Show #6740 2013-12-27 (taped 2013-10-08) Regular

Jerry Slowik game 2.

Contestants

Kathy Cacace — an online editor from Brooklyn, New York

Avram Polinsky — a customer service analyst from Columbia, Maryland

Jerry Slowik — a writer from Arlington Heights, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $23,199)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jerry $2,800 $7,600 $25,000 $26,799
2-day champion: $49,998
$24,400
29 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W
Avram $600 $3,600 $11,600 $14,600
2nd place: $2,000
$10,800
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Kathy $800 $2,000 $3,600 $600
3rd place: $1,000
$3,600
6 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

OLYMPIC CITY ATTRACTIONS COLORFUL MOVIES FUN WITH ACRONYMS WHAT'S MY AIRLINE? WORLD HISTORY YOUR NAME IS PERFECT
$200 [23]
The Theatre of Dionysus
Athens
Jerry
$200 [1]
Prince won an Oscar for Best Music, Original Song Score for this movie
Purple Rain
Jerry
$200 [6]
This insect is also an acronym for a member of the Caucasian upper middle class
wasp
Jerry
$200 [10]
Talk about free to move about the country! In 1973 this airline offered a $13 Dallas-to-Houston fare
Southwest
Avram
$200 [17]
The 1360 Treaty of Bretigny in which France agreed to pay a ransom for King John II created a temporary peace in this war
the Hundred Years War
Jerry
$200 [15]
L.A.'s Dallas Raines & New York's Amy Freeze have this job
meteorologist
Jerry
$400 [24]
The Margaret Mitchell House & Museum
Atlanta
Kathy
$400 [2]
"Someday My Prince Will Come" is a song from this 1937 classic
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Jerry
$400 [7]
This police task force sounds like something you might do to get rid of a fly
S.W.A.T.
Avram
$400 [11]
The September 1948 inaugural flight of this airline brought President Chaim Weizmann home from Geneva
El Al
Jerry
$400 [18]
He's depictedheredealing with a tough knot In one of the storied moments ofhiscareer.
Alexander the Great
Jerry
$400 [22]
He's the Virgin Islands-born center for the San Antonio Spurs
(Tim) Duncan
Avram
$600 [25]
The Anheuser-Busch Consumer Hospitality Center
St. Louis
Avram
$600 [3]
Jake & Elwood are forced to abandon "Gimme Some Lovin" in favor of "Rawhide" in this comedy
The Blues Brothers
Jerry
$600 [8]
This Canadian city's international film festival becomes an argument when it's in its acronym form
Toronto
$600 [12]
On Jan. 30, 1929 this U.S.-based airline was incorporated as Inter-Island Airways Ltd.
Hawaiian Airlines
$600 [19]
In 219 B.C. this Carthaginian attacked the Roman ally of Saguntum in Spain, & Rome soon declared war.
Hannibal
Jerry
$600 [28]
In 2013 Igor Judge stepped down from this high British government post, which unlike in the U.S. has "Lord" before it
Chief Justice
Jerry Avram
$1,000 [27]
The House of Culture, designed by Alvar Aalto
Helsinki
$800 [4]
Pussy Galore & Oddjob are in this 1964 James Bond flick
Goldfinger
Jerry
$800 [9]
To program in a venerable computer language, you might wear this type of "black"
BASIC
$800 [13]
On Sept. 12, 1919 Queen Wilhelmina awarded this "alphabetic" carrier its royal designation
KLM
Kathy
$800 [20]
A 1987 wave of violent Palestinian unrest Is known as the first this, from Arabicfor "shaking off."
intifada
Jerry
$800 [29]
This billionaire owner of a casino on the Vegas strip that bears his name can't seem to lose
(Steve) Wynn
Kathy
DD $1,600 [26]
The Museu Picasso
Barcelona
Avram
$1,000 [5]
A girl named Andie & a boy named Steff are characters in this 1986 John Hughes film
Pretty in Pink
Kathy
$1,000 [16]
It was the 5-letter acronym for the committee backing Nixon in 1972
CREEP
Jerry
$1,000 [14]
You'll see a 3-leaf clover on the web page of this European carrier
Aer Lingus
Kathy
$1,000 [21]
Before the Aztec, the prior great Mexican civilization was of these other people in -tec support
Toltecs
Jerry
$1,000 [30]
Marilyn vos Savant is no idiot: She held a Guinness IQ record & solves conundrums in this Sunday magazine
Parade
Avram

