Show #6640 2013-06-28 (taped 2013-02-13) Regular

Contestants

Sonrisa Cooper — a project assistant from Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

Nishant Menon — an economist from Hyattsville, Maryland

Laura Amundson — a former criminal defense attorney from Des Moines, Iowa (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,395)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Laura	$-600	$1,200	$15,000	$4,000 2nd place: $2,000	$16,600 19 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Nishant	$1,800	$4,800	$14,800	$401 3rd place: $1,000	$14,800 17 R, 0 W
Sonrisa	$2,400	$4,400	$7,200	$4,400 New champion: $4,400	$7,200 14 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE ENVIRONMENT	ROCK GROUP NAMES	POTPOURRI	AN OGDEN NASH MENAGERIE	HELLO!	GOOD "BI"
$200 [1] A 2010 L.A. county ordinance says no grocery store "shall provide to any customer" this type of "carryout bag" a plastic bag Laura	$200 [6] This band's name was inspired by gym teacher Leonard Skinner, who disliked long-haired students Lynyrd Skynyrd Laura	$200 [13] The line highlighted here Is at this number of degrees longitude. zero Sonrisa	$200 [17] Because this African beast is so homely, "I'll stare at something less prepoceros" rhinoceros Laura	$200 [8] This future flyboy probably took his first small step about a year after his Aug. 5, 1930 initial Earth entry (Neil) Armstrong Sonrisa	$200 [26] Occurring twice a year biannual Laura Sonrisa
$400 [2] Bycatch reduction devices are used in the commercial type of this activity fishing Sonrisa	$400 [7] One story says Jerry Garcia found this band's name in a dictionary The Grateful Dead Sonrisa	$400 [22] This Honda minivan has a Homeric name the Odyssey Nishant	$400 [18] "I do not charge" it "with matricide, but what about his Cleopatricide?" the asp Laura	$400 [9] There are known knowns, like this 2-time secretary of defense being born on July 9, 1932 Donald Rumsfeld Nishant	$400 [27] A judge who winks at the prosecution & glares at the defense is showing this bias Sonrisa
$600 [3] The largest source of water pollution in U.S. rivers is water spreading from fields, aka agricultural this runoff Sonrisa	$600 [10] This "Up All Night" British boy band chose its name because it would sound good when announced on "The X Factor" One Direction Nishant	$600 [23] These dogs represent the teams of both Northeastern University & UConn huskies Sonrisa	$600 [19] "Toward a better world I contribute my modest smidgin; I eat the squab, lest it become" one of these pigeon Laura	$600 [14] On Nov. 4, 1879 this humorist began never meeting men he didn't like in what was then Cherokee Territory Will Rogers Sonrisa	$600 [28] Geographic description of a firm with offices in L.A. & New York bicoastal Nishant
$800 [4] In 1973, 3 years after it was founded, the EPA was successful in banning the use of sprayed this for fireproofing asbestos	$800 [11] The concept that mankind is regressing gave this new wave "Whip It" band its name Devo Laura	$800 [24] You know from trips to the ATM that Andrew Jackson is on the front of the $20; this building is on the back the White House Laura	DD $1,000 [20] About this insect Nash wrote, "would you be calm and placid if you were full of formic acid?" an ant Laura	$800 [15] This grandmaster made his opening move on March 9, 1943 in Chicago Bobby Fischer Laura Nishant	$800 [29] Term used of your first premolar bicuspid Sonrisa
$1,000 [5] The Nature Conservancy's "6 Easy Ways" to fight intrusion by these non-native species include "clean your boots" invasive species Sonrisa	$1,000 [12] This British synth rock band took its name from a French fashion magazine Depeche Mode Laura Sonrisa	$1,000 [25] This Brit wrote the book on economics: 1936's "The General Theory Of Employment, Interest & Money" (John Maynard) Keynes Nishant	$1,000 [21] Nash pondered whether this carnivorous insect was "from outer space, or lost Atlantis" a praying mantis Nishant	$1,000 [16] This noted manufacturer first showed his gums (not yet his teeth) on Sept. 30, 1861 William Wrigley	$1,000 [30] An expression such as 5x + 3y binomial Laura

