Show #6958 2014-12-10 (taped 2014-10-27) Regular

Contestants

Travis Darling — a customer service manager from Norman, Oklahoma

Mindy Miner — an attorney from Schenectady, New York

Peter McGillicuddy — a human resources director from Holliston, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Peter	$1,800	$2,400	$15,200	$3,399 2-day champion: $18,799	$16,400 16 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Mindy	$3,800	$5,400	$13,500	$0 2nd place: $2,000	$12,200 16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Travis	$800	$3,000	$13,500	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$12,200 16 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN FOOD & DRINK	PULITZER WINNERS FOR BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY	ENERGY	THE LONG & THE SHORT OF IT	6'4"	5, 5
$200 [2] Maryland & Mississippi both "got" this as their state drink or beverage milk Travis	$200 [1] 1944:Carleton Mabee, writing about this "American Leonardo", master of the dot & dash Morse Mindy	$200 [14] Alternative energy sources like solar & wind are also called this kind of energy because you can't use them up renewable Travis	$200 [21] This South American river is 4,000 miles long--that's NYC to Rome the Amazon Travis	$200 [3] This ex-Cowboy quarterback is the taller half of Fox Sports' No. 1 NFL announcing team Troy Aikman Peter	$600 [22] Slang for an older guy who spends lavishly on his younger girlfriend a Sugar Daddy Travis
$400 [10] They're the 2 beverages that are combined to make an Arnold Palmer iced tea & lemonade Travis	$400 [8] 1999:A. Scott Berg, writing about this pilot;1954:the same pilot, writing about himself Charles Lindbergh Peter	$400 [15] BTU is the stock symbol of Peabody Energy, which mines for this black stuff coal Mindy	$400 [25] A short-in-front, long-in-back hairstyle, or a fish that comes in striped, white & Liza (with a Z) types a mullet Mindy	$400 [4] "Clueless Gamer" is a feature on this 6'4" man's late night show Conan O'Brien Peter Mindy	$800 [23] Check out a fluorescent poster in a dark room using this device a black light Peter
$600 [11] Clam chowder made with tomatoes is commonly given the name of this island Manhattan Mindy	$600 [9] 1989:Richard Ellmann, writing about this "earnest" Irish wit Oscar Wilde Mindy	$600 [16] A 375-foot unit in this type of facility is the tallest structure in Port Arthur, Texas an oil refinery Mindy	$600 [26] Got 9.3 hours to kill? Enjoy in its entirety this film trilogy begun in 2001--the extended version is over 11 The Lord of the Rings Travis	$600 [5] When he goes home to this country of his birth, Goran Visnjic of "ER" & "Extant" is 1.93 meters Croatia Mindy	DD $1,200 [24] Dissenting in Hammer v. Dagenhart, Oliver Wendell Holmes said the excessive use of this workforce was evil child labor Peter
$800 [12] This popular brand of soy & veggie burgers was named for a Florida city Boca Burger Peter	$800 [19] 1933:Allan Nevins, writing about this pres. (hint: Nevins won in non-consecutive years, for 1937's "Hamilton Fish") (Grover) Cleveland Travis	$800 [17] The San Onofre one of these plants will cost over $4 billion & take decades--not to build but to decommission a nuclear plant Mindy	$1,000 [27] Named for a minor prophet, it's the shortest book in the Old Testament Obadiah	$800 [6] 2013-14 NBA News:Nets start 10-21, but this coach & ex-star guard stays in the picture & makes the playoffs Jason Kidd Peter	—
$1,000 [13] At a luau, you might feast on this slow-roasted shredded pork dish whose name sounds like a coffee liqueur Kalua pork Mindy	$1,000 [20] 1964:Walter Jackson Bate, writing about this "Endymion" poet Keats Peter	$1,000 [18] This type of energy makes the Niagara plant New York State's biggest producer of electricity hydroelectric Mindy	—	$1,000 [7] Thistall, Hawaii-born actor has played characters named Ronon Dex & Khal Drogo Jason Momoa	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

