Show #6615 2013-05-24 (taped 2013-01-09) Regular

Contestants

Catherine Radford — a property manager from Charlestown, Massachusetts

Chris Long — a human resources director from Thousand Oaks, California

Mike Lewis — a systems engineer from Bloomington, Minnesota (whose 1-day cash winnings total $35,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Mike $3,600 $8,400 $19,800 $27,800
2-day champion: $62,800
$16,000
24 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Chris $1,600 $6,200 $13,900 $21,900
2nd place: $2,000
$17,400
20 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Catherine $1,200 $2,200 $10,600 $20,600
3rd place: $1,000
$10,600
11 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

GETTIN' PIGGY WITH IT HISTORY'S ODDS & ENDS WE'LL NEED THE "RENT" THE RICHEST PERSON IN THE STATE WRITERS AT REST JOCK-ULARITY
$200 [1]
Winston Churchill reportedly said, "I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as" this
equals
Mike
$200 [6]
Congressman Peter Rodino, son of an Italian immigrant, introduced the bill establishing this October national holiday
Columbus Day
Mike
$200 [8]
See-through
transparent
Mike
$200 [9]
Washington:This computer geek
Bill Gates
Catherine
$200 [10]
Ray Bradbury's headstone calls him the author of this 1953 classic
Fahrenheit 451
Catherine
$200 [15]
"I feel like I'm the best, but you're not going to get me to say that", said this 49er, the NFL's career reception leader
Jerry Rice
Mike
$400 [2]
Frank Oz said of her, "She has a lot of vulnerability which she has to hide because of her need to be a superstar"
Miss Piggy
Mike
$400 [7]
In May 1936 the Hindenburg crossed the Atlantic for the first time & in June, this largest ocean liner did
the Queen Mary
Chris Catherine
$400 [27]
Without interest or feeling in regard to something
indifferent
Catherine
$400 [16]
Nebraska:This "Oracle of Omaha"
(Warren) Buffett
Chris
$400 [11]
This Irish author is buried with his wife Nora in Zurich's Fluntern Cemetery
James Joyce
Mike Catherine
$400 [17]
This "Iron" boxer said of an opponent, "My main objective is to be professional but to kill him"
Tyson
Chris
$600 [3]
In a classic kids' book, Charlotte builds her web to save the pig named this
Wilbur
Mike
$600 [21]
In a Disney movie, this Patuxet man learns English in exchange for lessons in popping corn
Squanto
Mike Catherine
$600 [28]
You're babbling, you're not making any sense, you're...
incoherent
Mike
$600 [24]
Louisiana:Tom Benson, owner of these 2 pro sports teams
the Saints & the Hornets
Chris
$600 [12]
This British author was buried in the Shire--Oxfordshire, that is--alongside wife Edith
Tolkien
Mike
$600 [18]
Couldn't do the category without this Yankee: "He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious"
(Yogi) Berra
Chris
$800 [4]
On their journey home from the Trojan War, his companions were turned into pigs by Circe
Odysseus
Catherine
$800 [22]
You could have fun, fun, fun on this first superhighway, opened in Berlin in 1921
the autobahn
Mike
$800 [29]
This hyphenated word applies to statements like "this is an extremely clever clue"
self-referential
$800 [25]
Oregon:This chairman of Nike
Phil Knight
Chris
$800 [13]
Notables in Paris' Pere Lachaise include Jean de Brunhoff, who created this "little elephant" of kids' books
Babar
Mike
$800 [19]
Walt Frazier's suggested defense for this hefty NBA star who became a TNT analyst: "Offer him a pizza"
Charles Barkley
Chris
$1,000 [5]
Tourists love to take pictures with Rachel, a life-size bronze piggy bank outside this city's Pike Place Market
Seattle
Chris
$1,000 [23]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In Wyoming on July 18, as many turned right to the familiar route west, this 20-wagon party went left toward Fort Bridger & Hastings Cutoff; that did not end well
the Donner Party
Mike
DD $3,000 [30]
Often an adjective, it's also a noun meaning a country at war
belligerent
Mike
$1,000 [26]
Kansas:Charles of this family that supports conservative causes
Koch
$1,000 [14]
This author of "Light in August" was laid to rest in Saint Peter's Cemetery in Oxford, Mississippi
(William) Faulkner
Chris
$1,000 [20]
Kevin Constantine, once coach of this NHL team featuring Jaromir Jagr, said players speak 2 languages: English & profanity
the Pittsburgh Penguins
Chris

