Show #6151 - Monday, May 16, 2011

Contestants

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Joyce Newmark, a rabbi from Teaneck, New Jersey

Denise Troy, a litigation attorney from Scottsdale, Arizona

Joe McKee, a percussionist from Palos Heights, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $49,500)

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Jeopardy! Round

IN COUNTRY
REALLY BIG SHOW
THAT'S EXPENSIVE!
AMAZING ANIMALS
SHIP NAMES
DOUBLE E, DOUBLE O
    $200 11
Tampico,
Oaxaca,
Mazatlan
    $200 21
War alternated between hell & hijinks on this show whose 1983 finale got a 60.2 rating
    $200 16
"Antiques Roadshow" veteran Kenneth Gloss put a $25-35 million price tag on a 1st edition Bible printed by this man
    $200 26
The biggest hunting parties in the animal kingdom are by these ants that can be over 200,000 strong
    $200 1
The Cunard liner Carpathia arrived 1 hour & 20 minutes after this other ship went down
    $200 6
A revealing woman's blouse, or a game to play with Baby
    $400 12
Kakata,
Buchanan,
Monrovia
    $400 22
Nearly 80% of all viewers watching TV on Nov. 21, 1980 were tuned in to this show to learn that Kristin had shot J.R.
    $400 17
Nothing says romance like eating this fungus, particularly a black perigord from France
    $400 27
The heaviest tree dwellers on earth are these animals of Sumatra & Borneo that can weigh up to 300 pounds
    $400 2
The name of this Spanish slave ship, the subject of a Spielberg film, means "friendship"
    $400 7
A pony, a feather & macaroni are featured in the first verse of this song
    $600 13
Zakinthos,
Andros,
Pappades
    $600 23
On May 14, 1998, 41% of the U.S. saw the 4 main characters on this show get a year in jail for doing nothing to stop a crime
    $600 18
In 2010 his hitting & third base playing services cost the Yankees $33 million
    $600 28
This shark, named for its size, has thousands of teeth, but each is just 3 millimeters long, hence its not quite fearsome jaws
    $600 3
A pro-war slogan of 1898 was "Remember" this ship, "to hell with Spain!"
    $600 8
2-word anatomical term for a craving for candy
    $800 14
Uranium City,
Inuvik,
Yellowknife
    $800 24
On Aug. 29, 1967 nearly half of the U.S. saw the running end for Dr. Richard Kimble on this show
    $800 19
This pop artist's painting "Eight Elvises" sold for $100 million in 2008
    $800 29
More than 140 species of these reef makers all spawn at the same time in the world's largest event of its kind
    $800 4
One of the first frigates built for the U.S. Navy, it was launched in Boston on Oct. 21, 1797
    $800 9
Flying targets simulate the flight of game birds in this 2-word activity; pull!
    $1000 15
Sao Luis,
Manaus,
Rio Verde
    $1000 25
The high-rated "Cheers" finale had this character muse on the point of life: "comfortable shoes"
    $1000 20
Got $675,000? Then the Alma-Tadema, a piano made by this company founded by a 19th c. German man, could be yours
    $1000 30
Found throughout North America, the whistling type of this has the most feathers of any bird, over 25,000
    $1000 5
A white concrete & steel structure spans the hull of this sunken battleship, a national memorial since 1962
    DD: $2,200 10
Stringlike metal shavings used for scouring, polishing & smoothing; no sheep necessary

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

Joe Denise Joyce
$3,000 $1,400 $5,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Joe Denise Joyce
$6,200 $2,000 $7,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

BRITISH AUTHORS
WHO'S THAT MAN?
(Alex: You have to identify the actor referred to in each clue.)
WAR STUFF
THEY'RE NUTS IN CALIFORNIA
ARCHITECTURE
THAT'S "EASY"
    $400 13
This "Treasure Island" author's "Silverado Squatters" was based on the journal he kept on his honeymoon
    $400 21
"Rain Man"
    $400 26
Around 1250 B.C., with Moses dead, the Israelites, led by this man, conquered the land of Canaan
    $400 11
Treating it to remove bitterness, California's Chumash Indians once lived on flour made from this, the nut of the oak tree
    $400 1
These overlapping pieces of material on roofs lent their name to a 19th century style of building
    $400 6
N'awlins nickname, y'all
    $800 14
"Just So Stories", his 1902 collection for children, was the only book he also illustrated
    $800 22
"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (the real shooter)
    $800 27
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Lafitte Nat'l Historical Park in New Orleans, LA.) Jean Lafitte changed from pirate to patriot when he and his men sailed out of these bayous in the national historical park named for him to aid the U.S. during this war
    $800 12
After 45 years selling these at Dodger Stadium, Roger Owens wrote a book, "The Perfect Pitch"
    DD: $2,400 2
This Washington, D.C. landmark was designed by Henry Bacon as a Greek temple with 36 Doric columns
    $800 7
This household product "makes oven cleaning easier"
    $1200 15
Due to negative public reaction to "Jude the Obscure", he abandoned writing novels for the last 33 years of his life
    $1200 23
"The Man with One Red Shoe"
    $1200 28
This King Henry's marriage to Elizabeth of York in 1486 helped bring the Wars of the Roses to an end
    $1200 18
In the Kerman variety of this, 1/4 of the nuts may lack the typical split shell & need it done mechanically
    $1200 3
Known for his geodesic dome, he once designed a dome to cover all of Midtown Manhattan
    $1200 8
In Spanish this proverb translates to "faciles venida, faciles van"
    $1600 16
A former spy himself, he described his spy George Smiley as "short, fat, and of a quiet disposition"
    $1600 24
"The Man Who Would Be King"
    $1600 29
Most of the "French" troops besieged in this doomed Asian city in spring 1954 were foreign Legionnaires
    $1600 19
California's almond industry began forming co-ops in the 1880s; this gem of a brand name dates from 1914
    $1600 4
An obelisk is a type of this, from the Greek for "one stone"
    $1600 9
Rodney Dangerfield has to quit smoking & drinking to inherit a $10 million fortune in this 1983 comedy
    DD: $4,000 17
She always kept rabbits on her farm, Hill Top, so children wouldn't be disappointed if they stopped for a visit
    $2000 25
"The Man Who Knew Too Much"
    $2000 30
Led by Robert the Bruce, on June 24, 1314 the Scots won their greatest victory over the English in this battle
    $2000 20
Species of this tree whose seeds are edible nuts include the rare Torrey type of Southern California
    $2000 5
Owre House in Minneapolis is in this style that fits in with the flat plains landscape
    $2000 10
Ezekiel is the real first name of this African-American private detective created by author Walter Mosley

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Joe Denise Joyce
$10,200 $14,400 $22,200

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Final Jeopardy! Round

COLLEGE
From the Latin for "free", this 2-word term for a type of college refers to the old belief of what a free man should be taught

Final scores:

Joe Denise Joyce
$200 $22,201 $29,200
3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000 New champion: $29,200

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Joe Denise Joyce
$8,600 $14,400 $19,000
18 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 17 R,
2 W		 21 R
(including 2 DDs),
0 W

Combined Coryat: $42,000

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Game tape date: 2011-02-02
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