Show #5059 2006-09-14 (taped 2006-08-02) Regular

Contestants

Mary Plews — a librarian from Toledo, Ohio

Robert Gomma — a physics research intern from Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Meighan Larbi — a publishing data manager from Cape Coral, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Meighan	$4,200	$4,800	$8,200	$16,399 2-day champion: $27,999	$11,200 14 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Robert	$1,800	$8,600	$16,200	$13,599 2nd place: $2,000	$14,600 23 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Mary	$2,000	$3,800	$9,400	$2,399 3rd place: $1,000	$9,400 10 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

COMPUTER HISTORY	MEDICAL ABBREV.	IT BORDERS ONLY ONE OTHER COUNTRY	YOU CAN TELL BY THE WAY I USE MY "WALK"	I'M A WOMAN'S MAN	NO TIME TO TALK
$200 [7] This removable item used for data storage was introduced in 1971; the first one was 8 inches square floppy disk Robert Mary	$200 [26] A provider of medical services: HMO health maintenance organization Robert	$200 [18] This Asian country borders only one country, across a demilitarized zone South Korea Robert	$200 [1] Better be a mint on my pillow! A stay at a hotel on this Monopoly game property costs 2 grand Boardwalk Mary	$200 [12] Asked to dance by a young woman, this "As Good As It Gets" star supposedly replied "Wrong verb" Jack Nicholson Robert	$200 [6] "Romans, countrymen, and lovers! Hear me for my cause, and be silent" is from Act III of this Shakespeare play Julius Caesar Robert
$400 [13] This computer was introduced in 1984 & came with a MacWrite text program & a MacPMacPMacPMacPMacPMacPMacPMacPaintgramphics Apple Macintosh Meighan	$400 [27] A cause of tension & moodiness: PMS pre-menstrual syndrome Robert	$400 [19] This Western hemisphere country is the world's largest nation to border only one other Canada Robert	$400 [2] This Scotch whisky brand says more than 4 of its bottles are consumed every second Johnnie Walker Meighan	$400 [14] In 1971 this singer had a Bianca blast of a wedding; in '99 he went to the Jerry hall of justice for an annulment Mick Jagger Meighan	$400 [8] In 1962 her "Silent Spring" launched the environmentalist movement Rachel Carson Meighan
$600 [16] This company whose name is synonymous with copying introduced the first hand-held mouse in 1973 Xerox Robert	$600 [28] An ambulance worker: EMT emergency medical technician Meighan	$600 [20] One of the 2 countries that border only Italy, due to being completely surrounded by it Vatican City or San Marino Robert	$600 [3] I'm... too sexy for this clue & I do my little turn on this narrow structure over a stage, yeah catwalk Robert	$600 [15] If Britt Ekland wanted his body & ex-wife Alana Hamilton thought he was sexy, come on Rachel Hunter let me know Rod Stewart Robert	$600 [9] During WWII, this mime changed his surname to that of a French revolutionary general Marcel Marceau Mary
$800 [17] Even before all the polls closed, CBS used this huge computer to predict the result of the 1952 presidential election UNIVAC Mary	$800 [29] A fat & cholesterol-carrying molecule: LDL low density lipoprotein	$800 [21] This nation borders only the United Kingdom Ireland Robert	$800 [4] In Aussie-speak, it's a brief, informal leave from work taken by an Aborigine to wander the bush walkabout Meighan	$800 [24] Actor born March 30, 1937: he's so vain, he probably thinks this clue is about him Warren Beatty	$800 [10] In the 1930 Hays Code, "pointed profanity... however used" was forbidden in this medium film Meighan
$1,000 [23] In 1993 Intel introduced this new chip, which had 3.1 million transistors Pentium Mary	$1,000 [30] Of interest to Pavlov: CR conditioned response/reflex Robert	DD $2,600 [22] The 2 countries in the Caribbean that border only one other nation, each other Dominican Republic and Haiti Robert	$1,000 [5] Three-word name for the stately animal seen here Tennessee walking horse Mary	$1,000 [25] Heeeeey, maaaaan! This "Easy Rider" was married to Mamas & Papas singer Michelle Phillips--for 8 whole days Dennis Hopper	$1,000 [11] This Scottish author of "Kidnapped" wrote, "The cruelest lies are often told in silence" Robert Louis Stevenson Meighan

