Show #6653 2013-07-17 (taped 2013-04-15) Regular

Mark Japinga game 5.

Contestants

John Clarke — a management consultant originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Kerri McCoy — a pediatric emergency-room nurse from Jersey City, New Jersey

Mark Japinga — a legislative researcher from Washington, D.C. (whose 4-day cash winnings total $112,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mark	$2,000	$4,400	$10,400	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$10,400 19 R, 3 W
Kerri	$2,200	$5,600	$15,600	$10,600 New champion: $10,600	$15,000 20 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W
John	$1,800	$1,800	$7,200	$3,999 2nd place: $2,000	$5,800 8 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

HEALTHY CHOICE	ONE-WORD SHOUT OUTS	THE OSCAR FOR BEST ANIMATED FEATURE	CONSTRUCTION	AUTHOR-IZED BIOGRAPHIES	VIETNAMESE WATER PUPPETS
$200 [6] In an equal serving of roasted duck, turkey or goose, the one with the fewest calories turkey Mark	$200 [19] Freshly cut tree about to fall! timber! Mark	$200 [1] 2003:A fish story Finding Nemo Mark	$200 [14] Risers are the vertical elements of these that you'll build to go from one level to another stairs John	$200 [9] She learned Chinese from her tutor Mr. Kung & went on to win the 1938 Nobel Prize & be active in civil rights Pearl Buck Kerri	$200 [26] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) "Mua roi nuoc", the Vietnamese name for the art form, means puppets that do this on the water; of course, the music helps dance Mark
$400 [7] Of a pear, banana or nectarine, the one with the most potassium a banana Kerri	$400 [20] Down on your haunches, Rin Tin Tin! sit!	$400 [2] 2012:A straight-shooting Scottish lass saves her family Brave Mark	$400 [15] The higher the "R" value, the higher the efficiency of this product that's used to keep the heat in insulation Mark	$600 [11] He served 2 kings as a diplomat & lived his last year, 1399-1400, in a house in the garden of Westminster Abbey Geoffrey Chaucer Kerri	$400 [27] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Vietnam.) Sacred to the Vietnamese people are the dragon, symbolizing power & nobility, & the tortoise, which symbolizes these two things created by God in the beginning the Earth & Heaven Mark Kerri
$600 [8] In a cup of ice cream, a cup of raw spinach or a cup of dried figs, the one with the most calcium dried figs Mark Kerri John	$600 [21] Paul & Ringo, assist me! help! Kerri	$600 [3] 2011:Lizard livin' large Rango Mark	$600 [16] Despite its name, after milling & drying, this standard piece of lumber is closer to 1 1/2 inches x 3 1/2 inches a 2x4 Kerri	$800 [12] This Dublin native moved to London, discovered socialism & playwriting & died aged 94 in 1950 (George Bernard) Shaw Kerri	$600 [28] (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Vietnam.) A popular scene symbolizing love & fidelity features a male & female one of these mythical birds, known in Western myth to rise from ashes a phoenix Mark
$800 [17] In a 1-cup serving of regular oatmeal, lima beans or raspberries, the one with the most fiber lima beans Kerri	$800 [22] Skal! or a Beacon Street bar where you'd say it! Cheers! Kerri	$800 [4] 2007, set in Paris:murine cuisine Ratatouille Mark	$800 [24] For big jobs this can replace a hammer; the coil type has a loading capacity of 300 at a time a nail gun Mark	DD $1,000 [10] Born in Hell's Kitchen in 1920 to immigrants from Naples, he said, "I never met a real...gangster" Mario Puzo Kerri	$800 [29] (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Vietnam.) Water puppetry in Vietnam began in the Red River Delta nearly 1,000 years ago when villagers would entertain each other in these flooded rice fields a paddy Kerri
$1,000 [18] Of feta cheese, blue cheese or cheddar cheese, the one with the least fat feta Kerri	$1,000 [23] David Cronenberg calls it to get a scene started! action! Mark	$1,000 [5] 2006:Super cool tap dancing Happy Feet Kerri	$1,000 [25] Want to make a construction pro crazy? Instead of concrete, use this word that means a powder that's found in concrete cement Kerri	$1,000 [13] This woman from Nohant, France took a male pen name & a piano-playing lover George Sand John	$1,000 [30] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Vietnam.) Carved from wood, the puppets are then waterproofed with a coating of this shiny, protective resin from a tree of the same name lacquer Kerri

