Show #6695 2013-10-25 (taped 2013-09-11) Regular

Contestants

James Cross — a graduate student of computer science originally from Auburn, Alabama

Melanie Hess — a technical editor from Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Mike Shapiro — an actuary from Denver, Colorado (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,401)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Mike $1,000 $3,200 $15,800 $21,399
2-day champion: $24,800
$14,400
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Melanie $2,600 $4,600 $10,200 $5,300
2nd place: $2,000
$10,200
11 R, 1 W
James $2,600 $6,700 $16,500 $1,399
3rd place: $1,000
$14,000
19 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

GET YOUR KICKS "C" IN AMERICAN HISTORY GRAPE JAM STATE OF THE BOOK TRANSLATE THE LYRIC FROM LATIN ONE EXTRA LETTER
$200 [26]
This open-heel shoe made with a thick sole of wood or cork sounds like it'll stop the drain on your wallet
a clog
James
$200 [2]
Chilly period of international relations from the mid-1940s to 1991
the Cold War
Mike
$200 [21]
Grape Island in this Massachusetts harbor was the site of a skirmish over hay during the Revolutionary War
Boston Harbor
Mike
$200 [16]
"The Last Picture Show"
Texas
$200 [7]
"IIIIIII'm comin' up, so you better get this convivium started"
party
James
$200 [1]
One, you might say, is where pancakes come from; the other is an energy-producing cell
batter & battery
Melanie
$400 [27]
This 2-word shoe gets its name from a slot in the strap into which a coin is placed
a penny loafer
Mike
$400 [12]
When it was founded as King's College in 1754, classes were held in a little schoolhouse in Lower Manhattan
Columbia University
James
$400 [22]
Greek stuffed grape leaves, or dolmades, are usually stuffed with this grain
rice
James
$400 [17]
"Washington Square"
New York
James
$400 [8]
"Here I am... rock you like a tempestas!"
a hurricane
Mike
$400 [3]
Decided whether a movie was "G" or "PG", then went down the river, inflatable style
rated & rafted (rating & rafting accepted)
Mike
$600 [28]
Kim Jong Il wore these shoes with a platform inserted to make himself seem taller
elevator shoes
$600 [13]
In 1614 John Smith came to New England & got rich taking thousands of these fish to sell in Old England
cod
Melanie
$600 [23]
Marvin Gaye's biggest hit, it topped the charts for 7 weeks in late 1968 & early 1969
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine"
Mike
$600 [18]
"Centennial" by James Michener
Colorado
$600 [9]
"Love me delicate, love me true, all my dreams fulfill"
tender
James
$600 [4]
One is a 3-dimensional work of art; the other, a permanent rule to govern an organization's internal affairs
statue & statute
James
$800 [29]
Zori are a Japanese type of these using thongs
sandals
James
$800 [14]
A scout for John C. Fremont's expeditions west, he later became a federal Indian agent in New Mexico
(Kit) Carson
$800 [24]
This country's distinctive white wines come mainly from Reisling grapes, which originated there
Germany
James
$1,000 [20]
"The Grapes of Wrath"--2 states please, where the story begins & ends
Oklahoma & California
Melanie
$800 [10]
"Whoa oh oh, sweet filia o' mine"
child
Melanie
$800 [5]
The part of the head from forehead to chin, & a light, humorous play
face & farce
James
$1,000 [30]
Types of this "educated" shoe include kiltie, wingtip & saddle
an Oxford
Mike
$1,000 [15]
In 1856 a storm felled this Connecticut tree in which the colony's document of rights was held 169 years earlier
the Charter Oak
$1,000 [25]
In 1869 this dentist began making "unfermented wine" for communion; today his company is a top marketer of grape juice
(Thomas) Welch
Melanie
DD $1,500 [19]
"The Help"
Mississippi
James
$1,000 [11]
"I'm gonna pop some tags, only got viginti dollars in my pocket"
twenty
Melanie
$1,000 [6]
Insufficient in quantity, & a trigonometric function
scant & secant