Double Jeopardy! Round

SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN LIFE	TV THEMES THAT HIT THE CHARTS	BEASTLY LINES	IT'S JUST A FLESH WOUND	GOVERNORS	APRES "SKI"
$400 [6] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds two bowls in the Besh-Ba-Gowah Museum in Arizona.) Thoughbeans & cornare each incomplete these, Native Americans combine them to get a complementary one & stay healthy proteins	$400 [8] Everybody knew this show in the 1980s Cheers Robert	$400 [13] In Handel's "Messiah", "All we", like these, "have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way" sheep Meighan	$400 [18] This British admiral lost an arm after raiding a Spanish possession in the Canary Islands in 1797 (Horatio) Nelson Robert	$400 [23] Governors of this state have included Napoleon Broward, Bob Martinez & Lawton Chiles Florida Meighan	$400 [1] A-line, mini & peasant are 3 types skirts Robert
$800 [7] Taos & Tesuque are 2 of these communities with a Spanish name pueblos Mary	$800 [9] Thissitcom made our dreams come true Laverne & Shirley Meighan	$1,200 [15] Thoreau asks, so what if we're inferior to past thinkers? "A living dog is better than a dead" this beast lion Robert Mary	$800 [19] This man who won Russia's first presidential election in 1991 lost 2 fingers to a grenade as a kid Yeltsin Robert	$800 [24] He was governor of Louisiana 3 times between 1939 & 1960 Earl Long Robert	$800 [2] An acted-out segment on "Saturday Night Live" a skit Robert
$1,200 [26] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds two plump dried squash-like fruits outside the Besh-Ba-Gowah Museum in Arizona.) Eating the pulp & using the rind as a container, the Native American Salado people of Arizona made full use of "cucurbits", a word from the Latin for this vessel a gourd	$1,200 [10] Thissitcom gave us rock & roll "fever" WKRP in Cincinnati Robert	$1,600 [16] Keats felt "like stout Cortez when with" these eyes "he stared at the Pacific" eagle	$1,200 [20] Her biography includes losing half a leg in an accident; anti-landmine activism; & marrying a musician Heather Mills McCartney Meighan	$1,200 [25] In 2003 this former chairman of the RNC was elected governor of Mississippi, the 2nd Republican since Reconstruction Haley Barbour	$1,200 [3] Underwear, at one time a trademark skivvies Meighan
$1,600 [27] The pre-Columbian Hohokam Indians produced networks of these engineering marvels for their agriculture canals Robert	$1,600 [11] This cop show surfed through prime time with a theme song by The Ventures Hawaii Five-O Meighan	$2,000 [17] Davy Crockett said fame is "a shaved" this "with a greased tail" that slips through many hands before someone hangs on a pig Mary	$1,600 [21] This Honolulu-born Democratic senator lost his right arm in World War II Senator Daniel Inouye	—	$1,600 [4] When driving in the rain, remember to "steer into" it the skid Meighan
$2,000 [28] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds two artwork specimens in the Besh-Ba-Gowah Museum in Arizona.) The Salado people were expert potters who madepainted waresin red, white & black called this, from the Greek for "many-colored" polychrome Robert	$2,000 [12] Thissitcom taught us to laugh at high school adversity Welcome Back, Kotter Mary	DD $3,000 [14] In William Collins' "Ode to Evening", this "weak-eyed" creature "flits by on leathern wing" a bat Meighan	$2,000 [22] Even after losing a leg at age 70, this Parisian-born actress played for troops at the front in WWI Sarah Bernhardt Mary	—	$2,000 [5] Proficiency skill Robert

Final Jeopardy!

A 1950s POEM

"Whole intellects... who demanded sanity trials... & were left with their insanity & their hands & a hung jury"

"Howl" (by Allen Ginsberg)

Meighan "What is Howl?" — wagered $8,199

Mary "What is ?" — wagered $7,001

Robert "What" — wagered $2,601

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