Show #6639 2013-06-27 (taped 2013-02-13) Regular

Contestants

Darryl Campbell — a data analyst from Seattle, Washington

Laura Amundson — a former criminal defense attorney from Des Moines, Iowa

Gabe Gales — a research analyst from Cincinnati, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $27,950)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Gabe $1,000 $5,600 $8,200 $6,900
3rd place: $1,000
$11,200
14 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Laura $2,000 $2,600 $12,200 $20,395
New champion: $20,395
$9,800
14 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Darryl $5,000 $6,800 $16,800 $9,199
2nd place: $2,000
$16,000
21 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

SUMMER FUN MOVIE TITLE OVERLAPS SHAKESPEARE--ACT II, SCENE 1 BODY PARTS GO "C" THE COUNTRY WORDS OF WONDER
$200 [30]
When the sun is directly overhead at the Tropic of Cancer on June 20 or 21, we are experiencing the summer this
solstice
Darryl
$200 [1]
"Real_____Magnolias"
Steel
Darryl
$200 [11]
"Is not tomorrow, boy, the Ides of March?"
Julius Caesar
Laura
$200 [12]
Phosphenes are the sensations of light you get when pressure is applied to these
the eyes
Darryl
$200 [2]
With a population of 1.3 billion, it has about 20% of all the people in the world
China
Gabe
$200 [17]
"at" often follows this word, also the name of a comic book company
marvel
Gabe
$400 [28]
Best seen high overhead in summer, the constellation of this strong guy had a star go nova in 1934
Hercules
Gabe
$400 [3]
"The Rum_____of a Wimpy Kid"
Diary
Darryl
$600 [14]
"You lie, in faith, for you are called plain Kate, and bonny Kate, and sometimes Kate the curst"
The Taming of the Shrew
Laura
$400 [18]
Wamble is a term for the sound this organ can make
stomach
Darryl
$400 [4]
A 1982 act helped along by the Trudeau govt, made this country really, totally independent of Great Britain
Canada
Laura
$400 [29]
The U.S. used the military doctrine of "shock &" this, an overwhelming feeling of reverence
awe
Darryl
$600 [26]
"Fun" being a relative term, in 2012 Joey Chestnut downed 68 of these to win a contest held at Coney Island every July 4
hot dogs
Gabe
$600 [7]
"Jeff, Who Lives at_____Alone"
Home
Darryl
$800 [15]
"He's coming hither; now i' the night, i' the haste, and Regan with him"
King Lear
Laura
$600 [19]
Brannock is the name of the device that measures these from widths of 3A to 3E
feet
Gabe
$600 [5]
This country seenherehas had a stormy history
Croatia
Darryl
$600 [27]
Change one letter in "wonder" & you get this synonym, meaning to consider thoughtfully
ponder
Laura
$800 [25]
The athletic, piping & dancing competitions held in Scotland every summer are known as these "games"
highland
Darryl
$800 [9]
"The Dark_____and Day"
Knight
Darryl
$1,000 [16]
"...at least into a jealousy so strong that judgment cannot cure"
Othello
Gabe
$800 [22]
It can describe an actor who's over the top, or be slang for a muscle at the back of the leg
hammy
Gabe
$800 [6]
Slightly larger than Missouri, this country is bordered by Laos
Cambodia
Gabe
$800 [21]
It brings on a feeling of wonder when it precedes "party" & "symphony"
surprise
$1,000 [24]
The production of plays in summer by a repertory company; it's the title of a Judy Garland film
summer stock
$1,000 [10]
"Shaun of the_____Presidents"
Dead
Darryl
DD $1,200 [13]
"Prospero my lord shall know what I have done...so king, go safely on to seek thy son"
The Tempest
Darryl
$1,000 [23]
When used normally, a garrote fits snugly around this part of the victim's body
neck
Gabe
$1,000 [8]
This island in the West Indies is 777 miles long but no more than 119 miles wide
Cuba
$1,000 [20]
This "-ish"y word is from the Latin for "to strike with thunder"
astonish

