Show #5054 2006-07-27 Regular

Celeste DiNucci game 6.

Contestants

Danelle Johnson — a postal clerk from Salt Lake City, Utah

Eugene Manning — a U.S. Army specialist from Honolulu, Hawaii

Celeste DiNucci — a grad student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (whose 5-day cash winnings total $83,601)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Celeste	$1,800	$5,000	$7,400	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$7,400 16 R, 4 W
Eugene	$2,200	$4,000	$15,000	$10,000 New champion: $10,000	$14,800 20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Danelle	$1,200	$4,800	$9,600	$4,600 2nd place: $2,000	$9,400 17 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

CONNECT UP WITH CONNECTICUT	BEAR STUFF	THE 2005 GREENSBORO MAYORAL RACE	GREAT PEOPLE OF HISTORY	RESTAURANTS	3-LETTER WORDS
$200 [26] It's the spice in Connecticut's state nickname that you might sprinkle into your eggnog on a cold Connecticut night nutmeg Celeste	$200 [16] Track 7 on his "30 No. 1 Hits" album is "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" Elvis Celeste	$200 [8] Vote did he get, this 900-year-old "Star Wars" character Yoda Celeste	$200 [2] Aristotle was a tutor of this world conqueror Alexander the Great Eugene	$200 [1] An inexpensive establishment of dubious hygiene is known as a "greasy" this utensil a spoon Danelle	$200 [21] Honey-making hive homey bee Danelle
$400 [27] Connecticut's official state hero is this native son who was executed by the British in 1776 Nathan Hale Eugene	$400 [17] In 2002 the teddy bear, or as it was originally called, Teddy's Bear, celebrated this anniversary its 100-year anniversary Eugene	$400 [9] AKA Forsythe Pendleton Jones in the "Archie" comics series, he got a vote Jughead Danelle	$400 [3] It's the more familiar way that Holy Roman Emperor Charles the Great is known Charlemagne Celeste	$400 [4] If Giuseppe is a trattore, or restaurateur, this is the type of Italian restaurant he runs a trattoria Celeste Eugene Danelle	$400 [22] Wynken & Blynken's buddy Nod Danelle
$600 [28] Bridgeport, Connecticut has a P.T. Barnum museum & a statue of this tiny "General" Tom Thumb	$600 [18] American Greetingsturned these into a card line, a stuffed animal line & an animated film series the Care Bears Danelle	$600 [10] This "everyman" name, also the bassist/vocalist of the punk band X, got 4 votes John Doe Danelle	$600 [13] King Darius the Great of this empire sent an army into Greece in 490 B.C., but it was defeated at Marathon the Persian Empire Celeste	$600 [5] At a sushi bar, spice wimps should learn the word "sabinuki", or "no" this wasabi Danelle	$600 [23] A large, unruly crowd of people, perhaps headed by Lucky Luciano mob Danelle
$800 [29] Joe Lieberman & this man are Connecticut's U.S. Senate team (Christopher) Dodd Danelle	DD $1,000 [19] Subject of a 1930s novelty song; in 1993 9,750 bears & their owners attended one set up in New Zealand teddy bear's picnic Danelle	$800 [11] 1 vote for this Missouri-born talk show host whom Al Franken called "a Big Fat Idiot" in a 1996 book Rush Limbaugh Danelle	$800 [14] A prolific fighter & builder, he ruled Egypt from about 1290 to 1223 B.C. Ramses the Great Eugene	$800 [6] Buca dell'Orafo is in the cellar of what was once a goldsmith's shop near the Ponte Vecchio in this city Florence Eugene	$800 [24] A beam of light, or Mr. Charles ray Celeste
$1,000 [30] New London, Connecticut is the home of this U.S. military academy the Coast Guard Academy Eugene	$1,000 [20] An old stuffed bear from this German company sold at auction in 1994 for a lot of the green stuff--$158,000 Steiff Celeste	$1,000 [12] 3 votes went to this Disney character who debuted in "The Wise Little Hen" in 1934 Donald Duck Eugene	$1,000 [15] The Wailing Wall in Jerusalem was a retaining wall this "Great" king had built to shore up the temple platform Herod the Great Eugene Danelle	$1,000 [7] When Hiltl opened in Zurich in 1898, its customers were called Grasfresser, as it's this kind of restaurant a vegetarian restaurant Celeste	$1,000 [25] Top-fermented beer relative ale Celeste

