Show #6756 2014-01-20 (taped 2013-11-12) Regular

Sarah McNitt game 5.

Contestants

Jon McGuire — a software development manager from Matthews, North Carolina

Blake Perkins — an environmental scientist from Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Sarah McNitt — a study-abroad advisor originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan (whose 4-day cash winnings total $69,199)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Sarah	$3,800	$8,800	$22,200	$20,199 5-day champion: $89,398	$19,600 24 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Blake	$1,800	$3,400	$5,000	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$5,000 11 R, 4 W
Jon	$600	$2,400	$10,000	$8,380 2nd place: $2,000	$7,200 13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

WORD PUZZLES	1970s NO. 1 HITS	DESCRIBING THE ANIMAL	TEEING OFF	CHIPPING IN	LET'S PLAY SOME GULF
$200 [26] Ittakes your belongings to a new home a moving van Jon	$200 [12] In 1973 "Crocodile Rock" became this artist's first No. 1 hit; it sure wasn't his last Elton John Sarah	$200 [1] Leonine a lion Blake	$200 [7] To be "read" this, meaning to get a stern reprimand, comes from an old English law used to disperse mobs the riot act Jon	$200 [17] Many donate to the United Way thanks to Nnamdi Asomugha, a player in this league the NFL Jon	$200 [6] The Sabine-Neches waterway links Port Arthur, Texas with this gulf the Gulf of Mexico Jon
$400 [27] To be this is to be embarrassed red in the face Sarah	$400 [13] This family group had 4 No. 1s in 1970 alone, including "ABC" the Jackson 5 Sarah	$400 [2] Piscine a fish Sarah	$400 [8] This czar with anger issues killed his own son & heir in a fit of rage in 1581 Ivan the Terrible Jon	$400 [18] Help the Nature Conservancy by adopting one of these diverse offshore ecosystems off Palau coral reefs Blake	$400 [22] The Gulf of Finland is bordered by Finland, Estonia & this country on its eastern end Russia Sarah Blake
$600 [28] A classic beautytreatment a permanent wave Sarah	$600 [14] The very first No. 1 hit of the 1970s was this "weathered" tune from the "Butch Cassidy" soundtrack "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" Sarah	$600 [3] Vulpine a fox Sarah	$600 [9] The King James Bible often uses this word for anger; Elihu's "was kindled" before he teed off on Job wrath Blake	$600 [19] The wife of the CEO of this company donated $90 million to the Salvation Army to start Kroc Centers McDonald's Sarah	$600 [23] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In 1906, Roald Amundsen entered the Beaufort Sea via the gulf now named for him as he became the first to sail all the way through this famous sea route the Northwest Passage Blake
$800 [29] A sky diver in this position encounters more air resistance spread eagle Jon	$800 [15] Did you think Gloria Gaynor would crumble? Lay down & die? Oh no, not her, she had this No. 1 "I Will Survive" Sarah	$800 [4] Cancroid a crab Sarah	$800 [10] Epinephrine, a hormone released when you're yelling at that car that cut you off, is more commonly called this adrenaline Jon	$1,000 [21] You can donate to this charity mainstay, but when you shop at its retail stores, it sounds like that Affleck/Damon film Goodwill Blake	$800 [24] Jordan's only seaport shares its name with this gulf on which it lies the Gulf of Aqaba
$1,000 [30] I need to draw some right angles; hand me this tool a T-square Sarah	$1,000 [16] "You'd think that people would have had enough of" this 1976 hit, but Wings looked around & saw it wasn't so "Silly Love Songs" Jon	$1,000 [5] Caballine a horse Blake	$1,000 [11] Anger about the first of these established by federal law spurred violent protests in NYC in July 1863 draft laws Jon	DD $2,000 [20] Punning on a newsreel name, this charity that helped defeat polio made its first appeal in 1938 March of Dimes Sarah	$1,000 [25] The Gulf of Sidra indents the coast of this North African country Libya

