Show #6594 2013-04-25 (taped 2012-12-05) Regular

Contestants

George McAleese — a political researcher from Washington, D.C.

Amanda Steadman — a director of underwriting policy from Winnipeg, Manitoba

Andy Hermann — a website producer from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $27,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Andy $2,400 $4,400 $13,600 $22,401
2nd place: $2,000
$15,600
20 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Amanda $1,200 $1,000 $11,200 $16,200
3rd place: $1,000
$9,600
10 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
George $2,200 $4,000 $14,800 $27,201
New champion: $27,201
$14,800
17 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

NOAH'S ARC GREEN WITH NON-ENVY HOME LAND PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS LET'S GOLF! HERE'S YOUR T OFF TIME
$200 [21]
The studly Noah is introduced begetting sons as a quincentenarian, a man of this age
500
Andy Amanda George
$200 [16]
This green fruit comes in Persian & key varieties
lime
Andy
$200 [11]
Alexanderplatz, seen here
Germany
Andy George
$200 [6]
$1,000 for a bagel? sure, if its cream cheese is infused with these underground fungi
truffles
Andy
$200 [1]
"1st in place or rank!"...that's a bit too long, so our warning word will be this; means the same thing
fore
George
$800 [27]
A racehorse rest area runs off a "T" to transform into a weasel-like mammal
stable & sable
$400 [22]
Noah peaks in Genesis 6:8-9, which describes him as just, perfect & finding this "in the eyes of" the Lord
grace
$400 [17]
This green beryl gemstone with a blue tint is more valuable than one with a yellow tint
emerald
Andy
$400 [12]
The Kaaba
Saudi Arabia
Amanda
$400 [7]
At Norma's in NYC, the "zillion dollar" frittata with caviar & this crustacean is a bargain at a mere $1,000
lobster
Andy
$400 [2]
You can see why this animal term is used to describe the type of hole seen here
dogleg
George
$1,000 [26]
A total score drops its "T" to become a supporter, like a friendly country
tally & ally
Andy
$600 [23]
Noah's still doing well after the flood, when he builds one of these to make offerings
altar
George
$600 [18]
This leafy annual of the goosefoot family is high in iron but won't turn your forearm anchor tattoos into rockets
spinach
Andy
$600 [13]
Angel Falls
Venezuela
Amanda
$600 [8]
At New York's Serendipity 3, a $1,000 one of these is drizzled with Tuscan chocolate & gold leaf, not hot fudge
sundae
Andy
$600 [3]
By 1986 this "Golden Bear" had played in 100 major championships, with 45 top 3 finishes
Jack Nicklaus
Andy
$800 [24]
Things start to go sour for Noah in Genesis 9:20; every job is open to him, & he chooses to plant these
grapes
George
$800 [19]
You get an "A" if you know the green this is the largest snake in the Western Hemisphere; it may be 30 feet long
anaconda
George
DD $1,000 [14]
The warriors seen here
China
Amanda
$800 [9]
Yo! at Philadelphia's Barclay Prime, this sandwich is $100 (it's made with Wagyu ribeye & Fontina)
cheesesteak
Andy
$800 [4]
Every 2 years, teams from the U.S. & Europe compete to win this cup; 14 1/2 points will take it
Ryder Cup
George
$1,000 [25]
Noah hits bottom when he's passed out naked & Ham has to tell these 2 brothers to cover up their father
Shem and Japheth
$1,000 [20]
Norman Osborn is the civilian name of this bad guy who has Spider-Man climbing the walls
The Green Goblin
George
$1,000 [15]
Paricutin volcano
Mexico
$1,000 [10]
The $270 prix fixe menu can really clean you out at Thomas Keller's Napa valley restaurant called "French" this
The French Laundry
Amanda George
$1,000 [5]
In 2012 this big Mc won the PGA Championship by 8 shots, the same as his 2011 U.S. Open triumph
Rory McIlroy
Amanda