Double Jeopardy! Round

GET YOUR KICKS 1960s NEWSMAKERS CEREMONIES CHINA TOWNS GILBERT & SULLIVAN JEOPARDY! IN 3-D
$400 [9]
This British soccer star with quite the spicy life said, "I always wanted to be a hairdresser"
(David) Beckham
Mike
$400 [4]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an animation of a globe on a monitor.) His February 20, 1962 trip, launching in Florida, orbiting the Earth 3 times at 17,000 miles per hour & splashing down in the Atlantic, made this man from Ohio a national hero
John Glenn
Mike
$400 [12]
As 2 words, it's an important religious ceremony for Plains Indians; as 1 word, it's Robert Redford's Utah film festival
sun dance (Sundance)
James
$400 [24]
Tourist attractions in this capital include the Great Hall of the People & the Temple of Heaven
Beijing
James
$400 [1]
It's said Gilbert was inspired to write the libretto to this opera after a Japanese sword fell off the wall of his study
Mikado
Mike
$400 [17]
Cut or torn into small pieces, like some wheat for breakfast
shredded
James
$800 [10]
Like Flipper, you may do this swim kick, moving both legs up & down at the same time & keeping more bend in your knees
the dolphin kick
$800 [5]
His eye patch became a familiar sight after he was made Israel's Defense Minister 4 days before the 6-Day War
(Moshe) Dayan
Mike
$800 [13]
Chado is the Japanese name for this ceremony founded upon reverence for the beautiful in everyday life
the tea ceremony
Melanie
$800 [25]
The seat of Stark County, Ohio has not changed its name from this to Guangzhou, unlike the Chinese city it's named for
Canton
$800 [2]
In this opera Frederic is to be an apprentice pilot, but his nursemaid mishears & he begins a totally different career
The Pirates of Penzance
$800 [18]
Capable of having 2 opposite effects, like a proverbial type of sword
double-edged
Melanie
$1,200 [11]
Jon "Bones" Jones, after a win in this sport: "I saw that my toe was upside down. Maybe it's not that serious of an injury"
mixed martial arts
Mike James
$1,200 [6]
In game 7 of the 1960 World Series, this Pirates second baseman hit the winning home run in the bottom of the 9th inning
Bill Mazeroski
Mike
$1,200 [14]
5 Nobel Prizes are awarded each December 10 in this city
Stockholm
Melanie James
$1,600 [27]
Yichang is the gateway to this area of great scenery & just downstream from the dam of that name
Three Gorges
James
$1,200 [3]
To prepare for this opera, Gilbert & Sullivan toured the deck of HMS Victory in 1878, taking copious notes
HMS Pinafore
Mike
$1,200 [19]
An arachnid of the order Opiliones
a daddy longlegs
Mike
$1,600 [22]
Oi, ya can kick it 'round as a good left back pocket--that's a position, mate--in this 3-word sport
Australian rules football
Melanie
$2,000 [8]
This Harvard teacher described his 1961 LSD trip as the "most shattering experience" of his life
(Timothy) Leary
James
$1,600 [15]
Tonsure, a ceremony of initiation in which this is removed, has been used in Catholicism, Hinduism & Buddhism
hair
Melanie
$2,000 [28]
The present-day city of Xi'an served as the Eastern terminus of this trade route that stretched to the Mediterranean
the Silk Road
Mike
$1,600 [29]
W.S. Gilbert wrote that this opera set in the Tower of London was "the best thing we have done"
The Yeomen of the Guard
$1,600 [20]
Aborigines place the end of this instrument in a hollow in the ground to add resonance
a didgeridoo
Mike
$2,000 [23]
Jason Elam tied an NFL record with a 63-yard field goal during his 15-year career with this team
the Denver Broncos
Mike
DD $3,000 [7]
In 1961 this 2-time Democratic presidential nominee was appointed U.N. Ambassador
Adlai Stevenson
Mike
$2,000 [16]
It was near where the Jordan River flows into the Dead Sea that Jesus underwent this ceremony in Matthew 3
baptism
Mike
DD $3,000 [26]
This city is famous for its brewery; today its beer is the No. 1 Chinese beer in the United States
Tsingtao
James
$2,000 [30]
Marco & Giuseppe are the 2 title boatmen in this operetta set in Venice
The Gondoliers
James
$2,000 [21]
It's the showy member of the Heath family seen here
the rhododendron
Melanie

Final Jeopardy!

EUROPEAN LITERATURE

This 1922 novel's first chapter is titled "The Son of the Brahman"

Siddhartha

Melanie "What ----" — wagered $4,900
Mike "What is Siddharta?" — wagered $5,599
James "What is Siddhart" — wagered $15,101

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