Show #6972 2014-12-30 (taped 2014-11-12) Regular

Vaughn Winchell game 3.

Contestants

Dan Eling — a naval architect from Arlington, Virginia

Marcia Kuipers — an information systems analyst from Wayne, New Jersey

Vaughn Winchell — a stay-at-home dad and graduate student from Columbia, Maryland (whose 2-day cash winnings total $40,101)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Vaughn	$3,400	$4,400	$18,200	$26,401 3-day champion: $66,502	$18,400 16 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Marcia	$1,800	$4,200	$13,200	$23,700 2nd place: $2,000	$11,400 18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Dan	$2,000	$5,000	$11,800	$23,598 3rd place: $1,000	$11,400 17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

A CATEGORY WITH REVERENDS	THE "OQ" CORRAL	RIBBONS	HISTORY	WRITTEN BY	THE WINNERS
$200 [1] "Just As I Am" is the autobiography of this evangelist Billy Graham Marcia	$200 [26] Balls of wood! Mallets! Anyone for this game? croquet Dan	$200 [21] Unable to find a store open to buy a printer ribbon in 1985, Tom Stemberg founded this office supply superstore Staples Marcia	$200 [10] 70 delegates were chosen for this 1787 gathering; 55 attended & 39 ended up signing the Constitutional Convention Vaughn	$200 [2] "Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect" were written by him (Rabbie) Burns Marcia	$200 [15] This team was the winner of the first Super Bowl the (Green Bay) Packers Dan
$400 [5] This 2-time presidential candidate established the National Rainbow Coalition in 1984 Jesse Jackson Dan	$400 [27] Someone trying to talk without moving his lips is probably practicing this ventriloquism Dan	$400 [22] Pack your ribbons if you're competing in this sport, an Olympic medal event since 1984 rhythmic gymnastics Dan	$400 [11] Protests in the Philippines in 1986 drove this longtime leader into exile (Ferdinand) Marcos Vaughn Dan	$400 [3] The Dorlcote Mill is "The Mill on the Floss" in a book written by this woman George Eliot Vaughn	$400 [16] In 2013 Tony Hale won an Emmy as Gary Walsh, enabler to the politician Selina Meyer, on this HBO series Veep Dan
$600 [6] Joseph Simmons, aka Reverend Run, was a member of this pioneering rap group Run-D.M.C. Marcia	$600 [28] In a play, it's an utterance by one talking to oneself a soliloquy Dan	$600 [23] The Blue Ribbon Foundation raises funds for the grounds where this annual Iowa event takes place the Iowa State Fair Dan	$600 [12] In 2013 this Brazilian president was not happy that the U.S. was listening in on her phone calls Dilma Rousseff	$600 [4] This Welsh poet wrote the play "Under Milk Wood" (Dylan) Thomas Vaughn	$600 [17] With 22 & counting, this quartet has won more Grammys than any other rock group U2 Marcia
$800 [7] Downy first name of Increase Mather's son, a New England Puritan & Congregational minister Cotton Marcia	$800 [29] Thisstyle got "high" in art, like the work seen here Baroque Marcia	$800 [24] The ribbon snake, which usually has 3 yellow stripes down its back, is a species of this commonest North American snake the garter snake	$800 [13] She was the mother of England's Queen Elizabeth I Anne Boleyn Vaughn	$800 [9] Of the 90 plays written by this ancient Greek, only 7 have survived intact, including the "Oresteia" Aeschylus Vaughn	$1,000 [19] With a glam rock feel, this production won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch
$1,000 [8] He hosts "Politics Nation" on MSNBC (Al) Sharpton Vaughn	$1,000 [30] I "C" you know it means a conversational exchange colloquy Vaughn	$1,000 [25] With a 1,612-foot drop, Ribbon Fall in this national park is the tallest uninterrupted waterfall in the United States Yosemite Marcia	$1,000 [14] In 1867 Mutsuhito, known as this "M"peror, came to the throne & the modernization of Japan began Meiji Dan	$1,000 [20] This book written by Norman Mailer focused on condemned killer Gary Gilmore The Executioner's Song Marcia	DD $1,200 [18] It was the first sequel to win the Academy Award for Best Picture The Godfather Part II Dan

