Show #5030 2006-06-23 Regular

Contestants

John Perez — an Air Force officer originally from Chicago, Illinois

Chris Knight — a copywriter from Birmingham, Alabama

Theresa Larson — a music director from Katy, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,600)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Theresa $3,800 $2,800 $8,400 $16,800
2nd place: $2,000
$10,200
17 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Chris $1,400 $2,200 $10,800 $20,800
New champion: $20,800
$9,400
17 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
John $3,400 $4,600 $14,000 $14,000
3rd place: $1,000
$14,200
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

JEPOETRY ADAM SANDLER A, B OR C COWBOYS & INDIANS THE VOTES ARE IN THE "IZE" HAVE IT
$200 [1]
Alexander Pope:"A little Jeopardy! is a dangerous thing"
learning
Chris
$200 [23]
In the new movie "Click" I have a slight disagreement with this actor who gained fame as a lifeguard on the TV
David Hasselhoff
Chris
$200 [11]
Not a blood type
C
Theresa
$200 [21]
A Nebraska brick was a square of prairie turf used to build this type of house
a sod house
John
$200 [16]
On January 31, 2006 he was confirmed to the Supreme Court by a 58-42 Senate vote
(Samuel) Alito
Chris
$200 [6]
To cause a boat to overturn
capsize
Theresa
$400 [2]
Christopher Marlowe:"Come live with me, and be my Jeopardy!"
love
Theresa
$400 [24]
In "Happy Gilmore", I had enough & decked this long-time CBS game show host--you up for the sequel, Alex?
Bob Barker
Theresa
$400 [12]
Originally, it was a cheap movie shown in addition to the main feature
B
Theresa
$400 [22]
(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Fort Huachuca, AZ.) Fort Huachuca was built in 1877 as part of the wars with this tribe; that purpose was ended with Geronimo's capture in 1886
the Apache
Chris
$400 [17]
In 1993 this U.S. commonwealth voted to maintain its status quo & not become a state
Puerto Rico
Theresa
$400 [7]
To admire someone fanatically, especially Ruben Studdard or Kelly Clarkson
idolize
Chris
$600 [3]
Alfred, Lord Tennyson:"Half a Jeopardy!, half a Jeopardy!, half a Jeopardy! onward"
league
Chris
$600 [25]
In the new movie "Click", this "Deer Hunter" actor plays Morty; he also was The Continental on "SNL" many times
Christopher Walken
Chris
$600 [13]
In the name of the outfit that first broadcast the U.S. House in 1979, this precedes "SPAN"
C
John
$600 [28]
A white mark on a horse's forehead, or the ax mark made on a tree to mark a trail
a blaze
John
$600 [18]
Jack Warner thought the Academy Awards absurd, so for the 1st Best Actor award he wrote in this animal
Rin Tin Tin
Chris John
$600 [8]
From the Greek word for "praise", it's to speak highly of someone at his funeral
eulogize
Chris
$800 [4]
Samuel Taylor Coleridge:"Instead of the cross, the Jeopardy! about my neck was hung"
albatross
Theresa
$800 [26]
I had a recurring role as Theo's friend Smitty in this 1980s No. 1-rated sitcom"What was it?"
The Cosby Show
Chris
$800 [14]
A vitamin found in vegetables & dairy products, it's also called retinol
A
John
$800 [29]
(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Grand Teton Nat'l Park in Wyoming.) Created by native son George Ostrom, this trademark of the state of Wyoming is abbreviated BH&R
Bucking Horse & Rider
Chris
$1,000 [20]
In 1974 voters in this country rejected the monarchy, dashing Constantine II's hope of returning to the throne
Greece
John
$800 [9]
To exert exclusive commercial control over an industry & to prevent others from competing in it
monopolize
Theresa
$1,000 [5]
Robert Herrick:"Gather ye Jeopardy! while ye may"
rosebuds
Theresa
$1,000 [27]
I played tackling machine & H2O enthusiast in this 1998 film
The Waterboy
Chris
$1,000 [15]
Symbol of the unit used to measure the wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation
A (more correctly, Å)
John
$1,000 [30]
Once captured by John Smith, this Pawtuxet taught colonists Indian methods of planting & fertilizing corn
Squanto
Chris
DD $1,800 [19]
This man won a record 1-election total of 525 Electoral College votes for president
Ronald Reagan
Theresa
$1,000 [10]
To discharge army personnel & send them home
demobilize
John

