Show #6980 2015-01-09 (taped 2014-11-18) Regular

John Schultz game 2.

Contestants

Evan Perkins — an advertiser account representative from San Francisco, California

Verna Kale — a rhetoric professor and writer from Midlothian, Virginia

John Schultz — a computer programmer from Ann Arbor, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $27,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
John	$3,200	$5,200	$19,800	$30,000 2-day champion: $57,600	$15,200 22 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Verna	$0	$3,400	$13,400	$26,800 2nd place: $2,000	$13,400 12 R, 0 W
Evan	$1,800	$-400	$200	$1 3rd place: $1,000	$8,600 14 R, 6 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

CLASSICAL MUSIC... ON BANJO!	GOOD MOUSE KEEPING	GREEK LETTERS TODAY	COACHING IN THE NFL	THE "URT" LOCKER	THIS ONE'S FOR THE LADIES
$200 [20] It's "The Marriage of" this character, written not on a banjo in 1786 Figaro Evan	$200 [25] Lennie & George talk rabbits in this Depression-set Steinbeck tale Of Mice and Men Evan	$200 [5] First things first--this particle can become the nucleus of a helium atom by capturing 2 electrons an alpha particle John	$200 [10] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a football play animation on a monitor.) Here is the famous Green Bay Sweep designed by this head coach & winner of the first two Superbowls (Vince) Lombardi John	$200 [1] A respectful bow made by bending the knees a curtsy John	$200 [15] Before her early death in 1997, this British woman worked with the International Campaign to Ban Landmines Princess Diana Evan
$400 [21] The singers are silent & the banjo takes up the Beethoven finale based on this poem "Ode To Joy" Evan	$600 [28] "The Mouse, the Bird & the Sausage" is one of the tales collected by these men in an 1812 work the Brothers Grimm Evan	$400 [6] Used as a coloring in butter, this yellowish pigment is converted into vitamin A by the liver beta -carotene	$400 [11] More than just a name on a massive NFL video game, he went an amazing 103-32-7 as the Raiders' head man (John) Madden John	$400 [2] It's nature versus this word for "to grow" nurture Evan	$400 [16] In 1850 she began working on the railroad, sneaking into Baltimore to lead her sister & 2 kids to freedom Harriet Tubman John
$600 [22] He's the historic figure in the title of the overture heard here William Tell John	$1,000 [27] In an early newspapercomic, Ignatz Mouse was often the object of affection of this kooky feline Krazy Kat Verna Evan	$600 [7] Type of blues that's celebrated at a museum in Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta John	$600 [12] The AP said this alliteratively named Cowboys top man of the '90s ruled "with an iron fist and a helmet of hair" Jimmy Johnson John Evan	$600 [3] A sausage, or Goethe by birth Frankfurter	$600 [17] After a tragic 1912 boat trip taken to visit an ailing grandson, the woman born Margaret Tobin was known as this Unsinkable Molly Brown Verna
$800 [23] "Carmen" get this Frenchman who brought theoperato live in 1875 Bizet Evan	DD $3,400 [26] From the Latin for "little mouse", these body parts are so named as their movements under the skin resemble mice muscles Evan	$800 [8] This letter also means "So what?" in Yiddish nu	$800 [13] Last name of Buddy, architect of the feared 1980s Bears defense, & his head coach son Rex Ryan Evan	$800 [4] Every stage actor says, "I'll take" this call curtain	$800 [18] Pre-Red Cross in 1865, she set up a Bureau of Records to help search for missing soldiers Clara Barton Verna
$1,000 [24] Here comes "Lohengrin" by this man, in a way he likely did not consider Wagner Verna	—	$1,000 [9] This 16th letter is used in a lot of circular calculations pi Evan	$1,000 [14] Since 1969 this team has had a grand total of just 3 head coaches, including Mike Tomlin the (Pittsburgh) Steelers John	—	$1,000 [19] Before becoming Prime Minister of Israel in 1969, she taught school in Milwaukee Golda Meir John

Double Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS FIRST WORDS	PUNCTUATION	ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY	MOVIE TITLE ADD A LETTER	YUKON	DO IT
$400 [8] One of the 5 Ws, it begins the text of the Declaration of Independence when Verna Evan	$400 [3] AKA a virgule, it often comes between "actress" & "model" a slash John	$400 [22] This president's grave area is paved with irregular stones of Cape Cod granite JFK (John Kennedy) John	$400 [9] 1994:Life is like a box of chocolates for a very sulky Tom Hanks character Forrest Grump John	$400 [28] On April 1, 2003 this word was officially dropped from Yukon's name Territory John	$400 [11] Use a grip with the fingertips digging into the ball & try to push it to the catcher with no spin throw a knuckle ball John
$800 [18] In a Nabokov novel, it precedes "light of my life, fire of my loins" Lolita John	$800 [4] One theory is that it began as the Latin abbreviation QO a question mark Verna Evan	$800 [23] Section 46 of Arlington contains memorials to these 2 space shuttles Columbia & Challenger Evan	$800 [10] 1979:Captain Willard searches for Col. Kurtz, but the horror! There's a blizzard in Vietnam Apocalypse Snow Verna	$800 [14] This cross on Yukon's coat of arms represents the early English explorers of the region Saint George's cross John	$800 [12] Cut blocks of hard snow, place them in a circle & add blocks on top of them to form a dome an igloo Evan
$1,600 [20] These 7 words penned by Edward Buller-Lytton have inspired an annual contest dedicated to bad opening lines It was a dark and stormy night John	$1,200 [5] Square ones are a way to say "this isn't part of the text" brackets Verna	$1,200 [26] Name of the 1920 amphitheater seen here, or of the day that's one of the three each year when it's filled for a service Memorial Amphitheater	$1,200 [16] 2012:A joint effort by the CIA & Canada to extract an inert gas from Iran Argon Evan	$1,200 [1] More than 2/3 of Yukon's population lives in this capital city Whitehorse John	$1,600 [29] Dial *60; follow instructions; have future dinners at home in peace & quiet block a telephone number John
$2,000 [21] We'll be cruel & ask for the first word in the first line of "The Waste Land" April Verna	$1,600 [6] Scare ones are a way to say "so-called" quotes Verna	$2,000 [24] A veteran of both world wars, this creator of Sam Spade was buried in Arlington in 1961 Dashiell Hammett Evan	$1,600 [15] 2001:Mike Myers is the voice of a green ogre who yells loudly Shriek Verna	$1,600 [2] The Little Salmon Carmacks & Teslin Tlingit are 2 members of CYFN, the Council of Yukon First these Nations Verna	$2,000 [27] Channel Tracy Partridge, hold instrument at about face level, rap the stretched head with fingers play the tambourine
DD $5,800 [19] In 1933 the first of these addresses began, "I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the U.S. about banking" the Fireside Chats John	$2,000 [7] In Spanish "ay caramba" is preceded by an upside-down one of these exclamation point John	DD $5,000 [25] This man who argued Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court is buried in section 5 Thurgood Marshall Evan	$2,000 [17] 1997:A janitor at M.I.T. solves the problem of a woven fabric used for trousers Good Twill Hunting John	$2,000 [13] Canada's highest point, it rises 19,551 feet in the St. Elias Mountains Mount Logan Evan	—

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS AMERICANS

In 1982, 72 years after his death, he became the first person inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians

Mark Twain

Evan "Who is Harry Truman" — wagered $199

Verna "Who is Mark Twain?" — wagered $13,400

John "Who is Mark Twain" — wagered $10,200

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