Show #6747 2014-01-07 (taped 2013-11-05) Regular

Contestants

Andrew Nelson — an antiquarian bookseller from New Bedford, Massachusetts

Carolyn Gawlik — a workforce development manager from Dearborn, Michigan

Mary Manhardt — a documentary film editor from New York, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,401)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Mary $1,200 $5,600 $12,800 $400
3rd place: $1,000
$12,800
21 R, 2 W
Carolyn $2,400 $3,800 $6,400 $6,400
2nd place: $2,000
$9,400
12 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Andrew $1,600 $3,200 $12,400 $12,000
New champion: $12,000
$10,600
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

LORD OF THE RINKS THE PRESIDENT'S ALMA MATER POKER HANDS WHEN PIGS FRY THE "CLASS" STRUGGLE HEARING-IMPAIRED PEOPLE
$200 [1]
Hey, this Oiler is only no. 14 on the NHL's all-time list of game-winning goal scorers! That's not so "Great"!
Wayne Gretzky
Carolyn
$200 [6]
Jimmy Carter said this ramblin' wreck of a school was tougher academically than the Naval Academy
Georgia Tech
Andrew
$200 [11]
In Texas hold 'em these 2 cards are a "Woolworth"
a five & a ten
$200 [14]
The "mania" for this fried pig product has seen it on maple donuts & in chocolate bars, not just on breakfast plates
bacon
Carolyn
$200 [19]
When the CIA does this to a formerly secret document, you & I may read it
declassify
Mary
$200 [26]
In 2001 this radio pundit told his "Dittoheads" that he was deaf in his left ear & only had about 20% hearing in his right
Rush Limbaugh
Andrew
$400 [2]
In 1989 goalie Vladislav Tretiak became the first player from this country to be inducted into the hockey HOF
Russia
Carolyn
$400 [7]
He entered William & Maryin 1760at age 16
Thomas Jefferson
Mary
$400 [12]
In 5-card poker, "trips" is another name for this hand
three of a kind
Mary
$400 [15]
The traditional meat served with redeye gravy is the country type of this, fried up
ham
Mary
$400 [20]
Lawsuit type representing the common interests of a large group
class action
Mary
$400 [27]
At the wedding of this founder of the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., a grain of rice thrown for luck punctured her eardrum
(Juliette Gordon) Low
Andrew
$600 [3]
Tiger Williams, who once KO'd an opposing coach with a stick to the head, holds the NHL record for most PM, these
penalty minutes
Andrew
$600 [8]
He entered Harvardin 1751at age 15
John Adams
Andrew
$600 [13]
I have this:2 of clubs,5 of hearts,5 of spades,2 of diamonds,5 of diamonds
a full house
Carolyn
$600 [16]
Who knew? Men's Health listed these puffy snacks made of fried pigskin as one "junk food that's good for you"
pork rinds
Mary
$600 [21]
On Emirates Airlines, the seats in this section between first & economy recline into beds
business class
Mary
$600 [28]
Sam Seaborn on "The West Wing", this ex-Brat Pack actor became deaf in his right ear at age 1
Rob Lowe
Carolyn
$800 [4]
In 2009 he followed his daddy Bobby into the Hockey Hall of Fame
Brett Hull
Andrew
$800 [9]
Herbert Hoover was in the class of 1895, this California school's first
Stanford
Andrew
$800 [24]
A pair of 8s is called these, which you might find on your lawn in winter
snowmen ("a snowman" accepted)
Mary
$800 [17]
"Vom Schwein" after the name of this Austrian classic dish means it's made with breaded pork, not veal
schnitzel
Carolyn
$800 [22]
U.S. Army rank just below specialist
private first class
$800 [29]
In 1988 I. King Jordan became president of this university after students led a "deaf president now" campaign
Gallaudet
Mary
$1,000 [5]
After Bill Quackenbush won this sportsmanship trophy in 1949, his tough-guy GM Jack Adams promptly traded him
the Lady Byng
Carolyn
DD $1,400 [10]
He graduated from the University of Cincinnati Law School, where he was later dean
William Howard Taft
Andrew
$1,000 [25]
If you end up with a straight from the 10 to the ace, it's called this, like a NYC street
a Broadway
$1,000 [18]
They're fried bits of pork, often used as a taco filling
carnitas
$1,000 [23]
Term for a senior or a junior compared to a freshman
an upperclassman
Andrew
$1,000 [30]
Late in life, in the 1820s, this Spaniard made some of his gloomiest art in Quinta del Sordo, "The Deaf Man's House"
Goya
Mary

