Show #6796 2014-03-17 (taped 2013-12-03) Regular

Contestants

Gordon Graham — a recent anthropology graduate from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Jen Cosgrove — a billing manager from West Hartford, Connecticut

Thad McCollum — a door person from Orlando, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Thad	$1,800	$6,800	$12,400	$24,400 3rd place: $1,000	$12,400 21 R, 5 W
Jen	$3,800	$5,200	$15,200	$25,200 2nd place: $2,000	$14,400 19 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Gordon	$1,000	$2,600	$14,400	$28,800 New champion: $28,800	$9,800 15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

NEW MUSICAL SUPERGROUPS	BIOGRAPHY SUBJECTS	MISCELLANEOUS	EAR, NOSE OR THROAT	AIRPORT CODES	THE TWO-THOUSAND YEAR OLD MAN
$200 [2] Foo Skynyrd Foo Fighters & Lynyrd Skynyrd Thad	$200 [4] "Nevermore: A Photobiography of" him (Edgar Allan) Poe Gordon	$200 [14] She's the first woman mentioned in the Bible, but her name only appears twice in all of Genesis Eve Thad	$200 [9] ____lobe ear Jen	$200 [1] You'll find MOM in Moudjeria, Mauritania; this 3-letter code is over in Da Nang, Vietnam DAD Gordon	$200 [22] (Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks present the clue.)"Of all the monarchs you've known, who was the most impressive?""That's easy. It's this Russian empress who was born in 1729. She had such great legs! And, boy, what a way with horses" Catherine (the Great) Gordon
$400 [3] The Grateful Doubt The Grateful Dead & No Doubt Gordon	$400 [5] This man: "Billionaire Computer Genius" Bill Gates Jen	$400 [18] During a return visit to the U.S. by this Frenchman in 1825, he gave president John Quincy Adams an alligator as a pet the Marquis de Lafayette Thad	$400 [10] Strep ____ throat Jen	$400 [30] This 3-letter code for Derby Field servicing Lovelock, Nevada could make you laugh out loud LOL Thad	$400 [23] (Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks present the clue.)"What was one of your best times?""One of my best times was sitting around with this guy in Venice. He'd tell me stories about going to China, and I'd say, 'Don't mention the part about spaghetti & gunpowder. They don't go good together'" Marco Polo Gordon
$600 [15] Both in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:Pink Sabbath Pink Floyd & Black Sabbath Thad	$800 [7] "The General": this man "and the France He Saved" (Charles) de Gaulle Jen	$600 [19] The star of 7 James Bond films, he started smoking by age 9 & once worked as a coffin polisher Sean Connery Jen	$600 [11] Pug ____ nose Gordon	$600 [29] FYI--FYI is an unofficial code standing for Fresno this national park International Yosemite Thad	$600 [26] (Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks present the clue.)"You have worked with some of our great presidents.""Mm-hmm.""Who were they?""Go back to the first. Washington. He used to wear his wig cockeye. I straightened him out. I straightened out his wooden teeth. But Wilson--Woodrow Wilson took my advice. I said, 'Woody, you're making too many points in this declaration. How many points do you really need?'" 14 Thad
$800 [16] A boy band supergroup:98 Edition 98 Degrees & New Edition Thad Jen	DD $1,000 [6] By Joe McGinniss, "The Rogue: Searching for the Real" this politician Sarah Palin Jen	$800 [20] This national park & preserve named for the highest peak in North America is bigger than New Hampshire Denali Thad Jen Gordon	$800 [12] Tylenol Cold Sore ____ Throat Thad	$800 [28] Iowans can't be too thrilled that the airport for this city SUX Sioux City Gordon	$800 [25] (Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks present the clue.)"What was your most annoying job?""Well, I was a scrivener for this poet who couldn't spell. The first line of his prologue, he spells 'April' like this-A-P-R-I-L-L-E. That's--that's how he spelled 'April'" Chaucer Jen
$1,000 [17] Both big in the '70s:Led People Led Zeppelin & The Village People Thad	$1,000 [8] This woman: "Daring to Vote" Susan B. Anthony	$1,000 [21] In the ocean the giant & colossal this are "armed" & dangerous as the largest invertebrates giant squids Thad	$1,000 [13] Bend someone's ____ ear Jen	$1,000 [27] A code for the airport in Ile Ouen, New Caledonia, or what we might have to give you if we don't have the $1,000 an IOU Gordon	$1,000 [24] (Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks present the clue.)"Attila the Hun--was he really as rotten as they say?""Rottener. You never addressed him by his 3-word nickname. You always said, 'Hey, you're looking good today', 'Hey', stuff like that. But you never called him by his 3-word nickname. That's the clue--3-word nickname" "Scourge of God" Thad

