Show #5066 2006-09-25 (taped 2006-08-08) Regular

Red podium signal LEDs replaced with white ones.

Contestants

Eric Barela — an educational researcher from Los Angeles, California

Janet Marnane — a naval officer from Daytona Beach, Florida

Donna Deans — a freelance producer from New York, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,601)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Donna $800 $0 $6,400 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$6,400
6 R, 1 W
Janet $1,800 $3,600 $10,400 $7,400
2nd place: $2,000
$11,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Eric $2,800 $7,800 $23,100 $20,801
New champion: $20,801
$22,200
29 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

THEIR FIRST NOVELS "I" TUNES ORGANIZATIONS REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS THE REAL ESTATE SECTION BEFORE & AFTER
$200 [1]
"The Hunt for Red October"(1984)
Tom Clancy
Janet
$200 [3]
In this first No. 1 country hit of his, Johnny Cash kept a close watch on his heart & his "eyes wide open all the time"
"I Walk The Line"
Eric
$200 [16]
Women 18 or older who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of this event can join a group founded Oct. 1890
the American Revolution
Eric
$200 [21]
Smooth versus rough skin is one difference often given between frogs & these
toads
Eric
$200 [10]
D.C.-you there!132 rooms on 18 acres.Boasts 140-guest dining room. Its main office is 1 of a kind!
the White House
Eric
$200 [26]
Nutty candy bar-eating group of women in an Amy Tan novel
the Almond Joy Luck Club
Janet Eric
$400 [2]
"Carrie"(1974)
Stephen King
Eric
$400 [4]
It begins, "Oh yeh, I'll tell you something, I think you'll understand..."
"I Want To Hold Your Hand"
Janet
$400 [17]
The BPOE is the Benevolent & Protective Order of these
Elks
Eric
$400 [22]
Of 1 year, 10 years or 20 years, the approximate age at which the tuatara starts breeding
20 years
$400 [11]
Arlington County, Virginia: 3.7 mil. sq. ft. usable floor space here! Can hold approx. 25,000 ppl! 5 sides of fun!
the Pentagon
Eric
$400 [27]
Southern California Spanish mission town that became a first lady & a first mom
Santa Barbara Bush
Eric
$600 [7]
"The Naked and the Dead"(1948)
Norman Mailer
Janet
$600 [5]
We first heard Helen Reddy roar a version of this No. 1 anthem in 1972
"I Am Woman"
Janet
$600 [18]
Hebrew for "Sons of the Covenant", this service organization was founded in New York in 1843
B'nai B'rith
$600 [23]
What's the matamata? An odd aquatic one of these that bends its neck instead of withdrawing it into the carapace
a tortoise or turtle
Janet
$600 [12]
Memphis, Tenn.:23 rooms on approx. 14 acres. Bought in '57 for about 100K. Must keep family plot there intact
Graceland
Eric
$600 [28]
Old cat & mouse team who throw chairs at each other on a daytime talk show
the Tom and Jerry Springer Show
Janet
DD $800 [8]
"A Time to Kill"(1989)
John Grisham
Janet
$800 [6]
It's the Simon & Garfunkel hit that ends, "And an island never cries"
"I Am A Rock"
Donna
$800 [19]
This group, MSF, was founded by French doctors & journalists--to bear witness as well as provide medical help
Doctors Without Borders
Donna Eric
$800 [24]
The amphibian order Caudata consists of newts & other of these moist, short-legged creatures
salamanders
Janet
$800 [13]
Italy: Begun in 1173!About 300 steps to top of 180-ft. landmark! Full disclosure: it's 14-ft.-plus out of line
the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Janet
$800 [29]
Famous tobacco heiress in a Gene Chandler hit song
Doris Duke of Earl
Eric
$1,000 [9]
"Maggie: A Girl of the Streets"(1893)
Stephen Crane
$1,000 [15]
In 1962 Ray Charles turned this country song into a No. 1 Pop & R&B hit
"I Can't Stop Loving You"
$1,000 [20]
Thelogoof this international group that campaigns for human rights is seen here
Amnesty International
Eric
$1,000 [25]
Instead of eating the Egyptian variety of this bird, a crocodile lets it into its mouth to clean the croc's teeth
plover
$1,000 [14]
Egypt: 240-ft.-long, 66-ft.-high landmark! Its limestone stands test of time! No nose is good nose!
the Sphinx
Eric
$1,000 [30]
Former "SNL" comedienne who is a musical about the demon barber of Fleet Street
Julia Sweeney Todd
Eric

