Show #6923 2014-10-22 (taped 2014-08-06) Regular

Contestants

Mike Harwood — a dermatologist from Westerly, Rhode Island

Ali Palmer — an analyst from Portland, Oregon

Alexander Persaud — a Ph.D. student in economics originally from Dubuque, Iowa (whose 3-day cash winnings total $61,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Alexander	$2,800	$5,400	$16,200	$8,400 2nd place: $2,000	$16,200 19 R, 2 W
Ali	$800	$1,800	$12,000	$16,300 New champion: $16,300	$10,600 13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Mike	$4,800	$6,000	$18,600	$4,799 3rd place: $1,000	$19,000 25 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE MOVIE'S INTERNATIONAL TITLE	OTHELLO	MONEY TALKS	3-LETTER FIRST NAMES	LIVING AT THE WATERGATE	ROCKS & MINERALS
$200 [11] In France, this film about good ol' boys Bo & Luke somehow became "Sheriff, Make Me Afraid" The Dukes of Hazzard Mike	$200 [1] "Othello" opens on a street in this Italian city Venice Mike	$200 [29] In an alliterative phrase, to get this "for your buck" means to maximize value received (more) bang Alexander	$200 [6] A friend, or a partially opened flower a bud Mike	$200 [19] This Kansas senator was head of the RNC & living at the Watergate during the '72 break-in but was in Chicago that night Bob Dole Alexander	$200 [28] The luminescent effect that some minerals show is named this, for the mineral fluorite fluorescence Alexander Mike
$400 [12] The actual title name of this Julia Roberts crusader didn't work for Turkey, which went with "Sweet Trouble" Erin Brockovich Mike	$400 [2] Cassio calls this drink "an enemy" that men put "in their mouths to steal away their brains" wine Mike	$400 [30] Traditionally, to put in this amount is to give your opinion on an issue your two cents Mike	$400 [7] To detect a weapon a police officer might do this "down" pat Ali	$400 [20] Ironically, in 1969 Rose Mary Woods, this man's secretary, was the victim of one of the Watergate's first burglaries Richard Nixon Ali	$400 [27] Statuario is a slightly translucent type of this used in fine statuary marble Ali
$600 [13] In Turkey this Christian Bale movie was called "Trickster"; in Quebec, "American Scam" American Hustle Alexander Ali	$600 [3] In Act II, Scene 3 he says, "I play the villain" Iago Alexander	$600 [24] If your money is doing this combusting act in your pocket, it means you're eager to spend it burning a hole Mike	$600 [8] A climbing vine ivy Mike	$600 [21] In 1996 this Supreme Court justice from N.Y. & Watergate resident had her purse snatched outside the building Ruth Bader Ginsburg Alexander	$600 [16] (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the California Science Center in Los Angeles.) More than 20,000 thermal tiles on the space shuttle Endeavour'sundersideprotected it from the heat of re-entry. Ultra lightweight, they're 90% air & 10% fibers of this sand-based mineral compound silica Ali Mike
$800 [14] Germany knew this 1977 Woody Allen/Diane Keaton film as "The Urban Neurotic" Annie Hall Alexander	$800 [4] She pleads with Othello, "kill me tomorrow; let me live tonight" Desdemona Mike	$800 [25] Giving funds to be part of an organization, or struggling through challenges to earn your position paying dues Mike	$800 [9] The side away from the wind lee Alexander	$800 [22] At the center of a pres. scandal herself, she left neighbors apology notes for the fuss she brought to the building in the '90s Monica Lewinsky Ali	$800 [17] A shade of gray is named for this rock originally used in blackboards slate Alexander
$1,000 [15] In China this 1997 British comedy about unemployed guys becoming strippers became "Pig Six Strong Men" The Full Monty Mike	$1,000 [5] This prop embroidered with strawberries once belonged to Othello's mother &, to him, represents fidelity a handkerchief Mike	DD $1,400 [26] Like Annie says, if something's a sure thing, you can do this, put up the last money you have bet your bottom dollar Mike	$1,000 [10] Knowledge or mental cognizance ken Ali	$1,000 [23] This Secretary of State often played chamber music piano accompanied by 4 friends in her apartment Condoleezza Rice Alexander	$1,000 [18] Also called "French chalk", this metamorphic rock is used by tailors to make marks on cloth soapstone