Double Jeopardy! Round

WHAT'S UP, DOCTRINE? THOSE FUNNY BRITS TUNNELS PROMINENT 20th CENTURY WOMEN CROSSWORD CLUES "T" TRADITIONAL EASTERN MEDICINE
$400 [16]
France's making Maximilian emperor of Mexico was a challenge to the doctrine named for him
Monroe
John
$400 [21]
Born Alfred Hawthorn Hill, he earned legions of fans with his TV show featuring skits, songs & hot babes
Benny Hill
Theresa
$400 [1]
This tunnel from New York to New Jersey that opened in 1927 was named for its chief engineer, not a country
the Holland Tunnel
Chris
$400 [11]
In the late 1970s she joined the Rose law firm in Little Rock & soon became the firm's first woman partner
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Chris
$400 [4]
Monotonous machine for exercise(9)
treadmill
Theresa
$400 [26]
Cupping stimulates acupuncture points by applying suction through aglass jar, creating a partial one of these
a vacuum
Theresa
$800 [17]
In the late 1940s this government body's Fairness Doctrine demanded equal coverage of opposing views
the FCC
Chris
$800 [22]
He starred in "10" & appeared in a comedy revue called "Beyond the Fringe"
Dudley Moore
John
$800 [2]
Also a style of staircase, it's the type of tunnel built in B.C.'s Yoho National Park to solve the problem of a steep grade
spiral
$800 [12]
In 1979 she became the first woman in European history to be elected prime minister
Thatcher
Chris
$800 [5]
Revealing, like Poe's heart(4-4)
tell-tale
Theresa
$800 [27]
Acupuncture needles, now steel & as thin as a hair, were once made of the woody stem of this giant grass
bamboo
John
$1,200 [18]
This doctrine that pledged to help the Middle East resist communism extended the Truman Doctrine of 10 years before
the Eisenhower Doctrine
$1,200 [23]
Rowan Atkinson has played this mostly silent & accident-prone silly man on both TV & film
Mr. Bean
John
$1,200 [3]
The train to Auckland in this country goes 5.5 miles through the S. hemisphere's longest railroad tunnel
New Zealand
John
$1,200 [13]
The entries in her diary were addressed to "Kitty"
Anne Frank
Theresa
$1,200 [6]
No-no(5)
taboo
Theresa
DD $1,000 [28]
Most acupuncture points relate to pathways along the body called these, like the ones connecting poles on a globe
meridians
John
$2,000 [20]
Preemption & assertive support for democracy are part of this doctrine laid out in September 2002
the Bush Doctrine
$1,600 [24]
One of the 2 lead actresses in the hilariously un-P.C. britcom "Absolutely Fabulous"
Jennifer Saunders (or Joanna Lumley)
$1,600 [9]
This turnpike was once called the "tunnel highway" because it had 7 of them, including the Allegheny
the Pennsylvania
Theresa
$1,600 [14]
In 1978 she established the Digit Fund, later renamed for her, to raise money to protect gorillas from poaching
Dian Fossey
Theresa
$1,600 [7]
British term for molasses(7)
treacle
Chris
$1,600 [29]
Research shows that acupuncture increases brain production of these hormones, natural painkillers
endorphins
Chris
DD $3,000 [19]
The Petrine Doctrine says that the men in this job are carrying on the work of its first holder
pope
Chris
$2,000 [25]
With shows like "Dress To Kill", this cross-dressing Brit has audiences rolling in the aisles
Eddie Izzard
Theresa Chris
$2,000 [10]
"A vicious tiger", the Tecolote Tunnel under this state's Santa Ynez Mts. menaced workers with me than e & water
California
Chris
$2,000 [15]
She was not only the first woman to exceed Mach 1 & Mach 2 but also the first to land a jet on an aircraft carrier
Jacqueline Cochran
John
$2,000 [8]
Muse of comedy(6)
Thalia
$2,000 [30]
Once in weight-loss products, ma huang is the Chinese name for this herbal stimulant used to treat asthma
ephedra
John

Final Jeopardy!

19th CENTURY LITERATURE

"I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world", says this narrator

Ishmael

Theresa "Who is Ishmael" — wagered $8,400
Chris "Who is Ishmael?" — wagered $10,000
John "Who is Ishmael?" — wagered $0

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