Show #6826 2014-04-28 (taped 2014-02-04) Regular

Julia Collins game 6.

Contestants

Sarah Shody — a lawyer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Bob Kochersberger — a journalism professor from Raleigh, North Carolina

Julia Collins — a supply chain professional from Kenilworth, Illinois (whose 5-day cash winnings total $102,810)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Julia $1,400 $4,700 $19,000 $22,000
6-day champion: $124,810
$18,200
20 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Bob $2,000 $5,000 $4,400 $2,000
3rd place: $1,000
$7,400
14 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Sarah $2,800 $4,000 $10,800 $19,800
2nd place: $2,000
$10,800
15 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

WHAT "ITIS" IS IT? TENNIS TIPS GETTING POSSESSIVE 2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS APPROXIMATE WEIGHTS & MEASURES REIGN
$200 [3]
A politician's nightmare, it struck 1928 vice presidential candidate Charles Curtis
laryngitis
Sarah
$200 [14]
Doing this before serving can keep you loose, but don't imitate Novak Djokovic, who does it up to 25 times
bouncing the ball
Bob
$200 [1]
Have a "grape" timeat this resort island about four miles off the coast
Martha's Vineyard
Sarah
$200 [2]
Take your time; with no vowels, it's a sound made when thinking
hm
Bob
$200 [22]
Also a term for the pitching rubber in baseball, it's a thick, flat piece of stone or bacon
a slab
Bob
$200 [17]
(I'm Adelaide Kane.) My character Mary, Queen of Scots, is also known as Mary Stuart, but due to my grandmother, a sister of Henry VIII, the blood of this other British family flows through my veins
Tudor
Sarah
$400 [7]
It inflames a 3 1/2-inch abdominal tube of unknown purpose
appendicitis
Julia
$400 [27]
Swing from low to high to hit this type of spin; some pros get 3,000 rpm on the ball
topspin
Bob
$400 [12]
This "fire" appears on the masts of ships in stormy weather
St. Elmo's fire
Sarah
$400 [4]
Yiddish expression of dismay
oy
Julia
$400 [23]
A collection of lies, or a group of predators such as wolves that hunt together
pack
Julia
$400 [18]
(I'm Megan Follows.) I play Catherine, wife to Henry II of France; however, my character isn't French but rather from this influential Italian family
the Medicis
Sarah
$600 [8]
It's named for cavities around the nose--amoxicillin, please
sinusitis
Sarah
$600 [28]
Getting close to the net gives you better angles on your volleys but leaves you vulnerable to this--look up!
a lob
Bob
$600 [13]
On since 1989, this ABC show demonstrates that people slipping on ice never gets old
America's Funniest Home Videos
Julia
$600 [5]
It's slang for a cheesy Italian pie
za
Sarah
$600 [24]
This informal term for a large quantity is an alteration of "parcel"
a passel
Sarah
$600 [19]
(Adelaide Kane reads again.) Amy Brenneman plays my character's formidable mom, Marie de Guise, a Roman Catholic in Scotland at odds with the nobles of this faith in Scotland
Protestants
Julia
$800 [11]
Inflammation from poison oak is "contact" this
dermatitis
Bob
$800 [29]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows diagrams on the monitor.) Because the net is lower in the center & there's an extra 4 1/2 feet of court to work with, this type of diagonal shot is typically smarter than hitting it down the line
a cross-court
Bob
$800 [15]
Part of aconstellation, it's the keeper-upper indicated here
Orion's belt
Sarah
$800 [6]
Japanese board game
go
Bob
$800 [25]
The apostle Peter wrote that "charity shall cover" this amount "of sins"
a multitude
Julia
$800 [20]
(I'm Toby Regbo.) For years I have been destined to wed Mary, but a vision had by this legendary French mystic, an advisor to my mother the Queen, says it will cost me my life
Nostradamus
$1,000 [10]
David Crosby is a public sufferer from it
hepatitis
Sarah
$1,000 [30]
Popularized by Evert, Connors & Borg, it's an easier stroke to learn but does limit your reach
the two-handed backhand
$1,000 [16]
This proverbial Roman lady "must be above suspicion"
Caesar's wife
$1,000 [9]
This "choice" word is also the color gold in heraldry
or
Sarah
$1,000 [26]
At an auction, it's several articles up for bid that are sold as one unit
a lot
Bob
DD $1,500 [21]
(I'm Torrance Coombs.) Even though my character, Bash, has feelings for Mary, she is betrothed by my brother, who boasts this French title as Henry II's eldest son & heir apparent
the dauphin
Julia

