Show #6960 2014-12-12 (taped 2014-10-27) Regular

Contestants

Michael Oliphant — an acupuncturist from Chicago, Illinois

Emily Moody — a social worker from Easton Maryland

Ryan Pensyl — an Army officer originally from Shamokin, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,599)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ryan	$3,600	$5,400	$17,900	$24,401 2-day champion: $32,000	$16,200 22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Emily	$2,200	$4,400	$7,600	$3,799 3rd place: $1,000	$11,200 14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Michael	$1,200	$3,400	$12,200	$22,356 2nd place: $2,000	$12,200 15 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

MASTERS OF SIX	QUOTES FROMTHE WIZARD OF OZ	"L"ITERATURE	WORLD LEADERS	CAN'T HAVE TOO MANY SHOES	A GAME OF IDIOMS
$200 [16] If you're at "sixes &" these, you're in a confused & upset state sevens Michael	$200 [9] The Wizard tells Dorothy that he's from this state, "Born and bred in the heart of the Western wilderness" Kansas Emily	$200 [22] Boy meets girl, boy loses girl in this tearjerker about Oliver & Jenny Love Story Emily	$200 [1] Neville Chamberlain wanted the foreign secretary to succeed him as P.M. but luckily this man got the post Churchill Michael	$200 [26] Ghillie brogues are traditionally worn with this Scottish skirt a kilt Ryan	$200 [7] Step up to the plate baseball Michael
$400 [17] This company is so over Texas; it operates Montreal's La Ronde & a theme park in Mexico City too Six Flags Emily	$400 [8] She cries out, "You cursed brat! Look what you've done! I'm melting! Melting!" the Wicked Witch of the West Emily	$400 [23] Eric Knight touched hearts with the 1940 novel imploring this dog to "Come Home" Lassie Ryan	$400 [3] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Hanoi, Vietnam.) Not wanting to lose sight of his origins, he refused to stay in the opulent presidential palace & instead had this humble stilt house built after becoming president of North Vietnam Ho Chi Minh Ryan	$400 [27] Caesar is the name of Stuart Weitzman's sandal in this style gladiator Michael	$400 [2] Saved by the bell boxing Ryan
$600 [18] The King James version of Genesis says on the 6th day, "God said, let us make" this "in our image" man Ryan	$800 [11] These 2 words follow "Lions and tigers and bears..." Oh, my Michael	$600 [20] The villain of this novel is a cunning & vengeful Huron named Magua The Last of the Mohicans Ryan	$600 [4] This leader of the Likud Party is the first prime minister born after the founding of Israel as a nation Netanyahu Ryan	$600 [28] This brand's originalwood exercise sandalis a classic Dr. Scholl's Emily	$600 [13] Down to the wire horse racing Ryan
$800 [19] Sing a song of this old U.K. coin equal to half a shilling sixpence Michael	DD $1,000 [10] It answers the question posed by the Lion, "What makes a king out of a slave?" courage Emily	$800 [24] The second in Ian Fleming's series, it features James Bond battling Soviet spies & voodoo Live and Let Die Ryan	$800 [5] Last name of Corazon & Benigno III, mother & son presidents of the Philippines Aquino Ryan	$800 [29] Brian Smith founded this brand in 1979 to import sheepskin boots to the U.S. from Australia Uggs Ryan Michael	$800 [14] Do an end run football Ryan
$1,000 [21] Shakespeare refers to it as "Priam's six-gated city"; Dardan & Timbria were 2 of them Troy	$1,000 [12] "The Wizard of Oz" ends with this 5-word phrase There's no place like home Emily	$1,000 [25] Pancho Villa's revolutionary deeds influence the lives of the characters in this Laura Esquivel bestseller Like Water for Chocolate	$1,000 [6] On May 25, 1946 this grandfather of Hussein was crowned the first king of Jordan King Abdullah	$1,000 [30] Summer isn't complete without these rope-soled shoes espadrilles Emily	$1,000 [15] Drop the gloves hockey

