Show #6836 - Monday, May 12, 2014

Battle of the Decades semifinal game 1.

Contestants

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Chuck Forrest, an attorney for the UN IFAD from Marino, Italy

Russ Schumacher, a university professor from Fort Collins, Colorado

Ken Jennings, a writer from Seattle, Washington

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Jeopardy! Round

OCEAN COMMOTION
OLYMPIC ATHLETES BEYOND THE GAMES
GARDENING
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS
BROADWAY & POLITICS
ANAGRAMS FOR MILLIONAIRES
    $200 1
Sanskrit texts call this ocean Ratnakara, the mine of jewels
    $200 18
In London Paula Radcliffe ran a 2:15:25 in this race in 2003; it's still the world record
    $200 30
Members of the agave, lily & cactus families are this type of plant whose fleshy leaves are able to store water
    $200 16
In 2013 Variety reported "This is the End" was the last movie rented from this once-mighty chain
    $200 15
In the one-man show "You're Welcome America", Will Ferrell spoofed this president
    $200 12
Where to vacay? This Mediterranean region:
"I ARRIVE"
    $400 2
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a globe on the monitor.) From the shores of Antarctica, the Pacific Ocean stretches north over 9,000 miles to this narrow passage
    $400 22
In 2009, on her back, feet first, American Erin Hamlin broke a 16-year German reign in this winter sport
    $400 9
Looking for a climber with fragrant flowers? Plant the star type of this shrub
    $400 26
In 2009 service was no longer state of the art at the last brick & mortar stores of this alliterative electronics chain
    $400 13
The singing killers & would-be killers of "Assassins" include Oswald, Booth & this 1980s attempter
    $400 17
Type of agreement made before the vows:
"A TRIPLE PUN"
    $600 3
Originally an adjective, it's now a noun referring to a deep-sea vessel like a submarine or bathyscaphe
    $600 23
At the '88 worlds, skater Kurt Browning was the first in competition to land a jump with this many revolutions
    $600 7
This hybrid lemon tree bears the surname of the guy from the U.S.D.A. who brought it to the U.S. in 1908
    $600 27
Let's go back in time--he made 9,000 of the cars named for him before running off the road in 1982
    $600 10
In 2014 Bryan Cranston made his Broadway debut in "All The Way", a drama about this president's first year in office
    $600 19
Pop its cork & get a
"GRIP ON DEMON"
    $800 5
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The Atlantic Ocean's deepest point, at about 27,500 feet, is located In the trench bearing the name of this island
    $800 24
In 2007 Merlene Ottey, born in this island nation known for sprinters, ran an 11.64 100 meters... at age 47
    $800 4
This flower does well in partial shade but can be exposed to full sun
    $800 28
In 1991 this "directional" airline flew off into the sunset after 64 years
    $800 11
"Politics & Poker" & "I Love a Cop" are songs in this musical about a big-city mayor
    $800 20
Endow a new chemistry building there:
"THROAT MUD"
    $1000 6
What scientists technically call insanely weird creatures live near hydrothermal these on the ocean floor
    $1000 25
In 6 straight world track & field championships 1983 to 1997, this Ukrainian was your winner in the pole vault
    $1000 8
This process of punching holes & removing small plugs of soil from a lawn helps to improve nutrient & water absorption
    $1000 29
In 2009 Toys "R" Us scooped up the remains of this 2-letter retailer
    DD: $4,400 14
It's Peter Morgan's play about a revealing series of 1977 interviews
    $1000 21
Your kid is one, even past infancy:
"BRATTY BUDS FUN"

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

Ken Russ Chuck
$8,800 $1,000 $1,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ken Russ Chuck
$15,000 $800 $2,800

Double Jeopardy! Round

MAKE YOUR OWN SPY NOVEL TITLES
4-SYLLABLE WORDS
ART "S"TUFF
1950s EMMYS
WE GET LETTERS
P.S. I LOVE YOU
    $400 18
The + a Jewish holiday in which the story of Exodus is retold + a musical term for a gradual increase in volume
    $400 3
This word denoting a counterpart is German & means "double-walker"
    $400 17
This American known for his portraits was born in Italy to the former Mary Newbold Singer
    $400 12
In a letter to a 5-year-old boy, she wrote the story of 4 little rabbits named Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail & Peter
    $400 22
Giant of American music
seen here
    $800 19
The + a green knight-battling Round Tabler + milk substitute for babies, such as Enfamil
    $800 6
Doctorate document
    $800 1
This French word for "lounge" was used for exhibits of artworks; famous ones were "D'automne" & "Des Independants"
    $800 13
(I'm Ben Mankiewicz
of Turner Classic Movies.) Hitchcock's reply to an angry dad who wrote that his daughter was refusing to shower after seeing this 1960 film? "Send her to the dry cleaners"
    $800 24
PS can stand for picosecond, this fraction of a second
    $1200 11
The + our 9th president's last name + a "diplomatic" term for a correct method of medical treatment
    $1200 21
Grammatically, in "When Al headbutted a lamppost, he got a concussion", "Al" is this of "he", & Al is stupid
    $1200 2
Nature morte (literally "dead nature") is another name for this genre of painting
    $1200 9
His 1954 & 1955 supporting actor Emmys were for "The Jackie Gleason Show"
    DD: $6,000 14
This explorer wrote to his friend J.M. Barrie in 1912, "We have accomplished our object in reaching the pole"
    $1200 25
This justice said of pornography, "I know it when I see it", & you'll know him when you see him
    $1600 20
The + a Mongol emperor's poetic palace + a type of papal teaching letter first issued in 1740
    DD: $4,800 7
Adjective for the perfect embodiment of something. Or something a Dionne kid must have
    $1600 4
Da Vinci used both chiaroscuro & this, Italian for "smoked", to gradually transition hues
    $1600 8
He made 'em laugh & won for his "Colgate Comedy Hour" work
    $1600 15
In this 1845 story, the stolen title object has been hidden in plain sight
    $2000 23
The + a 35-year "Price is Right" host + an act of reasoning from the general to the specific
    $2000 26
From the Latin for "uncertain", it refers to a judgment based on one's whim rather than on a rule
    $2000 5
Joseph Cornell took these small display cases into the realm of Surrealist art
    $2000 10
In 1952 this comedian won the "Best Actor" Emmy; in 2014 his "hour" came as he passed away at 91
    $2000 16
He wrote to his muse Georgia O'Keeffe, "how I wanted to photograph you--the hands--the mouth--& eyes"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ken Russ Chuck
$18,600 $1,600 $15,200

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Final Jeopardy! Round

19th CENTURY POEMS
Written about the U.S. occupation of the Philippines, a Kipling poem said, "take up" this now-controversial phrase

Final scores:

Ken Russ Chuck
$30,401 $0 $26,200
Finalist 3rd place: $25,000 2nd place: $25,000

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

Ken Russ Chuck
$21,200 $1,600 $12,000
32 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 6 R,
3 W		 10 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W

Combined Coryat: $34,800

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