Show #6842 2014-05-20 (taped 2014-02-05) Regular

Julia Collins game 12.

Contestants

Clayton Walker — an airline operations specialist from Dallas, Texas

Kate Hoffman — a corporate librarian from East Boston, Massachusetts

Julia Collins — a supply chain professional from Kenilworth, Illinois (whose 11-day cash winnings total $231,310)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Julia $4,600 $9,800 $20,000 $14,300
12-day champion: $245,610
$21,800
26 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Kate $3,000 $3,800 $12,800 $2,800
2nd place: $2,000
$11,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Clayton $1,200 $2,800 $6,800 $1
3rd place: $1,000
$6,800
11 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS AMERICANS READING RAINBOW FIRST THINGS THIRD NATIONAL PEOPLE? A POTPOURRI OF WORDS MOVIE ENDINGS
$200 [1]
Famous or infamous? This NSA contractor made Hong Kong his first stop with classified data
(Edward) Snowden
Julia
$200 [6]
In the Alex Cross series, James Patterson immediately followed "Roses Are Red" with this title
Violets Are Blue
Julia
$200 [16]
Made law in 1791, it prohibits the involuntary quartering of soldiers in private homes
the third amendment
Julia
$200 [21]
Last name of Huck & of Crowded House singer Neil
Finn
Kate
$200 [26]
A group of scouts or soldiers
troop
Julia
$200 [11]
"Independence","The Longest","Training"
Day
Kate
$400 [2]
In 1974 he broke Babe Ruth's home run record & in 2007 Barry Bonds broke his
Hank Aaron
Julia Kate
$400 [7]
Stephen Crane based this story on the experience of a soldier at the battle of Chancellorsville
The Red Badge of Courage
Julia
$400 [17]
Though it's the third sign of the zodiac, it practically defines the number 2
Gemini
Kate
$400 [22]
Body contact in hockey, maybe slamming someone into the boards
check/Czech
Clayton
$400 [27]
To grimace with a sullen expression & an extended lower lip
pout
Clayton
$400 [12]
"Police","Toy","Love"
Story
Kate
$600 [3]
On his 2012 death his family said on a clear night when the moon is smiling down at you, think of him & give him a wink
Neil Armstrong
Clayton
$600 [8]
"Anne of Windy Poplars" is a sequel to this 1908 classic
Anne of Green Gables
Julia
$600 [18]
As of 2014, he's third in line to the British throne
Prince George
Julia Clayton
$600 [23]
It comes before "free" to mean making a clean getaway
Scot
Clayton
$600 [28]
To rip a plant all the way out of the ground
uproot
Julia
$600 [13]
"Safe","Road","Animal"
House
Clayton
$800 [4]
Born in 1918, he's reportedly preached to more people live than anyone else in history, nearly 215 million people
Billy Graham
Julia
$1,000 [10]
Aldous Huxley's first novel, a social satire of British literati, is called "Crome" this color
Yellow
$800 [19]
In a hefty defeat, this Republican finished third in the 1912 presidential election
President Taft
Julia
$800 [24]
The "Seinfeld" holiday Festivus employed one of these instead of a tree
a Pole
Julia
$800 [29]
An after-dinner wine of the Iberian Peninsula
port
Kate Clayton
$800 [14]
"After","Battlefield","The Good"
Earth
Kate
$1,000 [5]
"A Magician Among the Spirits" is a 1924 book by this man
Houdini
Kate
DD $2,000 [9]
In a children's classic by Scott O'Dell, San Nicolas Island is better known as this title place
The Island of the Blue Dolphins
Julia
$1,000 [20]
Tradition says this third king of ancient Israel composed many proverbs & songs
Solomon
Julia
$1,000 [25]
Verb meaning to condescend to grant
deign/Dane
Julia
$1,000 [30]
An apple or orange seed
pip
Kate
$1,000 [15]
"Hollow","Rain","Inside"
Man
Kate

