Show #6983 2015-01-14 (taped 2014-11-19) Regular

John Schultz game 5.

Contestants

Cyndi Pruss — a biochemist from Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Joshua Qualls — a theoretical physicist from Lexington, Kentucky

John Schultz — a computer programmer from Ann Arbor, Michigan (whose 4-day cash winnings total $85,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
John $1,800 $4,200 $15,800 $19,500
5-day champion: $104,500
$15,800
19 R, 2 W
Joshua $-400 $600 $9,700 $16,000
2nd place: $2,000
$12,000
19 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Cyndi $800 $2,400 $6,000 $11,900
3rd place: $1,000
$6,000
9 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

LANDMARK SUPREME COURT CASES FRUIT WHAT IT'S NOT EARTH WIND "FIRE"
$200 [26]
In Texas v. Johnson, a sharply divided Court said burning the U.S. flag is protected by this part of the Constitution
the First Amendment
John
$200 [11]
The name of this fruit contains the name of the drink of the gods
nectarine
Joshua
$200 [16]
It's not acting's Peter or Jane, it's the car company that makes the 33-mpg Fit
Honda
Cyndi
$200 [1]
This Kenyan capital gets its name from a Masai watering hole called "Cold Water"
Nairobi
Joshua
$200 [21]
This Midwest band was known for its horn-laden pop, as on the hit "Saturday In The Park"
Chicago
John
$200 [6]
In 2007 Marko Lisec of Slovenia built a 60,589-cubic foot one of these to celebrate Labor Day
a bonfire
Joshua
$400 [27]
This family got a unanimous decision from the Warren Court against the Topeka Board of Education
the Browns
John
$400 [12]
The Medjool type of this is the fruit of a certain palm tree
a date
John
$400 [17]
It's not derivative, it's from the Latin for "chief" & is an election for a party's nomination
primary
Joshua Cyndi
$600 [3]
Seen here, the Peace Palace in this Dutch seat of government was a gift of Andrew Carnegie
The Hague
John Cyndi
$400 [22]
The horn hook on her hit "Crazy In Love" was sampled from the Chi-Lites hit "Are You My Woman (Tell Me So)"
Beyoncé
John
$400 [7]
This software or hardware barrier is used to prevent unauthorized persons from accessing your computer
a firewall
Joshua
$600 [28]
The 1966 case of this man v. Arizona established that the police must inform suspects of their 5th Amendment rights
Miranda
John
$600 [13]
Pamplemousse is French for this citrus fruit
grapefruit
Joshua
$600 [18]
It's not a horrific forest made of canines, it's the "flowering" state tree of Virginia
dogwood
Joshua
$800 [4]
It's also known as the "Grand Canyon of the Snake"
Hells Canyon
$600 [23]
His name is Andy Hamilton & he played sax with this band on their 1980s hit "Rio"
Duran Duran
John
$600 [8]
Term for a meteor brighter than Venus in the morning or evening sky
a fireball
Cyndi
$800 [29]
Constitutional scholars say that the Court's worst decision ever was against this plaintiff in 1857
Dred Scott
Cyndi
$800 [14]
In Colonial times this tropical fruit became a symbol of hospitality
pineapple
Cyndi
$800 [19]
It's not what you think, sweetie! This leader of Myanmar's National League for Democracy is just a friend!
Aung San Suu Kyi
DD $1,000 [2]
Among the seas of the Mediterranean, it's alphabetically first
the Adriatic
Joshua
$800 [24]
"Ba de ya, say do you remember" this hit by Earth, Wind & Fire, one of many featuring the Phenix Horns
"September"
$800 [9]
A British fighter plane of WWII, or a fierce-tempered woman
a Spitfire
John
$1,000 [30]
The 1819 case of McCulloch v. Maryland affirmed that Congress had these "powers" not enumerated in the Constitution
implied powers
John
$1,000 [15]
Elephant heart is a red-fleshed variety of this fruit
the plum
$1,000 [20]
It's not the building where the freshmen live, it's a vertical window in a projection built out from a sloping roof
a dormer
John
$1,000 [5]
Lake Vostok is the largest lake here
Antarctica
John Joshua
$1,000 [25]
This group brought in the USC marching band to get that big brass sound on "Tusk"
Fleetwood Mac
Cyndi
$1,000 [10]
This 3-word phrase means taking a risk while engaging in what seems like a game
playing with fire
John