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN LIVES ISLAND NAMES GEOLOGY ADDEND"UM" COLLEGES WITH MASS. APPEAL WORDS OF STEVIE WONDER
$400 [1]
"The Wizard of Menlo Park" by Randall Stross tells how this man "invented the modern world"
Thomas Edison
Darryl
$400 [27]
Verdant field
Greenland
Gabe
$400 [6]
A fluvial process such as erosion is caused by the action of this geographic feature
river
Laura
$400 [14]
A monthly payment for an insurance policy
premium
Darryl
$400 [11]
As of June 2011 the endowment for its Radcliffe Institute For Advanced Study was $546 mil., 1.7% of its $32 bil. endowment
Harvard
Laura
$400 [26]
"You are" these 5 words, "that's why I'll always be around"
the sunshine of my life
Laura
$800 [2]
"The Man & The Secrets" is Curt Gentry's take on the life of this longtime government official
J. Edgar Hoover
Laura
$800 [29]
Ms. Stewart's grape-growing farm
Martha's Vineyard
Gabe
$800 [7]
Almost 2,000 miles below ground, the Gutenberg discontinuity is the boundary between this & the outer core
mantle
Laura
$800 [15]
This temporary state of mental confusion is often caused by fever or intoxication
delirium
Darryl
$800 [12]
Noah Webster & Samuel Dickinson (Emily's grandpa) were among the co-founders of this private liberal arts college
Amherst
Gabe
$800 [25]
"Very" this, "writing's on the wall, very" this, "ladder's 'bout to fall"
superstitious
Darryl
$1,200 [3]
Taking a line from a Supremes hit, James Haskins' "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" is about this Motown star
Diana Ross
Laura
$1,200 [21]
Women's pants with a tapered leg that ends above the ankle
Capri
Gabe
$1,200 [8]
The largest type of rock fragment, it's defined as more than 10" across, though we think of it as huge
boulder
Darryl
$1,200 [16]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Idaho.) Near the Sun Valley ski resort, this town of central Idaho is perhaps best known as the last home of Ernest Hemingway
Ketchum
$1,200 [13]
This women's college in Northampton opened in 1875 with 14 students
Smith
$1,200 [24]
"Like a fool, I went & stayed too long, now I'm wonderin' if your love's still strong, ooo, baby, here I am" these 3 things, "I'm yours"
signed, sealed, delivered
Darryl
$2,000 [5]
The 1974 biography "Mr. Lincoln's Camera Man" brought this photographer into focus
Mathew Brady
Laura
$1,600 [20]
Type of tour for Sting & The Police in 2007 & '08
Reunion
$1,600 [9]
Examples of an inselberg, or "island mountain", include this Rio de Janeiro landmark named for its "tasty" shape
Sugarloaf
Laura
$1,600 [17]
A guitar pick
plectrum
Darryl
$2,000 [30]
This oldest Catholic college in New England is located in the wicked excellent city of Worcester
Holy Cross
Laura
$1,600 [23]
"La la la, la la la, la la la, la la la" this part-French title, "lovely as a summer day"
"My Cherie Amour"
Darryl
DD $4,000 [4]
Lois Scharf's biography of this 20th century woman is subtitled "First Lady of American Liberalism"
Eleanor Roosevelt
Laura
$2,000 [19]
Big one & little one (in the Mediterranean off the coast of Spain)
Majorca and Minorca
Gabe
$2,000 [10]
You won't find Santa at this point located in the Arctic Ocean & moving toward Siberia at about 40 miles a year
the magnetic north pole
Darryl
$2,000 [18]
Similar to a podium, it's an elevated platform for public speaking, from the Latin for "beak"
rostrum
Gabe
DD $3,000 [28]
The motto of this university named for a Supreme Court justice is "Truth, even unto its innermost parts"
Brandeis
Gabe
$2,000 [22]
This title, "I have someone who needs me, someone I've needed so long"
"For Once In My Life"

Final Jeopardy!

TRANSPORTATION

Susan B. Anthony said this new fad had "done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world"

the bicycle

Gabe "What is roller skating?" — wagered $1,300
Laura "What is the bicycle?" — wagered $8,195
Darryl "What is the Sunday drive?" — wagered $7,601

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