Show #4917 2006-01-17 (taped 2005-11-01) Regular

Kevin Marshall game 6.

Contestants

Emily Short — a travel agent from New York, New York

Brian Poole — a support center analyst from Redondo Beach, California

Kevin Marshall — a student from Metairie, Louisiana (whose 5-day cash winnings total $90,202)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Kevin $2,800 $3,000 $11,800 $7,999
6-day champion: $98,201
$11,800
21 R, 3 W
Brian $3,000 $4,800 $15,600 $7,599
2nd place: $2,000
$15,600
17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Emily $400 $2,600 $6,600 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$6,200
12 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC NAMES HOOP STARS AROUND THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT CITY FOODS GOVERNMENT AT YOUR SERVICE VERY JANUARY
$200 [1]
After signing the Mayflower Compact in 1620, John Carver became the first governor of this colony
the Plymouth Colony
Emily
$200 [11]
In 2002 this Chinese player became the NBA's No. 1 draft choice when picked by the Houston Rockets
Yao Ming
Brian
$200 [6]
A boiling water reactor produces this vapor inside the reactor vessel to generate power
steam
Brian
$200 [21]
A marinated flank steak:___ broil
London
Emily
$200 [12]
This draft agency also runs an alternative service program for pacifists in lieu of military service
the Selective Service
Kevin
$200 [26]
On January 1, 1997 he replaced Boutros Boutros-Ghali as U.N. Secretary General
Kofi Annan
Kevin
$400 [2]
This British adventurer liked to go by the initials T.E. instead of his given names Thomas Edward
T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)
Kevin Emily
$400 [17]
In the 1980s this Boston Celtics forward became only the third NBA player to win 3 straight MVP awards
Larry Bird
Kevin
$400 [7]
These slender tubes holding fissionable materials are bundled together & loaded into the core
rods
Kevin
$400 [22]
An apple:___ beauty
Rome
Emily
$400 [13]
You can click on "Where's My Refund?" on this federal agency's website
the IRS
Kevin
$400 [27]
January is one of this many months in the year with a length of 31 days
7
Kevin Brian Emily
$600 [3]
In 1822 this "Liberator" met with Jose de San Martin to strategize in Guayaquil
Bolivar
Emily
$600 [18]
Known as "The Worm", he was named the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year twice: 1990 & 1991
Dennis Rodman
Brian
$600 [8]
It may be a person who slows down 2 debaters, or a substance that slows down neutrons to prevent fission
a moderator
Kevin
$600 [23]
Veggie that's really a sunflower variety:___ artichoke
Jerusalem
Emily
$600 [14]
(Former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge reads the clue.) This service, established in 1789 & now part of the DHS helps fight the WMD threat with its use of border searches
Customs
Kevin
$600 [28]
The birthstone for January is this often dark red semiprecious stone
garnet
Emily
$800 [4]
Aristotle referred to him as "The Great Physician"
Hippocrates
Kevin Brian
$800 [19]
In 2003 the Knicks named this Pistons Hall of Fame guard their President of Basketball Operations
Isiah Thomas
Kevin Brian
$800 [9]
Entergy Corp. says that the Indian Point Plant's containment structures are this material, 3 1/2' to 6' thick
concrete
Brian
$800 [24]
A moist 3-layer cake:Lord or Lady ___
Baltimore
Emily
$800 [15]
A 1947 labor law created the FMCS, the "M" for this activity that can solve labor disputes
mediation
Brian
DD $1,000 [5]
Gian Gastone, who died in 1737, was the last member of this family to rule over Florence & Tuscany
the Medicis
Brian
$1,000 [20]
This San Antonio Spur has been named to the All-NBA first team in each of his first 8 years in the league
Tim Duncan
Kevin
$1,000 [10]
In the photo here, everything is working normally as these two towers do their job
the cooling towers
Kevin
$1,000 [25]
A member of the Butterhead family:___ lettuce
Boston
Emily
$1,000 [16]
Its headquarters are in Silver Spring, Md., but it has forecast offices across the U.S.
the National Weather Service
Kevin Emily

