Show #6869 2014-06-26 (taped 2014-03-11) Regular

Contestants

Patti Youngblood — a grocery clerk from Copper Canyon, Texas

Ari Voukydis — a comedy writer from Los Angeles, California

Jennifer Blanton — an attorney from San Diego, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $38,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jennifer	$4,800	$9,200	$19,300	$18,600 3-day champion: $57,000	$20,400 30 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Ari	$2,200	$4,800	$8,800	$6,100 2nd place: $2,000	$7,800 13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Patti	$0	$1,000	$3,000	$500 3rd place: $1,000	$2,600 8 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

A VISIT WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS	THEY OWN IT	BROADWAY TITLE NOUNS	CAIRO	THE BALD & THE BEAUTIFUL	THE "IRON" AGE
$200 [21] (George Stephanopoulos delivers the clue.) On "This Week", journalist Glenn Greenwald told me about the documents that showed this agency had been tracking trillions of phone calls & not telling us about it the NSA (National Security Agency) Jennifer	$200 [7] Everything from Charmin to Duracell:This company named for 2 guys Procter & Gamble Jennifer	$200 [1] "Annie Get Your ____" Gun Patti	$200 [28] A centuries-old column on Roda Island in Cairo measured the height of this river's annual floods the Nile Ari	$200 [16] This hairless guy was a part of the "SNL" band before leading Letterman's CBS Orchestra Paul Shaffer Jennifer	$200 [4] 666 was "the number of the beast" in a hit song for this heavy metal band Iron Maiden Jennifer
$400 [22] (George Stephanopoulos delivers the clue.) In 2012 I moderated a Republican presidential debate in Des Moines with this woman; she hosted "GMA" too Diane Sawyer Jennifer	$400 [8] Uncle Ben's, M&M's &, fittingly, Orbit gum Mars Jennifer	$400 [2] "Paint Your ____" Wagon Jennifer	$400 [30] Daily, an estimated 3 million Cairo commuters use the Metro, Africa's first one of these transportation systems a subway Jennifer	$400 [17] He won a 1956 Oscar for "The King and I" Yul Brynner Patti	$400 [10] We guarantee it's a metal-plated wooden warship like the Monitor an ironclad Ari
$600 [23] (George Stephanopoulos delivers the clue.) On a "This Week" segment I jokingly, kind of, suggested the part of this team's name generating the most anger wasn't this nickname but "Washington" the Redskins Jennifer	$600 [9] Cheerios & Wheaties:This "military" corporation General Mills Ari	$600 [3] "Kinky ____" Boots Ari	$600 [26] Tahrir is the title Cairo place in this Oscar-nominated documentary about the recent upheavals in Egypt The Square Ari	$600 [18] As well as being king of France, the 9th century's Charles the Bald had this "holy" title Holy Roman Emperor Patti	$600 [11] This triangular NYC building is found at 5th Avenue & 22nd street the Flatiron Building Ari
$800 [24] (George Stephanopoulos delivers the clue.) In a 2013 one-on-one with President Obama on the shifting situation in Syria, I had to ask, "Don't you worry that"this world leader & Bashar Assad supporter "is playing you"? Putin Ari	$800 [14] Dasani & Sprite:This soft drink concern Coca-Cola Jennifer	$800 [5] "Once Upon a ____" Mattress Jennifer	$800 [27] At a research institute in Giza, tourists can learn how the ancient Egyptians made paper from this plant papyrus Jennifer	$800 [19] On who would reach the "American Idol" finals in 2006, Simon Cowell said "'the bald-headed kid", meaning him Chris Daughtry Jennifer Ari	$800 [12] Churchill warned of the creation of this barrier the Iron Curtain Patti
$1,000 [25] (George Stephanopoulos delivers the clue.) In 2010, this Iranian president ended an interview with me by assuring me that Osama bin Laden was in Washington; I believe I was right when I said he was wrong Ahmadinejad Ari	$1,000 [15] Xanax & Lipitor (don't get them mixed up):This pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Jennifer	$1,000 [6] "Into the ____" Woods Jennifer	DD $2,000 [29] The Citadel, one of Cairo's top landmarks, is a 12th century fortress built by this Muslim warrior Saladin (Salah al-Din) Ari	$1,000 [20] This Democratic strategist with a Southern drawl & gleaming skull is credited with the line "It's the economy, stupid" James Carville Jennifer	$1,000 [13] An Old West "rawhide artist" was someone skilled with this implement a branding iron Patti

