2006 CelebrityJeopardy!game 5.From Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
Harry Shearer — an actor/writer/producer fromThe SimpsonsandLe Show
Isaac Mizrahi — a fashion designer from the Style Network
Soledad O'Brien — a broadcast journalist from CNN'sAmerican Morning
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soledad | $1,400 | $3,400 | $14,500 |
$4,500
2nd place: $25,000 to Christ Church on Quaker Hill & Hearts of Gold |
$18,600
18 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Isaac | $1,600 | $3,600 | $6,400 |
$0
3rd place: $25,000 to the ASPCA |
$6,400
8 R, 0 W |
| Harry | $2,600 | $4,800 | $21,600 |
$29,600
Winner: $50,000 to Tipitina's Foundation |
$21,600
25 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| FLYOVER COUNTRY | POLITICS | THEATRE: HOW NOVEL! | THIS CATEGORY GOES TO 11 | MUSIC | "NEW" YORK |
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$200
[23]
Heading north on Interstate 29 from South Dakota, you pass through this state before reaching Canada
North Dakota
Soledad
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$200
[20]
The Constitution mandates this speech given by the president before Congress in January
the State of the Union
Harry
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$200
[6]
"Big River" was inspired by Mark Twain's book about this young scamp
Huck Finn
Harry
|
$200
[8]
In blackjack, this card can be played either as a one or as an 11
an ace
Harry
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$200
[12]
Accelerando means the music is getting faster; crescendo means it's getting this
louder
Soledad
|
$200
[1]
Someone recently married
a newlywed
Harry
|
| — |
$400
[21]
If you can't get to the voting booth on Election Day, you can vote early by mail using one of these ballots
an absentee
Isaac
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DD
$400
[7]
(Before the clue is given, Elisabeth Withers-Mendes from the Tony-nominated musical The Color Purpleperformsa cappella.)"Like a blade of corn/Like a honeybee/Like a waterfall/All a part of me/Like the color purple/Where do it come from?/Open up your eyes/Look what God has done"This woman says "The Color Purple" changed her life; she loved the novel, acted in the film & is one of the producers of the Broadway musical
Oprah Winfrey
Harry
|
$400
[9]
Lambda is the 11th letter in this ancient alphabet
Greek
Harry
|
$400
[13]
One of Paganini's major works is the Concerto No. 1 in D Major for this instrument
the violin
Harry
|
$400
[2]
1980s bands like The B-52's are classified as this style of music
New Wave
Harry
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| — | — |
$600
[17]
A 1960 novella about a young lady with a secret lit up the stage as the musical "The Light in" this place
the piazza
Isaac
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$600
[10]
In Genesis 11 this tall tower was supposed to reach to heaven
the Tower of Babel
Soledad
|
$600
[14]
You won't need much practice to learn the piece of music seen here, the C-major one of these
a scale
Soledad
|
$600
[3]
It starts with the Book of Matthew & ends with the Book of Revelation
the New Testament
Isaac
|
| — | — |
$800
[18]
"Sari" if you missed the British musical "The Far Pavilions", based on a novel set in this Asian country
India
Harry
|
$800
[11]
On July 20, 1969 Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon as part of the space mission with this name
Apollo 11
Harry
|
$800
[15]
Beethoven's "Creatures of Prometheus" is music to accompany this type of performance
a ballet
Harry
|
$800
[4]
The largest city in New Jersey
Newark
Soledad
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| — | — |
$1,000
[19]
This Charlotte Bronte novel about a plain Jane became a Tony-nominated musical
Jane Eyre
Soledad
|
$1,000
[22]
Taking the golden apples of the Hesperides was the 11th of this mythic man's 12 labors
Hercules
|
$1,000
[16]
On the final chord heard here, the pianist uses the sustaining one of these
