Show #6857 2014-06-10 (taped 2014-02-18) Regular

Contestants

Jason Raffile — a restaurant manager originally from Meriden, Connecticut

Cindy Summers — a pharmacist from Clarksville, Tennessee

Molly Lalonde — a pediatric nurse practitioner student from Nashville, Tennessee (whose 3-day cash winnings total $38,500)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Molly $1,400 $6,600 $17,400 $14,800
4-day champion: $53,300
$19,400
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Cindy $1,000 $3,600 $-800 $-800
3rd place: $1,000
$400
9 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Jason $600 $200 $200 $0
2nd place: $2,000
$200
15 R, 9 W

Jeopardy! Round

NEVADA 1990s HITMAKERS A BITE IN BRITAIN STAMPS THE "OWL" THE PUSSYCAT
$200 [6]
On Halloween 2014 Nevada celebrates this big anniversary of statehood
its 150th (sesquicentennial)
Molly Jason
$200 [1]
In 1992 I hope you'll understand he hauled his "Achy Breaky Heart" to No. 4 on the Top 40
(Billy Ray) Cyrus
Jason
$200 [13]
Get some chips to go with your fish & you'll get this side dish, guvna
french fries
Jason
$200 [11]
A 1907 5-cent stamp commemorating Jamestown featured her, the first Native American on a U.S. postage stamp
Pocahontas
Molly
$200 [12]
A frown of displeasure
a scowl
Jason
$200 [23]
Sealpoints are the best-known variety of this breed, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera
Siamese
Jason
$400 [7]
From 1870 to 1893, after a gold & silver boom, this state capital was home to a U.S. mint
Carson City
Molly
$400 [2]
Oasis sang, "because maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me, & after all, you're my" this
wonderwall
Jason
$400 [14]
Next to your meatloaf in Manchester, try a jacket potato, what we call this
a baked potato
Cindy
$400 [15]
France's first postage stamp was issued in 1849 & featured this Roman goddess of agriculture
Ceres
Molly
$400 [19]
The lower part of your cheek
jowl
Jason
$400 [24]
Latin for "King", it follows Cornish & Devon in the names of cat breeds
Rex
Molly
$600 [8]
In 1973 this variety of sheep was designated Nevada's state animal
a bighorn sheep
Cindy
$600 [3]
Sadly, on Jan. 8, 1994, this group played its last-ever U.S. show in its hometown of Seattle
Nirvana
Cindy
$600 [16]
Candy floss to a Brit is this treat to a Yank
cotton candy
Jason
$600 [28]
In 1992 America voted on which portrait of this rock icon to use on a new stamp; the watercolor by Mark Stutzman won
Elvis
Cindy Jason
$600 [20]
To roam stealthily
to prowl
Cindy
$600 [25]
Thisbreed traces its ancestry back to 1975 with a kitten named Epidermis; at least she had a nose
a Sphynx
Molly Cindy
$1,000 [10]
This elite USAF flying team took up residence at Nevada's Nellis Air Force Base in 1956
the Thunderbirds
Cindy Jason
$800 [4]
In 1994 this R&B group's"I'll Make Love To You"remained at the top of the charts for 14 straight weeks
Boyz II Men
Jason
$800 [17]
This summertime treat is called an ice lolly in London
a popsicle
Cindy
$800 [29]
In 1973 this small Himalayan kingdom near Nepal issued stamps that could be played on a phonograph
Bhutan
$800 [21]
A hood for Batman
a cowl
Cindy
$800 [26]
The national cat of Russia is this type, & it does meow, not bark like a husky
a Siberian
Molly
DD $1,200 [9]
In the 1960s he bought 6 Nevada hotels, a TV station & more than 1,000 mining claims
Howard Hughes
Cindy
$1,000 [5]
It was "good" listening to this New Orleans rock trio in 1995; no, it was more than good, it was...
Better Than Ezra
Molly
$1,000 [18]
No shortage of carbs in the dish called "Welsh" this, cheese & beer sauce over toast
rarebit
Molly
$1,000 [30]
A 1918 error produced the valuable "Inverted" this; a 2013 stamp has the plane upside down on purpose
Jenny
Jason
$1,000 [22]
A person who hunts wild birds for food
a fowler
Molly
$1,000 [27]
Without involving Old Possum, T.S. Eliot wrote "Lines to" this longhair breed with a Middle Eastern name
a Persian
Molly