Double Jeopardy! Round

THAT WRITER KILLS ME!	LAKES & RIVERS	"K" ROCK	DOUGH NATION	HOMOPHONIC PAIRS	THE IRON AGE
$400 [6] Beth March Louisa May Alcott Jennifer	$400 [2] This country's longest river, the Waikato, winds north & west before entering the Tasman Sea New Zealand Jennifer Patti	$400 [10] Leskanich is the last name of this woman who fronted The Waves Katrina Jennifer	$400 [1] Chile uses this, equal to 100 centavos peso Jennifer	$400 [20] The correctly identified brother, Orville or Wilbur right Wright Ari	$400 [14] Iron Age literature includes this epic poem that begins, "Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles" the Iliad Jennifer
$800 [7] Melanie Hamilton Wilkes Margaret Mitchell Patti	DD $1,200 [3] At Paducah, Kentucky, the Tennessee River meets this other one named for a state the Ohio River Patti	$800 [11] The Fugees took this song to No. 2; Roberta Flack had taken it to No. 1 "Killing Me Softly With His Song" Jennifer	DD $500 [25] Venezuela uses this monetary unit named for a 19th century national hero the bolivar Jennifer	$800 [17] A low, nasal complaint about your fermented grape juice wine whine Ari	$800 [15] The Iron Age was characterized by advanced uses of the metal, aided by this heating & forging process smelting
$1,200 [8] Sophie Zawistowska William Styron Jennifer	$1,200 [4] The strait of Promenthoux separates this large Alpine lake into the Grand Lac & the Petit Lac Lake Geneva Jennifer	$1,200 [12] The FBI scrutinized the garbled lyrics of "Louie Louie" as performed by this Portland group The Kingsmen Patti	$800 [23] This name of the monetary unit of Kuwait comes from the Roman denarius dinar Jennifer	$1,200 [18] The hurled royal seat thrown throne Ari	$1,200 [16] Our alphabet goes back 3,000 years to the phonetic one used in the Iron Age by these great sailors who founded Carthage the Phoenicians Ari
$1,600 [9] Little Nell Charles Dickens Jennifer Patti	$1,600 [5] This river bisecting Dublin was personified by James Joyce as Anna Livia Plurabelle the (River) Liffey Jennifer	$1,600 [13] 2010's "Come Around Sundown" was from this group, recent rock "royalty" Kings of Leon Jennifer	$1,200 [24] India & Pakistan agree on at least one thing--this monetary unit equal to 100 paise rupees Jennifer	$1,600 [19] For example, "I turn Christmas into a whole new art / Put paper on presents like Martha Stewart" wrap rap Jennifer	$1,600 [27] Hallstatt, Austria is home to the earliest evidence of this Iron Age people who gave us the languages Gaelic & Breton the Celts Jennifer Ari
$2,000 [30] Catherine Earnshaw Emily Bronte Jennifer	$2,000 [22] This Canadian province shares the Chiputneticook Lakes with Maine New Brunswick Jennifer	$2,000 [29] With help from the Art of Noise, Tom Jones remade this Prince song "Kiss" Ari	$2,000 [26] File this Guatemalan currency under "Q" quetzal	$2,000 [21] The good cry a girl is having at a party for debutantes ball bawl	$2,000 [28] Iron expertise was spread after the c. 1200 B.C. defeat of this Anatolian empire the Hittites

Final Jeopardy!

SCIENCE & INDUSTRY

In 1891 this European said, "Perhaps my factories will put an end to war sooner than your congresses"

Alfred Nobel

Patti "Who is Carnegie" — wagered $2,500

Ari "Who is This handsome gentleman? ↑" — wagered $2,700

Jennifer "Who is" — wagered $700

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