Show #5039 2006-07-06 Regular

Contestants

Jo Davidson — a receptionist from Phoenix, Arizona

Rich Small — an IT programmer from Kent, Washington

Seth Supcoff — a hotel manager from Santa Fe, New Mexico (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,500)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Seth	$1,400	$4,200	$8,600	$2,000 3rd place: $1,000	$8,600 10 R, 2 W
Rich	$600	$1,000	$7,600	$9,600 New champion: $9,600	$9,600 15 R, 6 W (including 2 DDs)
Jo	$800	$200	$7,800	$9,000 2nd place: $2,000	$7,800 13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN TOWNS & CITIES	TIME TO "RE"-UP	3-LETTER ANIMALS	IT'S ALL A LEGEND	C'EST CHEESE	MOVIES BEFORE & AFTER
$200 [1] Universal's Islands of Adventure & Disney's Pleasure Island are both near this seat of Florida's Orange County Orlando Seth	$200 [19] To resurface a piece of furniture with some new varnish refinish Jo	$200 [5] One can be barn or screech an owl Rich	$200 [11] One legend says the snows of Kilimanjaro are the final resting place of Menelik, son of Solomon & this queen Sheba Seth Jo	$200 [12] This French blue cheese is aged in the limestone caverns of Mount Combalou Roquefort Rich	$200 [15] Tertiary Tolkien offering that journeys to Skull Island with Fay Wray Return of the King Kong Seth
$400 [2] Each winter the post office in this Indiana town, ZIP code 47579, gets letters from children all over the world Santa Claus Rich	$400 [20] To increase your efforts--specifically twofold redouble Rich	$400 [6] Picnic predator of the family Formicidae an ant Jo	$400 [13] As a child, this tough Knight of the Round Table was plunged into the lake from which Excalibur came Lancelot	$400 [27] This Dutch treat is Holland's most exported cheese Gouda Seth Jo	$400 [16] Peter Parker spins a web of intrigue & help Denzel Washington protect Dakota Fanning Spider-Man on Fire Rich
$600 [3] Now famous for a golf tournament, it was the city where Georgia ratified the U.S. Constitution Augusta Rich	$600 [21] 6 letters: hairlines do this, get farther away into the distance recede Jo	$600 [7] Also known as an Egyptian cobra an asp Seth	$600 [14] Shades of Moses: Ancient Sumer's Sargon I was sealed in a reed basket & floated down this river the Euphrates Jo	$600 [28] This French word for goat is a generic word for goat's-milk cheese chèvre Seth	$600 [17] On his last 007 mission, Timothy Dalton wanders into Vol. 1 of this Tarantino action saga; my money is on Uma License to Kill Bill Rich
DD $1,000 [4] This state capital lies on a narrow strip of land between the Gastineau Channel & the slopes of 2 mountains Juneau, Alaska Rich	$800 [22] To follow the title command of Frankie Goes to Hollywood's biggest hit relax	$800 [8] Equine beast of burden an ass Jo	$800 [24] The headstone of Robert, Earl of Huntingdon says he was this legendary medieval outlaw Robin Hood Rich	$800 [29] One story says that the name of this Italian cheese comes from a Spanish official calling it "mas que bueno" Mascarpone	$800 [18] The Human Torch & 3 Friends interrupt several British nuptials & an entombment, & boy is Hugh Grant mad The Fantastic Four Weddings and a Funeral Seth
$1,000 [10] This largest North Dakota city forms a metropolitan area with Moorhead, Minnesota Fargo Rich	$1,000 [23] Refusal to accept someone or something; in basketball, it's a blocked shot reject Seth	$1,000 [9] It's an alternate name for the swift fox but is also used for any baby fox kit Seth	$1,000 [26] These legendary histories of Norse literature include a famous one about Njall & his adventures sagas	$1,000 [30] This primary milk protein clumps together, or coagulates, to form the basis of cheese casein Rich Jo	$1,000 [25] John Grisham meets Noel Coward as a law student & a reporter find each other for a short time The Pelican Brief Encounter

