Show #6426 - Monday, July 23, 2012

Contestants

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Liz Frost, an accountant from Issaquah, Washington

Kate Mosesso, an attorney from Chicago, Illinois

Andy Baggarly, a journalist and author from Palo Alto, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,600)

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Jeopardy! Round

THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH
NUMERICAL NOVEL BY CHARACTERS
CLASSIC CARTOONS
MENTAL STATES
DEUS X
MACADAMIA
    $200 10
A silencer on an English automobile is one of these to us yanks
    $200 3
Hepzibah Pyncheon; Thomas Maule, architect of the title structure
    $200 1
Despite being told to "watch out", this swinging title guy always smashed into a tree
    $200 20
We hope you're not in one of these, a thick cloud close to the ground that can precede "bank" or "light"
    $200 26
Called "the hairy one", Xilonen was the goddess of this grain, & her festival was celebrated with tortillas
    $200 15
Macadamias originated in the rain forests of what's now Queensland in this country
    $400 11
While cave exploring in Cornwall, if a Brit offers to hand you a torch, it's one of these devices
    $400 4
Winston Smith, Julia
    $400 2
Rocky & Bullwinkle battled the evil Boris Badenov & her
    $400 22
Have you no this? An embarrassed feeling that took Evelyn "Champagne" King into the top 10 in 1978
    $400 27
The Yakut of this region that covers 3/4 of Russia consider Xaya Iccita their master of mountains
    $400 16
Macadamia trees produce nuts year round, so they're considered "everbearing" as well as this "ever" term
    $600 12
To put something into the boot in Britain isn't to put it into your shoe but into this part of your car
    $600 5
Guy Montag, Fire Captain Beatty
    $600 7
The concept for this show came from a sketch of 2 characters in cavemen skins & a primitive phonograph
    $600 23
Sometimes I go into one of these hypnotic states seemingly induced by a magical incantation
    $600 28
For the Chinese, Xi Wang-Mu is the personification of this fundamental feminine force
    $600 17
The way growers usually tell that macadamias are ripe is they wait until the nuts do this
    $800 13
You might get a lift in Liverpool if you know a lift is one of these
    $800 6
Sydney Carton, Charles Darnay
    $800 8
Walter Lantz' wife voiced this cartoon character that was inspired by a real bird
    $800 24
In 1521 the pope bestowed on Henry VIII the title "Defender of" this; what did he know?
    $800 29
Xolas gave souls & took them back, according to Indians of this archipelago at the tip of South America
    $800 18
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) Over 80% of fat in a macadamia is monounsaturated; that's one of the highest among all natural commercial foods & may help reduce this 3-letter type of cholesterol that clogs arteries
    $1000 14
If your British sweetie says you need braces, she doesn't mean items for your teeth but these for pants
    DD: $1,000 19
Aureliano Buendia & the ghost of Prudencio Aguilar
    $1000 9
The theme to this cartoon says, "You're not fooling me 'cause I can see the way you shake and shiver"
    $1000 25
The anatomy of this deep feeling of sadness is that it's from the Greek for "black humor"
    $1000 30
The Aztecs believed lightning god Xolotl Huetzi was the twin of this wind god
    $1000 21
To get toxins out, soak macadamias in water; it's this process that sounds like a medieval barber might do it

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

Andy Kate Liz
$5,400 $1,200 $600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Andy Kate Liz
$7,200 $4,400 $4,200

Double Jeopardy! Round

SCULPTURE
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
WHO'S THE "MAN"?
MOVIE FIGHTERS
CRAZY TALK
SCOTTISH RULERS
    $400 6
Originally, this 1880 Rodin piece was meant to represent Dante, known to sit on a rock in Florence
    $400 14
India:
A bunch, including Hindi, Urdu & this classical language of ancient epics
    $400 1
Running with Al Gore in 2000, he was the first Jewish vice presidential candidate of a major political party
    $400 9
He spent 4 years training to play "Irish" Micky Ward in "The Fighter"
    $400 19
This crazy phrase refers to a threaded metal fastener that's not tight in its receptacle
    $400 26
The only kings of this Scottish royal house were Robert I & his son David II
    $800 7
Between 1501 & 1504 Michelangelo worked on the marble sculpture of this man; it was placed by the Palazzo Vecchio
    $800 15
This African country born in 2011:
English & Arabic
    $800 2
In 1880 he founded a company to make amateur picture-taking easier & less expensive
    $800 10
Hilary Swank is a waitress-turned-boxer in this 2004 film
    $800 20
A synonym for crazy, this bird isn't crazy--it lays eggs in the nests of other birds who then raise its young
    $800 27
In 943, after 43 years as king, Constantine II retired to the monastery of this; the golf course was yet to be built
    $1200 8
The "Son of Menides, citizen of Antioch of Maeander" made this female statue who can never lend a hand
    DD: $2,000 16
Haiti:
French & the Haitian type of this vernacular language
    $1200 3
In the 1940s Aaron Copland was commissioned by this man to write a clarinet concerto
    $1200 11
He got an Oscar nomination for writing the original screenplay for "Rocky"
    $1200 21
Misplaced every one of your aggies, cat's-eyes & commies
    $1200 28
This daughter of James V was betrothed to the dauphin Francis at age 6; she married him 10 years later
    $1600 24
The best-known Myronic work is a statue of a man performing this Olympic event, completing the backswing
    $1600 17
This Islamic republic:
Dari & Pashto
    $1600 4
This general was the subject of the biography "The White Tecumseh"
    $1600 12
"Raging Bull" was based on a book by this boxer, the subject of the film
    $1600 22
Delivering 99 rectangular blocks of baked clay when you should have had 100
    $1600 29
In 1057 Lulach became the first Scottish king stoned, er, crowned, at this medieval village
    DD: $2,000 25
In 2011 the scales went missing from a statue representing this in front of Louisville's Metro Hall
    $2000 18
Kosovo:
Both Serbian & this language named for a bordering nation
    $2000 5
In 1884 he patented the first practical fountain pen
    $2000 13
To prepare for this movie, Mickey Rourke spent months training with an uncle of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
    $2000 23
The name of this Warner Bros. cartoon series that preceded Merrie Melodies has come to mean "crazy"
    $2000 30
In 1072, at about age 12, Duncan II was sent as a hostage to this Norman king, who kept him for several years

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Andy Kate Liz
$18,800 $9,200 $12,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

POLITICAL LITERATURE
The key message to this title figure in an Italian work is "it is far safer to be feared than loved"

Final scores:

Andy Kate Liz
$24,401 $0 $20,200
2-day champion: $40,001 3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Andy Kate Liz
$18,800 $9,200 $11,400
22 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 12 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W		 17 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $39,400

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Game tape date: 2012-03-14
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