"Jeopardy!" 11/21/12

Normal Panel of the Night:
Dan Sims (Little Rock)- Case manager
Morgan Kruse (Irvine, CA)- Economics research analyst
RETURNING CHAMPION: Paul Nelson (whose three-game cash winnings total $45,400)

Light Up a Menu, Kevin:
GENERAL PRACTICE
1-LETTER STOCK SYMBOLS (from the NYSE)
POETRY TERMS
ANAGRAMS
IT'S A TRAP!
CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES (video clues)

Paul has $800 at the first timeout & Dan has the same figure, but in negative numbers.

Shortly after the first commercials, the last 1-Letter Stock Symbol clue was revealed to have had incorrect punctuation marks ("T-- give them a jingle"- he said T-Mobile, but it was at&t; there should've been a comma after that T & Alex said the dashes were dots instead at that time), so the challengers each are starting from square one again.

W/ only Poetry Terms & Anagrams in full left, Paul goes DD Hunting w/ the $800 Poetry Term...bingo! The champ has three grand to Dan's one & Paul wagers half. Here's the clue:

A Haiku traditionally deals w/ this; a Senryu takes an ironic look at human this.

"What is nature?"...correct he is. No Anagrams this rd., but Paul's in Lock Game Territory at $5,300 to Dan's $400.

ATTEMPTED LT: $3K
SOLE UNATTEMPTED TS: $1K (General Practice)
TOTAL LT: $4K

Next Topics, Please:
GENERAL PRACTICE
PLANETARY MATTERS?
ODD WORDS
"THE" TV SHOW
THAT IS THE QUESTION
BALTIMORE (their FOX 45 station WBFF just picked up this show & "Wheel")

The center of General Practice...triggers a DD for Dan w/ $4,800; this is a much tighter contest than a few moments ago, because he leads Paul by $700 & Morgan by $800. To keep his lead w/ $1.5K more:

Though unpopular w/ the President for his cautiousness, this Union General was once known as "Young Napoleon".

"Who is (George B.) McClellan?"...was right for $6,300. W/ less then a minute on the clock in this Double J! R...the other DD's assigned to the $1,600 Odd Word & Paul's got it w/ $6.5K, followed by Dan's $5.5K. Paul makes it a $2K answer:

A Tonsorialist is one who does this.

"What is...bicycle?"...cut hair, actually. Time expires on the $1,200 & $2K Odd Words, plus the $400, $800 & $2K Baltimore clues.

ATTEMPTED LT: $4K
UNATTEMPTED LT: $2,400
TOTAL DJ! LT: $6,400

Scores After DJ!:
Paul: $4.5K
Morgan: $4,400
Dan: $5.5K

CORYAT SCORES:
Paul: $5,800
Morgan: $4,400
Dan: $5,200

FINAL J! CATEGORY #48: Opera.

In 1900, the first La Scala performance of this opera was conducted by the man whose last name began w/ the opera's title.

MORGAN:
Response: "What is 'Cosi fun tutti'"
Wager: $1,101
Final score: $3,299

PAUL:
Response: "What is 'Don Giovanni'?"
Wager: $1K
Final score: $3.5K

DAN:
Response: "What is 'Beggars'?" (Correct: What was "Tosca"?)
Wager: $4.5K
Final sore: $1K

Paul hasn't had any luck in FJ!, but he now has a four-night total of $48,900.

EPISODE RATING: 6