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE MUSEUMS OF EUROPE UNDER THE MICROSCOPE I WILL SURVIVE! DOUBLE "K" WORDS ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAMERS U.S. PLACES
$400 [2]
You can learn about the history of Nordic sailing in this Icelandic capital's Vikin Maritime Museum
Reykjavik
Julia
$400 [26]
These omnipresent organisms come in three shapes; seenhereare bacilli, the rod-shaped variety
bacteria
Clayton
$400 [4]
In 1995 Capt. Scott O'Grady, downed over Bosnia, survived 6 days by eating non-chocolate-covered these
ants
Julia Kate
$400 [1]
A follower of the adventures of Sulu & James T. Kirk
a Trekkie
Julia
$400 [11]
The Pixies were an influence on this trio that exploded onto the scene with "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Nirvana
Clayton
$400 [19]
It wasn't yet known as "Sin City" when Mormons occupied it from 1855 to 1857
Las Vegas
Kate
$800 [3]
A hall of fame & museum at the U.K.'s Cheltenham Racecourse honors this equine event that uses fences & ditches
steeplechase
Kate
$800 [27]
Seriously, get some lotion on the outermost layer of the skin, also known as this
the epidermis
Kate
$800 [5]
In 1908 Lt. Thomas Selfridge became the first airplane fatality; this was the last name of the pilot, who survived
Wright
Clayton
$800 [6]
Chattered on meaninglessly
yakked
Julia Clayton
$800 [15]
With its 2014 induction, perhaps this duo said, "You Make My Dreams Come True"
Hall & Oates
Julia
$800 [20]
It's said the lobby of Memphis' Peabody Hotel is the northern end of this region known for its blues
the Delta
Kate
$1,200 [8]
In 1764 Empress Catherine II purchased Johann Gotzkowski's art collection, the first collection in this museum
the Hermitage
Kate
$1,200 [28]
Also known asleukocytes, these defend the body by producing antibodies & destroying cancer cells
white blood cells
Julia
$1,200 [12]
The survivors of 1945's Gremlin Special crash in New Guinea ran into a tribe-of these; luckily they only ate enemies
cannibals
Kate
$1,200 [7]
In mumblety-peg, players toss this, trying to make the blade stick firmly in the ground
a jackknife
Julia
$1,200 [16]
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame says this Ozzy Osbourne group is credited with creating heavy metal
Black Sabbath
Kate
$1,200 [21]
This Maine national park shares its name with a historic region of French Canada
Acadia
Julia
$2,000 [25]
The museum of this opera house was begun when 7 prominent Milan citizens bought the theater collection of Giulio Sambon
La Scala
Julia
$1,600 [29]
Atripthrough a leaf shows thelatticeof this substance, the basis of plant cell walls
cellulose
Julia
$1,600 [13]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an animation of a boat capsizing on the monitor, followed by news footage.) Harrison Okene's shipwreck could have killed him, but his boat flipped over before it sank 100 feet to the bottom, creating an air pocket that provided him with oxygen; the bubble served as one of these objects with a musical name
a diving bell
$1,600 [9]
A trinket or small ornamental item
knickknack
Clayton
$2,000 [18]
Albums from this Canadian woman include "Court and Spark" & "Miles of Aisles"
Joni Mitchell
Julia
$1,600 [22]
Sandusky Bay, an arm of this Great Lake, is known for its great crappie fishing
Lake Erie
Julia
DD $3,000 [24]
Exhibits in this composer's Bonn home include his grand piano & a variety of ear trumpets
Beethoven
Julia
$2,000 [30]
Thisgenus of green algae gets its name from the spiraling shape of its filaments
Spirogyra
$2,000 [14]
The USA's top WWI flying ace, he survived 24 days lost at sea during WWII, subsisting on seagulls
Eddie Rickenbacker
$2,000 [10]
A hut built for a Jewish holiday
a sukkah
Julia
DD $3,000 [17]
Darryl McDaniels was one-third of this rap group that was inducted in 2009
Run-D.M.C.
Kate
$2,000 [23]
Though it has an Old Cowtown Museum, don't call this city of 385,000 southwest of Topeka a cowtown
Wichita

Final Jeopardy!

BRITISH NOVELS

Stephen King borrowed the name of his fictional town Castle Rock from this 1950s novel that greatly influenced him

Lord of the Flies

Clayton "What is Ulysses???" — wagered $6,799
Kate "What is" — wagered $10,000
Julia "What is 1984?" — wagered $5,700

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