Double Jeopardy! Round

MASTERS OF SAX	LOWLY HISTORY	CHEMISTRY	RUSSIAN CROSSWORD CLUES	STATE MOTTOES	LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION!
$400 [6] This late "Big Man" played some boss sax solos, as heard here Clarence Clemons Emily	$400 [19] In 1948 the Catholic church gave her permission to leave her convent & work among Calcutta's lowly Mother Teresa Michael	$400 [11] The name of this gas comes from Amun, a temple in Libya near where its salts were obtained ammonia Emily	$400 [8] Former spy org.(3) KGB Ryan	$400 [1] They're the 2 precious metals in Montana's motto "Oro y plata" gold & silver Emily	$400 [18] Early images show this Roman god as a handsome man; by the mid-300s B.C. he was a chubby, naked infant toting a weapon cupid Ryan
$800 [7] It was nuthin' but a G thang when this sax player popped up in Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" video Kenny G Michael	$1,200 [22] Amuseumon New York City's Lower East Side is named for this type of lowly housing, often for immigrants tenement Michael	$800 [12] In the Middle Ages, the best of these vessels used for melting materials were made in Hesse, Germany from a special clay crucibles	$800 [9] Space man(9) Cosmonaut Michael	$800 [2] Oregon's motto, "She flies with her own wings", refers to 1843 when it decided to break from both the U.S. & this nation Britain Ryan	$800 [20] This round table knight was famed for his bravery & skill in battle, but keepin' his mitts off the boss' wife... fail Lancelot Ryan
$1,200 [28] Oh-oh, here he comes, he being Charles "Mr. Casual" DeChant & his silky smooth sax on "Maneater" by this duo Hall & Oates Michael	$1,600 [23] The cliche "You'll drive me into" this place refers to a real home for the indigent; young Annie Oakley lived in one the poorhouse Ryan	$1,200 [13] A base receives these subatomic particles; acids give them up protons (hydrogen ions accepted) Ryan Michael	$1,200 [10] Empress equivalent(7) czarina Ryan	$1,200 [3] 2 states have the words "liberty" & "independence" in their mottoes: Pennsylvania & this "First State" Delaware Emily	$1,200 [25] This monk: "If you want others to be happy, practice compassion, if you want to be happy, practice compassion" the Dalai Lama Michael
$1,600 [30] Raphael Ravenscroft's bluesy solo helped put this street on the map as a No. 2 hit for Gerry Rafferty Baker Street Ryan	$2,000 [24] Burakumin, Japan's version of this often-shunned low Indian caste, officially got equality in 1871 untouchables Ryan	$1,600 [15] Herbert Evans & Katherine bishop discovered this vitamin, or alpha tocopherol, while studying the diets of rats vitamin E Ryan Emily	$1,600 [16] Moscow park or author Maksim(5) Gorky Emily	$1,600 [4] The Kansas motto, "Ad astra per aspera", translates as "To" these "through difficulties" the stars Emily	$1,600 [26] The 1684 second part of this allegory features the compassionate Mr. Great-Heart The Pilgrim's Progress
$2,000 [29] Andy Mackay takes us out with sweet sax on "Avalon" by this band Roxy Music Ryan	DD $2,500 [21] 1381's Peasants' Revolt stormed London & executed many bigwigs including Simon of Sudbury, this religious official the Archbishop of Canterbury Ryan	$2,000 [14] Vermilion, a red pigment used in inks & paints, is made synthetically by reacting sulfur with this metal, Hg mercury Michael	$2,000 [17] Russian wolfhound(6) Borzoi	DD $4,000 [5] Its motto, "Equal Rights", reflects the fact that its women were given the right to vote in 1869 Wyoming Emily	$2,000 [27] "History of My Life" by this 18th century Italian adventurer relates his (many) conquests as a lover Casanova Ryan

Final Jeopardy!

LITERARY TRAVEL

The romantic balcony seenhereis one of the most popular tourist attractions in this Italian city

Verona

Emily "What is Venice?" — wagered $3,801

Michael "What is Verona?" — wagered $10,156

Ryan "What is Verona" — wagered $6,501

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