Double Jeopardy! Round

1950s MOVIES ON THE WATERFRONT ALL THE KING'S MEN ALL ABOUT EVES AN AMERICAN IN PARIS "GG"
$400 [1]
"Ah, but the strawberries... that's where I had them!" says Humphrey Bogart as Captain Queeg in this film
The Caine Mutiny
Janet
$400 [3]
This port on the Tyrrhenian Sea is Sicily's capital & largest city
Palermo
Eric
$400 [8]
Thomas Wolsey asked the pope to annul this king's marriage, but the pope said no & Tom got the ax (fired, not killed)
Henry VIII
Eric
$400 [26]
In European tradition the 23rd of this month brings midsummer's eve frolic
June
Donna Janet Eric
$400 [15]
In 1984 this Yank received the French Legion of Honor award for his work with muscular dystrophy
Jerry Lewis
Eric
$400 [21]
Rocky Mountain NBA team
the Nuggets
Eric
$800 [2]
3 years after "Sunset Boulevard", he won an Oscar for "Stalag 17"
William Holden
Eric
$800 [4]
An anchor from Columbus' ship the Santa Maria is on display in a museum in this Haitian port
Port au Prince
Eric
$800 [9]
A little birdie told me in 1669 Charles II gave him the important architectural job of Surveyor of the King's Works
Christopher Wren
Janet
$800 [27]
My answer to the musical question "What are you doing" then is "sitting home, drinking, watching the ball drop"
New Year's Eve
Janet
$800 [16]
His surname sounds French, but this Yank ended up in Paris by winning the Tour de France in 1986, 1989 & 1990
Greg LeMond
Janet
$800 [22]
Wintry activityseen here
tobogganing
Eric
$1,200 [13]
This Tony Curtis-Sidney Poitier film could have been called "We Are Two Fugitives from a Chain Gang"
The Defiant Ones
$1,200 [5]
Until 1991 this sprawling port on the Gulf of Guinea was Nigeria's capital city
Lagos
Janet
$1,200 [10]
This nephew of a king took on the Green Knight but in some tales was killed by Mordred
Sir Gawain
$1,200 [28]
Detroit became notorious for "Devil's Night", a yearly arson spree on the eve of this day
Halloween
Donna
$1,200 [17]
This first Chief Justice of the U.S. negotiated the Treaty of Paris in 1782
John Jay
Donna Eric
$1,200 [23]
What Harry Potter would consider me as a non-practitioner of magic
a muggle
Eric
$1,600 [14]
James Dean starts an oil empire in this film
Giant
Eric
$1,600 [6]
This Ukrainian Black Sea port was the site of a 1905 naval mutiny portrayed in the film "Battleship Potemkin"
Odessa
Janet
$1,600 [11]
This Brit became Chancellor of the Exchequer at age 23 & Prime Minister at 24; was the Younger-est to hold either post
(William) Pitt the Younger
Janet
$1,600 [29]
On this day, October 1, in 2006, Jews are encouraged to eat & drink
the day before Yom Kippur
Donna
$2,000 [20]
This companion of Gertrude Stein raised some eyebrows with her 1954 cookbook
Alice B. Toklas
Eric
$1,600 [24]
Some linguists claim this word can mean only "to make worse" & never "to irritate"
aggravate
Eric
$2,000 [18]
People often cite this 1950 Japanese film when describing situations seen differently by different people
Rashômon
Eric
DD $2,000 [7]
In 1980 this port SW of Havana was the site of a mass "boatlift" of humans seeking freedom from Castro
Mariel
Janet
$2,000 [12]
You should know to a "tea" that he was Prime Minister of England from 1830 to 1834
Earl Grey
Donna Janet
$2,000 [30]
On the eve of the feast day of this saint symbolized by a lamb, girls are supposed to dream of their future husbands
(Saint) Agnes
Eric
DD $2,500 [19]
Named for latitudinal lines, these 2 novels were penned by Henry Miller while he was in Paris
Tropic of Cancer & Tropic of Capricorn
Eric
$2,000 [25]
"Worn out" surname of a "King Solomon's Mines" author
H. Rider Haggard

Final Jeopardy!

LITERATURE

Northumbria in the "Age of Bede" or Mercia in Offa's reign are guesses as to where & when this work was created

Beowulf

Donna "What Are the Canterbury Tales?" — wagered $6,400
Janet "What is England" — wagered $3,000
Eric "What is are the Canterbury Tal" — wagered $2,299

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