Show #6666 2013-09-16 (taped 2013-08-20) Regular

Jared Hall game 3.First game of Season 30.New set and opening graphics.

Contestants

James Mardock — an English professor from Reno, Nevada

Angela Murock Hussein — an archaeologist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Jared Hall — a graduate student in global policy studies from Austin, Texas (whose 2-day cash winnings total $59,600)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jared $3,800 $6,600 $18,800 $28,801
3-day champion: $88,401
$15,800
25 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Angela $2,200 $4,400 $14,400 $24,400
2nd place: $2,000
$14,400
17 R, 0 W
James $2,600 $5,800 $6,400 $12,800
3rd place: $1,000
$11,400
13 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

PLACES IN THE NEWS "GRAND" SLAM CARE TO DANCE? REAL LITERARY PARODIES IF YOU BUILD IT THEY WILL SING COME
$200 [1]
He wasn't an alien visitor, but Felix Baumgartner did come from 24 miles up when he landed in this Southwest state in 2012
New Mexico
Jared
$200 [8]
I'm hotter than Brad Pitt! I can beat LeBron one-on-one! I'm the king of the world! I'm suffering from "delusions of" this
grandeur
Jared
$200 [21]
A more original pole dance? This West Indies dance uses a progressively lowered bar
the limbo
Jared
$200 [30]
"The Wind Done Gone" parodies this classic published 65 years earlier
Gone with the Wind
Jared
$200 [15]
This word meant a tall hat or a tall guy before it meant a towering glass building
a skyscraper
Angela
$200 [16]
1969:"Come Together"
The Beatles
Jared
$400 [2]
In May 2013 hearts rejoiced when 3 women missing for nearly a decade escaped to freedom in this city
Cleveland
James
$400 [9]
This 3-word nickname for the Republicans dates to 1876
Grand Old Party
Angela
$400 [22]
Music for this dance of Bohemian origin is heard here; an-a 1, an-a 2...
a polka
Jared
$400 [14]
The original by this author inspired "The Soddit: Or, Let's Cash in Again"
J.R.R. Tolkien
Jared James
$400 [26]
At Princeton Michelle Obama lived in Pyne Hall, one of these residences
a dormitory
Jared
$400 [17]
1991:"Come As You Are"
Nirvana
Jared
$600 [4]
This leaker of NSA secrets had quite a layover, 5 weeks, in Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport
Snowden
Jared
$600 [10]
This term applied to international auto races was originally the name of a 19th c. Paris horse race
grand prix
Angela
$600 [23]
"Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do" this lively South American dance in triple time?
the fandango
James
$600 [3]
A self-help parody tells us "Vampires Are from Venus, Werewolves Are from" here
Mars
Jared
$600 [27]
One difference between a wigwam & this other Native American dwelling is that a wigwam is domed & the other is a conical tent
a teepee
James
$600 [18]
1982:"Come On Eileen"
Dexys Midnight Runners
Angela
$800 [5]
In August 2013 ex-president Pervez Musharraf of this country was charged with the murder of Benazir Bhutto
Pakistan
James
$800 [11]
Louis Lapostolle created this orange-flavored liqueur in 1880
Grand Marnier
James
$800 [24]
Marlon Brando actually does (or attempts) this title dance at the end of a 1972 film
the tango
Angela
$800 [6]
Kantkiss is the heroine of the Harvard Lampoon parody titled these, what you get when lunch is late
The Hunger Pains
Jared
$1,000 [29]
If you've been invited to a friend's dacha for the weekend, it's probably in this country
Russia
Jared
$800 [19]
1982:"Come Dancing"
The Kinks
Angela
$1,000 [7]
In 2013 this Boston-area town was in the news as a marathon bombing suspect was captured there
Watertown
Angela
$1,000 [12]
As part of their education, young men of fortune used to visit Europe's major sights on a trip known as this
the grand tour
James
$1,000 [25]
Also a haircut style, it's the R&B-based state dance of South Carolina
the shag
$1,000 [13]
This parody of "Goodnight Moon" is a reminder to power down, especially a device kids love
Goodnight iPad
Jared
DD $2,000 [28]
This term for ancient arenas like the Colosseum comes from Greek words meaning "viewing on both sides"
an amphitheater
James
$1,000 [20]
2006:"Kingdom Come"
Jay-Z

