Show #6789 2014-03-06 (taped 2014-01-21) Battle of the Decades

Battle of the Decades: The 1990s game 4.

Contestants

Claudia Perry — a worker for an e-learning company from Evanston, Illinois

Mark Dawson — a writer and editor for the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge from Chamblee, Georgia

Dave Abbott — a musician and licensing executive from Fort Thomas, Kentucky

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Dave	$3,200	$4,600	$16,200	$5,199 3rd place: $5,000	$16,200 17 R, 2 W
Mark	$3,000	$6,800	$13,600	$15,599 Quarterfinalist	$19,400 25 R, 3 W (including 3 DDs)
Claudia	$1,400	$2,600	$5,800	$11,600 2nd place: $5,000	$5,800 12 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

NEBRASKA	WHOSE SONG?	INTERNAL FLUIDITY	ON THE BOOKSHELF	IT WAS THE '90s	ODDS & END"Z"
$200 [9] Home to a chuckwalla lizard breeding program, Henry Doorly Zoo is found in this city Omaha Claudia	$200 [4] Rick Springfield was jealous:"____'s Girl" Jessie Mark	$200 [12] Ring my bell! Pavlov did to produce this fluid in dogs saliva Dave	$200 [1] This Hemingway novel takes place over 3 days near Segovia, Spain in 1937 For Whom the Bell Tolls Dave Mark	$200 [25] It was before I had a cell phone, so when I said, "hit me on the hip" I meant contact me via this device a pager Mark	$200 [18] This French preposition means "at the home of" chez Mark
$400 [14] The Loup & the Elkhorn are the 2 major tributaries of this river that in turn flows into the Missouri the Platte Dave	$400 [5] The Everly Brothers sang, "I die each time I hear this sound":"____'s Clown" Cathy Claudia	$400 [13] Pleural fluid is found in a sac in this cavity; an excess buildup of it is not good the chest cavity Mark	$400 [2] In a kids' book, Chester is this title type of insect who comes from Connecticut to live in Times Square a cricket Dave	$400 [26] The "pump" from this company was a shoe you pumped up with air for a snugger fit Reebok Mark	$400 [19] Here's our theme in this musical style associated with Vienna a waltz Claudia
$600 [15] An 1875 visitor called Ogallala "Gomorrah of the Cattle Trail... (3/4) dance halls, gambling houses &" these to drink in saloons Dave	$600 [6] Suzanne Vega, a cappella:"____'s Diner" Tom Mark	$600 [22] No joke, a gel called the vitreous this fills the space between the retina & the lens of your eye humor Mark	$600 [3] "The Devil's Candy" chronicled the disastrous film production of this Tom Wolfe bestseller The Bonfire of the Vanities Mark	$600 [20] Suzanne Somers squeezed out a small fortune advertising this exercise product in the 1990s; I've still got mine the Thighmaster Mark	$600 [21] A court officer cries this twice to get silence before a session oyez Dave
$800 [16] Pawnee City is home to one of the largest collections of this kind of fencing material barbed wire Mark	$800 [7] Fountains of Wayne had the hots for her:"____'s Mom" Stacy Claudia	$1,000 [24] The liver sends this alkaline liquid to the gallbladder to help with digestion bile Mark	$800 [10] This Italian literary critic wrote the 1988 novel "Foucault's Pendulum" (Umberto) Eco Dave	$800 [29] This global phenomenon featuring a guy in a red & white striped shirt & cap sold 47 million books worldwide Where's Waldo? Claudia	$800 [27] The chow chow & Samoyed are this type of dog with thick fur & a tail curled over the back a spitz Dave
$1,000 [17] This monument near Alliance is a display of half-buried vehicles that looks like an older British landmark Carhenge Mark	$1,000 [8] About Mrs. John Denver:"____'s Song" Annie Mark	DD $3,000 [23] Plasma is blood without cells; this is blood without cells & clotting factors serum Mark	$1,000 [11] In the "Nun's Priest's Tale", Chaucer used some of the French material about this fox of medieval French fable Reynard Dave	$1,000 [30] Infomercials helped popularize this martial arts-based workout with a Korean-derived name Tae Bo Mark	$1,000 [28] Ax-like tool with a chisel-like steel head an adz Mark