Double Jeopardy! Round

LAB TEST	____ OF THE ____	PARLEZ-VOUS FRANÇAIS?	RIVERS ON THE BORDER	WORLD HISTORY	MOVIE NARRATORS
$400 [21] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads the clue.) The Florence variety of this lab container takes its alliterative name from earlier ones used to bottle certain Italian wines a Florence flask	$400 [23] This underwear brand owns the first American trademark ever used for textiles Fruit of the Loom Laura	$400 [11] A coquette is a flirtatious woman; insert 1 letter to get this deep-fried cake of meat a croquette Sonrisa	$400 [12] This border river also called Rio Bravo empties into the Gulf of Mexico the Rio Grande Nishant	$400 [1] This English captain called his 1587 raid on Cadiz, destroying much of the Armada, "singeing the King of Spain's Beard" Sir Francis Drake Nishant	$400 [6] "Blade Runner" Harrison Ford Nishant
$800 [22] Piece of glassware with volume graduations, or Dr. Honeydew's muppet assistant beaker Nishant	$800 [24] In slang, "scraping" this is reaching for something of the lowest quality the bottom of the barrel Nishant	$800 [17] Accouchement is the time surrounding this major life event childbirth Laura	$800 [13] The Meuse River separates Belgium & this country from Maastricht to Maaseik the Netherlands Sonrisa	$800 [2] Enduring into the 20th Century, this last Chinese Imperial Dynasty is also called the Qing the Manchu Dynasty	$800 [4] "The Shawshank Redemption" Morgan Freeman Nishant
$1,200 [28] (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue.) Arthur Miller might know that the specialized lab tongs I'm using are named for these potentially hot objects they are designed to hold crucible Laura	$1,200 [25] The Latin legal phraseamicus curiaemeans this friend of the court Laura	$1,200 [18] Originally the forward part of an army, this hyphenated word now refers to any radical innovator avant-garde Laura	$1,200 [14] This river is on the border of Germany & Switzerland the Rhine Laura	$1,200 [8] This organization includes countries that spent centuries fighting, but it won the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize the European Union Laura	$1,200 [3] "Sunset Boulevard" William Holden Nishant
$1,600 [29] These 2 laboratory instruments used to crush or grind substances are used to symbolize pharmacy the mortar & pestle Nishant	$1,600 [26] Neville Chamberlain & Winston Churchill both served as this Senior Finance Minister the Chancellor of the Exchequer	$1,600 [19] A moue is a dissatisfied pursing of the lips, the equivalent of this, which also has "ou" in the middle pout Laura	$2,000 [16] The Torne River is on the border of Sweden & this country until it empties in the Gulf of Bothnia Finland Laura	$1,600 [9] In 597 B.C., this Babylonian king captured Jerusalem & took 18-year-old King Jehoaichin back to Babylon as a captive Nebuchadnezzar Nishant	$1,600 [5] "Stand By Me" Richard Dreyfuss Sonrisa
$2,000 [30] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads the clue.) Essential to distillation, this lab device removes heat from a vapor, reducing it to a liquid a condenser	$2,000 [27] This Catholic sacrament was long known as extreme unction the anointing of the sick	DD $3,000 [20] Meaning uninterested, it's the past participle of a French word meaning "to become boring" blasé Laura	DD $4,000 [15] The Usumacinta River forms the border between Mexico & this country Guatemala Laura	$2,000 [10] In 1961 Algerians began training rebels from this West African colony who wanted independence from the Portuguese Angola Laura	$2,000 [7] "Fight Club" Edward Norton Nishant

Final Jeopardy!

1950s FICTION

John Updike wrote "Rabbit, Run" partly in reaction to this more carefree novel that was published 3 years earlier

On the Road

Sonrisa "What is on the" — wagered $2,800

Nishant "What is Rabbit at Rest?" — wagered $14,399

Laura "What is Rabbit Run?" — wagered $11,000

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