Double Jeopardy! Round

BODIES OF WATER	SPORTS ILLUSTRATEDSPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR	MUSIC	ALLITERATIVE FILL IN THE BLANK	GRAVEYARD SHIFT	"E" BAY
$400 [21] This large lake straddles France & Switzerland; Switzerland has the largest part Lake Geneva Eugene	$400 [6] 1996 & 2000:A golfer Tiger Woods Celeste	$400 [7] The Everly Brothers sang close two-part ones harmonies Eugene	$400 [12] Poe:"Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered ____ and ____" weak & weary Danelle	$400 [1] The finger of this man (d. 1642) was snipped off as his remains were moved & is now at Museo di Storia della Scienzia Galileo Eugene Danelle	$400 [26] Use your birr to buy a beer in this country that borders Djibouti & Eritrea Ethiopia Danelle
$800 [22] (Jon of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Oregon.) On October 16, 1805, Lewis & Clark reached this river--the final water link to take them to the Pacific the Columbia Celeste Danelle	$800 [13] 1991:A pro basketball player Michael Jordan Danelle	$1,200 [9] Da gamba, or "for the leg", follows this in the name of the instrumentseen here viola Eugene	$800 [17] William Blake:"Tyger! Tyger! _____ _____ in the forests of the night" burning bright Eugene	$800 [2] This "Mont Blanc" poet was exhumed due to a Tuscan act that required all bodies that washed ashore be burned Shelley Eugene	$800 [27] Thinking green, biologist Ernst Haeckel coined this term for the way animals interact with the environment ecology Celeste
DD $1,000 [25] The south arm of this sea, named for the Englishman who explored it in 1841, is an ice shelf the Ross Sea Eugene	$1,200 [14] 2004:A baseball team the Red Sox Danelle	$1,600 [10] "Checkout" this term for an area of the vocal range, like the middle one & the lower or chest one register Celeste	$1,200 [18] Coleridge:"____, ____ everywhere and all theboards did shrink" water, water Danelle	$1,200 [3] This 1982 movie revolved around a house built on top of a graveyard where the headstones had been removed Poltergeist Eugene	$1,200 [28] Colonel Paul Tibbets was at the controls of this B-29 bomber on August 6, 1945 the Enola Gay Celeste
$1,200 [23] This country's Lake Taal sits in the crater of an old volcano on the island of Luzon the Philippines Celeste	$1,600 [15] 1977:A teenage jockey Steve Cauthen	DD $2,000 [8] Liszt was among the customers of Bosendorfer, a firm that's been making these since 1828 pianos Eugene	$1,600 [19] Robert Burns:"O, my luve's like a___, ___ ___ that's newly sprung in June" red, red rose Eugene	$1,600 [4] After Charles II was restored in 1660, he had this man exhumed from Westminster Abbey, hanged & decapitated Cromwell Eugene	$1,600 [29] In a movie this type of shot lets the audience know where the ensuing action is taking place an establishing shot Celeste
$1,600 [24] The Green River is its largest tributary; they meet up in southeastern Utah the Colorado River Eugene	$2,000 [16] 1959:A Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson	$2,000 [11] Webster's defines this word as "a chord of three tones consisting of a root with its third and fifth" a triad Celeste	$2,000 [20] Frost:"The woods are lovely, ___ and ___ / But I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep" dark & deep Celeste Eugene	$2,000 [5] Matthew Henson, author of "A Negro Explorer at the North Pole", was reinterred aptly near this admiral in 1988 Peary Danelle	$2,000 [30] In 1817 at age 51, Eli Whitney wed the 31-year-old granddaughter of this "Great Awakening" clergyman Jonathan Edwards Celeste Eugene

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN WOMEN AUTHORS

Henry James called her "the Thackeray, the Trollope, of the nursery and the schoolroom"

Louisa May Alcott

Celeste "Who is Potter?" — wagered $7,400

Danelle "Who is Willa Cather?" — wagered $5,000

Eugene "Who is ?" — wagered $5,000

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