Show #5870 - Friday, March 5, 2010

Vijay Balse game 2.

Contestants

[<< previous game]

Miriam Carson, a teacher from Mountain Top, Pennsylvania

Todd Aiello, an actor and office worker from Chicago, Illinois

Vijay Balse, a chemical engineer originally from Bombay, India (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,801)

 [next game >>]

Jeopardy! Round

THE DIEDS OF MARCH
(Alex: People who bought the farm in that month.)
FEMALE SINGERS
THE LURE OF FISHING
MEN & WOMEN OF LETTERS
(Alex: Many authors are known primarily by their initials. You have to identify them for us.)
WHAT AM I GOING TO WEAR?
"OID" VEY
    $200 12
He died in Vienna March 26, 1827, during a thunderstorm like the one depicted in his Pastoral Symphony
    $200 3
This "Hollaback Girl" took a cinematic turn, playing Jean Harlow in "The Aviator"
    $200 26
4-letter term for living creatures, such as worms, attached to a hook to entice fish
    $200 7
David Herbert
    $200 19
1st popular in the 1960s, these pants are named for the area below the waistline where they embrace the body
    $200 1
It might be crewel to tell you that the Bayeux Tapestry is an example of this kind of needlework
    $400 13
Death defeated him March 16, 1971, 23 years after Truman did
    $400 17
"The Emancipation of Mimi" & "E=MC2 are albums from this multi-octave gal
    $400 27
An auger is the device used to cut holes for this kind of fishing
    $400 8
Henry Louis
    $400 20
Every woman should have one of these, LBD for short
    $400 2
A humanoid robot
    $600 14
This Scotsman died March 11, 1955, 10 years after he won a Nobel Prize for his 1928 discovery of penicillin
    $600 18
This "lady" took her stage name from a Queen song after she was likened to Freddie Mercury
    $600 28
Possible subjects for an entomologist, or the fishing accessory seen here
    $600 9
Phyllis Dorothy
    $600 23
Complete the look of the powder blue tuxedo with a ruffled one of these detachable false shirt fronts
    $600 4
For spreading this disease, food handler Mary Mallon spent the last 23 years of her life in detention
    $800 15
Crispus Attucks, an African American, was one of 5 men killed in this Beantown event March 5, 1770
    $800 21
Last name Kilcher, she restyled herself as a country singer in 2008 with the album "Perfectly Clear"
    $800 29
Often made of cork, it's a float attached to your line to suspend it at a set depth
    DD: $3,000 10
Edward Morgan
    $800 24
Making a comeback for women in 2009, these 5-letter pants, aka genie pants & worn by MC Hammer, were too legit to quit
    $800 5
Take these anabolic lipids only under a doctor's supervision
    $1000 16
This British statesman whose 1917 declaration supported a Jewish homeland died in England March 19, 1930
    $1000 22
With a name like a Wild West outlaw, she set off some alarms with her 2009 country-pop tune "Blue Jeans"
    $1000 30
This synonym for a fisherman is in the title of Izaak Walton's classic 1653 book on the subject
    $1000 11
Howard Phillips
    $1000 25
The name of this Tyrolean get-up is German for "leather trousers"
    $1000 6
Because it carries 2 sets of chromosomes, a zygote is this type of cell

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

Vijay Todd Miriam
$8,000 $1,000 $1,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Vijay Todd Miriam
$9,000 $4,600 $4,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

OPERA
A "D" IN GEOGRAPHY
(Alex: Next we have a new twist on BEFORE & AFTER. It's called...)
A MOVIE BEFORE, THEN DINNER AFTER
I AM SAM
BEASTLY HOMONYMS
THE TOYOTA GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH
(Sarah: The 35th running of one of the USA's most prestigious events.)
    $400 1
In Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Maid of Pskov", this notorious 16th c. czar destroys the city of Novgorod
    $400 14
O'Casey & Yeats were both born in this capital
    $400 4
Brat Pack detention in a 1985 film leads to a meal with 3 slices of toast, turkey, bacon & mayo
    $400 9
Mathew Brady learned about daugerreotypes from this coded inventor
    $400 19
Pulled behind a truck
    $400 26
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Toyota Grand Prix in Long Beach, CA.) The Grand Prix was once an F1 event; 2009 is the first time it's part of this series, whose name is derived from a big May race with cars bigger & some say faster than F1
    $800 2
In "Maria Stuarda", this queen signs Mary Stuart's death warrant after being called a bastard
    $800 15
This German city is on the Rhine River about 20 miles north of Cologne
    $800 5
Charlton Heston goes crazy when he finds out a revolutionary new foodstuff is "haricots verts" in French
    $800 10
The government ordered 1,000 pistols from him during the Mexican War
    $800 20
Bread begins as this
    $800 27
(Sarah of the Clue Crew gets lowered in a racecar at the Toyota Grand Prix in Long Beach, CA.) You or AAA change tires with a mechanical jack; at the Long Beach Grand Prix, they use this more powerful type, from the Greek for "wind", built into the car's body
    DD: $2,000 3
On Feb. 26, 1776 a fire destroyed Milan's Royal Ducal Theatre; this replaced it
    $1200 16
It occupies 18,600 square miles in the West Indies & shares its island home with another nation
    $1200 6
War is afoot in this Marx Brothers classic about the daily changing of broth at a restaurant
    $1200 11
He went to a J.C. Penney management training program; later he opened his own five-&-dime store in Arkansas
    $1200 21
Too sick, can't speak
    $1200 28
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Toyota Grand Prix in Long Beach, CA.) There's no smell of gasoline in the air; the cars run on 100% this 100% biodegradable fuel
    $1600 24
This Gian Carlo Menotti TV opera features a crippled boy, his mother & 3 kings: Kaspar, Melchior & Balthazar
    $1600 17
This Scottish river flows into the North Sea at Aberdeen
    $1600 7
Stephen King's tale of Nebraska young 'uns who go homicidal when a frankfurter is battered & put on a stick
    $1600 12
His diary gives a picture of Restoration London from Jan. 1, 1660 to May 31, 1669
    $1600 22
Trendy hair gel
    $1600 29
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Toyota Grand Prix in Long Beach, CA.) The two basic types of United States auto racing are stock car & this type, named for the exposure of the wheels; with no fenders, drivers are more careful to avoid collisions than in NASCAR
    $2000 25
This Johann Strauss opera has appeared in several English versions, including "Night Birds" & "Rosalinda"
    $2000 18
Once part of the French Protectorate of Somaliland, this nation gained its independence in 1977
    $2000 8
"Larger" than life animated tale from Roald Dahl served as a dessert that sounds like it should be for shoe menders
    DD: $2,000 13
In the 1610s this explorer was made a commandant of New France
    $2000 23
Blood pumper
    $2000 30
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Toyota Grand Prix in Long Beach, CA.) The area between the track & the pit lane is called this 12-letter zone; it's the action the driver has to do from over 200 to 60 miles per hour, the top speed in the pits

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Vijay Todd Miriam
$17,400 $13,800 $7,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

PLAYS
Dialogue from this play: "He didn't say for sure he'd come." "And if he doesn't come?" "We'll come back tomorrow"

Final scores:

Vijay Todd Miriam
$27,601 $27,595 $14,600
2-day champion: $56,402 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Vijay Todd Miriam
$15,200 $15,800 $7,600
16 R
(including 2 DDs),
0 W		 18 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)		 18 R,
4 W

Combined Coryat: $38,600

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

Game tape date: 2009-12-15
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.