Double Jeopardy! Round

LANGUAGES OF AFRICA POP CULTURE PUPPIES & PETUNIAS SHAKESPEAREAN RELATIVES "-UP" & ATOM
$400 [2]
The Nubian language group is spoken in the valley of this river in Sudan
the Nile
Avram
$400 [1]
On May 31, 2000 Sonja Christopher became the first person to suffer this cruel reality television fate
voted off the island
Avram
$400 [22]
A saint who founded Alpine hospitals lent his name to this breed, seen as a puppy with petunias
St. Bernard
Jerry
$400 [21]
Nephew of King Claudius
Hamlet
Avram
$400 [6]
A reverse type of this in basketball starts at one side of the rim & finishes on the other
lay-up
Jerry
$400 [11]
Of the 3 main components of an atom, these are farthest from the nucleus
electrons
Kathy
$800 [3]
This European language is an official language of Chad & Burkina Faso, among other countries
French
Avram
$800 [12]
As a baby poriferan, this animated TV character's first words were "May I take your order?"
SpongeBob
Avram
$800 [23]
Thissmall, sturdy breed is known for its snub nose, the better to smell the flowers
the pug
Avram
$800 [27]
Son of Old Montague
Romeo
Jerry
$800 [7]
Musically, it involves mixing 2 or more recordings to make a new one
mash-up
Jerry
$800 [14]
Atoms are often measured using these units, whose symbol looks like a capital A with a small circle on the top
angstroms
Jerry
$1,200 [4]
(Sara gives the clue from Pretoria, South Africa)In 1908, in Pretoria, South Africa, the Union Buildingswere designed to represent the unity of a once-divided people, with the two identical wings symbolizing these two then-official languages.
English and Afrikaans
Jerry
$1,200 [13]
In 1994 this pop singer appeared on David Letterman's show & was bleeped more than 10 times for profanity
Madonna
Avram
$1,200 [24]
Thisbreed of terrier is named for the clergyman who first bred it
Jack Russell
Kathy
$1,200 [28]
Mrs. Othello
Desdemona
Jerry
$1,200 [8]
A sweet tradition in Vermont is sugar on snow, which is this liquid, heated & drizzled on the white stuff
maple syrup
Jerry
$1,200 [15]
IBM scientists have it down to 12 atoms to store each of this unit of information based on 1s & 0s
a bit
Avram
DD $1,200 [5]
With 50 million speakers, this Bantu language is the most widely spoken native language on the continent
Swahili
Jerry
$1,600 [19]
This ex-cop named for what he can either dish out or endure got his third bloody video game installment in 2012
Max Payne
Jerry
$1,600 [25]
The dog called the bull type of this
mastiff
Jerry
$2,000 [30]
Brother of King Edward IV
Richard III
$1,600 [9]
Despite the name, this model used for testing or teaching involves no ridicule
a mock-up
Jerry
$1,600 [16]
The spontaneous type of this sees an atom's unstable nuclei split into nearly equal fragments
fission
Avram
$2,000 [18]
The most-spoken Khoe language is Nama in Namibia; the other Khoe languages are mainly heard in this desert in Botswana
Kalahari
Avram
$2,000 [20]
In 2009, this legendary singer won a Grammy for Traditional Folk Album for his release "At 89"
Pete Seeger
$2,000 [26]
"Westie" is the common form of this cute breed's four-word name
the West Highland White Terrier
DD $2,600 [29]
Bianca's sister
Katharina
Jerry
$2,000 [10]
An order to report for military service
a call-up
Jerry
$2,000 [17]
This "number" in an atom refers to the number of atoms with which a single atom will unite chemically
the valence number

Final Jeopardy!

18th CENTURY AMERICA

There were just 13 of these, the title of an historic document; one offered admission to Canada

the Articles of Confederation

Kathy "What are the Articles of C" — wagered $3,000
Avram "What are Articles of Confediration" — wagered $3,000
Jerry "What are the Articles of Confederation?" — wagered $1,799

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