Show #6135 - Friday, April 22, 2011

Brian Meacham game 2.

Contestants

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Nick Cohen, an equity trader from New York, New York

KC Frodyma, a freelance editor from San Francisco, California

Brian Meacham, a film preservationist originally from Anchorage, Alaska (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,400)

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Jeopardy! Round

THE ENVIRONMENT
(Alex: In honor of Earth Day today.)
CELEBRITY FACTS
LET'S HAVE ITALIAN TONIGHT!
SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER
HOME FURNISHINGS
FATHERS-IN-LAW
    $200 13
The Florida wild black type of this carnivore is down to about 3,000 animals & needs its habitat protected
    $200 16
In 2010 she got engaged to a choreographer she met on the set of "Black Swan"
    $200 21
About 635 violins still exist among the 1,100 instruments this 17th century man constructed
    $200 1
This item on a bicycle lets drivers see cyclists at night
    $200 7
Four-poster is a type of this, sometimes with a canopy
    $200 2
United Farm Workers president Arturo Rodriguez' father-in-law was this man who died in 1993
    $400 14
A New York Times article said this, falling in winter in the Adirondacks, may be more toxic for fish than its liquid counterpart
    $400 17
Alice Cooper's Phoenix eatery has dishes named for ballplayers & is named this, like the Hall of Fame site
    $400 22
Message for you, sir...! In 1897 he founded his wireless telegraph & signal company in London
    $400 9
This 5-letter word can mean "overweight"
    $400 8
You don't have to work in the movie industry to have this furnishing named for a professional
    $400 3
German emperor Frederick III's was this German-born British prince consort
    $600 15
As you know from the movie "Medicine Man", the rain forests hold essential plants for treating this disease
    $600 18
(Hi. I'm Kyra Sedgwick.) Thanks to my appearances in movies like "The Woodsman" & "Murder in the First", I have a 1, the best score possible, in this popular party game
    $600 23
This Food Network personality grew up in her film producer grandfather's restaurant, DDL Foodshow
    $600 10
Like a horse
    $600 26
A jardiniere is a decorative stand for holding these
    $600 4
Catherine Zeta-Jones' is this legendary actor
    $800 19
Jake Gyllenhaal got his first driving lesson from this late movie star & auto racer
    DD: $1,000 24
This Italian-born man began his brief tenure as pope on August 26, 1978
    $800 11
The part of an atom's nucleus that fits the category
    $800 27
To add a southwestern touch, furnish a room with the rug seen here, named for this second most populous Indian tribe
    $800 5
Jefferson Davis' was this U.S. president
    $1000 20
Angelina Jolie's uncle, Chip Taylor, wrote this song that says, "You make my heart sing"
    $1000 25
In 2002 he wrote "Baudolino", a historical novel set in 12th century Europe; what an author... author... author
    $1000 12
Pertaining to the scientific use & study of very low temperatures
    $1000 28
By definition, this type of china cabinet has a slightly projecting middle section
    $1000 6
Daniel Day-Lewis' was this dramatist

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

Brian KC Nick
$0 $1,400 $200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Brian KC Nick
$3,400 $1,600 $1,800

Double Jeopardy! Round

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
THEY'RE ON CABLE
POETIC TITLE VERBS
IT'S A COUP D'ETAT
COMPOUND WORDS
FATHER'S IN LAW
    $400 1
His "Heroic" Period, from about 1803 to 1812, produced his "Eroica" Symphony
    $400 16
He plays novelist Hank Moody, a New Yorker transplanted to L.A., on "Californication"
    $400 6
"____ by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
    $400 21
After his murder, the conspirators did not gain control, as power was passed on to the Second Triumvirate
    $400 11
A student's may be 3-ring or spiral bound
    $400 25
Father was quite the cutup in Prof. Charles Fried's class at this Massachusetts law school founded in 1817
    $800 2
One of Verdi's first masterpieces was this Shakespearean opera with an intense sleepwalking scene
    $800 17
James Roday is Shawn Spencer, a police consultant who pretends to have otherworldly powers, on this comedic series
    $800 7
"I ____ Lonely as a Cloud"
    $800 22
Carl Henrik Anckarsvard was the leader of the coup that overthrew King Gustav IV of this country
    $800 12
Common name for the patella
    DD: $2,000 26
Father has rooms near the Court of Chancery in this state where half of Fortune 500 companies are incorporated
    $1200 3
Charles Gounod's mother thought he might become a priest, & one of his best-known works is this setting of a Catholic prayer
    $1200 18
(I'm Joel McHale.)
When you're not watching "Community", you can catch me on this show on E! that satirizes other shows (though sometimes they do the job themselves)
"Hint, hint. It's not the Kardashians."
    $1200 8
"She ____ in Beauty"
    $1200 23
In 1921 Reza Pahlavi helped with a coup that eventually brought his son to power in this country
    $1200 13
It's often said, "Build a better" this "and the world will beat a path to your door"
    $1200 27
Coincidentally, today father's squash opponent was also his deponent, as father was taking this
    $1600 4
He was 24 years older than his friend Mozart, but outlived him by almost 20 years
    $1600 19
The title pair of this TNT show is Boston detective Angie Harmon & medical examiner Sasha Alexander
    $1600 9
"To an Athlete ____ Young"
    DD: $2,000 24
This S. American president was the leader of an unsuccessful coup in 1992 & was the target of a coup in 2002
    $1600 14
Lunar term meaning mentally deranged or dreamily romantic
    $1600 28
Father learned about the quaint problems of the poor at Chicago's "Edwin F. Mandel" this type of "Clinic"
    $2000 5
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Juilliard School.) The string quartet is a stripped down, personal expression of a composer's feelings; Debussy wrote only one, but it's the only work that he gave one of these numbers
    $2000 20
We are bananas about this celebrity stylist; the show titled her "Project" is seen on Bravo
    $2000 10
"On First ____ into Chapman's Homer"
    $2000 29
In Pakistan Nawaz Sharif tried to dismiss this military leader in 1999 but was overthrown by him instead
    $2000 15
It's the 9-letter name for a type of restaurant that specializes in steak & other meat on the bone
    $2000 30
As a non-partner who has a formal relationship with a firm, father is said to be "of" this to Bisbee, Pell & Bisbee

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Brian KC Nick
$8,600 $11,200 $9,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

BIOGRAPHERS
As many mourned, this minister wrote in a letter, "Washington is gone! Millions are gasping to read... about him"

Final scores:

Brian KC Nick
$7,100 $3,599 $1,300
2-day champion: $35,500 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Brian KC Nick
$8,400 $12,000 $9,400
14 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 1 DD)		 11 R,
0 W

Combined Coryat: $29,800

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Game tape date: 2011-01-21
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