Show #6835 2014-05-09 (taped 2014-04-16) Battle of the Decades

Battle of the Decades quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

Colby Burnett — an AP world history teacher from Chicago, Illinois

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

Chuck Forrest — an attorney for the UN IFAD from Marino, Italy

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Chuck	$2,000	$6,800	$14,400	$11,900 Automatic semifinalist	$14,400 21 R, 1 W
Mark	$1,200	$4,200	$10,600	$8,600 3rd place: $10,000 if eliminated	$10,400 15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Colby	$1,200	$200	$11,800	$11,000 2nd place: $10,000 if eliminated	$12,200 11 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

SOUTH AMERICAN WILDLIFE	IT SOUNDS LIKE A LETTER	THAT '70s SHOW	SHERLOCK HOLMES STORIES	YOU HAD ONE JOB!	FASHION "P"IECES
$200 [2] The giant species of this has a 2-foot tongue that it uses to lap up insects from inside mounds an anteater Mark	$200 [10] Yellow-banded colonizer a bee Chuck	$200 [5] Hello, Sabrina, Jill & Kelly, working for an unseen boss on this ABC show Charlie's Angels Chuck	$200 [9] Poison darts turn out to be the cause in "The Adventure of the Sussex" one of these Slavic fiends a vampire	$200 [11] A fletcher aims to live up to his name origin by making these pointy objects arrows Mark	$200 [1] These calf-length pants with an alliterative name were originally worn when bicycling pedal-pushers Chuck
$400 [8] The smallest member of the camel family, it's related to the llama, alpaca & guanaco a vicuña Chuck	$400 [14] Famous Fonz utterance "Ay!" Mark	$400 [4] In 2013 Barry Williams revealed he has the Tiki that brought bad luck during a Hawaiian vacation on this show The Brady Bunch Colby	$400 [20] Sea captain "Black Peter" Carey is killed with this weapon a harpoon	$400 [15] A wainwright wrights these transports wagons Mark	$400 [3] Thisprint is often seen on scarves & shawls paisley Chuck
$600 [16] Also called a lancehead, this snake accounts for 90% of all snakebite-related fatalities in Brazil the fer-de-lance Mark	$600 [6] A Parliamentary affirmative aye Chuck	$600 [19] Hal Linden was a Tony-winning actor when he began playing this mustachioed sitcom cop Barney Miller Chuck	$600 [23] There's "The Sign of" this group--Akbar, Khan, Singh & Small the Four Mark	$600 [21] In the pages of Variety, a thrush is this a female singer	$600 [7] In 2013 the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum had an exhibit on this look, "Chaos to Couture" punk rock
DD $1,000 [17] This feline with a fancy coat is the only New World resident traditionally classified as a big cat a jaguar Mark	$800 [25] Commodity that's pretty steeped tea Chuck	$800 [22] Moonbase Alpha was the setting of this sci-fi series Space: 1999 Chuck	$800 [27] "The Final Problem" culminates at this cataract the Reichenbach Falls Chuck	$800 [24] A funambulist balances work & play in this gig tightrope walking Chuck	$800 [12] The name of this type of Cashmere shawl comes from Urdu & Persian a Pashmina Colby
$1,000 [18] Brazil's Spix's species of this longest parrot may now be extinct; it hasn't been seen in the wild since 2000 the macaw Mark	$1,000 [28] An Ecclesiastical office such as a bishop's a see Chuck	$1,000 [29] Squad 51 kept on saving L.A. in this show with Randolph Mantooth, Kevin Tighe & Julie London Emergency! Mark Colby	$1,000 [30] "The Man with the Twisted" this feature turns out to be an actor in makeup Lip	$1,000 [26] Latin for "hand" gave us this long word for a secretary an amanuensis	$1,000 [13] Seen here on the Duchess of Cambridge, this pleated, flared extension of the bodice is on-trend a peplum

Double Jeopardy! Round

ON WHAT ISLAND?	CLASSICAL COMPOSERS	12+-LETTER WORDS	FEMALE WORLD LEADERS	____ THE ____	THE STARS WRITE
$400 [6] Fukushima Prefecture Honshu Mark	$400 [20] The Furies scene in an Orpheus ballet was part of Gluck's period of "Sturm und" this Drang Colby	$400 [16] This "superior" word often precedes "meditation" transcendental Chuck	$400 [7] The daughter of a president who was assassinated, Park Geun-Hye is the president of this country South Korea Mark	$400 [17] William H. Bonney was one of several aliases that he used Billy the Kid Colby	$400 [9] Loosely modeled on 12-step programs is James Franco's debut novel titled "Actors" this Anonymous Mark
$800 [11] Around 800 monumental Moai Easter Island Chuck	$800 [23] In 1622 Thomas Tomkins published a set of these secular songs, some of the fa-la-la-last great ones madrigals Mark	$800 [8] "Complete cardiac" term meaning fully supportive wholehearted Chuck	$800 [5] Vigdis Finnbogadottir was president of this country for almost the entire 1980s Iceland Chuck	$800 [18] In a proverb, it precedes "and spoil the child" spare the rod Mark	DD $1,000 [15] Born in 1928, in 2009 Dick Van Patten published a book titled this "Is Not Enough" Eighty Colby
$1,200 [12] The University of Catania Sicily Chuck	$1,200 [25] Johann Pachelbel may have played this piece of his, still a favorite of brides & grooms, at the wedding of J.S. Bach's brother "Canon in D" Colby	$1,200 [10] Herbert Hoover popularized "rugged" this doctrine of self-reliance individualism Chuck	$1,200 [3] Following her brother Thaksin, Yingluck Shinawatra is the first woman prime minister of this country Thailand Chuck	$1,200 [19] It's what Clara Peller wanted to know in TV commercials of the 1980s "Where's the beef?" Chuck	$1,200 [4] "There and Back Again" tells of this actor's time playing Samwise Gamgee Sean Astin Colby
$1,600 [13] Hobart International Airport Tasmania Colby	$1,600 [26] This 19th century composer's "Spring" symphony shows no signs of the mental illness that later overcame him (Robert) Schumann Mark	$1,600 [24] Adjective for any gemstone that's not a diamond, ruby, sapphire or emerald semiprecious Mark	$2,000 [1] This last name of Megawati, Indonesia's first female president, came from her father, ex-leader Sukarno Sukarnoputri Colby	$1,600 [21] Sal Paradise is a self-portrait in this 1950s novel On the Road Colby	$1,600 [28] Thisformer writer/actor on "The Office" got good reviews for his 2014 book of fiction "One More Thing" B.J. Novak
$2,000 [14] Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Montreal Island Chuck	$2,000 [27] This British composer of "Over The Hills And Far Away" was of German parentage, & "Frederick" was originally "Fritz" Delius Mark	$2,000 [30] Say cheese! It's abnormal susceptibility to stimulation of the skin by ultraviolet light photosensitivity Chuck	DD $2,200 [2] Her husband's assassination & a People Power Revolution made her president in 1986 (Corazon) Aquino Colby	$2,000 [22] Derived from an Old Testament story, to face danger is to do this to the king of beasts beard the lion in his den	$2,000 [29] "From Punky to Parenting" is this former child star's advice book (Soleil Moon) Frye Colby

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS BOOKS

It was published March 26, 1830; a very popular work with the same name premiered March 24, 2011

The Book of Mormon

Mark "What isMoby Dici" — wagered $2,000

Colby "What is The Time Machine?" — wagered $800

Chuck "What ?" — wagered $2,500

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