Show #5041 2006-07-10 Regular

Contestants

David Nikithser — a project manager from Hightstown, New Jersey

Hanna Miller — a fitness trainer and culinary historian from Asheville, North Carolina

Rich Small — an IT programmer from Kent, Washington (whose 2-day cash winnings total $18,100)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Rich $2,000 $1,800 $7,800 $6,800
2nd place: $2,000
$7,800
10 R, 2 W
Hanna $3,000 $3,200 $9,600 $1
3rd place: $1,000
$9,600
16 R, 3 W
David $2,800 $4,000 $19,000 $18,799
New champion: $18,799
$20,400
26 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE BRITISH MILITARY BOBBLEHEAD REVISITED SAMES NAMES AS THE JACKSON 5 STUPID ANSWERS PHOTOGRAPHY HIDDEN U.S. STATES
$200 [26]
Though lower-deck sailors were seldom made officers, Thomas Lyne rose to "rear" one of these
admiral
Hanna
$200 [21]
Current job of the actor who played the character seenherein three films
governor of California
David
$200 [4]
First name of the actor who in 1972 said,"I'll make him an offer he can't refuse"
Marlon
David
$200 [8]
This novel ends, "Before the night has come, have I lived to see the last warrior of the wise race of the Mohicans!"
The Last of the Mohicans
David
$200 [3]
Alfred Eisenstaedt's best-known image is a V-J day photo of a sailor kissing a girl at this NYC locale
Times Square
Hanna
$200 [1]
Give an East Indian a cow & he won't eat it
Indiana (in East Indian a )
Rich
$400 [27]
The youngest of the 3 British services, it had almost a million personnel by the end of WWII
the Royal Air Force (the RAF)
Rich David
$400 [22]
The smiling guy seenhereis the mascot of this popular magazine
MAD
Hanna David
$400 [5]
Dude, you're getting this first name of the founder of Dell Computer Corp.
Michael
Rich
$400 [9]
(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from a waterfront.) This New England city got its name in the 1650s because its citizens said, "We're at the river's mouth, and our port is as good as any"
Portsmouth
Hanna
$400 [7]
This piscene-named 8mm lens can take in a 180-degree angle of view
a fish-eye lens
David
$400 [2]
Using Gore-Tex as infant wear will keep your babies dry
Texas (in Gore- Tex as )
David
$600 [28]
The navy was put in charge of this alphanumeric spy service; that's why James Bond is sometimes called "Commander"
MI6
Rich David
$600 [23]
Whether bobbling or not, this title movie character gave us a frighteningly close encounter
Alien
David
$600 [11]
Country music's Mr. Travis knows it's a term for lustful or lecherous but he's too polite to say so
Randy
Hanna
$600 [10]
In 1501 Venetian printers began using the moveable type of this to print music
moveable type
Rich
$600 [16]
This businessman revolutionized photography in 1885 by selling roll film using a paper base
George Eastman
Hanna
$600 [6]
Face it: audio wasn't as good on Grandma's gramophone
Iowa (in aud io wa sn't)
David
DD $800 [29]
The army's 8th & 39th infantry brigades are in this part of the U.K. to help defeat terror & maintain order
Northern Ireland
David
$800 [24]
Thisfictional mountaineer headed for the Hills way back in 1962
Jed Clampett
Rich
$800 [12]
Assumed last name of the Secretary-General of the Yugoslav Communist Party during WWII
Tito
Hanna
$800 [14]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from on horseback.) The most famous stud farm for this breed of horse is in the region of Najd, Saudi Arabia
an Arabian
Rich
$800 [17]
This box whose name is Latin for "dark chamber" was used to produce large images before photography
a camera obscura
$800 [19]
Linguistically, did ahoy enter the English language directly from sailors?
Idaho (in d id aho y)
Hanna
$1,000 [30]
The amphibious "Royal" these date back to the 1600s & got a commando force in 1942, in time for D-Day
the Royal Marines
$1,000 [25]
In 2002, the bobblehead guy seenherewas inducted into the Hall of Fame for this sport
professional wrestling
David
$1,000 [13]
I think you'll find this first name of "The Whole Woman" author Greer is pertinent to the conversation
Germaine
Hanna
$1,000 [15]
Hyphenated last name of sculptor Raymond, the brother of artists Marcel Duchamp & Jacques Villon
Duchamp-Villon
David
$1,000 [18]
This type of photography captures electromagnetic discharges surrounding living things
Kirlian photography
Hanna David
$1,000 [20]
Mama inexplicably burned the family dinner
Maine (in Ma ma ine xplicably)
David