A RENAISSANCE LITERATURE TIMELINE	THE FALCON	11-LETTER WORDS	21st CENTURY MOVIE QUOTES	AUSTRALIAN HISTORY	POINT "A" TO POINT "B"
$400 [22] "The Defence and Illustration of" this language that gave us the word "renaissance" appeared in 1549 French Peter	$400 [26] Han Solo held it together as the pilot of this spaceship Millennium Falcon Mindy	$400 [14] Joseph Sobek created this game played on a 4-walled court racquetball Travis	$400 [11] "Look at me--I'm the captain now" Captain Phillips Peter	$400 [1] In 1967 Australians approved a referendum to allow the census to count these people the Aborigines Peter	$400 [4] Go from the present to the original home of baseball's Braves & you've gone from here to here Atlanta to Boston Travis
$800 [25] Printing in England was still a novelty in the 1470s when William Caxton printed this work about 30 pilgrims The Canterbury Tales Peter	$800 [30] The name of this falcon is from a word for wander; appropriate, since it makes its home on every continent except Antarctica peregrine	$800 [15] When used as a charm, this magic word was written out in a triangular arrangement abracadabra Travis	$800 [12] "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash" Walk the Line Travis	$800 [2] In 1803 the British established the first settlement on this Australian island at Risdon Cove on the Derwent River Tasmania Mindy	$800 [5] Cross Namibia's narrow Caprivi Strip to go between these 2 southern African lands Angola & Botswana Mindy
$1,200 [21] In 1516 Sir Thomas More broke away from his dry histories of kings like Richard III to produce this "what-if" work Utopia Travis	$1,200 [29] The original "Maltese Falcon" was given by the Knights of Malta to Charles V, 16th c. ruler of this empire Holy Roman Empire Peter	$1,200 [16] A straight male who pays close attention to grooming & style metrosexual Travis	$1,600 [19] "I wish I knew how to quit you" Brokeback Mountain Peter	$1,200 [3] In 2014 a new, more conservative government made Oz the world's first country to repeal a tax on emissions of this carbon Travis	$1,600 [7] 25 miles apart, an "A" island & a "B" island form this country in the eastern Caribbean Antigua & Barbuda Mindy
$1,600 [23] In 1341 this Italian sonneteer was crowned poet laureate, with real laurel Petrarch Peter	$1,600 [28] This alphanumeric aircraft is also known as the Fighting Falcon F-16	$1,600 [17] It's an old-fashioned name for a dealer in men's clothing; Harry Truman was one haberdasher Peter	$2,000 [20] "Silly Caucasian girl likes to play with samurai swords" Kill Bill Peter	$1,600 [9] In 1859 Queensland split from this state to the south New South Wales Peter	$2,000 [8] Jimmy Stewart went from this mountain-named Eastern region of modest living to this L.A.-area city of the opposite Appalachia to Beverly Hills Peter
$2,000 [24] Lady Penelope Rich was the "star" of Sir Philip Sidney's sonnet cycle "Astrophel and" her, published in 1591 Stella	$2,000 [27] Falcon was the middle name of this early 20th century polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott	$2,000 [18] The name of a god of wine gives us this word for an orgy or a drunken feast bacchanalia Travis	DD $2,500 [13] "Your final answer for 20 million rupees" Slumdog Millionaire Travis	$2,000 [10] In February 1942 a Japanese air attack caused severe damage to this capital of the Northern Territory Darwin Mindy	DD $2,500 [6] One a state capital, these 2 cities on Amtrak's Empire Service fill the bill Albany & Buffalo Mindy

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. PRESIDENTS

The first man in the 20th century to hold all 4 federally elected offices: congressman, senator, vice president & president

Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ)

Mindy "Who is Nixon?" — wagered $13,500

Travis "What was FDR?" — wagered $13,500

Peter "Who was Richard Nixon?" — wagered $11,801

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