Show #5089 2006-10-26 (taped 2006-09-12) Regular

Chris Mazurek game 1.

Contestants

Chris Mazurek — an assistant professor from Columbia, Missouri

Jason Stuart — a substitute teacher from San Diego, California

Tracy Parrish Wolfe — a stay-at-home mom from Carmel, Indiana (whose 1-day cash winnings total $30,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Tracy $1,200 $2,400 $4,000 $1
3rd place: $1,000
$4,000
10 R, 2 W
Jason $6,700 $8,900 $18,700 $4,599
2nd place: $2,000
$19,000
22 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Chris $200 $2,600 $16,400 $11,799
New champion: $11,799
$11,800
16 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE 20th CENTURY HIDDEN DVD TREATS WATERCRAFT RODENTS IT'S "TEA" TIME HOW VERY PROPER
$200 [1]
This October 1973-March 1974 action by Arab states caused headaches for U.S. drivers
the oil embargo
Tracy
$200 [21]
A "Master of Your Domain" episode aired, but a script too hot even for this '90s sitcom is hidden on the DVD
Seinfeld
Chris
$200 [6]
Before his steamboat success, Robert Fulton built the Nautilus, this type of craft
submarine
Chris
$200 [11]
The crested species of this is Africa's largest rodent; its quills can reach over a foot in length
a porcupine
Tracy
$200 [16]
In the 1920s this scandal poured out of Wyoming
Teapot Dome
Jason
$200 [26]
If you must leave a party early, find this person & say goodbye without calling too much attention to your exit
the host
Jason
$400 [2]
This country admitted to NATO in 1955 had limits on its weapons production--bad memories, you know
West Germany
Tracy
$400 [22]
Seen here is the sock puppet version of this film, hidden on the DVD
The Incredibles
Jason
$400 [7]
Haida Indian artisans give these individual names, like "wave eater" & "seal hunter"
canoes
Jason
$400 [12]
The woodchuck, also known as a whistle pig, is better known by this name in early February
a groundhog
Tracy
$400 [17]
Officially, the Disneyland ride often called "The Teacups" is named for this loony fictional festivity
the Mad Hatter's tea party
Tracy
$400 [27]
At a dinner party, this seasoning may be served in its own little "cellar", with an eensy-weensy spoon
salt
Jason
$600 [3]
In a massive 1980s effort, the FBI uncovered fraud behind the failure of these financial institutions
savings and loans
Jason
$600 [23]
Tom Hanks, the producer of this hugely successful independent film, talks about Mediterranean food on the DVD
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Jason
$600 [8]
Cunard's slogan is "The most famous" of these 2-word ships "in the world"
ocean liners
Tracy
$600 [13]
In the U.S. there are 2 genera of this rodent: Geomys, or Eastern pocket, & Thomomys, or Western pocket
a gopher
Tracy Jason
$600 [18]
It's a small chest made to hold tea leaves, not golf clubs
a tea caddy
Jason
$600 [28]
This metal is the traditional gift for a 25th anniversary, but a bottle of champagne is a nice alternative
silver
Chris
$800 [4]
In 1998 Seattle dedicated the USA's 1st standing monument to those who fought in this country in the 1930s
Spain
Jason
$800 [24]
You can see Tom Cruise as Vincent the killer being extra bad on hidden parts of this film's DVD
Collateral
Chris
$800 [9]
Small 19th c. sailing ships, "Baltimore" these, evolved into bigger, more graceful ships called just these
clippers
Jason
$1,000 [15]
This largest rodent, a native of South America & Panama, has no visible tail
the capybara
Jason
$800 [19]
It's the spicy red fruit of the American wintergreen; a brand of chewing gum is named for it
teaberry
Tracy
$800 [29]
This is a finger food until the edible parts of the leaves have been eaten; the heart requires a knife & fork
artichoke
Chris
$1,000 [5]
In 1959thesetwo top of the alphabet monkeys were happy to be home after a 1700-mile flight in a Jupiter rocket
Able & Baker
$1,000 [25]
Press Enter every time Ben Stiller, as White Goodman, snaps his fingers in this pseudo-sports film & you'll see a treat
Dodgeball
Jason
$1,000 [10]
This frame of a boat may be the planing type & glide over the water, or the displacement type & plow through
the hull
Jason
DD $1,500 [14]
Its name means "destroying" in Norwegian; during mass migrations, most vegetation in its path is destroyed
lemmings
Jason
$1,000 [20]
One of the 2 plays with "tea" in their title that earned Tony Awards for their actors in 1954
(1 of) Teahouse of the August Moon & Tea and Sympathy