Double Jeopardy! Round

AFRODISNEYAC PLAY THAT FIDDLE MY WORKDAY WAS TORTURE BREAKAWAY NATIONS BESTSELLERS OF THE 13th CENTURY M TO M
$400 [18]
African folk-tale elements were used in this animated 1994 hit that showed you can't go wrong with a funny meerkat
The Lion King
Mary
$400 [11]
Stephane Grappelli teamed with guitarist Django Reinhardt to play the "hot" style of this
jazz
Andrew
$400 [13]
I had to turn pages until I got one of these, which Scientific American calls "the most agonizing injury known"
a paper cut
Mary
$400 [28]
East Timor gained its independence from this nation in 1999
Indonesia
Mary Andrew
$400 [6]
Geoffrey de Villehardouin's "Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade" recounted the sack of this Byzantine capital city
Constantinople
Mary
$400 [1]
A design composed of one or more initials; mine is seen here
monogram
Mary
$800 [19]
In the 1999 Disney version, Tony Goldwyn didn't need the physique of earlier actors who played this swinger
Tarzan
Mary
$800 [12]
This Israeli-American virtuoso was stricken with polio at age 4
(Itzhak) Perlman
Carolyn
$800 [14]
I may have a concussion from encountering the underside of my desk while picking up the "gem" type of this fastener
a paperclip
Carolyn
$1,200 [27]
Before a 1971 civil war changed things, this independent country was known as East Pakistan
Bangladesh
Mary
$800 [7]
"Liber Abaci", published in 1202, introduced this number, AKA zephirum, to Europe
zero
Mary
$800 [2]
Cloud type observed over Hiroshima in August 1945
a mushroom cloud
Andrew
$1,200 [20]
In Disney's "A Far Off Place", poachers kill the parents of this "Legally Blonde" star, who escapes via the Kalahari
(Reese) Witherspoon
Andrew
$1,200 [23]
Dubbed "king of the one-liners", this comedian began his career as a violinist & used the instrument in his stand-up act
Henny "Take my wife, please" Youngman
Mary
$1,200 [15]
My stapler was stolen, & I knew how Milton felt in this classic workplace movie
Office Space
Carolyn
$1,600 [29]
About the size of Pennsylvania, it broke free of Ethiopia in 1993
Eritrea
Andrew
$1,200 [8]
Last name of Roger, who in "Opus Majus" tried to organize scientific knowledge, & of Francis, who later did the same
Bacon
Andrew
$1,200 [3]
This magazine's Alyssa Milano covers always give you a rule to live by
Maxim
Carolyn
$1,600 [21]
Look out for that tree in the made-up African nation of Bukuvu, this title guy!
George of the Jungle
Carolyn Andrew
$2,000 [25]
Plucking instead of bowing the strings; Bartok called for doing it extra-hard so the string snaps onto the wood
pizzicato
Andrew
$1,600 [16]
This type of chair, from the Greek for "work", isn't so conducive to productivity when a lost wheel spills you out
ergonomic
Mary
$2,000 [30]
In 1990 South Africa reluctantly gave independence to this nation that had once been a German colony
Namibia
Mary Andrew
$1,600 [9]
The "Prose Edda" is partly set in this realm of the Norse gods, which has sections including Valhalla
Asgard
$1,600 [4]
From the Dutch for "grind stream", it's a powerful whirlpool
maelstrom
$2,000 [22]
Kevin Bacon went to Africa hoping to recruit a tall tribesman to play basketball in this 1994 movie
The Air Up There
DD $3,000 [24]
This 19th century virtuoso may have had Marfan syndrome, accounting for his elongated fingers
Paganini
Carolyn
$2,000 [17]
Part of Excel spreadsheets, the "simple expense budget" one of these preset formats made my head hurt
a template
Mary
DD $4,000 [26]
With Argentina's help, this country broke away from Brazil in 1825
Uruguay
Andrew
$2,000 [10]
Rumi's "Masnavi", a series of spiritual poems, was a highlight of this mystical branch of Islam
Sufism
Mary
$2,000 [5]
Seen here is an example of this 16th century art "ism" whose name is from the Italian for style
mannerism
Andrew

Final Jeopardy!

THE TITANIC

A member of Parliament said, "Those who have been saved have been saved through one man", this Italian

Marconi

Carolyn "Who is Galil" — wagered $0
Andrew "Who is Galileo?" — wagered $400
Mary "Who is Fermi?" — wagered $12,400

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