Show #6992 2015-01-27 (taped 2014-12-03) Regular

Contestants

Brian Quinn — a management consultant from Boston, Massachusetts

Jennifer Hindert — a teacher from San Antonio, Texas

Christine Kim — a retired homemaker from Greenwich, Connecticut (whose 1-day cash winnings total $27,401)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Christine $3,800 $4,600 $14,000 $14,000
2-day champion: $41,401
$9,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Jennifer $1,800 $2,000 $3,200 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$3,200
6 R, 1 W
Brian $2,600 $8,300 $21,000 $13,999
2nd place: $2,000
$20,800
25 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

ABBR-"E"-VIATIONS THE CITY OF... RENTING DISNEY'S 7 DWARFS DISCOVERIES IN THE SCIENCES THE TITAN MISSILE
$200 [7]
Had this, the ERA, been ratified, it would have been the 27th Amendment
the Equal Rights Amendment
Christine
$200 [24]
Angels
Los Angeles
Jennifer
$200 [25]
In Alaska, a failure to pay utility bills can be grounds for this process against a tenant within 5 days
eviction
Christine
$200 [2]
Timidly reticent
Bashful
Christine
$200 [16]
A small rug inside the study of the skin
mat (in der mat ology)
Brian
$200 [26]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Titan Missile Museum in Arizona.) Deployed in the 1960s, the Titan II had what's still the largest warhead ever on a U.S. missile--9 of these explosive units, or 600 times the force of the 1945 Hiroshima bomb
megatons
Brian
$400 [8]
An EMT, this technician, may provide help at the scene of an accident
an emergency medical technician
Christine
$400 [21]
The Big Shoulders
Chicago
Brian
$400 [6]
Many states limit this required upfront sum to an amount equal to 1 or 2 months rent
a (security) deposit
Jennifer
$400 [1]
Nasally irritated
Sneezy
Christine
$400 [14]
A companion animal inside the study of reptiles & amphibians
pet (in her pet ology)
Brian
$400 [27]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Titan Missile Museum in Arizona.) Though we may think of them as towers for storing grain, they're also underground structures where missiles are housed; Titan was protected by a 750-ton door
a silo
Brian
$600 [9]
Are you listening to Penguin Prison? Then you are enjoying this, EDM for short
electronic dance music
Brian
$600 [18]
Seven Hills, in Europe
Rome
Brian
$600 [10]
Renters with low incomes can seek assistance through the Section 8 program of this U.S. govt. department
HUD
Brian
$600 [3]
Byname of sometime dentist John Henry Holliday
Doc
Jennifer
$600 [13]
A dress bottom inside the study of the elements
hem (in c hem istry)
$600 [28]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew presents from the Titan Missile Museum in Arizona.) The stage I engine of a Titan II missile has the thrust of two 747s at full throttle, so in about 30 minutes, it could cover the 6,100 miles from here in Arizona to this world capital
Moscow
Christine
$800 [11]
EBV is short for this virus that is the major cause of mononucleosis
Epstein-Barr
Christine
$1,000 [20]
White Nights, in Russia
St. Petersburg
$800 [22]
Discrimination against renting to families with children is illegal except for housing reserved for these only
senior citizens
Brian
$800 [4]
Cantankerously sullen
Grumpy
Jennifer
$800 [15]
An elemental unit inside the study of the physical structure of the human body
atom (in an atom y)
Christine
$800 [29]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Titan Missile Museum in Arizona.) With 54 Titan II missiles on alert from 1963 to '87, & the U.S.S.R. racing to maintain missile equality, MAD, short for this doctrine of reciprocal deterrence, was in full effect
mutually assured destruction
Brian
$1,000 [12]
During WWI John J. Pershing commanded the AEF, this American force
the American Expeditionary Force
Brian
DD $1,500 [19]
Gaudi
Barcelona
Brian
$1,000 [23]
California rental agreements have implied warranties that the apt. isn't rotten, verminous or otherwise this 13-letter word
uninhabitable
Brian
$1,000 [5]
Jovially exultant
Happy
Christine
$1,000 [17]
An involuntary movement inside the science of data collection & analysis
tic (in statis tic s)
$1,000 [30]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew presents from the Titan Missile Museum in Arizona.) This president, associated with a military buildup, including a missile defense initiative, was the one who decided to end the Titan II program as part of modernizing the U.S. nuclear arsenal
Reagan
Brian