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA LITERARY SECOND BANANAS ACTORS WHO SING WHAT'S YOUR TECHNIQUE? THE FAST & THE FURRIEST OUT ON A "LIM"
$400 [6]
Union troops cut a path 50 miles wide, destroying all public buildings & mills on Sherman's march to the sea through this state
Georgia
George
$400 [1]
Robinson Crusoe "taught him to say yes and no and to know the meaning of them"
Friday
Amanda
$400 [12]
She displays her pipes as Fantine in the 2012 film version of "Les Miserables"
Anne Hathaway
George
$400 [26]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue in front of a television monitor.) A single moving image is suddenly held persistently in this film technique
freeze (frame)
Andy
$400 [11]
G'day! the red species of this Aussie animal can hopalong, Cassidy, at about 30 miles per hour
kangaroo
Andy
$400 [21]
There once was this 5-line type of poem, by humor & meter you'll know 'em
limerick
Andy
$800 [7]
One of the Civil War's last battles was fought in May 1865 near the mouth of the Rio Grande in this state
Texas
Amanda
$800 [2]
This simple squire of Don Quixote has a wife, Teresa, a son, Sanchico, & daughter, Mari Sancha
Sancho Panza
Andy
$800 [13]
This Oscar-winning actor released a self-titled album in 2011
Jeff Bridges
Andy
$800 [27]
A boxing move paired with "bobbing", or interlacing threads to form fabric
weaving
George
$800 [15]
As it zips around the eastern, central & southern African plains at 70 mph, it's hard to say this large cat "never wins"
cheetah
George
$800 [22]
A car with a separate driver's compartment
limousine
Amanda
$1,200 [8]
On Dec. 20, 1860 it became the first state to leave the Union; a few months later, the Civil War would begin there
South Carolina
George
$1,200 [3]
This Agatha Christie sleuth is fond of his chronicler Arthur Hastings but thinks he's a bit of an imbecile
Hercule Poirot
Andy
$1,200 [14]
2011's "Let Them Talk" is an album of American blues by this Brit who played "House"
Hugh Laurie
George
$1,200 [28]
Requiring only a small incision, laparoscopy is a surgical technique that is M.I., which stands for this
minimally invasive
Andy
$1,200 [16]
We're not "laughing" at the spotted type of this doglike carnivore, which can run 40 miles per hour
hyena
Andy
$1,200 [23]
Lithe & nimble
limber
Andy
$1,600 [9]
Fredericksburg in this state changed hands 7 times during the Civil War
Virginia
Amanda
DD $2,000 [4]
In the "Iliad", Patroclus is the bosom companion of this fierce Greek warrior
Achilles
Andy
$1,600 [17]
She did her own singing & learned the autoharp to play June Carter Cash; the effort paid off in an Oscar
(Reese) Witherspoon
Andy
$1,600 [29]
The flowers are piled on top of each other in moribana, a style of this classical art of Japanese flower arranging
Ikebana
$2,000 [20]
Go forward, move ahead, try to detect this 7-letter hound that can run 35 mph, it's not too late...it's this hound, good
whippet
$1,600 [24]
"Incredible" mollusk of the genus Patella
limpet
Amanda
$2,000 [10]
After some federal control was established in 1862, Lincoln made Andrew Johnson the military gov. of this state
Tennessee
George
$2,000 [5]
In Patrick O'Brian's sea novels, physician Stephen Maturin is the sidekick of this captain
Jack Aubrey
George
$2,000 [18]
He did his own singing as rocker Stacee Jaxx in the movie "Rock Of Ages"
Tom Cruise
Amanda
$2,000 [30]
William Faulkner used this 3-word narrative technique to render a flow of impressions
stream of consciousness
Andy
DD $3,000 [19]
Check out the grace of a Thomson's this type of antelope, but do it quickly; it can hit 50 miles per hour
gazelle
Amanda
$2,000 [25]
In math, a converging series approaches this
limit
George

Final Jeopardy!

TV SPIN-OFFS

Premiering in 1993, this show lasted 11 seasons, like its predecessor show; the 2 were set nearly 2,500 miles apart

Frasier

Amanda "What is Frasier?" — wagered $5,000
Andy "What is Frasier?" — wagered $8,801
George "What was Frasier?" — wagered $12,401

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