Show #6842 - Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Julia Collins game 12.

Contestants

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Clayton Walker, an airline operations specialist from Dallas, Texas

Kate Hoffman, a corporate librarian from East Boston, Massachusetts

Julia Collins, a supply chain professional from Kenilworth, Illinois (whose 11-day cash winnings total $231,310)

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Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS AMERICANS
READING RAINBOW
FIRST THINGS THIRD
NATIONAL PEOPLE?
A POTPOURRI OF WORDS
(Alex: Each correct response will be made up of the letters in "potpourri".)
MOVIE ENDINGS
    $200 1
Famous or infamous? This NSA contractor made Hong Kong his first stop with classified data
    $200 6
In the Alex Cross series, James Patterson immediately followed "Roses Are Red" with this title
    $200 16
Made law in 1791, it prohibits the involuntary quartering of soldiers in private homes
    $200 21
Last name of Huck & of Crowded House singer Neil
    $200 26
A group of scouts or soldiers
    $200 11
"Independence",
"The Longest",
"Training"
    $400 2
In 1974 he broke Babe Ruth's home run record & in 2007 Barry Bonds broke his
    $400 7
Stephen Crane based this story on the experience of a soldier at the battle of Chancellorsville
    $400 17
Though it's the third sign of the zodiac, it practically defines the number 2
    $400 22
Body contact in hockey, maybe slamming someone into the boards
    $400 27
To grimace with a sullen expression & an extended lower lip
    $400 12
"Police",
"Toy",
"Love"
    $600 3
On his 2012 death his family said on a clear night when the moon is smiling down at you, think of him & give him a wink
    $600 8
"Anne of Windy Poplars" is a sequel to this 1908 classic
    $600 18
As of 2014, he's third in line to the British throne
    $600 23
It comes before "free" to mean making a clean getaway
    $600 28
To rip a plant all the way out of the ground
    $600 13
"Safe",
"Road",
"Animal"
    $800 4
Born in 1918, he's reportedly preached to more people live than anyone else in history, nearly 215 million people
    DD: $2,000 9
In a children's classic by Scott O'Dell, San Nicolas Island is better known as this title place
    $800 19
In a hefty defeat, this Republican finished third in the 1912 presidential election
    $800 24
The "Seinfeld" holiday Festivus employed one of these instead of a tree
    $800 29
An after-dinner wine of the Iberian Peninsula
    $800 14
"After",
"Battlefield",
"The Good"
    $1000 5
"A Magician Among the Spirits" is a 1924 book by this man
    $1000 10
Aldous Huxley's first novel, a social satire of British literati, is called "Crome" this color
    $1000 20
Tradition says this third king of ancient Israel composed many proverbs & songs
    $1000 25
Verb meaning to condescend to grant
    $1000 30
An apple or orange seed
    $1000 15
"Hollow",
"Rain",
"Inside"

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

Julia Kate Clayton
$4,600 $3,000 $1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Julia Kate Clayton
$9,800 $3,800 $2,800

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE MUSEUMS OF EUROPE
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE
I WILL SURVIVE!
DOUBLE "K" WORDS
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAMERS
U.S. PLACES
    $400 2
You can learn about the history of Nordic sailing in this Icelandic capital's Vikin Maritime Museum
    $400 26
These omnipresent organisms come in three shapes; seen here are bacilli, the rod-shaped variety
    $400 4
In 1995 Capt. Scott O'Grady, downed over Bosnia, survived 6 days by eating non-chocolate-covered these
    $400 1
A follower of the adventures of Sulu & James T. Kirk
    $400 11
The Pixies were an influence on this trio that exploded onto the scene with "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
    $400 19
It wasn't yet known as "Sin City" when Mormons occupied it from 1855 to 1857
    $800 3
A hall of fame & museum at the U.K.'s Cheltenham Racecourse honors this equine event that uses fences & ditches
    $800 27
Seriously, get some lotion on the outermost layer of the skin, also known as this
    $800 5
In 1908 Lt. Thomas Selfridge became the first airplane fatality; this was the last name of the pilot, who survived
    $800 6
Chattered on meaninglessly
    $800 15
With its 2014 induction, perhaps this duo said, "You Make My Dreams Come True"
    $800 20
It's said the lobby of Memphis' Peabody Hotel is the northern end of this region known for its blues
    $1200 8
In 1764 Empress Catherine II purchased Johann Gotzkowski's art collection, the first collection in this museum
    $1200 28
Also known as leukocytes, these defend the body by producing antibodies & destroying cancer cells
    $1200 12
The survivors of 1945's Gremlin Special crash in New Guinea ran into a tribe-of these; luckily they only ate enemies
    $1200 7
In mumblety-peg, players toss this, trying to make the blade stick firmly in the ground
    $1200 16
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame says this Ozzy Osbourne group is credited with creating heavy metal
    $1200 21
This Maine national park shares its name with a historic region of French Canada
    DD: $3,000 24
Exhibits in this composer's Bonn home include his grand piano & a variety of ear trumpets
    $1600 29
A trip through a leaf shows the lattice of this substance, the basis of plant cell walls
    $1600 13
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an animation of a boat capsizing on the monitor, followed by news footage.) Harrison Okene's shipwreck could have killed him, but his boat flipped over before it sank 100 feet to the bottom, creating an air pocket that provided him with oxygen; the bubble served as one of these objects with a musical name
    $1600 9
A trinket or small ornamental item
    DD: $3,000 17
Darryl McDaniels was one-third of this rap group that was inducted in 2009
    $1600 22
Sandusky Bay, an arm of this Great Lake, is known for its great crappie fishing
    $2000 25
The museum of this opera house was begun when 7 prominent Milan citizens bought the theater collection of Giulio Sambon
    $2000 30
This genus of green algae gets its name from the spiraling shape of its filaments
    $2000 14
The USA's top WWI flying ace, he survived 24 days lost at sea during WWII, subsisting on seagulls
    $2000 10
A hut built for a Jewish holiday
    $2000 18
Albums from this Canadian woman include "Court and Spark" & "Miles of Aisles"
    $2000 23
Though it has an Old Cowtown Museum, don't call this city of 385,000 southwest of Topeka a cowtown

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Julia Kate Clayton
$20,000 $12,800 $6,800

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Final Jeopardy! Round

BRITISH NOVELS
Stephen King borrowed the name of his fictional town Castle Rock from this 1950s novel that greatly influenced him

Final scores:

Julia Kate Clayton
$14,300 $2,800 $1
12-day champion: $245,610 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Julia Kate Clayton
$21,800 $11,400 $6,800
26 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)
16 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
11 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $40,000

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Game tape date: 2014-02-05
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