Double Jeopardy! Round

TASTY SONGS ISLAND FACTS FOR RICHARD THE NEW YORK TIMESBEST SELLERS LISTS GREAT BALLS OF "IRE" COLLECTIBLES
$400 [16]
In this Jimmy Buffett tune, "There's booze in the blender, and soon it will render that frozen concoction"
"Margaritaville"
Brian
$400 [3]
Manitoulin Island, the world's largest lake island, lies in Lake Huron & belongs to this Canadian province
Ontario
Christine
$400 [18]
Accounts vary as to whether Richard Worley, who flew the "skull &" these, was hanged or killed fighting in 1719
crossbones
Brian
$400 [20]
The first weekly list, Aug. 9, 1942, was topped by "The Last Time I Saw" this city, about living on the rue de la Huchette
Paris
Brian
$400 [1]
Clothing, especially formal
attire
Brian
$800 [24]
Tom Hanks not only collects vintage manual ones of these, but he also uses them for memos, notes, etc.
typewriters
Jennifer
$800 [14]
"And I'll take with me the warmth of thee and a taste of" this, "tasting much sweeter than wine"
honey
$800 [2]
Found in the Caribbean, it's the most populous island country in the western hemisphere
Cuba
Christine
$800 [9]
In this city in 1948, SS general Richard Hildebrandt was convicted of crimes against humanity
Nuremberg
Brian
DD $700 [21]
In 2014, 20 years after it was published, this book about the origins of Ebola was back on the nonfiction list
The Hot Zone
Brian
$800 [13]
To shuffle off this mortal coil
expire
Brian
$1,200 [25]
The horseseenhereis one of the pieces available exclusively to members of this company's Crystal Society
Swarovski
Christine
$1,200 [17]
Creme tangerine & apple tart are mentioned in the Beatles song called "Savoy" this sweet
Truffle
$1,200 [4]
It's not a stretch that Kiritimati, with the largest land area of any atoll, is in this Pacific nation
Kiribati
$1,200 [8]
This English scholar was the first European to discover Lake Tanganyika
Sir Richard Burton
$800 [19]
Some felt this series clogged the fiction list, so in 2000, as the 4th book came out, the Times created a children's list
the Harry Potter series
Christine
$1,200 [7]
To be the male parent of, milord
sire
Brian
$1,600 [26]
In 2010 a first edition of his "Birds of America" with hand-colored illustrations sold for over $10 million
Audubon
Christine
$1,600 [5]
The tallest island peak, Puncak Jaya rises 16,024 feet above sea level on this, the world's second largest island
New Guinea
Christine Brian
$1,600 [11]
In debt & fired as Lord Protector in 1659, Richard of this last name took an alias & fled to France
Cromwell
Christine
$1,600 [22]
In the 21st century, graphic novels & this Japanese genre each got their own list in The New York Times
manga
Jennifer Brian
$1,600 [10]
Wet land that gives way underfoot
a mire (or a quagmire)
Brian
DD $7,000 [27]
Perhaps you'd like to add to your collection thevases & clockin iconic light blue jasper from this company
Wedgwood
Christine
$2,000 [6]
One of the southernmost named islands is Deverall Island in this largest Antarctic ice shelf
the Ross Shelf
Brian
$2,000 [12]
In a TED Talk, this Oxford professor of evolutionary biology urged the practice of "militant atheism"
(Richard) Dawkins
Brian
$2,000 [23]
First published in 1984, this "pregnancy bible" has spent more than 675 weeks on the New York Times best sellers list
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Brian
$2,000 [15]
Any county in jolly old England
a shire
Jennifer

Final Jeopardy!

BEST ACTOR OSCARS

1 of 2 performers to win 2 Best Actor Oscars for films that won Best Picture

Marlon Brando or Dustin Hoffman

Jennifer "Who is Tom Hanks?" — wagered $3,200
Christine "Who is Daniel Day Lewis?" — wagered $0
Brian "Who is DiCaprio?" — wagered $7,001

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