Double Jeopardy! Round

INTELLIGENCE ABBREVIATIONS MY "SON", THE PRESIDENT LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD BIBLICAL ROLES MASTERPIECES FROM THE NORTON SIMON MUSEUM
$400 [16]
IQ stands for this, smartypants
intelligence quotient
Jared
$400 [21]
Part of the armed forces:U.S.C.G.
the United States Coast Guard
Angela
$400 [11]
Chronologically, he was the first who fits the category
(Thomas) Jefferson
Angela James
$400 [1]
Hausa, one of the Chadic languages, is spoken by some 50 million people on this continent
Africa
Jared
$400 [6]
Charlton Heston(1956)
Moses
Jared James
$400 [26]
(Alex gives the clue from the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, CA.) For many years, art historians believed that this famous Dutch painter had painted an engaging portrait of his son, Titus; not so; the identity of the boy is a mystery
Rembrandt
Angela
$800 [17]
Innate intelligence not from education, or the title of a 1776 pamphlet
common sense
Jared
$800 [22]
Modern miracle method:I.V.F.
in vitro fertilization
Angela
$800 [12]
He was preceded & succeeded as president by the same man
Benjamin Harrison
James
$800 [2]
With more than 70 million speakers, Javanese is spoken by more than a quarter of the people of this country
Indonesia
Jared
$800 [7]
Roma Downey(2013 TV miniseries)
the Virgin Mary
Angela
$800 [27]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, CA.) The influence of African sculpture can be seen on this Italian's painting style--a long, oval face with simplified features atop an elongated neck
Modigliani
Jared
$1,200 [18]
Campus chapters of this fraternity founded in 1776 invite straight-A students to join
Phi Beta Kappa
Angela
$1,200 [23]
Camera type:S.L.R.
single lens reflex
Jared
$1,200 [13]
He beat Clinton--DeWitt Clinton--in 1812
James Madison
Jared James
$1,200 [3]
This branch of the Indo-European languages includes Scottish Gaelic & Manx
Celtic
Angela
$1,200 [8]
Jim Caviezel(2004)
Jesus
Jared
$1,200 [28]
(Alex gives the clue from the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, CA.) Modern viewers are really entranced by "Little Dancer, Age Fourteen", but when this artist first exhibited this work in 1881, it was cast in wax, not in bronze as it is now, & the public was a little bit put off by the realism of real clothing & a wig of human hair
(Edgar) Degas
Angela
$1,600 [19]
Puzzles & brainteasers challenge your intelligence in this magazine founded in 1977
Games
Jared James
$1,600 [24]
A regional cooperative body:O.A.S.
the Organization of American States
Jared
$1,600 [14]
For refusing to shine the boots of a British officer as a child, he got a saber across the face
(Andrew) Jackson
Jared
$1,600 [4]
Most of the book of Daniel was written in this Semitic language, still spoken in isolated Mideast villages
Aramaic
Jared
$1,600 [9]
Richard Gere(1985)
King David
Angela
$1,600 [29]
(Alex gives the clue from the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, CA.) The bronze "King and Queen" exemplify the biomorphic shapes that were preferred by this Brit, whom some people regard as the greatest sculptor of the 20th century
(Henry) Moore
James
$2,000 [20]
An early fictional example of A.I., he was a humanoid computer from the planet Colu who battled Superman
Brainiac
James
$2,000 [25]
An award for valor:V.C.
the Victoria Cross
James
DD $5,000 [15]
He whipped 2 former presidents in the same election by an electoral score of 435-88-8
Woodrow Wilson
Jared
$2,000 [5]
The boys from Siracusa are among the 5 million speakers of this island tongue
Sicilian
Angela
$2,000 [10]
Victor Mature(1949)
Samson
DD $6,200 [30]
(Alex gives the clue from the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, CA.) The design of the garden here at the Norton Simon Museum was inspired by Claude Monet's own garden in this French village; both feature water lilies floating on a pond that reflects the sky
Giverny
James

Final Jeopardy!

POETS

Funds provided by his widow were used to set up a literary charity called Old Possum's Practical Trust

T.S. Eliot

James "Who is T.S. Eliot" — wagered $6,400
Angela "Who is T.S. Elliot" — wagered $10,000
Jared "Who is T.S. Eliot" — wagered $10,001

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