Show #6595 2013-04-26 (taped 2012-12-05) Regular

Contestants

Jody Carlson — a paralegal from Fairfax, Virginia

John Leavy — a programmer from Austin, Texas

George McAleese — a political researcher from Washington, D.C. (whose 1-day cash winnings total $27,201)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
George	$3,200	$5,000	$18,000	$29,201 2-day champion: $56,402	$17,000 19 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
John	$3,400	$5,200	$12,000	$23,000 3rd place: $1,000	$12,000 18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Jody	$1,200	$4,600	$14,600	$24,600 2nd place: $2,000	$14,200 17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

I HAVE ISSUES	ABBREV. TV	AIRLINES	EUROPEAN LIT	ELEMENTS IN THE HUMAN BODY	SOUNDS LIKE A CLASSIC ARCADE GAME
$200 [23] I never throw anything away; I've got what the Mayo Clinic calls "Compulsive" this "Syndrome" hoarding John	$200 [1] Sitcom narrated through flashbacks from the future: "HIMYM" How I Met Your Mother George	$200 [6] Its loyalty program is called "AAdvantage" American Jody	$200 [9] This 1759 Voltaire work attacks optimism by putting the title trusting young man through misery Candide John	$200 [20] These 2 chemical elements make up 100% of a glass of water & 75% of the human body hydrogen and oxygen Jody	$200 [14] They can be near-earth, Trojan, or main-belt asteroid George
$400 [25] My favorite actor says I've been doing this, defined in California as willfully following & making a credible threat stalking Jody	$400 [2] Fashion rules from Stacy & Clinton: "WNTW" What Not To Wear George	$400 [7] Seen here is the logo of this airline that's been based in Chicago since the 1930s United Jody	$400 [10] Her diary was originally published in Dutch in 1947 as "Het Achterhuis" Anne Frank John	$400 [21] As it makes up 18% of us, humans are described as life-forms "based" on this element carbon Jody	$400 [15] A tilting match joust John
$600 [26] I'm an onychophagist, which means I do this, so you're safe--only my manicure is not bite your nails Jody	$600 [3] A competition: "SYTYCD" So You Think You Can Dance Jody	$600 [8] One of its slogans was "We love to fly and it shows" Delta John	$600 [11] When he lashed Norwegian society in "A Doll's House", he had been in his homeland only once in 15 years Ibsen George	$600 [22] Your bones don't glow in the dark, but they do contain this "light-bringing" element that makes up 1% of you phosphorus	$600 [16] Multisegmented predaceous arthropod centipede John
$800 [27] I've lost jobs by doing this, a verb meaning pretend to be sick malingering John	$800 [4] Miss J. Alexander prepped the beauties: "ANTM" America's Next Top Model George	$800 [18] This airline began service to Houston & San Antonio from Dallas' Love Field on June 18, 1971 Southwest Jody	$800 [12] "Outpouring Of The Heart Of An Art-Loving Lay Brother" from 1797 is called the first German work in this movement romanticism John	$800 [29] This essential mineral is the most abundant metal in your body calcium John	$800 [17] A medieval plate mail glove gauntlet George
$1,000 [28] I'm so fanatical, I've been called this, named for a Judean sect that battled Rome a zealot	$1,000 [5] Drama starring Jim Caviezel: "POI" Person of Interest George	$1,000 [19] Pilot Sully Sullenberger performed the "Miracle on the Hudson" while flying for this airline US Airways George	DD $1,000 [13] Yannis Ritsos' poetry collection "O Epitafios" was symbolically burned at the foot of this hill the Acropolis John	$1,000 [30] You contain copper, zinc & this metal, the most abundant element in our planet iron John	$1,000 [24] It precedes "of the faith" in a title used by British monarchs since the 1500s defender Jody