Double Jeopardy! Round

B1, B2... I-20 'N '39 GEE, 50 "O" 75 BINGO
$400 [14]
High doses of vitamin B3, aka niacin, are used to lower the "bad" type of this in the blood & increase the "good"
cholesterol
Mike
$400 [9]
Heading west, Interstate 20 starts around Florence in this state; duck down 154 to head to Sumter
South Carolina
Chris
$400 [1]
On Sept. 29, 1939 Nazi troops entered this Polish capital
Warsaw
Mike
$400 [7]
If you're 50, you're eligible to be a full member of this 37 million-strong organization founded in 1958
AARP
Mike
$400 [6]
The Cassini spacecraft observed a lot about Saturn while making 75 of these
orbit
Chris
$800 [29]
In 2010 this "Fly Like An Eagle" band released "Bingo!", their first studio album in 17 years
the Steve Miller Band
Mike
$800 [15]
Shots of this, aka cobalamin, have been touted by celebrities as a way to boost energy & lose weight
B12
Chris
$800 [10]
I-20 rolls like the tide into this city, home of the 2013 BCS national champs
Tuscaloosa
Mike Chris
$800 [2]
In October FDR became pen pals with this physicist over the possibility of an atomic bomb
Einstein
Mike
$800 [19]
So you've hit 50 & have a few bucks? Time for a 911 Turbo from this company; 0 to 60 in 3.5 & yours for 137 grand
Porsche
Mike
$800 [8]
If you want to carry 225 pounds, get 75 of this bird's eggs
ostrich
Chris
$1,200 [28]
Bingo Bob Russell was a mediocre politician who took over for John Hoynes as VP on this TV series
The West Wing
$1,600 [17]
Symptoms of a B2 deficiency include fatigue, blurred vision & glossitis, an inflammation of this
the tongue
Catherine
$1,200 [11]
I-20 cuts through the heart of Mississippi & connects Vicksburg to this capital of the state
Jackson
Chris
$1,600 [4]
At the height of prewar tensions, the 11th pontiff with this name died in February & was followed by the 12th
Pius
Mike
$1,200 [20]
50-year-olds beware this painful condition named for a nerve running from the lumbar spine to above the knee
sciatica
Catherine
$1,200 [23]
A type of fairy tale monster for whom eating 75 children is just an appetizer
ogre
Chris
$1,600 [27]
On Saturday mornings, Bingo & Snorky kept the beat for this foursome that sounds like ice cream treats
The Banana Splits
Chris
$2,000 [18]
Seen often in Asia, this disease with a double-talk name is caused by a B1 deficiency
beriberi
Catherine
$1,600 [12]
Who wants gumbo?! Y'all take I-20 to this "port" city in northwest Louisiana
Shreveport
Mike Chris
$2,000 [5]
On a lighter note it was a great year for movies, including this one that won an Oscar for director Victor Fleming
Gone With the Wind
Catherine
$1,600 [21]
You're 50, but this clothing item just doesn't work for you, now or in the 19th century
ascot
Mike
$1,600 [24]
About $3,500 will buy 75 1-carat examples of the black type of this birthstone
opal
Chris Catherine
$2,000 [26]
A mermaid named Lorelei is part of the fun in this Frankie Avalon/Annette Funicello movie
Beach Blanket Bingo
Mike
DD $3,500 [16]
This common name for B9 is from the Latin word for "leaves", since it's found in green, leafy vegetables
folic acid
Chris
$2,000 [13]
A sampling of I-20 cities to visit in this state: Abilene, Ranger & White Settlement
Texas
Mike
DD $3,000 [3]
This country's civil war ended with the surrender of the Republican government
Spain
Mike
$2,000 [22]
It's a big year--treat yourself to a tour of the food, art & local Chiantis of this central Italian region
Tuscany
Chris
$2,000 [25]
Horace's 75th of these poems is addressed to Aelius
ode
Chris

Final Jeopardy!

DISNEY SONGS

This 1964 song was inspired when one of the writer's sons took the oral polio vaccine

"A Spoonful Of Sugar"

Catherine "What is "A Spoonful of Sugar" ?" — wagered $10,000
Chris "What is A Spoonful of Sugar" — wagered $8,000
Mike "What is A Spoonful of Sugar?" — wagered $8,000

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