Double Jeopardy! Round

PICTURE THE HITMAKERS	CRABBY!	FIRST LETTER Q, SECOND LETTER NOT U	EXPLORERS	GETTING IN SHAPE	TAKE THE STAIRS
$400 [30] Jungle love is perfect for fans of these rockers Guns N' Roses Mike	$400 [6] Like a lobster or a shrimp, a crab has one of these; unlike them, it keeps it curled under its midsection a tail Ali	$400 [28] This term for a type of keyboard is sometimes followed by "UIOP" QWERTY Alexander	$400 [22] Years after his most famous exploit, this Kiwi climber built 27 schools & 2 hospitals in northern Nepal (Edmund) Hillary Ali	$400 [29] Tucker & Lemoine are types of this 6-sided polygon a hexagon Alexander	$400 [1] In a nursery rhyme, he runs "upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown" Wee Willie Winkie Alexander
$800 [13] These Seattle rockers appeared in the Matt Dillon film "Singles" Pearl Jam Mike	$800 [7] The robber crab of the South Pacific is also called this, from the palm product that's its principal diet the coconut Mike	$800 [23] This cotton product was originally called Baby Gays a Q-tip Ali	$800 [21] Before conquering Peru, he served as mayor & magistrate of Panama City from 1519 to 1523 Pizarro Mike	$800 [27] Akitequadrilateral shares this other name with a muscle--both derived from a Greek letter deltoid Alexander Mike	$800 [2] Some believe thespiral staircasein the Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe was built by this patron saint of carpenters himself Saint Joseph Alexander
$1,200 [8] Hewas born Marvin Aday in 1947 Meat Loaf Mike	$1,200 [11] Crabs of the genus Uca get this name from the male's habit of holding one oversized claw like a violin a fiddler crab Ali	$1,200 [17] Summer temperatures in this country can rise above 120 Qatar Mike	$1,200 [14] In 1661 priests Johann Grueber & Albert d'Orville became the first Europeans in 3 centuries to visit this Tibetan city Lhasa Alexander Ali	$1,200 [18] This word for a really unequal triangle is from a Greek root meaning "unequal" scalene Alexander	$1,200 [3] In the second book in her series, she solved the mystery of "The Hidden Staircase" Nancy Drew Alexander
$1,600 [9] Thesefunkmeisters formed in Chicago Earth, Wind & Fire Ali	$1,600 [12] A crab's front legs develop into claws called chelae, better known by this "ouchy" name pincers (pinchers accepted) Mike	$1,600 [24] 3-letter term meaning "which was to be shown" Q.E.D. Alexander	$1,600 [16] While living in Greenland in the 1890s, this African American adopted an Inuit child named Kudlooktoo Matthew Henson Alexander	$2,000 [19] Also an optical device, it's a solid figure whose ends have the same shape & each of whose sides is a parallelogram a prism Mike	$1,600 [4] One of the most famous movie scenes is the Odessa Stepssequencein this landmark film Battleship Potemkin Ali
$2,000 [10] One ofitsmembers was also in Genesis Mike + the Mechanics Ali Mike	$2,000 [26] Familiar but lonely name for crabs of the family Paguridae that often appropriate empty snail shells hermit crabs Mike	$2,000 [25] Scrabble players know it's an evergreen shrub of Arabia & its leaf is a stimulant qat Alexander	$2,000 [15] Upon arrival in 1828, Rene Caillie called this Mali trading post "nothing but a mass of ill-looking houses" Timbuktu Mike	DD $2,600 [20] It's a diamond-shaped rhombus, or a medicated sore throat candy a lozenge Mike	DD $3,400 [5] The Keats-Shelley Memorial House in Rome is located near the foot of these famous stairs the Spanish Steps Ali

Final Jeopardy!

EPONYMOUS GEOGRAPHY

Named around 1616, it's the world's fifth-largest island & the largest named after a person

Baffin Island

Ali "What is Baffin Island?" — wagered $4,300

Alexander "What is Java?" — wagered $7,800

Mike "What is Tasmania?" — wagered $13,801

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