reform Party ticket (Ross) Perot Darren	$800 [19] black spider, golden snub-nosed, red colobus monkey Michelle	DD $1,000 [23] In 1949 Milton Berle hosted the first of these on the tube, for the Damon Runyon memorial cancer fund a telethon Michelle
$1,000 [7] (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Minnesota once stretched as far west as the Missouri River; when it became a state in 1858, its land area was pulled back to this river, that forms its entire border with North Dakota The Red River of the North Judy	$1,000 [16] The First United Church of Kopimism holds the key combination "CTRL C" & "CTRL" this letter as "deeply sacred" V Judy	$1,000 [30] Voice-over performance, 2006: Aaaah! Sideshow Bob! (Kelsey) Grammer Darren	$1,000 [14] Thisprosecutor & governor first got the GOP nomination in 1944 (Thomas) Dewey Judy Darren	$1,000 [20] green crested, collared, anole lizard Michelle	$1,000 [25] This economic term refers to a lack of consumer demand accompanied by rising prices & unemployment stagflation Michelle

Double Jeopardy! Round

AUTHORS AGAINST ADAPTATIONS	12-LETTER WORDS	SIGNS & SYMBOLS	VWLLSS AFRICAN COUNTRIES	FAMOUS NAMES	PORTMAN TOES
$400 [1] She said Tom Cruise "is no more my vampire...than Edward G. Robinson is Rhett Butler" Anne Rice Michelle	$400 [24] Mary, Mary quite contrary had silver bells & these in her garden cockleshells Michelle	$400 [11] It's the three-word warning symbolized here slippery when wet Michelle	$400 [16] LBR Liberia Michelle	$400 [6] Her work with the Missionaries of Charity put clinics in the slums of 160 cities, treating millions by the time she died in 1997 Mother Teresa Michelle	$400 [21] Natalie Portman is very much on pointe in this ballet film that won her an Oscar Black Swan Darren
$800 [2] After he felt Hollywood ruined his "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut", he wouldn't sell "The Catcher in the Rye" J. D. Salinger Michelle	$800 [25] Putting someone in peril; in law it follows "reckless" endangerment Darren	$800 [12] In 1956 art director John Graham created this symbol to promote NBC's color programming peacock Judy	$800 [17] GND Uganda Michelle	$800 [7] Her first job on the bench was as a judge in Maricopa County, Arizona in 1975; the Supreme Court came 6 years later Sandra Day O'Connor Darren	$800 [22] In the first few minutes of "Where the Heart Is", Natalie is "barefoot and" this, as the saying goes pregnant Judy
$1,200 [3] This author thought Stanley Kubrick "couldn't grasp the sheer inhuman evil of the Overlook Hotel" (Stephen) King Judy	$1,200 [26] It's an expert on antiquities from the land of the pharaohs, like Howard Carter Egyptologist Darren	$1,200 [13] It's theaccentin the name of Mystère by Cirque du Soleil at Treasure Island accent grave Judy	$1,200 [18] NMB Namibia Michelle	$1,200 [8] Name shared by the close friends of Pythias & of Affleck Damon Michelle	$1,200 [23] Term for the menu at Natalie's wedding & for a collection of animal-free shoes she launched vegan Michelle
DD $2,000 [4] Winston Groom's sequel to this book says, "don't never let nobody make a movie of your life's story" Forrest Gump Judy	$1,600 [27] The name of this percussion instrument is also German for "carillon" glockenspiel Judy	$2,000 [15] This planet'ssymbolis not an "h" but a sickle or scythe & may represent the Roman god of agriculture Saturn Darren	$1,600 [19] NGL Angola Judy	$1,600 [9] This ex-GOP senator & Erskine Bowles chaired a fiscal reform commission (Alan) Simpson Judy	—
$2,000 [5] Bret Easton Ellis felt this "American" book never should have been filmed, as it had an unreliable narrator American Psycho Michelle Judy	$2,000 [28] Negative adjective meaning refusing to take a stand or express one's feelings noncommittal Michelle	DD $3,000 [14] Not a property, it's represented on the Monopoly board by a diamond ring luxury tax Judy	$2,000 [20] LGR Algeria Michelle	$2,000 [10] This crime syndicate leader outlived his pal Bugsy Siegel by 36 years, dying Jan. 15, 1983 in Miami Beach Meyer Lansky	—

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD LEADERS

In 1990 she became the first modern head of government to give birth while in office, to a daughter named Bakhtawar

Benazir Bhutto

Darren "Who is Bhutto" — wagered $0

Michelle "Who is Benazir Bhutto?" — wagered $3,399

Judy "Who is Benazir Bhutto?" — wagered $1,000

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