Double Jeopardy! Round

SAME NAME AS A STATE CAPITAL	LITERARY BYWAYS	DURING LOU GEHRIG'S CONSECUTIVE GAME STREAK	RECENT MOVIE QUOTES	BRIT FOOD	AT THE "N"
$400 [1] Ray Charles was born in this city but in Georgia, not New York Albany Sarah	$400 [26] Published in 1909, "The Road to" this fabled land featured Dorothy & her new friends Shaggy Man & Button Bright Oz Sarah	$400 [16] Thisman came & went in the highest office in the land (Herbert) Hoover Jon	$400 [7] "If I'm doing a fake movie, it's going to be a fake hit" Argo	$400 [2] Scots love these "planetary" chocolate bars--deep fried Mars bars Blake	$400 [21] This citrus fruit is slang for something that is unsatisfactory or defective a lemon Jon
$800 [12] Far from Mississippi, it's the site of Michigan's first state prison Jackson Jon	$800 [27] Sinclair Lewis' first critical & commercial success, this 1920 novel satirized small-town small-mindedness Main Street Blake	$800 [17] A dissenting faction led by John L. Lewis left the AFL & founded this group the CIO Jon	$800 [8] "I am Merida, and I'll be shooting for my own hand" Brave Sarah	$800 [3] Blood & pork are featured in "black" this, so it's not a dessert like the kind Bill Cosby enjoys (black) pudding Sarah	$800 [22] This beer mug usually holds about a pint a stein Blake
$1,200 [13] With the same name as the capital of a Carolina, this Maryland city was founded by the granddad of actor Edward Norton Columbia Jon	$1,200 [28] In 1987 Erskine Caldwell, who created this impoverished title road, died of lung cancer Tobacco Road Sarah	$1,600 [19] In 1928 he won the general election for Louisiana governor with 96.14% of the vote Huey Long Blake	$1,600 [10] "You're one of those a cappella girls. I'm one of those a cappella boys & we're gonna have a-ca children" Pitch Perfect	$1,200 [4] It's said the Thames used to be so dirty only this fish could live in it, & the jellied version remains a U.K. staple eels Sarah	$1,200 [23] It's any object carried on one's person to ward off evil & bring good luck a talisman Blake
$1,600 [14] Missouri, Kentucky & Wisconsin all border this state & all have communities with the same name as its capital Illinois	$1,600 [29] His play "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" tells the sad but funny tale of a fired exec having a nervous breakdown Neil Simon	$2,000 [20] On April 15, 1929 police raided this woman's birth-control clinical research bureau in NYC; charges were later dropped (Margaret) Sanger Sarah	$2,000 [11] "No one's ever been loved so much by the people. Don't waste that power" Lincoln	$1,600 [5] Someone who uses the word "mushy" in his order in Liverpool is likely getting these legumes peas Sarah	$1,600 [24] Let's all lounge upon this piece of furniture a divan Sarah Blake
$2,000 [15] Hormel Foods is based in Austin in this state Minnesota Blake	$2,000 [30] Frank & April Wheeler start out as a model 1950s couple in this Richard Yates novel made into a 2008 film Revolutionary Road Sarah	DD $4,000 [18] A photographic plate taken at the Lowell Observatory on January 23, 1930 helped identify this object Pluto Jon	DD $2,600 [9] "Why are you here then?" "Because I bloody well stammer!" The King's Speech Sarah	$2,000 [6] A Scotch this is boiled, wrapped in sausage & deep fried until golden brown egg Sarah	$2,000 [25] This black volcanic glass is named for a Roman who supposedly discovered it obsidian Blake

Final Jeopardy!

GOVERNMENT SITES

Begun as part of a 1930s project to reclaim Maryland mountain land, it's officially "Naval Support Facility Thurmont"

Camp David

Blake "What is the U.S. Naval Academy?" — wagered $5,000

Jon "What is the Naval Observatory" — wagered $1,620

Sarah "What is the US Naval Academy?" — wagered $2,001

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