Show #6293 - Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Contestants

[<< previous game]

Zach May, a software engineer from West Liberty, Kentucky

Debra McGuire, a homemaker and micro farmer from Princeton, Texas

Amy Stephenson, a writer and editor from Sunnyside, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,400)

 [next game >>]

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC DATES
SPORTS SHORTS
ONE LETTER DIFFERENT
(Alex: Each correct response will be two words different by only one letter.)
THE LAND
OF MILK
& HONEY
    $200 26
He was shot on Sept. 6, 1901 while shaking hands with a crowd of well-wishers at the Pan-American Exposition
    $200 21
In 2008 he swam 200 meters freestyle in a record 1 minute, 42.96 seconds
    $200 1
A large sack
    $200 16
This country is "The Land of the Shamrock"
    $200 6
In mammals, milk is secreted by these glands
    $200 11
& Honey, could you pick up some of the Huggies brand of these on the way home?
    $400 27
On May 17, 1954 the Supreme Court ruled on this case, unanimously outlawing public school segregation
    $400 22
This manager went out on top when he called it quits Oct. 31, 2011
    $400 2
Excellent eats
    $400 17
Victoria Land, one of its regions, lies north of the Ross Ice Shelf
    $400 7
Many countries have laws requiring that milk undergo this process that guards against pathogens
    $400 12
& Honey, if you get a chance, could you wash my favorite pants? You know, the ones named for that 19th century woman
    $600 28
The Egyptian government opened his mummy case on March 6, 1924
    $600 23
In 2011 this QB was a first-round draft pick by Carolina
    $600 3
Humorous wordplay about a quill
    $600 18
Look east! Japan has long been known by this dawning nickname
    $600 8
This sugar makes up almost all the carbohydrates in milk
    $600 13
& Honey, it's May--we gotta call your mom in London for Mother's Day; don't forget it's this many hours ahead of N.Y. time
    $800 29
He dissolved England's Rump Parliament on April 20, 1653
    $800 24
He split 2 1980 title fights with Roberto Duran
    $800 4
A hole in the ground for your baked pastry
    $800 19
After killing Abel, Cain was banished to the sleepy-sounding land of this place, east of Eden
    $800 9
Canned milk that has 60% of the water removed is known by this 10-letter term
    $800 14
& Honey, could you take the minivan to the mechanic? It's still making noise here, also called the gearbox
    $1000 30
The accident of April 25-26, 1986 at this facility was caused by a poorly designed experiment at its reactor unit 4
    $1000 25
Since 2009 the Mercury, Storm & Lynx have been championship teams in this league
    $1000 5
A speechless minute arachnid
    $1000 20
The name of this state is from Choctaw & means it's the land of the "red people"
    DD: $2,200 10
Mongolians cool off with airag, a slightly fermented version of this alliterative liquid
    $1000 15
& Honey, while you're up, can you grab my copy of "Caligula" by this French-Algerian author? He's so existential

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

Amy Debra Zach
$1,400 $0 $3,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Amy Debra Zach
$3,000 $1,200 $7,400

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANY FIRST WORDS?
SYMBOLOGY
POP CULTURE
MISCELLAN"IUM"
OLD VIRGINIA
BARTLETT'S PAIRS
    $400 1
Meaning "first", it can precede color, election or health care
    $400 18
On a map
    $400 12
He's the transatlantic TV, film & stand-up comic seen here
    $400 6
Not just women but men over 50 also need at least 1,200 mg of this bone-building element daily
    $400 30
He was cornered & fatally wounded by federal troops on a farm near Port Royal, Virginia on April 26, 1865
    $400 11
Ernest L. Thayer is represented by a pair of quotations, both from this baseball poem
    $800 2
Aussies are familiar with this term for native inhabitants that once referred to pre-Roman Italians
    $800 19
In math, this set
    $800 13
Snow White & Prince Charming are characters on this TV show set in the town of Storybrooke
    $800 7
For many centuries this drug derived from a poppy was the main painkiller used in medicine
    $800 29
President Jefferson sent this fellow Virginian, later our 5th president, to negotiate the Louisiana Purchase
    $800 17
Fred Allen gets 2 zingers, including "California's a wonderful place to live--if you happen to be" this fruit
    $1200 3
An adjective meaning "first", or a letter like "F" in F. Murray Abraham
    $1200 20
In a weather report (keep your response P.C.)
    $1200 14
This man who died in 1918 was Snoopy's cursed nemesis in "Peanuts"
    $1200 8
Once the open main court of a Roman house, it's now a skylit central court in an office building or hotel
    DD: $3,400 26
In 1699 the capital of Virginia was moved from Jamestown to this city
    $1200 23
Kenneth Grahame's 2 quotes both come from this children's book
    $1600 4
Something that's leading in every respect is "first &" this superlative adjective
    $1600 21
In astrology
    $1600 15
In a 2011 movie comedy, the 3 title "horrible" these were summarized as psycho, maneater & tool
    $1600 9
The Latin name for ancient Troy, it's also a broad flat hipbone
    $1600 27
In 1763 this gifted orator & lawyer presented the "Parson's Cause", an early test case of royal authority
    $1600 24
The 2 quotes by Charles Evans Hughes, the USA's 11th this, include "The Constitution is what the judges say it is"
    $2000 5
Jung was fond of this word, an original pattern from which all similar things are based
    $2000 22
In particle physics
    DD: $3,000 16
This late country singer called his autobiography "Thirty Years of Sausage, Fifty Years of Ham"
    $2000 10
It's the muscle tissue that forms the middle layer of the heart's walls
    $2000 28
In 1716 Virginia's governor claimed possession of this scenic valley for England
    $2000 25
The first of this French playwright's 2 quotes begins, "A great nose indicates a great man"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Amy Debra Zach
$17,600 $4,400 $10,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

FATHERS & SONS
The island where this man's son washed ashore was later named Ikaria

Final scores:

Amy Debra Zach
$14,399 $6,401 $0
2-day champion: $32,799 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Amy Debra Zach
$16,600 $6,600 $13,800
18 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 11 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 25 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $37,000

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

Game tape date: 2011-11-09
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.