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 19th CENTURY JOBS IN ART CAT-O'-FIVE-TALES DESIGNERS FROM NAMES TO WORDS LUCKY '13
$400 [16]
This ex-vice president's shady dealings forced him to go by the name Adolphus Arnot in 1812
(Aaron) Burr
Joshua
$400 [21]
Edward Hopper's wife was his model for this worker at a filing cabinet in "Office at Night"
a secretary
Cyndi
$400 [1]
In this fictional E.B. White family, there are cat & mouse games between Snowbell & Stuart
the Littles (the Little family)
Joshua
$400 [22]
Last name in common to women's sportswear designers Anne & Calvin
Klein
Joshua
$400 [6]
To refuse to buy a company's products
boycott
Joshua
$400 [11]
Carole Middleton served as his nanny in the days immediately following his July 2013 birth
(Prince) George
Joshua
$800 [17]
The French capture of Algiers in 1830 ended a long run of preying on shipping by these Barbary-an guys
the Barbary pirates
Joshua
$800 [23]
Luke Fildes used the sickbed of his little son as inspiration for an 1891 work depicting this professional
a doctor
$1,200 [3]
"The Cat" by this single-named Frenchwoman is about a Russian blue who's devoted to her master--but not to his fiancee
Colette
Cyndi
$800 [30]
We know that "The Devil Wears" this designer, but do you know she has a doctorate in political science & studied mime?
Prada
Joshua
$800 [7]
Pair it with tights & you've got a ballet outfit
a leotard
Cyndi
$800 [12]
She was lucky enough to win an Oscar (for "Silver Linings Playbook") but unlucky when she tripped on her way to the stage
Jennifer Lawrence
John
$1,200 [18]
Not a fan of abolitionists, hewas a volunteer in the militia at the hanging of John Brown
John Wilkes Booth
$1,200 [24]
19th century art's focus on unglamorous work included Daumier's this-ess
The Laundress
Cyndi
$1,600 [4]
You can find a book of the Pentateuch in the name of this T.S. Eliot cat who has "buried nine wives"
Old Deuteronomy
John
$1,200 [29]
She took over creative control of her family's design house in 1997, after her brother Gianni's death
Donatella Versace
John Joshua
$1,200 [8]
Hey, sweetheart, it means to refuse to share
bogart
John
$1,200 [13]
"You Give Love A Bad Name" was on the set list of this group's 2013 tour, the year's highest grossing
Bon Jovi
John
$2,000 [20]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) An 1823 treaty assured the return of runaway slaves, & a move south to a 4-million-acrereservationby this Native American tribe
the Seminoles
John
$1,600 [25]
This 18th century master of Venetian views gave us "The Stonemason's Yard"
Canaletto
DD $2,000 [2]
Church, the cat in this Stephen King novel, is killed one day, then pops up the next day like nothing happened--typical cat
Pet Sematary
Joshua
$1,600 [27]
Before "Project Runway" & his own fashion line, he was a child actor born Karl Anderson Jr.
(Michael) Kors
Joshua
$1,600 [9]
In 1923 The New York Times defined it as "to escape"
Houdini
John
$1,600 [14]
Norwegian comedy duo Ylvis became global superstars when this video featuring a vulpine query went viral
"What Does The Fox Say?"
Joshua
DD $2,500 [19]
Exiled from Prussia in 1849, this newspaper editor printed his final issue in red
Karl Marx
Joshua
$2,000 [26]
This 20th century African-American master depicted "The Carpenters"here
Jacob Lawrence
$2,000 [5]
Robert Heinlein's "The Cat Who Walks Through Walls" mentions a cat named Pixel, a reference to this physicist's cat
(Erwin) Schrodinger
Joshua
$2,000 [28]
After his suicide in 2010, Vogue paid tribute to him with a portfolio of his pieces called "Alexander the Great"
McQueen
John
$2,000 [10]
This style named for a painter is a goatee plus a wispy mustache
a van Dyck
Joshua
$2,000 [15]
On July 13, 2013 she tied the knot with actor Olivier Martinez; 3 months later, at the age of 47, she gave birth to their son
Halle Berry

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. STATES

The difference of this Southern state's highest & lowest points is only 345 feet, the smallest disparity among the states

Florida

Cyndi "What is Florida?" — wagered $5,900
Joshua "What is Florida?" — wagered $6,300
John "What is Florida?" — wagered $3,700

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