a pedal
Isaac
|
$1,000
[5]
St. John's is the capital city of this Canadian province
Newfoundland
Isaac
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| STUPID ANSWERS: THE NEW YORK EDITION | ISAAC-LY | AVARIETYOF WORDS | SEE "NN" | WINE | WOMEN & SONG |
|
$400
[3]
This museum was founded by Amy, Eleanor & Sarah Hewitt, granddaughters of industrialist Peter Cooper
Cooper-Hewitt
Isaac
|
$400
[2]
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame didn't "shaft" him, it inducted him, in 2002
Isaac Hayes
Harry
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$400
[8]
When Variety talks about the "Mouse", they're referring to this studio
Disney
Harry
|
$400
[1]
It's a cozy little hotel, perhaps for a holiday
inn
Isaac
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$400
[21]
These days, rosé wines are popularly referred to by this name; ah, I can see it in your cheeks
blush
Harry
|
$400
[26]
"Private Dancer"&"We Don't Need Another Hero"
Tina Turner
Soledad
|
|
$800
[17]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Gershwin Theatre in New York.) I've just made my entrance on the set of this Broadway musical that opens with the song, "No One Mourns The Wicked"
Wicked
Harry
|
$800
[4]
You don't have to have an apple fall on your head to think of this scientist seen here
Isaac Newton
Soledad
|
$800
[9]
The "Eye Web" is commonly used to refer to this network
CBS
Harry
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$800
[13]
"Rabbit ears" is a slang term for an indoor one of these for your TV
antenna
Soledad
|
$800
[22]
Like a bunch of flowers, the fragrance of a wine is called this
a bouquet
Harry
|
$800
[27]
"You're So Vain"&"Nobody Does It Better"
Carly Simon
Soledad
|
|
$1,200
[18]
JFK often stayed at this hotel at 76th & Madison, & Bobby Short entertained there for decades in its Cafe Carlyle
The Hotel Carlyle
Harry
|
$1,200
[5]
This Isaac had his future all sewn up when he patented his famous sewing machine in 1851
Isaac Singer
Soledad
|
$1,200
[10]
An "oater" is specifically this genre of film
a Western
Harry
|
$1,600
[15]
This aromatic plant used in cooking tastes like licorice & has the crunchy texture of celery
fennel
Harry
|
$1,200
[23]
Italian for "sparkling", it follows Asti in the name of an Italian sparkling wine
Spumante
Soledad
|
$1,200
[28]
"Any Man Of Mine"&"Man! I Feel Like A Woman!"
Shania Twain
Soledad
|
|
$1,600
[19]
(Jimmy, Cheryl, & Sarah of the Clue Crew walk into a New York restaurant.) We're getting ready to have a fabulous meal here at this world-famous New York restaurant at 21 West 52nd St.
21
Harry
|
$2,000
[7]
Sony Classical released a 2002 CD as a lasting tribute to this late, great violinist
Isaac Stern
Harry
|
$1,600
[11]
If Variety says a film is doing well in "Oz", it doesn't mean the Munchkins like it, it means it's popular here
Australia
Harry
|
$2,000
[16]
If one of these anthropophagic tribesmen invites you over for lunch, get away quick!
cannibal
Harry
|
$1,600
[24]
Wines produced from this family of grapes include blanc, noir & grigio
pinot
Soledad
|
$1,600
[29]
"What A Girl Wants"&"Genie In A Bottle"
Christina Aguilera
Soledad
|
|
$2,000
[20]
When this acting couple lived on West 22nd St. in Chelsea, they nicknamed their home the Torn Page
Rip Torn & Geraldine Page
Isaac
|
DD
$2,500
[6]
In 2001 the Hayden Planetarium in NYC hosted the first annual memorial panel debate named for this sci-fi author
Isaac Asimov
Soledad
|
$2,000
[12]
The "Alphabet Web" refers to this network
ABC
Soledad
|
DD
$5,000
[14]
2 of the 4 states with "NN" in their names
(2 of) Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, & Minnesota
Soledad
|
$2,000
[25]
In the 1960s a feud with brother Peter led him to establish his own Napa Valley winery
(Robert) Mondavi
Harry
|
$2,000
[30]
"I'm The Only One"&"Come To My Window"
Melissa Etheridge
Soledad
|
Of the 5 permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, the one that's the smallest in area
the United Kingdom