Show #5079 2006-10-12 (taped 2006-08-09) Regular

Contestants

Ruth Dammel — a customer service supervisor from Perry, Iowa

Oz Vazquez — a law student from Cambridge, Massachusetts

Steve Jenkins — a video game tester originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $22,785)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Steve	$-400	$400	$0	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$0 11 R (including 1 DD), 8 W
Oz	$800	$3,200	$4,200	$3,400 2nd place: $2,000	$8,400 14 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Ruth	$4,200	$9,200	$27,200	$28,200 New champion: $28,200	$27,200 29 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

A LITERARY TOUR	COLORFUL GROUPS	UNFORESEEN FINDS	THE TITANIC	WHAT'S THAT SOUND?	"B" PREPARED
$200 [3] Head to Odense, Denmark to see his childhood home & sculptures inspired by his fairy tales (Hans Christian) Andersen Oz	$200 [8] They "Wish You Were Here":____ Floyd Pink Ruth	$200 [22] In 1879 this was discovered when a scientist's food was found to be sweet from the residue of a coal tar experiment saccharin Oz	$200 [13] The only country outside the British Isles where the Titanic ever anchored France Ruth	$200 [16] Ports lying on the banks of this sound include Bremerton, Everett & Tacoma Puget Sound Ruth	$200 [2] A non-rigid flexible dirigible blimp Ruth
$400 [4] To see the Great Bed of Ware mentioned in "Twelfth Night", go to this museum named for a royal couple the Victoria and Albert Museum (Victoria & Albert accepted) Ruth	$400 [9] They'd like you to "Shake Your Money Maker":The ____ Crowes Black Ruth	$400 [23] G.E. scientists looking for synthetic rubber during WWII discovered this toy that lifts images off a page Silly Putty Oz	$400 [14] 2 of these to were d over the deck & were used as flagpoles & to string the wireless aerial masts Steve Oz	$400 [17] Block Island Sound separates Block Island from this tiny state's mainland Rhode Island Oz	$400 [15] "I'll Go Home With Bonnie Jean" is one of many lively songs in this Lerner & Loewe musical Brigadoon Steve
$600 [5] Have a homey lunch at this author's Salinas, California birthplace; it's now a restaurant John Steinbeck Steve	$600 [10] Leaders of a "Seven Nation Army":The ____ Stripes White Ruth	$600 [24] To spite a customer who complained the tubers were too thick, chef George Crum created what became this treat potato chips Oz	$600 [19] This happened between the third & fourth funnel, a fact no one knew until the Titanic was found in 1985 it broke in half Ruth	$600 [18] This state's outer banks create Pamlico Sound, the largest lagoon on the East Coast of the United States North Carolina Ruth	$600 [28] This period lasted from about 3500 to 1500 B.C. the Bronze Age Steve
$800 [6] Chat about Lady Chatterley at this author's birthplace museum in Nottinghamshire D.H. Lawrence Ruth	$800 [11] They're "Under The Bridge":____ ____ Chili Peppers Red Hot Ruth	$800 [25] This product was born when a new 3M jet-fuel hose material spilled on shoes & made them waterproof & stain-resistant Scotchgard Ruth	$800 [20] The first warning of the iceberg came at 11:40 P.M. from Fred Fleet, the lookout in this platform high above the deck the crow's nest Ruth	$800 [26] The islands in Australia's Yampi Sound are rich in hematite, an ore of this metal iron Oz	$800 [30] This U.S. government department is abbreviated B.I.A. the Bureau of Indian Affairs Steve
$1,000 [7] Perhaps you'll draft your Nobel Prize acceptance speech at NYC's Algonquin Hotel, as this Mississippi man did in 1950 Faulkner Oz	$1,000 [12] Hard rockers "Burnin' For You":____ ____ Cult Blue Öyster Ruth	DD $1,000 [29] The idea for this device occurred when a magnetron melted a candy bar in Raytheon engineer Percy Spencer's pocket the microwave Steve	$1,000 [21] Gates prevented 700 of these passengers from getting up to the main deck, though they didn't stop Leo in the movie third class Ruth	$1,000 [27] Antarctica's McMurdo Sound was discovered in 1841 by this Brit who has a nearby sea & ice shelf named for him (Sir James Clark) Ross Ruth	$1,000 [1] Meaning a noisy commotion, it may derive from "baruch habba", a loud traditional greeting at a synagogue brouhaha Steve