Double Jeopardy! Round

LITERARY CHARACTERS MOVIE CROSSWORD CLUES "G" COLLEGE COLLAGE THUNDER & LIGHTNING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT VOCABULARY
$400 [16]
This title guy lives in West Egg, Long Island; his lost love, Daisy Buchanan, in East Egg
the Great Gatsby
Jason
$400 [21]
Handsome Hugh of "Notting Hill"(5)
Grant
Chris
$400 [26]
For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, this university received a record $680 million in donations
Harvard
Chris
$400 [1]
Rip Van Winkle saw a group of odd-looking men playing this; the rolling of the balls sounded like thunder
ninepins (bowling)
$400 [6]
This European capital was divided for 45 years in the 20th century
Berlin
Tracy
$400 [11]
"Get thee to" the letter "N" & you'll find this former term for a convent
nunnery
Chris
$800 [17]
When "The Grapes of Wrath" begins, he's just been released from prison
Tom Joad
Jason
$800 [22]
Mariah Carey flick that didn't sparkle plenty(7)
Glitter
Chris
$800 [27]
UCSD is the University of California, San Diego; UCSB, a few hours up the coast, is this
the University of California, Santa Barbara
Chris
$800 [2]
Name for the patron saint of sailors, this form of lightning can be seen around ship masts
St. Elmo's fire
Chris
$800 [7]
In 1480, Lucrezia Borgia was born in what is now this capital
Rome
Chris
$800 [12]
This adjective meaning sharp or less than 90 degrees comes from the Latin for "needle"
acute
Chris
$1,200 [18]
After marrying Scarlett O'Hara, this first husband "spent his wedding night in an armchair in the corner"
Charles Hamilton
Tracy
$1,200 [23]
Magical role for McKellen(7)
Gandalf
Jason
$1,200 [28]
The U. of Miami is in Coral Gables, Fla.; Miami U. is in this Ohio city that shares its name with a famous British school
Oxford
$1,200 [3]
In the comic book, frail Dr. Don Blake struck his walking stick on the ground & became this mighty god of thunder
Thor
Chris
$1,200 [8]
With large flower markets, its capital city of Bern has been the most flower-decorated city in Europe
Switzerland
Chris
DD $1,000 [15]
Meaning overly sentimental, this word is derived from the name of a woman whom Jesus exorcised of evil spirits
maudlin
Jason
$1,600 [19]
This "Vanity Fair" character is the daughter of an artist & a French opera girl
Becky Sharp
Tracy
$1,600 [24]
Moondoggie's main squeeze(6)
Gidget
Jason
$2,000 [30]
This South Hadley, Massachusetts women's college was founded in 1837
Mount Holyoke
$1,600 [4]
Upon seeing "The Birth of a Nation" in 1915, this president said, "It is like writing history with lightning"
Wilson
Jason
$1,600 [9]
Cayenne is the hot & fiery capital city of this French possession in the Americas
French Guiana
Tracy
$1,200 [13]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reads.) Also a musical term, this vibration of the tongue, like incorren, is how you roll your Spanish "R"s
trill
Jason
$2,000 [20]
In books by George Eliot, Adam Bede is a carpenter & this other title figure is a weaver
Silas Marner
$2,000 [25]
Ridley Scott's Maximus opus(9)
Gladiator
Jason
DD $6,200 [29]
In 1865 a university in Ithaca, N.Y. was established by & named for this founder of Western Union
(Ezra) Cornell
Chris
$2,000 [5]
In 1958, Robert Mitchum played a moonshiner in this film for which he also wrote & recorded the title tune
Thunder Road
$2,000 [10]
Suva, this Pacific nation's capital city, lies on Viti Levu Island
Fiji
$1,600 [14]
It's what you've lost if you've been decollated
head

Final Jeopardy!

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

They are the only 2 men voted president of the United States by the House of Representatives

Thomas Jefferson & John Quincy Adams

Tracy "Who are Adams & Hayes?" — wagered $3,999
Chris "Who are A. Johnson & ?" — wagered $4,601
Jason "Who are G.W. Bush and Benjamin Harrison?" — wagered $14,101

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