Show #4686 2005-01-10 (taped 2004-11-08) Regular

Contestants

Jennie Gerres — a surgical technology student from North Ridgeville, Ohio

Rick Pernod — a teacher from the Bronx, New York

Joshua Allen — a student from North Hollywood, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,001)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Joshua	$4,400	$7,800	$12,600	$15,000 2-day champion: $39,001	$12,600 21 R, 2 W
Rick	$-800	$-1,200	$3,200	$4,500 2nd place: $2,000	$3,200 7 R, 3 W
Jennie	$2,000	$2,600	$900	$1,300 3rd place: $1,000	$5,200 10 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES	FILMS OF THE '70s	SO NICE THEY NICKNAMED ME TWICE	BACK TO THE HOTEL	THE WEATHER CHANNEL	THE BIRD IS THE WORD
$200 [14] The Library of the first President Bush, in Texas, has a film of his first steps, in this state where the family vacations Maine Joshua	$200 [1] Not the frost, but the blood was on the punkin in this 1978 Jamie Lee Curtis film Halloween Jennie	$200 [24] "The Chairman of the Board", "Ol' Blue Eyes" Frank Sinatra Joshua	$200 [19] In 1975, Lyn Weiner opened the Kennelworth, a hotel in New York City for these pets dogs Rick	$200 [6] When it's muggy, "it's not the heat, it's" this, the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere humidity Joshua	$200 [11] What's good for the goose is good for this, also meaning a glance the gander Jennie
$400 [15] The war exhibit "Korea Plus 50: No Longer Forgotten" is a joint-access project between the libraries of these 2 presidents Truman and Eisenhower Joshua	$400 [2] (Hi. I'm Bob Woodward.) In "All the President's Men", Carl Bernstein was played by Dustin Hoffman & I was portrayed by this handsome star who bears no resemblence to me Robert Redford Joshua	$400 [25] "America's Sweetheart", "Little Sure Shot" Annie Oakley Rick	$400 [20] The Celtic Lodge and Kelly's Hotel are famous hotels in this world capital Dublin Joshua	$400 [7] Each second about 100 of these natural electrical discharges occur somewhere on Earth lightning strikes Jennie	$400 [12] That this bird leaves its eggs in other birds' nests, that's just "crazy", man the cuckoo
$600 [16] The Ford Library is on the campus of this Ford alma mater the University of Michigan Jennie	$600 [3] A canoe trip into the Georgia backwoods became a living nightmare for four friends in this 1972 film Deliverance Jennie	$600 [26] "Conqueror of the World", "Macedonia's Madman" Alexander the Great Joshua	$600 [21] This large ocean liner that's been docked in Long Beach since 1967 is a hotel & tourist attraction Queen Mary Joshua	$600 [8] A "little" one of these "ages" ran between the 14th and 19th Centuries ice age Joshua	$600 [13] It's a glossy black bird, or to toot your own horn a crow Joshua
$800 [17] The LBJ Library sells CDs of the President's phone calls, like thefollowingone with herLBJ: "...how we can carry on, if you give us a little strength."Woman: "But you know what I wanted to say to you about that letter? I know how rare a letter is in a president's handwriting." Jacqueline Kennedy	DD $600 [4] For this '74 flick, Mel Brooks used some of the same lab equipment that was used in a 1931 film Young Frankenstein Jennie	$800 [27] "The Father of the H-Bomb", "Dr. Strangelove" Edward Teller	$800 [22] With canals, piazzas, and St. Mark's Square, this Vegas hotel sits on the old Sands Hotel site the Venetian Joshua	$800 [9] In terms of rainfall, it's the driest continent after Antarctica Australia Rick	$800 [29] Something done on a whim may be done on this songbird of the family alaudidae a lark Joshua
$1,000 [18] Lyn Nofziger and Edwin Meese have their own sets of folders for perusal at his library Ronald Reagan Rick	$1,000 [5] Erich Segal actually wrote the screenplay for this 1970 movie first; then the novel Love Story Joshua	$1,000 [28] "The Poet of the Commonplace", "The Children's Poet" Longfellow Joshua Jennie	$1,000 [23] This "presidential" hotel was elected to host the first Academy Awards ceremony the Roosevelt Joshua	$1,000 [10] When the folks at the National Weather Service are feeling a bit "DZ," "DZ" stands for this weather condition drizzle Joshua	$1,000 [30] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds a pink disc.) It's the general two-word term for a trap shooting target--live ones went out in the early 1900s a clay pigeon Jennie