Double Jeopardy! Round

WELCOME TO THE JUTE MILL	1990s TV SHOWS	BIBLICAL LETTERS	CONSIDER THAT A DIVORCE	IN THE DICTIONARY	ISLANDS IN THE STREAM
$400 [3] In a Jack London story, a jute mill worker breathes air "thick with" this substance that fills his lungs (& belly button) lint Claudia	$400 [1] A young physician makes a new life for herself in the Old West Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Dave Claudia	$400 [17] "M" is for this man who died just 5 years after his son passed away at age 777 Methuselah Mark	$400 [12] In 1982 this future German chancellor got a divorce after 5 years of marriage but kept the last name Angela Merkel Claudia	$400 [18] This seat, the title of a Thurber story, is a position of great advantage a catbird seat Dave	$400 [2] In North America:Goat Island &Navy Island the Niagara River Mark
$800 [5] Jute served the British Empire as a billion sandbags lined these World War I pits that gave their name to a type of warfare trench (warfare) Claudia	$800 [4] A young woman's murder in a small Pacific northwest town leads to a mystery Twin Peaks Mark	$800 [27] "P" es for these people whom Jesus calls "hypocrites" & "ye generation of vipers" Pharisees Mark Claudia	$800 [13] Divorce & remarriage to a divorcee named Happy helped kill a 1964 presidential bid by this rich GOP moderate (Nelson) Rockefeller Mark	$800 [23] It's the point in the orbit of a planet at which it's nearest to the sun perihelion Dave Claudia	$800 [19] In the Midwest:Blanchard Island &Kaskaskia Island (until the silt came) the Mississippi Dave
$1,200 [9] A big 19th century discovery: jute makes good carpet backing if mixed with this politically incorrect oil whale oil Claudia	$1,200 [6] A free-spirited yoga instructor marries a conservative attorney on their first date Dharma & Greg Claudia	$1,200 [28] "J" is for this man, who says, "My brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man" Jacob Mark	DD $800 [14] Their storybook royal romance produced 2 daughters but ended in 1996 Prince Andrew & Sarah Ferguson Mark	$1,200 [24] This French phrase refers to a form of psychosis in which 2 people share the same delusions folie à deux Claudia	$1,200 [20] On continental Europe:Obuda Island the Danube River
$1,600 [10] Jute is made into this material with a weapon in its name, often followed by "sack" gunny Dave	$1,600 [7] Staffers must stop the dimwitted mayor of NYC from making a fool of himself Spin City Claudia	$1,600 [29] "E" is for this city in "witch" King Saul gets very bad news Endor Dave	$1,600 [15] Andrew Jackson loved her so much he married her twice; her divorce from an Army officer wasn't final the first time Rachel Mark	$1,600 [25] This 3-letfer Hindi word is used in India as a title of respect for a man Sri Dave	$1,600 [21] Off continental Europe:Temple Mill Island &Eel Pie Island the Thames Mark Claudia
$2,000 [11] Around 1900 the center of jute production moved from Dundee, Scotland to this present capital of West Bengal, India Calcutta Mark	$2,000 [8] A self-absorbed TV personality urges his audience, "No flipping!" The Larry Sanders Show	$2,000 [30] "C" is for this high priest who presided over Jesus' first trial Caiaphas Dave	$2,000 [16] Around 1880 this Irish Nationalist leader said, hello, Kitty O'Shea, leading to her divorce & his political ruin (Charles) Parnell Dave	$2,000 [26] Often seen in crosswords, this 4-letter word for a small decorative case to hold needles is from the Old French etui Dave	DD $2,000 [22] Elephantine Island &Kitchener's Island the Nile Mark

Final Jeopardy!

PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHORS

He's the most recent winner of 2 Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction, winning in 1982 & 1991 for books in the same series

John Updike

Claudia "Who is John Updike?" — wagered $5,800

Mark "Who is Updike?" — wagered $1,999

Dave "Who is John la Carre?" — wagered $11,001

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