Double Jeopardy! Round

BE IT EVER SO "UMBLE"	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE NOME	WHO WANTS TO BE A MOLIERE?	STATE OF THE UNION	THE GRAND OLE OPRY	THE BIG BOARD
$400 [3] Figuratively, it's a modest dessert eaten apologetically humble pie Jo	$400 [11] Read all about it! The Nome Nugget, founded in 1900, is Nome's & Alaska's oldest one of these a newspaper Jo	$400 [23] Moliere didn't play favorites; he wrote satirical plays called "The School for Husbands" & "The School for" these wives Rich	$400 [8] Richard & Pat Nixon, on June 21, 1940 California Rich	$400 [1] This legend made his Opry debut on June 11, 1949 singing "Lovesick Blues" Hank Williams, Sr. Jo	$400 [19] (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the NY Stock Exchange floor.) The person who buys & sells stocks on the floor is known as this, from an old word for "middle-man" a broker Rich
$800 [4] Stephen Vincent Benet rhymed, "Sherman's buzzin' along to the sea, like Moses ridin' on" this insect a bumblebee Jo	$800 [13] "The Golden Beaches of Nome" is a chapter title in the novel "Alaska" by this author James Michener Jo	$800 [24] This French king's support for Moliere & his troupe allowed them to get their own theater in Paris around 1660 Louis XIV	$800 [9] Gerald & Betty Ford, on Oct. 15, 1948 Michigan Rich	$800 [2] In 1954 he made his only appearance on the Opry, singing "Blue Moon of Kentucky" Elvis Presley Rich	$800 [20] (Sarah reports from the NY Stock Exchange floor.) The floor location where buying & selling occurs is called this, like the early American sites where furs were sold a trading post
$1,200 [15] A foldaway for passengers on the back of some early automobiles a rumble seat Rich	DD $1,200 [14] Nome is situated on the south shore of a wide peninsula bearing the name of this cabinet member Seward Jo	DD $1,000 [25] I hate people who don't know that Moliere himself played the title role when this 1666 play of his premiered The Misanthrope Rich	$1,200 [10] Lyndon & Lady Bird Johnson, on Nov. 17, 1934 Texas Seth	$1,200 [5] On the Opry stage in 1993, the USPS unveiled 4 new country music stamps, one honoring this famed family the Carter family Rich	$1,200 [26] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the NY Stock Exchange floor.) In 1996 when Wall Street loved high tech, Lucent Technologies set a New York Stock Exchange $3 billion record for one of these an IPO Rich
$1,600 [16] It's a part of a lock a tumbler Jo	$1,600 [21] The subject of a 1995 animated movie, this sled dog led the team that brought medicine to save Nome in 1925 Balto	—	$1,600 [12] Andrew & Eliza Johnson, on May 17, 1827 Tennessee Seth	$1,600 [6] The Opry house stage has a circle of wood from this older Opry home, "the mother church of country music" the Ryman Auditorium	$1,600 [27] (Jimmy on the NY Stock Exchange floor.) Theflooris tidier since the price reporting system wentelectronic, however the readout is still known by this old name the ticker Seth
$2,000 [17] Old game of knife throwing with the object being to stick the blade in the ground mumblety-peg Rich	$2,000 [22] As part of a voyage through the Northwest Passage, this Norwegian reached Nome in September 1906 Amundsen	—	$2,000 [18] Warren & Florence Harding, on July 8, 1891 Ohio	$2,000 [7] In 2001, this future Celeb "Jeopardy!" contestantgot the first Opry member award, a replica of the famous mic stand Brad Paisley	$2,000 [28] (Jimmy reports above the market floor of the NY Stock Exchange.) These two terms for the market condition may come from the ways the creatures attacked their opponents the bear & the bull Jo

Final Jeopardy!

CHILDREN'S LIT TITLE CHARACTERS

He "came into the world in the middle of the thicket, in one of those little, hidden forest glades..."

Bambi

Rich "Who is Bambi?" — wagered $2,000

Jo "Who is Bambi?" — wagered $1,200

Seth "Who ?" — wagered $6,600

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