Double Jeopardy! Round

LIFE SCIENCE HOME RUN SLUGGERS BIO SUBJECTS TALKING TURKEY THE 2005FORTUNE500 "TAB" HUNTERS
$400 [4]
Ganglia, gorups of cell bodies of these nerve cells, are outside the vertebrate central nervous system
neurons
$400 [1]
In 1998 & 1999 this Cardinals first baseman hit a total of 135 home runs, a 2-season record
Mark McGwire
Rich
$400 [16]
"Obsessive Genius" explores "the inner world of" this female scientist who died of the effects of radiation
Marie Curie
Hanna David
$400 [19]
Because Turkey's largest body of water, Lake Van, has this quality, its only animal life is a fish called the darekh
salinity
David
$400 [7]
This Redmond, Washington mega-corporation clicked in at 48, one spot ahead of Intel
Microsoft
Hanna
$400 [11]
Famous hot sauce
tabasco
David
$800 [5]
A haploid nucleus contains 1 of each type of chromosome; this is the term for a nucleus with 2 of each
diploid
David
$800 [2]
As of opening day 2006, Carlos Delgado is the last to hit this record-tying number of homers in a game
4
Rich
$800 [17]
Michael Eric Dyson analyzes this real man, not just his image as mythic minister & leader, in "I May Not Get There with You"
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Hanna
$800 [20]
Turks don't eat much turkey; they call it "hindi" because they believe it originated here
India
Hanna
$800 [10]
"Nobody doesn't like" this Chicago-based food co., No. 111, but we don't not prefer to use proper grammar, too
Sara Lee
David
$800 [12]
An inscribed stone, or sheets of writing paper fastened together
a tablet
David
DD $1,100 [6]
Myogenic means related to this type of tissue: the heart's myogenic beating continues even without nerve impulses
muscle tissue
David
$1,200 [3]
This Cub was the only man to hit more than 60 home runs in a season & not win a league title; it happened 3 times
(Sammy) Sosa
David
$1,200 [18]
"Cowboy Princess" describes life as the daughter of this famous film & TV couple
Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
David
$1,200 [25]
In Turkish the Asian portion of Turkey is called Anadolu; in English, it's Asia Minor or this
Anatolia
Hanna
$1,200 [23]
Ken Jennings should be well aware this accounting firm founded by 2 brothers landed at 467
H&R Block
Rich
$1,200 [13]
A vivid, picturesque display
a tableau
Hanna
$1,600 [27]
Rhizo- refers to this part of a plant; the rhizosphere is the soil around it
a root
Hanna David
$1,600 [8]
This Yankees centerfielder of the '50s & '60s holds the career record for home runs in the World Series, with 18
(Mickey) Mantle
Rich
DD $1,500 [22]
"Niccolo's Smile" says that this Italian thinker did not be have in the cunning way now associated with his name
(Niccolo) Machiavelli
David
$1,600 [28]
At school the young man later known as Ataturk received this nickname meaning "the perfect one"
Kemal
$1,600 [24]
Let's see, I need 127 gallons of OJ, 5,050 rolls of paper towels & 4 computers... I'm off to this company, No. 28
Costco
David
$1,600 [14]
Musical notation indicating hand positions
tablature
David
$2,000 [30]
(Jon of the Clue Crew cuts a dashing figure in his lab coat.) The reaction that makes human skin tan & the reaction that turns acut fruit brownare catalyzed by the same one of these, called tyrosinase
an enzyme
David
$2,000 [9]
On July 15, 2005 this Oriole became just the fourth player to reach 3,000 hits & 500 home runs in a career
(Rafael) Palmeiro
Rich Hanna
$1,600 [21]
Joseph J. Ellis' biography of this 18th century man is called "His Excellency"
Washington
David
$2,000 [29]
Dropping the first letter from Izmir, Homer's supposed birthplace, will help you detect this former name of the city
Smyrna
$2,000 [26]
It may be a "Wild Kingdom" out there, but at 491, this corporation isn't afraid to insure it
Mutual of Omaha
David
$2,000 [15]
A 2-word Latin term for the human mind at birth, it literally means "clean slate"
tabula rasa
Hanna

Final Jeopardy!

ISLANDS

Of the world's 10 largest islands, 3 belong all or in part to Indonesia & 3 belong to this country

Canada

Rich "What is New Zealand" — wagered $1,000
Hanna "What is the Philippines?" — wagered $9,599
David "What is Japan?" — wagered $201

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