Double Jeopardy! Round

LITERARY SEQUELS	I'LL BE YOUR TV WAITRESS	WE "BEG" TO DIFFER	LET'S PLAY BRIDGE	A BIRD IN THE HAND	2 IN THE BUSH
$400 [13] Anne Rice's first sequel to "Interview with the Vampire" was "The Vampire" him Lestat Thad	$400 [19] Penny...? Penny...? Penny?Yes, it's Penny who works at the Cheesecake Factory on this lovably geeky CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory Jen	$400 [1] In the Bible it meant to procreate begat Gordon	$400 [6] Players dig this highest-ranking suit of cards in contract bridge spades Gordon	$400 [24] It's the birdin the hands here; Hans Christian Andersen wrote of an ugly one a duckling Jen	$400 [7] The 2 presidents Bush were both graduates of Yale University, attending in these 2 decades the '40s & the '60s Gordon
$800 [14] "Innocent", a legal thriller published in 2010, is a sequel to his bestselling debut novel, "Presumed Innocent" Scott Turow Thad Jen	$800 [20] Cliff, on "Cheers": "I'm ashamed God made me a man"; her: "I don't think God's doing a lot of bragging about it, either" Carla Jen	$800 [2] Someone new to poker may experience this 2-word type of good fortune while playing beginner's luck Jen	$1,200 [18] In the mid-20th c. contract bridge became big & this formerly most popular form was going once, going twice... auction bridge Thad	$800 [25] That's nota chick in the hand, but this bird with a longer name a chickadee Jen	$800 [8] The 2 Democratic opponents George W. Bush beat in presidential elections Al Gore & John Kerry Thad
$1,200 [15] Emma Thompson was tapped to write the first authorized sequel to this author's "Peter Rabbit" stories Beatrix Potter Thad	$1,200 [21] Max Black & Caroline Channing live to serve at a retro-hip diner on this sitcom 2 Broke Girls Jen	$1,200 [3] This type of person desires alms a beggar Thad	$1,600 [29] A card that's the only one of its suit in a hand; it's also what Bridget Jones calls herself as an unmarried person a singleton	$1,200 [26] On its leg, the bird is undergoing this zoological process, also called ringing banding Thad Jen	$1,200 [9] In the names of both the presidents Bush, "W" is short for this Walker Thad
$1,600 [16] He's baaack--the now middle-aged Danny Torrance from this Stephen King novel returns in a 2013 sequel, "Doctor Sleep" The Shining Gordon	$1,600 [22] Ashley Jones served up some bon temps at Merlotte's as Daphne on this HBO drama True Blood Thad	$1,600 [4] To deprive by deception beguile Jen	$2,000 [30] The sneaky tactic of taking a trick with a lower card when an opponent holds a higher one is known by this "delicate" term finesse Gordon	DD $2,000 [27] (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Alaska.) The feet of the Harlan's red-tailed hawk are protected from struggling prey because their talonsare bone encased in a sheath of this hard protein keratin Jen	$1,600 [10] 2 sons of George H.W. Bush have been governors, of these 2 states Florida & Texas Gordon
$2,000 [17] The wanderer sails for the South Pole in Nikos Kazantzakis' 33,333-line sequel to this ancient poem The Odyssey Thad Gordon	$2,000 [23] After waitressing at the Lobo Lounge in Lanford, Ill., this '90s title sitcom character came home to her husband Dan Roseanne Thad	$2,000 [5] A dance that began in Martinique & ended up in a Cole Porter song the beguine Thad	DD $5,400 [12] I made the last bid, so I'm the declarer; my partner says nothing while I play his cards, so he's called this the dummy Gordon	$2,000 [28] The bird in the handhereis the sun type of this small parrot a parakeet Thad Gordon	$2,000 [11] One of the 2 sons of George H.W. Bush who were never a state governor Neil or Marvin

Final Jeopardy!

BODIES OF WATER

More than 1/5 of all the world's people live in countries bordering this, the world's biggest bay

the Bay of Bengal

Thad "What is the Bay of Bengal?" — wagered $12,000

Gordon "What is the bay of Bengal?" — wagered $14,400

Jen "What is the Bay of Bengal?" — wagered $10,000

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