Double Jeopardy! Round

FIRST THINGS FIRST	SPORTS TROPHIES	ART	A RANK CATEGORY	OLD NAMES ON THE MAP	CATCHING SOME "ZZ"s
$400 [6] Per the U.S. Naval Observatory, the date of the first day of the current millennium January 1, 2001 Joshua	$400 [1] The Davis Cup tennis (golf accepted) Jennie	$400 [17] Ususally an altarpiece, it's a painting consisting of 3 separate panels a triptych Rick	$400 [26] It's the military rank the Constitution gives the U.S. President Commander in Chief Joshua	$400 [4] After the British took over this island in 1797, they anglicized Puerto de Espana to Port of Spain Trinidad	$400 [3] Also known as a silvertip, it can weigh up to 900 pounds a grizzly bear
$800 [7] He wasn't a scenery-chewing actor, he was the first "astrochimp" that the U.S. launched into space Ham	DD $500 [12] The Air Canada Silver Broom curling Jennie	$800 [18] He advocated sfumato, a subtle blending of tones, saying light & shade should blend like smoke as seen here da Vinci Jennie	$800 [27] A Yokozuna is an athlete who has reaced the highest rank in this sport sumo wrestling Joshua	$800 [5] In 1946 the name of Podgorica was changed to this for Yugoslavia's leader; it was changed back in 1992 Titograd	$800 [22] To overpower or dim the vision of by intense light dazzle Rick
$1,200 [8] In 1985 Andy Warhol did the first painting in what has become a big ad campaign for this vodka Absolut Jennie	$800 [2] The Stanley Cup hockey Joshua	$1,200 [19] Andre Breton hailed this man's art as "the most hallucinatory known until now" Dalí Rick	$1,200 [28] A lesser official in a royal household; some are "of the guard" yeoman	$1,200 [14] This Spanish port was once Carthago Nova, or "New Carthage" Cartagena Joshua	$1,200 [23] "Swift" nickname of Supreme Court Justice Byron White Whizzer Rick
$2,000 [10] In March 1825 Joel R. Poinsett was confirmed as the first U.S. minister to this country Mexico	$1,200 [11] The Jules Rimet Trophy soccer Rick	$1,600 [20] Aptly, Georgia O'Keeffe's first one-woman show was at this man's 291 Gallery Alfred Stieglitz	$1,600 [29] It's the Russian term for the son & heir of a czar czarevich	$1,600 [15] Madagascar retained the first 2 letters of this, its previous name The Malagasy Republic	$1,600 [24] He's the conqueror of Jerusalem mentioned in II Kings 24 Nebuchadnezzar Joshua
DD $3,000 [9] City Lights Books helped folks lacking space &/or money as the USA's first bookstore to sell only these paperbacks Jennie	$2,000 [13] The Lonsdale Belt boxing	$2,000 [21] Courbet was the leader of this movement; verism is an extreme form of it realism	$2,000 [30] From a word meaning "to send", this 5-letter word designates an "extraordinary" diplomat envoy Rick	$2,000 [16] What's now Kaliningrade, Russia was the capital of East Prussia under this name meaning "King's Mountain" Königsberg	$2,000 [25] This port city is the Republic of the Congo's capital Brazzaville Joshua

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY AUTHORS

This Russian-born author & scientist who died in 1992 said, "I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them"

Isaac Asimov

Jennie "Who was Asimov?" — wagered $400

Rick "Who is Asimov" — wagered $1,300

Joshua "Who was Isaac Asimov?" — wagered $2,400

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