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE BONAPARTES TV & MOVIE SCHOOLS SWITCH THE FIRST & LAST LETTERS POETIC WOMEN AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY CAPITAL EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
$400 [21]
Napoleon's brother Jerome was in command of a division at this 1815 Belgian battle
Waterloo
Jason
$400 [6]
The emphasis is on spell-ing for Harry Potter & the gang at Hogwarts school of these 2 things
wizardry & witchcraft
Jason
$400 [16]
...of a food like beef or chicken & you get this competitive group
team (from meat)
Jason
$400 [11]
In 1949, at just 38, Elizabeth Bishop was named Chair of Poetry at this D.C. library
the Library of Congress
Jason
$400 [24]
Tunis
Tunisia
Molly
$400 [1]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew comes to us from the gift shop on the USSIowain San Pedro, CA.) If you know what type of vessel the USS Iowa is, it makes sense that its gift shop sells a fun on the run version of this board game
Battleship
Jason
$800 [22]
In 1808 Joseph Bonaparte was proclaimed king of this country, but after 5 years, the Bourbon dynasty was restored
Spain
Jason
$800 [7]
On this sitcom Gabe Kaplan's teacher character went back to Buchanan High, his Brooklyn alma mater
Welcome Back, Kotter
Molly
$800 [17]
...of a heavy metal & you get this bargain word
deal (from lead)
Molly
$800 [12]
Before her first novel, "Fear of Flying", she published a poetry collection about some bawdy "Fruits & Vegetables"
(Erica) Jong
Molly
$800 [25]
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Molly Jason
$800 [2]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us a mouse pad at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA.) The Norman Rockwell Museum gift shop sells a mouse pad of Rockwell'simageof a rookie in the Red Sox locker room; this Hall-of-Famer stands at the back
Ted Williams
Jason
$1,200 [28]
French emperor from 1852 to 1870, he wrote a book saying government should end poverty
Napoleon III (Louis-Napoléon)
Jason
$1,200 [8]
We'll put you on double secret probation if you don't know Faber College was the setting for this comedy film
Animal House
Jason
$1,200 [18]
...of a guided expedition & you get this thorough defeat
rout (from tour)
$1,600 [14]
This American's earliest poem, "Awake ye muses nine, sing me a strain divine", dates to Valentine week 1850
Emily Dickinson
$1,200 [23]
Khartoum
Sudan
Jason
$1,200 [3]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds up a flag at the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia, PA.) You might want to commemmorate your trip to the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia with a "Don't Give Up the Ship" flag featuring the immortal words of Captain James Lawrence during this war
the War of 1812
Cindy
$1,600 [29]
Elisa Bonaparte, one of Napoleon's sisters, was grand Duchess of this province & helped beautify Florence
Tuscany
Cindy
$1,600 [9]
The historically black school of Hillman College was at the center of this spinoff sitcom
A Different World
Jason
$1,600 [19]
...of a short word for someone done with school for good & you get this bummer of a word
drag (from grad)
Molly
DD $2,000 [13]
She spent the last 14 years of her life with her husband at Casa Guidi in Italy
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Molly
$1,600 [26]
Kampala
Uganda
$1,600 [4]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows us a figurine at the Parthenon in Nashville, TN.) Available at the gift shop of Nashville's Parthenon is a 9" replica of the 42'statueof this warrior goddess
Athena
Molly
DD $2,000 [30]
Napoleon's brother-in-law Charles LeClerc died in 1802 in this New World Country while trying to put down a revolt
Haiti
Molly
$2,000 [10]
On "Glee", music's in the air at this Ohio high school that bears a presidential name
McKinley High
Molly
$2,000 [20]
...of a good way to begin a "Jeopardy!" response & you get this gradual warming
thaw (from what)
Molly
$2,000 [15]
Born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga in Vicuna, Chile, she was the first Latin American woman to win a Nobel Prize in literature
Gabriela Mistral
Cindy
$2,000 [27]
Abuja
Nigeria
$2,000 [5]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew walks outside at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, CA.) At the Getty Center you can buy a cube of this rock, a variety of limestone that's the same Italian material on the Getty'sfacades&walkways
travertine
Cindy

Final Jeopardy!

SCIENTISTS

As a humorous tribute, an astronomical term equivalent to at least 4 billion has been named for him

Carl Sagan

Jason "Who is Hawking" — wagered $200
Molly "Who is Dalton?" — wagered $2,600

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