Double Jeopardy! Round

1813	-OLOGIES	MAKE ROOM FOR ROONEY	METALS	U.S. RIVERS	THE LAST "OUT"
$400 [1] U.S. troops crossed Lake Ontario & burned Government House in York, now this Canadian city Toronto Mark	$400 [6] In dendrology you'll learn that growth rings on these are wider in El Nino years trees John	$400 [13] His "60 Minutes" appearances yielded 1,097 grumpy memories Andy Rooney Mark	$400 [19] There's 1 mg of this metal per ton of seawater, but even at the 2012 peak of $1,792 an oz., it's not cost-effective to extract it gold Mark John	$400 [11] Mount Vernon is on the banks of this river the Potomac Mark	$1,200 [12] A proboscis a snout John
$800 [2] The earliest reference to this symbol of the United States was in an 1813 Troy, New York newspaper article Uncle Sam Kerri	$800 [15] This -ology practiced by a guy on the 6 o'clock news sounds like it's about bodies falling from space meteorology Kerri	$800 [14] Jeffrey Jones' Principal Rooney struggled hopelessly to catch this truant played by Matthew Broderick Ferris Bueller Kerri	$800 [20] A silver-white precious metal used in jewelry, or the kind of "blonde" Jean Harlow was platinum John	$1,200 [8] Called Utah's major stream, the Green Riverdrains the northeast quarter of the state & flows into this longer one the Colorado River John	—
$1,200 [3] Native to South America, this fruit was introduced to Hawaii by a Spanish advisor to King Kamehameha a pineapple Mark	DD $1,200 [16] From the Greek for "beyond the soul", it's the study of phenomena that cannot be explained by traditional science parapsychology Kerri	$1,200 [22] Va va va voom! One of his 8 marriages was to Ava Gardner Mickey Rooney Kerri	$1,200 [21] The alloy pewter once contained this metal that caused tarnishing & food toxicity lead Mark	$1,600 [9] This northern Indiana river from which a U.S. president received his nickname is fed by 88 natural lakes Tippecanoe Mark	—
$1,600 [4] Johann Burckhardt discovered the ruins of Abu Simbel, the great temple of this pharaoh Ramses the Great Kerri	$1,600 [17] This medical -ology is the study of blood & its components & diseases hematology Kerri	$1,600 [25] Seen here, she was pierced as well as inked in her breakout role Rooney Mara Mark	$1,600 [23] Cesium was discovered in 1860 by Gustav Kirchhoff & this "burner" guy while analyzing mineral water (Robert) Bunsen Kerri	$2,000 [10] Edgar Lee Masters wrote about the mussel shells on its banks, & its name comes from those shells, used in eating the Spoon River	—
$2,000 [5] The French Imperial Guard marched 90 miles in 3 days to smash some china & win the battle of this German city Dresden	$2,000 [18] Zoology is the study of animals in general; this is the study of animals like whales & dolphins cetology Kerri	$2,000 [26] This soccer star made his pro debut at 16 & was once the youngest player ever on England's national team Wayne Rooney Mark	$2,000 [24] A major uranium ore is this black form of the mineral uraninite pitchblende	DD $2,200 [7] The Hudson River rises at Lake Tear of the Clouds on the shoulder of Mount Marcy in these mountains the Adirondacks John	—

Final Jeopardy!

INTERNATIONAL SPORTS

2013 marks the 100th running of this event, first won by Maurice Garin with a time of 94 hours, 33 minutes, 14 seconds

the Tour de France

John "What the Ironman" — wagered $3,201

Mark "What is the Paris-to Dakar Rally" — wagered $10,400

Kerri "What is theNYCMarathon?" — wagered $5,000

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