Show #6791 2014-03-10 (taped 2013-11-20) Regular

Arthur Chu game 10.

Contestants

Sean Sullivan — a database coordinator from Chicago, Illinois

Michelle Sheffer — a writer and editor from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Arthur Chu — a compliance analyst and voiceover artist from Broadview Heights, Ohio (whose 9-day cash winnings total $261,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Arthur	$3,200	$6,000	$18,200	$16,200 10-day champion: $277,200	$24,000 26 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Michelle	$-1,000	$-200	$200	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$200 6 R, 3 W
Sean	$-800	$200	$7,800	$15,199 2nd place: $2,000	$7,800 13 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

ALFRED HITCHCOCK SAID	HETERONYMS	POTENT POTABLES	EARLIEST TO STATEHOOD	LITERARY TITLE PAIRS	AMERICAN DECORATIVE ARTS
$200 [25] "Television has brought" this crime "back into the home, where it belongs" murder Arthur Sean	$200 [24] The breeze, or to tighten the spring of a clock wind [wind/wined] Arthur	$200 [30] Guyana's Demerara Distillers is known for its El Dorado brand of this potent potable rum Michelle	$200 [19] West Virginia, North Carolina, South Dakota North Carolina Sean	$200 [29] In Shakespeare, a Trojan guy & an unfaithful gal Troilus & Cressida Arthur Michelle	$200 [27] (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue from the Winterthur Museum in Delaware.) Here in the Delaware countryside, a member of this prominent industrial family spent decades collecting often-overlookedearly Americanartbefore turning his 175-room mansion into a museum du Pont Sean
$400 [18] Women with this color hair "make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the footprints" blonde Michelle	$400 [23] One who stitches clothing, or a channel for yucky water a sewer [SOH-whir/SOO-whir] Michelle	$400 [28] A gin & tonic cocktail, for example, or the tall, straight-sided glass in which it's served a highball Arthur	$400 [22] Louisiana, Ohio, Vermont Vermont Arthur	$400 [26] Lewis Carroll poem about a pinniped & a woodworker "The Walrus and the Carpenter" Arthur	$400 [21] (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue from the Winterthur Museum in Delaware.) In 1929, Winterthur's owner showed he meant business when he paid a then-record $44,000 for a classic high chest of Philadelphia rococo, outbidding this controversial publisher (William Randolph) Hearst Sean
$600 [14] "The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of" this part of the human anatomy the bladder Arthur	$600 [15] A month, or an adjective meaning "eminent" August [AW-gust]/august [aw-GUST] Arthur	$600 [17] To prepare a brave bull, pour tequila in a glass & top with this coffee-flavored liqueur from Veracruz, Mexico Kahlúa Arthur	$600 [20] Montana, Missouri, Minnesota Missouri Arthur	$600 [16] Turgenev novel with Nikolai Kirsanov & his kid Fathers and Sons	$600 [6] (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue from the Winterthur Museum in Delaware.) What was once the family's dining room has an early American theme with square-backed chairs from around 1800 in the federal style &tankardsby this Boston patriot & silversmith Paul Revere Arthur
$800 [11] Hitchcock never said these people "are cattle"; what he said was these people "should be treated like cattle" actors Arthur	$800 [3] A flaw, or to go over to the opposing side defect [DEE-fekt/di-FEKT] Arthur	$800 [12] Creme D'ananas is a liqueur flavored mainly with this fruit, not bananas pineapple	$800 [8] Oklahoma, Utah, Arizona Utah Arthur Sean	$800 [1] A Herman Wouk sequel, later a miniseries War and Remembrance	$800 [13] (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue from the Winterthur Museum in Delaware.) Contrasting with more elaborate rooms is one named for this religious group that believedcraftingis an act of prayer & thatitems should be simply functional Shakers Arthur
$1,000 [4] Audience members might not agree with Hitch's assessment of this film of his as "a big comedy" Psycho	$1,000 [7] A new staging of a scene, or an enjoyable activity that refreshes recreation [REE-cree-A-shun/rek-ree-A-shun]	$1,000 [5] Black Bush is a special blend of this Irish whiskey--makes sense Bushmills	$1,000 [2] Nevada, Nebraska, Wyoming Nevada Arthur Michelle	DD $3,200 [9] 1929 William Faulkner title pair The Sound & the Fury Arthur	$1,000 [10] (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue from the Winterthur Museum in Delaware.) Distressed by the discount-store furnishings, this woman reached out to the man who built up Winterthur to redecorate, especially the Green Room; she later wrote to him, "Everything lovely in the White House now is all your contribution" Jackie Kennedy Arthur

