Show #5833 - Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Jason Zollinger game 2.

Contestants

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Thomas Meringolo, a high school language arts teacher from Wilton Manors, Florida

Janna Hutz, a graduate student in human genetics originally from West Bloomfield, Michigan

Jason Zollinger, an engine assembler from South Dayton, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,801)

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Jeopardy! Round

STATES BY COUNTIES
MOVIE POLITICIANS
INTERNATIONAL ETIQUETTE
LITERARY CHARACTERS
HOLE FOODS
DUMB DOWN THE CLICHE
    $200 1
Middlesex,
New London,
New Haven
    $200 22
Voiced by Harry Shearer, President Schwarzenegger says, "I was elected to lead, not to read" in this animated film
    $200 13
When meeting the pope, non-Catholics may shake his hand but Catholics are expected to take his hand & kiss this
    $200 10
Roger Chillingworth is Hester's wronged husband in this 1850 novel
    $200 6
Recently joining the original & Honey Nut versions of this cereal is a new flavor: Banana Nut
    $200 18
Retrieve a hare hidden within your beret
    $400 2
Middlesex,
Essex,
Worcester
    $400 23
As Pres. Merkin Muffley in "Dr. Strangelove", he says, "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the war room!"
    $400 15
In England, guests arrive 15 minutes after the invited hour, but in these 2 countries of Great Britain, be prompt
    $400 12
In 1975 The New York Times ran an obituary stating that this "famed Belgian detective" was dead
    $400 7
Emmental, produced since the 13th century, is the original variety of this
    $400 19
My nostrils detect the aroma of a gnawing rodent
    $600 3
Cobb,
Peach,
Oglethorpe
    $600 27
Jimmy Stewart has a few things to say to the Senate in this 1939 film & he goes on... & on... & on...
    DD: $1,000 16
In Colombia, avoid the subject of this country, which the Colombians think the U.S. stole from them
    $600 14
Edward & Bella get married in this fourth novel in the "Twilight" saga
    $600 8
At this donut chain, you can buy donuts with holes, or the holes themselves, called Munchkins
    $600 20
Spending an interlude anticipating the descent of the additional slipper
    $800 4
Hill,
Big Horn,
Custer
    $800 28
Mel Brooks deals with Hedley (not Hedy!) Lamarr as Governor Le Petomane in this 1974 comedy
    $800 17
When answering the phone in the Netherlands, it's traditional to say this; just saying "hello?" is rude
    $800 21
In 1992 tart-tongued Aurora Greenway returned in "The Evening Star", the sequel to this McMurtry novel
    $800 9
It's been described as "an unsweetened donut with rigor mortis", oy!
    $800 25
Seize a male bovine with grips to its forehead protuberances
    $1000 5
Dauphin,
Lackawanna,
Susquehanna
    $1000 29
Local accountant Charles Grodin goes over the nation's books for President Kevin Kline in this 1993 movie
    $1000 30
In this New Zealand culture, it's appropriate to close your eyes & press noses with another man while saying, "mm-mm"
    $1000 24
In "The Chronicles of Narnia", Jadis is better known as this icy alliterative villainess
    $1000 11
The holes in this type of pasta make it look like little wheels
    $1000 26
Pilfer from Mr. Pan in order to enrich Mr. Bunyan

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

Jason Janna Thomas
$1,200 $2,200 $800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jason Janna Thomas
$5,200 $3,800 $800

Double Jeopardy! Round

FLAGS OF THE WORLD
COMIC BOOKS
(Alex: You have to identify the comedian who wrote the book.)
BLOOD WORK
YOU KNOW HOW TO WHISTLE, DON'T YOU?
CONVERSATIONS
CHEWING THE "FAT"
    $400 3
The flag of this nation that no longer exists depicted a hammer, a sickle & a star
    $400 18
"Seinlanguage"
    $400 4
Blood flows through a network of vessels known collectively as this system
    $400 25
We ain't just whistlin' this tune here... oh, yeah. actually, we are
    $400 16
The 2 participants in a conversation up on Mount Sinai in Exodus 3
    $400 1
An extravagant short-lived passion
    $800 7
A flock of flamingos taking wing inspired these 2 main colors on Peru's flag
    $800 20
"Leading with my Chin"
    $800 5
Specialized white blood cells called lymphocytes begin as this type of cell in the bone marrow
    $800 26
This classic TV show's theme is just made for the category
    $800 17
George W. Bush said that at 40 he gave up booze & renewed his faith after a conversation with this evangelist
    $800 2
Better-known name of billiards master Rudolf Wanderone
    $1200 8
The one nation whose official flag is not rectangular is this Himalayan country
    $1200 22
"I am America (and So Can You!)"
    $1200 6
Made mostly of water & salts, this fluid component of blood is usually yellow due to dissolved proteins
    $1200 19
A legend about this British king recounts that he was seen having a conversation with an oak tree in 1788
    $1200 13
He was the head of the P.L.O. from 1969 to 2004
    $1600 9
Adopted in 2008, the new flag of this Middle Eastern country is seen here
    $1600 23
"Naked Pictures of Famous People"
    $1600 11
These blood cell fragments are also called thrombocytes
    $1600 21
"The Autobiography of Malcolm X" was deeply rooted in the conversations with this author who helped write it
    $1600 14
Abbreviated CFS, this medical condition is called "the thief of vitality"
    DD: $2,000 10
The flag of these South Atlantic islands features a Union Jack, a sailing ship & a ram
    $2000 24
"American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot"
    DD: $4,000 12
One of these, also called a syncope, is that blood flow to the brain is diminished
    $2000 27
Conversations between Joseph Campbell & this journalist grew into the bestseller "The Power of Myth"
    $2000 15
It's a mirage over water named for a female figure of Arthurian legend

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jason Janna Thomas
$12,800 $8,600 $3,600

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Final Jeopardy! Round

RECORD OF THE YEAR GRAMMY WINNERS
This song's recording session occurred right after the 1985 American Music Awards & lasted all night long

Final scores:

Jason Janna Thomas
$17,201 $4,399 $7,199
2-day champion: $44,002 3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Jason Janna Thomas
$12,800 $8,200 $7,600
18 R,
3 W		 20 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 8 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $28,600

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Game tape date: 2009-11-17
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