Double Jeopardy! Round

GERMAN CITIES FASHION HISTORY STARTS WITH DOUBLE O THE COLE PORTER SONGBOOK A PIG A POLK
$400 [17]
From 1949 to 1990 it served as capital of West Germany
Bonn
Bob
$400 [8]
When you think of antebellum Southern belles, you think of this type of skirt held out with crinoline
(a) hoop (skirt)
Julia
$400 [3]
This type of tea is said to date from around the end of the Ming Dynasty
oolong
Julia
$400 [4]
Porter loves this city "in the winter, when it drizzles" & "in the summer, when it sizzles"
Paris
Bob
$400 [16]
The duroc breed is called this kind of pig due to the rendered fat it is traditionally used to make
lard
Sarah
$400 [28]
Because of his devotion & support to this former president, James K. Polk was nicknamed "Young Hickory"
Andrew Jackson
Julia
$800 [18]
This city known for its "trials" is called the birthplace of the watch & the clarinet
Nuremberg
Julia
$800 [9]
Chimney-pot is another name for this high silk top hat big in the 19th century
a stove pipe
$800 [2]
It precedes "I did it again" in a song by Ms. Spears
"Oops"
Sarah
$800 [5]
In a tune from "DuBarry Was a Lady", Porter rhymed this title word with "blendship"
friendship
Julia
$800 [22]
Warthogs use the burrows of aardvarks for shelter & enter this way to protect themselves
backwards
Bob
$800 [29]
On May 29, 1844 Polk's nomination as president was relayed via this medium, its first political use
the telegraph
Bob
DD $1,500 [19]
The Farina Fragrance Museum in this city has on exhibit perfume bottles dating from antiquity
Cologne
Julia
$1,200 [10]
Worn in the 1870s, a full sleeve tied at intervals was named for this wife of Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
Julia
$1,200 [1]
It's a repetitious accompaniment in music provided by brasses
oompah
$1,200 [6]
"Here's hoping we meet now and then. It was great fun, but it was just" this
one of those things
Julia Bob
$1,200 [23]
In this Shakespeare play, Stanley dreams about being attacked by a boar, the title royal's heraldic symbol
Richard III
$1,200 [26]
On July 4, 1848 Polk & his Cabinet attended the ceremonies in which the cornerstone of this monument was laid
the Washington Monument
Bob
$1,600 [20]
In Augsburg, home of these "elder" & "younger" portrait artists, a high school bears their name
Holbein
Julia
$1,600 [11]
A clog of French peasants; add "-age" to get a type of destruction the peasants did by putting the shoes in machinery
sabot
$1,600 [13]
We need some energy! Vitality! Enthusiasm! We need some this 5-letter word!
oomph
Julia
$1,600 [7]
"While tearing off a game of golf I may make a play for the caddy, but when I do I don't follow through 'cause" of this
my heart belongs to daddy
Julia
$1,600 [24]
Flat & hard, it's what a bush pig mainly uses to unearth food
its snout
Sarah
$2,000 [30]
Polk's presidential campaign slogan was this numerical phrase, referring to the Oregon territory boundary dispute
Fifty-four forty or fight!
Julia
$2,000 [21]
The Karlstor, the Sendlinger Tor & Isartor are gates from medieval times that have been preserved in this Bavarian city
Munich
Sarah
$2,000 [12]
This 18th century variation on the cocked hat had an upturned brim forming 3 equidistant peaks
a tricorn hat
Sarah
$2,000 [14]
Meaning to exude moisture slowly, this word often follows "primordial"
ooze
Julia
$2,000 [15]
This title follows "When Sam Goldwyn can with great conviction instruct Anna Sten in diction, then Anna shows..."
"Anything Goes"
$2,000 [25]
Female pigs are good for hunting truffles because the fungus' scent is similar to these chemical calling cards in males
pheromones
Julia
DD $3,000 [27]
In his 1845 inaugural address, Polk mentioned annexing this republic & "her desire to come into our Union"
Texas
Bob

Final Jeopardy!

NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHORS

Due to injuries suffered in 2 plane crashes in Africa, he was unable to accept his 1954 Nobel Prize in person

Ernest Hemingway

Bob "Who is JM Coetzee" — wagered $2,400
Sarah "Who is Ernest Hemingway?" — wagered $9,000
Julia "Who is Ernest Hemingway?" — wagered $3,000

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