Show #5992 - Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Contestants

[<< previous game]

James Brown, a university administrator from Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Kristen Schroeder, an audiologist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Don Meals, an environmental scientist from Burlington, Vermont (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,199)

 [next game >>]

Jeopardy! Round

ESCAPE
RUN
FLEA
TAKE A POWDER
GET "OUT" WHILE YOU CAN
HERE COME THE MONSTERS!
    $200 5
In 1814, before the British burned the White House, this woman escaped with silver & other valuables
    $200 3
His ninth & final successful run for the U.S. Senate from West Virginia was in 2006; he died in 2010
    $200 12
Fleas make up the order Siphonaptera, siphon meaning tube used to extract this
    $200 11
Locholest powder is designed to lower the levels of the "bad" cholesterol, known by this 3-letter abbreviation
    $200 1
Where baseball players sit while not the field
    $200 2
This nickname of the demonic villain in the "Hellraiser" franchise is also a term for someone not so sharp
    $400 14
A great escape from Stalag Luft III in 1944 was through one of these dubbed Harry (Tom & Dick weren't used)
    $400 23
Before his 2006 run to be governor of this state, Butch Otter represented its First District, which includes Coeur d'Alene
    $400 13
Miriam Rothschild discovered that a rubbery protein called resilin stored in the hind legs gives fleas this amazing ability
    $400 27
The active ingredients of a dose of Stanback headache powder are 32 mg of caffeine and 650 mg of this
    $400 4
The mortar between tiles
    $400 7
In a 1998 movie the spawn of this reimagined monster hatched in Madison Square Garden
    $600 15
He escaped gladiator school in the 1st century B.C. & formed an army that threatened Rome
    $600 24
He first ran for the Senate in the 1970s & has become Utah's longest-serving senator
    $600 20
Each day adult fleas deposit up to 50 of these, soon to turn into larvae, on your pet
    $600 28
Seidlitz Powder, taken for cathartic effect, includes this element's bicarbonate
    $600 6
A condition in polar regions where snow makes visibility poor
    $600 8
In "The Host", something is living in the River Han & is set to wreak havoc on this capital city
    DD: $1,000 18
His 1791 attempt to flee was thwarted when he was recognized from his picture on French money
    $800 25
He was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1968, 9 years before his first successful run for mayor of New York City
    $800 21
As part of its "Flea Killer Plus" line, Raid sells this 6-letter apparatus for spreading bug-killing mist or spray
    $800 29
Toss back 1,000 mg of ascorbic acid with this powder whose name sounds like a dire situation
    $800 16
It's the rock classic heard here
    $800 9
In this Guillermo del Toro movie, Doug Jones played both "El Fauno" & "The Pale Man" who had eyes on his hands
    $1000 19
In 1647 King Charles I eluded his Parliamentarian pursuers & escaped to the Isle of this in the English Channel
    $1000 26
Selma native Jo Bonner ran unopposed in his 2008 re-election campaign to represent this state's 1st District
    $1000 22
If raising these in your backyard, beware of the sticktight flea attaching itself to their wattles
    $1000 30
Sold as a powder, this protein found in cow's milk helps replace amino acids you lose in a workout
    $1000 17
Expressing piety
    $1000 10
This term for hatred or malice is also the beast kept in a pit by Jabba the Hutt & defeated by Luke

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

Don Kristen James
$1,200 $1,400 $2,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Don Kristen James
$4,200 $1,400 $6,400

Double Jeopardy! Round

ASTRONOMY
FAMILY MUSIC
ASIAN NATIONS
A QUIET EVENING AT HOME
WHAT'S THE STORY?
EASTERN STANDARD RHYME TIME
    $400 6
In 1996 this space telescope returned the first-ever images of Pluto's surface
    $400 13
1957:
"Wake Up Little Susie"
    $400 1
Seen here is the flag of this nation, made up of 25 states, 7 territories & 1 billion souls
    $400 21
Grandma got her pectin today, so she's started putting up her delicious peach type of this
    $400 17
Hercule makes a bust on a choo-choo out of Istanbul
    $400 3
Delaware capital's shamrocks
    $800 7
Each November debris from Comet Temple-Tuttle produces a meteor shower that streams across this lion
    $800 14
2009:
"Keep It Real" (often heard on Radio Disney)
    $800 16
The Chao Phraya, this country's main river, flows to the gulf named for the country
    $800 22
Researching the family tree, Grandpa's back on the Swenson family forum on the website called this -alogy.com
    $800 2
Until the very end, Roxane nose not that her swordsman-poet cousin loves her
    $800 4
Tired & sleep-deprived Great Lakes city in Pennsylvania
    $1200 8
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a diagram of the Sun and Earth on the monitor.) On the sunward side of the Earth, these bands are compressed by solar winds; on the other side they can stretch farther
    $1200 15
1984:
"I'm So Excited"
    DD: $2,000 23
Hey, you! U is a title of respect in this Asian language
    $1200 27
The sweater Mother's knitting is coming along nicely but oops, there in the sleeve is a "dropped" this
    $1200 18
Hana reads to a burned man; Katharine dies in a desert cave (It's so sad!)
    $1200 5
Taking a peek at the capital of the Wolverine State
    $1600 9
This largest moon of Neptune has active volcanoes that spew crystals of nitrogen as high as 6 miles above the surface
    $1600 24
1941:
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
    $1600 26
Operation Baus Au, Tagalog for "get it back", was run by the U.S. military in this nation during World War II
    $1600 28
A lively match at this board game is under way, & I do believe that's the Tartakower Variation on the Torre Attack
    DD: $2,000 19
Gustav von Aschenbach succumbs to cholera among the gondolas
    $1600 11
People in a New York City borough who study policy details endlessly
    $2000 10
Pumping out energy, quasars are one type of object described as the active nuclei of these vast structures
    $2000 25
1974:
"Midnight Rider"
    $2000 20
Mack & the boys share a fish-meal storage shed in Monterey and throw a party for Doc
    $2000 12
The area around South Beach when it's cold & sticky

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Don Kristen James
$14,200 $5,800 $7,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

BROADWAY STARS
In 1955 she became the first & so far only actress to win a Tony for playing a male role in a musical

Final scores:

Don Kristen James
$13,199 $800 $100
2-day champion: $21,398 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Don Kristen James
$14,200 $5,800 $11,400
20 R,
4 W		 10 R,
2 W		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
(including 2 DDs)

Combined Coryat: $31,400

[game responses] [game scores] [suggest correction]

Game tape date: 2010-08-04
The J! Archive is created by fans, for fans. Scraping, republication, monetization, and malicious use prohibited; this site may use cookies and collect identifying information. See terms. The Jeopardy! game show and all elements thereof, including but not limited to copyright and trademark thereto, are the property of Jeopardy Productions, Inc. and are protected under law. This website is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or operated by Jeopardy Productions, Inc. Join the discussion at JBoard.tv.