Double Jeopardy! Round

GEOGRAPHY SINGERS VOCABULARY HERO & VILLAIN COLORIFIC TAKE THIS CATEGORY LAST!!
$400 [1]
Its inner and outer regions are separated by the Gobi Desert
Mongolia
Kevin
$400 [7]
A cover by Peter, Paul & Mary of "Blowin' In The Wind" helped make this "Freewheelin'" singer a household name
Bob Dylan
Kevin
$400 [6]
There are "rules of" this, which is information that is admissible in a court of law
evidence
Kevin
$400 [21]
Holmes called this scoundrel the "Napoleon of crime" even though he only appeared in 2 Conan Doyle tales
Moriarty
Brian
$400 [16]
This color precedes "lady" & "Cadillac" & also the word "elephants" in a "Dumbo" song
pink
Brian
$400 [26]
Each correct response in the "VOCABULARY" category was a title word in this author's alphabet mystery series
(Sue) Grafton
Kevin
$800 [2]
This second-largest island has an area of about 306,000 square miles & is shaped like a huge bird
New Guinea
$800 [8]
Hits about women named Lucille & Ruby gave this Houston-born singer money to "gamble" with
Kenny Rogers
Brian
$800 [12]
Add a letter to the name of a young fictional rabbit chaser to get this feeling of ill will
malice
Kevin
$800 [22]
This 1876 title literary hero returns with a friend in time to hear his eulogy & clear Muff Potter of murder
Tom Sawyer
Emily
$800 [17]
The OED says this color refers to a man of "Nordic type" & can be spelled with no "E" when referencing men
blond
Brian
$800 [27]
Each correct response in the "GEOGRAPHY" category is found in this classic board game of global domination
Risk
Kevin
$1,200 [3]
Maracaibo is the second-largest city in this country
Venezuela
Kevin
$1,200 [9]
"New York State Of Mind" is a classic by this singer from Hicksville, New York
Billy Joel
Kevin
$1,200 [13]
The book "Born Losers" traces this term for a penniless debtor to the futility of whipping a deceased horse
deadbeat
$1,600 [24]
I'll give you two bits if you can name this hero of H.R. Haggard's adventure tale "King Solomon's Mines"
Allan Quatermain
$1,200 [18]
The Federal government uses it to indicate a "high" risk of terrorist attack
orange
Kevin
$1,200 [28]
In the category "SINGERS", each of the vocalists sang on this 1985 Quincy Jones-produced song
"We Are The World"
Brian
DD $1,200 [5]
This peninsula seenherelies between the Bering Sea & the Sea of Okhotsk
the Kamchatka Peninsula
Emily
$1,600 [10]
The South African band Ladysmith Black Mambazo sang on his song "Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes"
Paul Simon
Brian
$1,600 [14]
It ominously follows "last" or precedes "day", & it's spelled with or without an "E" in the middle
judgment
$2,000 [25]
In a subsequent Jules Verne novel, we find that this marine commander is a rajah's son named Prince Dakkar
(Captain) Nemo
Kevin
$1,600 [19]
JFK Jr. & Ted Turner both graduated from this Providence university
Brown
Brian
$1,600 [29]
"COLORIFIC" colors are "Mr." roles in this film, so named by garbling "Au revoir, les enfants"
Reservoir Dogs
$1,600 [4]
This island's Cape Morris Jesup is about 500 miles from the North Pole
Greenland
Emily
$2,000 [11]
Thissinger was "Moonlighting" when he won Grammys in three different categories
Al Jarreau
Brian
$2,000 [15]
This 8-letter synonym for "guileless" comes from the Latin nocere, "to harm"
innocent
DD $2,800 [23]
"I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die", complains this Wilde character
Dorian Gray
Emily
$2,000 [20]
These rules got their name from the paper color they were printed on in New Haven Colony in the 17th century
blue laws
Emily
$2,000 [30]
Correct responses in "HERO & VILLAIN" can be seen in this 2003 film, from a graphic novel by Alan Moore
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Brian Emily

Final Jeopardy!

WOMEN LEADERS

It's the world's most populous country with a female head of government, Khaleda Zia

Bangladesh

Emily "What is Indonesia?" — wagered $6,600
Kevin "What is Indonesia?" — wagered $3,801
Brian "What is South Africa?" — wagered $8,001

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