Double Jeopardy! Round

THINGS TO DO & SEE IN ISRAEL	THE LADIES WHO LAUNCH	NATIONALLY CLAIMED	EARTHLY QUOTES	11-LETTER WORDS	TELEVISION FOR SHORT
$400 [11] Armored vehicles from a 1948 Arab siege of this holy city, long left as rusty memorials, have moved to a national park Jerusalem Vaughn	DD $200 [29] Let's be clear--it's the last name of Shannon, inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2014 Lucid Vaughn	$400 [16] Commonly black & tan, this popular dog breed traces its origins to the city of Karlsruhe in 1899 German shepherd Dan	$400 [6] Quoted as a Native American saying is "We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from" this group our children (our descendants accepted) Marcia	$400 [23] In this game, players try to snap small disks into a cup by pressing them on the edge with a larger disk tiddlywinks Marcia	$400 [1] "Asylum" & "Freak Show" are seasons of this show, "AHS" for short American Horror Story Marcia
$800 [12] First built in the 4th century, a church in Tabgha on the Sea of Galilee honors this culinary miracle of Matthew 14 the miracle of the loaves & fishes Dan	$400 [18] Tai chi was among the in-flight activities of Liu Yang, who in 2012 became this country's first female taikonaut China Dan	$800 [17] It's the brass instrument heard here French horn Dan	$800 [7] From a popular Christmas carol:These "bending near the Earth, to touch their harps of gold" angels Marcia	$800 [24] A pilot who, in the early days of aviation, would travel to towns & perform aerial stunts above local farm fields a barnstormer Marcia	$800 [2] The "H" in "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." stands for this, also in the name of a Cabinet department Homeland Dan
$1,200 [13] In Tel Aviv, stop by Independence Hall on Rothschild Blvd., where this leader declared the state of Israel on May 14, 1948 (David) Ben-Gurion Vaughn	$800 [19] Totally living up to her name, she made her second Shuttle flight in 1984 & used a remote arm to launch a satellite Sally Ride Marcia	$1,200 [20] Oi! The Adelaide Crows & the Sydney Swans are teams in this rugged sport Australian rules football Vaughn	$1,200 [8] This man in Memphis in 1968:"I just want to do God's will. And he's allowed me to go up to the mountain" (Martin Luther) King Marcia	$1,600 [26] Meaning hidden or done in secret, this adjective is sometimes used to describe an illicit love affair clandestine Vaughn	$1,200 [3] This celeb-obsessed show got its name from a "zone" with a 30-mileradius, used to monitor film shoots TMZ
$1,600 [14] Head to the Negev Desert to see some of these mountain goats with back-curving horns in their native habitat ibex Vaughn	$1,200 [27] Kathryn Sullivan was the first U.S. woman to do this in space, for 3 1/2 hours in 1984 walk Marcia	$1,600 [21] Shake vodka, Kahlua & light cream & strain over ice to make one of these a White Russian Marcia	$1,600 [9] Genesis 45:"Ye shall eat" this "of the land" the fat Marcia	$2,000 [28] It's the growing of grapes, especially for use in making wine viniculture (viticulture accepted) Vaughn	$1,600 [4] On CBS "JAG" stood for this military investigation arm Judge Advocate General Dan
$2,000 [15] Try to catch the Israel Philharmonic led by this Bombay-born man, the orchestra's music director for life Zubin Mehta Vaughn	—	$2,000 [22] 96th Street is the southern border of East Harlem, aka this Spanish Harlem Vaughn	$2,000 [10] "Everyone wants a piece of land. It's the only sure investment", writes Sam Shepard in his play "Curse of" this group the starving class Vaughn	DD $3,000 [25] It's the term for someone who collects pieces of eight, Venetian ducats or Confederate half-dollars numismatist Marcia	$2,000 [5] "M.D." was in the full title of this show that hung up its stethoscope in 2012 House, M.D. Dan

Final Jeopardy!

ROYALTY

He was the last English monarch to die in battle

Richard III

Dan "Who was Richard III?" — wagered $11,798

Marcia "Who was Richard III?" — wagered $10,500

Vaughn "Who was Richard III?" — wagered $8,201

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