Double Jeopardy! Round

CAESAR	NEWMAN'S OWN	CATALINA	CRAFT	ITALIAN	DRESSING
$400 [1] The Arch of the Emperor Titus in Rome heralds his conquest of this city in 70 A.D., ending the Jewish revolt Jerusalem Ruth	$400 [11] 1969 film in which Paul Newman tells Robert Redford, "Boy, I got vision, and the rest of the world wears bifocals" Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Ruth	$400 [26] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from near a fountain on Catalina Island, CA.) In 1919 this chewing gum magnate bought Catalina & built it into a world-class resort (William) Wrigley Ruth	$400 [10] Saddler's pliers were created for gripping this material leather Oz Ruth	$400 [6] "Parla come mangi", literally "speak the way you" do this, means to speak simply & clearly eat Oz	$400 [20] Traditional Highland dress includes a wide belt, presumably holding up this a kilt Steve
$800 [2] He was caesar & emperor when Jesus was born Augustus Oz	$800 [12] Newman played Brick opposite Liz Taylor's Maggie in this film adaptation of a play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Ruth	$800 [27] Movies shot on Catalina includethis1935 Oscar winner starring Clark Gable & Charles Laughton Mutiny on the Bounty Steve	$800 [16] This word for a step in sewing a garment is also found paired with "hawing" hemming Oz	$800 [7] Literally "good day", it's the basic Italian hello buon giorno Steve	$800 [22] The hour for mixed drinks, or the type of short evening dress appropriate then cocktail Steve Oz
$1,600 [4] According to legend, this unhinged Roman emperor made his horse a priest & a consul Caligula Steve Oz	$1,200 [13] Paul Newman played "Fast" Eddie Felson in these 2 movies The Hustler & The Color of Money Steve	$1,200 [28] (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a hillside on Catalina Island, CA.) One of Catalina's most famous residents was this author of "Riders of the Purple Sage", who built a home here in 1926 (Zane) Grey Steve	$1,200 [17] If you apply pieces of one material to another, you're practicing this craft, from the French for "apply" appliqué Ruth	$1,200 [8] The divine "Don Giovanni" duet "La ci darem la mano" means "There, you'll give me" this your hand Steve	$1,600 [30] 2-word, somewhat contradictory-sounding term for the NBA's player dress code that allows dress slacks or khakis business casual Steve
$2,000 [5] The chief figure in 2 books by Robert Graves, this emperor may have been poisoned by his fourth wife Claudius Ruth	$1,600 [14] Film in which washed-up lawyer Newman redeems himself by taking a medical malpractice case to trial The Verdict Ruth	$1,600 [29] Catalina had Southern Calif.'s first golf course; from 1931 to 1955 it hosted a tournament named for this Ga. great Bobby Jones Steve Ruth	$1,600 [18] With drying, drilling & maybe decorating, a gourd can be made into one of these, perhaps for a purple martin a birdhouse Steve Ruth	$1,600 [9] From an Italian word for "grape stalk", it's brandy distilled from the remains of grapes after pressing grappa Ruth	$2,000 [24] Scarlett O'Hara is introduced wearing a "tightly fitting basque", this upper part of a dress the bodice Steve Oz
DD $4,000 [3] AKA the Flavian Amphitheatre, this ancient structure was begun by the Roman emperor Vespasian around 72 A.D. the Colosseum Oz	$2,000 [15] Newman played Irish mob boss John Rooney in Depression-era Chicago in this 2002 film Road to Perdition Ruth	$2,000 [25] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from on high on Catalina Island, CA.) Catalina's only city shares its name with this island of the King Arthur legends Avalon Ruth	$2,000 [19] The tole type of this decorative activity was originally done on tin utensils but now uses lots of surfaces painting Ruth	$2,000 [21] If you're not going sinistra or destra, you're going sempre diritto, meaning this always straight Oz	DD $7,000 [23] In 1953 the Witty Brothers promoted the first suit made of this by having a model wear it for 67 straight days polyester Oz

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD CAPITALS

Started in 1988 for this city's 75th anniversary, a Springtime Flower Festival in September shows off its Commonwealth Park

Canberra, Australia

Oz "What is Brasilia?" — wagered $800

Ruth "What is Canberra?" — wagered $1,000

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