Double Jeopardy! Round

VIRGINIA IS FOR FIGHTERS	TV BEFORE & AFTER	DIALECTS	ISLAND PRISONS	"DA" END	BALLET SETTINGS
$400 [24] Civil War general Winfield Scott called this Virginian "the greatest military genius in America" Lee Sean	$400 [20] Bob Eubanks is beheaded after asking recently married Edmure Tully & Roslin Frey about whoopee preferences The Newlywed Game of Thrones	$400 [27] Dante's "Divine Comedy" was written in Florentine, a dialect of this language Italian Sean	$400 [29] In the 1840s convicts sent to Australia's Cockatoo Island in this city's harbor had to build their own prison Sydney Michelle	$400 [1] This word can precede onion, triangle or shorts Bermuda Michelle	$800 [28] The corral of Burnt Ranch &the ranch house Rodeo Arthur
$800 [19] In 1794 this man who got top billing in a later exploration joined the Virginia militia to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion Lewis Sean	$800 [16] Tom Selleck gets the Ferrari out of the garage & heads to Rome for a miniseries about an emperor Magnum, P.I. Claudius Arthur	$800 [23] Yooper is an English dialect spoken primarily in this state's Upper Peninsula Michigan Sean	$800 [25] Inmates who died while incarcerated at this prison were turned over to the San Francisco County Coroner Alcatraz Arthur	$800 [2] This 11th letter of the Greek alphabet follows kappa lambda Arthur	$1,200 [26] A ball at the palace, after the ball &an enchanted garden Cinderella
$1,200 [18] On May 28, 1754 men under the command of this notable Virginian fired the first shots of the French & Indian War Washington Sean	$1,200 [15] It's the Pritchetts vs. the Dunphys for some cold hard cash, & Richard Dawson's kissing all the ladies Modern Family Feud Sean	$1,200 [22] Braj Bhasha was the literary dialect of this language of India until the 19th century Hindi Sean	$1,200 [21] Henri Charriere, aka Papillon, wrote a popular account of escaping this island prison on a coconut raft Devil's Island	$1,200 [4] In Spanish-speaking countries, it's a large estate or plantation a hacienda Arthur	$1,600 [17] The garden of Prince Siegfried's castle &a lakeside Swan Lake Arthur
$1,600 [14] Born on a Virginia plantation in 1800, he led an 1831 slave revolt that killed 60 before he was captured & hanged (Nat) Turner Sean	$1,600 [7] The fisher family & their burial biz find themselves trapped beneath Stephen King's oppressive bubble Six Feet Under the Dome Arthur	$1,600 [3] The first language of over 60% of the people in Switzerland is one dialect or another of this German Michelle	$2,000 [12] A setting in "The Count of Monte Cristo", this island fortress in the Bay of Marseilles once housed thousands of Huguenots Château d'If	$1,600 [13] Any large group of moving things, or a fleet of warships an armada Arthur	DD $4,000 [5] Street scene, an American desert &the jail Billy the Kid Arthur
$2,000 [10] Virginia-born Marine general Chesty Puller earned 5 of these medals with the name of another service Navy Crosses	$2,000 [6] An Indian-American doctor enters a fashion design reality competition The Mindy Project Runway Michelle Sean	$2,000 [11] A main dialect of Japanese is Kansai-ben, spoken in Osaka & Kyoto in the western part of this island Honshu Arthur Sean	DD $3,000 [8] New York City's main correctional facility, it lies in the East River & consists of 10 separate jails Riker's Island Arthur	$2,000 [9] This 4-letter word is the concluding passage of a musical piece a coda Arthur	—

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN COMPOSERS

A protege of Oscar Hammerstein, he's won Grammys, an Oscar, a Pulitzer Prize & the most Tony Awards by a composer

Stephen Sondheim

Michelle "Who is John Williams?" — wagered $200

Sean "Who is Sondheim?" — wagered $7,399

Arthur "Who is Alan Menken" — wagered $2,000

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