Double Jeopardy! Round

ROME, IF YOU WANT TO	ODD WORDS	ON BROADWAY 1913	SINGLE NAMED SINGERS	NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES	CAVES
$400 [1] 3,000 Romans at a time could clean up in this facility named for Diocletian the Baths John	$400 [3] To chirotonize is to exercise this democratic right to vote Jody	$400 [6] The fabulous Shubert theatre opened with British star Johnston Forbes-Robertson as this doomed Dane Hamlet George	$400 [27] (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Robben Island in South Africa.) Nelson Mandela's prisoner number Here on Robben Island--46664--became the name of an HIV/AIDS charity & also the title of a fundraising song co-written by this U2 superstar Bono John	$400 [7] In the mid-1600s, the Iroquois nearly wiped out the Erie & this other tribe that shares its name with a Great Lake Huron George	$400 [14] The Waitomo caves on this country's North Island are lit by thousands of glowworms New Zealand John
$800 [2] Rome lies on both banks of this roughly 250-mile-long river the Tiber Jody	$800 [4] To "bury" this is to place an item of lesser significance first in an article the lede George	$800 [28] Playing at the Hippodrome, the musical "America" had a bizarre plot about stealing the plans to this 50-mile-long dig the Panama Canal George Jody	$800 [8] This rapper has been called many things, but don't forget "Oscar winner" (for original song) for "8 Mile" Eminem George	$800 [18] The Yankton & Oglala were members of this broad alliance of tribes the Sioux Jody	$800 [16] On December 2, 1929 a skull of this prehistoric man was discovered in Zhoukoudian Cave in China Peking Man John
$1,200 [15] Nicola Salvi won a 1732 competition by designing this Baroque fountain; it took 30 years to complete the Trevi Fountain George	$1,200 [5] A lazaretto is a hospital especially for these people lepers John	$1,200 [25] "The Sunshine Girl" was a hit & popularized the turkey trot, a new one of these a dance George	$1,200 [9] In 2010 this rocker wrote a theme song for the Minnesota Vikings; is that why he's so into purple? Prince George	$1,200 [19] In 1957, a century after a series of wars against the U.S., this tribe from Florida regained Federal recognition the Seminoles Jody	$1,200 [26] The walls of Oklahoma's Alabaster Caverns are formed of this soft white mineral often used to make drywall gypsum John
$1,600 [17] The ruins of the Domus Aurea, this Emperor's "Golden House" built after the Great Fire, sit in a public park in Rome Nero Jody	$1,600 [12] Those born under Jupiter's sign were supposed to be joyful & this word describing them is derived from Jupiter's alias jovial George	$1,600 [24] Later to help establish sound in the movies, he had them rolling in the aisles starring in "The Honeymoon Express" in 1913 Al Jolson	$1,600 [10] "But we're never gonna survive, unless" you name this singer who went "Crazy" on Billboard's Top 40 in 1991 Seal John	DD $2,000 [20] Code talkers using the language of this Southwestern were involved in every U.S. Marine assault in the Pacific 1942-45 the Navajo Jody	$1,600 [29] During the War of 1812, this Kentucky cave was used to mine saltpeter for the making of gunpowder Mammoth Cave George
$2,000 [22] This Roman street that runs from the Villa Borgheseto the Piazza Barberiniwas portrayedin "La Dolce vita" Via Veneto	$2,000 [13] Put these 3 letters, meaning "mouth", in front of "-smacked" & you get a word meaning "flabbergasted" gob Jody	$2,000 [23] The sufferings of Suffragettes were spoofed at the New Amsterdam Theatre in the 1913 edition of these "Follies" the Ziegfeld Follies John	$2,000 [11] In 1995 she sang "Army Of Me"--but really, when you wear a swan dress to the Oscars, that's what folks will remember Bjork Jody	$2,000 [21] The name "Comanche" comes from a word meaning "enemy" or "stranger" in the language of this 3-letter tribe the Ute John	DD $3,000 [30] The Republic of Georgia's Krubera Cave in this mountain system is the world's deepest at 7,188 feet the Caucasus George

Final Jeopardy!

GREAT NOVELS

A preface to this novel called it "rustic all through... Moorish, and wild, and knotty as the root of Heath"

Wuthering Heights

John "What is Wuthering Heights?" — wagered $11,000

Jody "What is Wuthering Heights?" — wagered $10,000

George "What is Wuthering Heights" — wagered $11,201

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