Show #5109 2006-11-23 (taped 2006-09-19) Regular

Jeff Spoeri game 4.

Contestants

Sarah Ramer — a clinical research coordinator originally from Wayne, New Jersey

Carl Swanson — a medical office assistant from Minneapolis, Minnesota

Jeff Spoeri — a university administrator from Boynton Beach, Florida (whose 3-day cash winnings total $58,501)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jeff	$4,600	$5,200	$17,800	$18,801 4-day champion: $77,302	$16,000 20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Carl	$1,000	$2,200	$9,400	$200 3rd place: $1,000	$11,200 13 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Sarah	$2,800	$3,200	$5,200	$5,200 2nd place: $2,000	$9,200 12 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

BRITISH BODIES OF WATER	'60s CINEMA	"C" FOOD	3-LETTER WORDS	RAKE	OVER THE COALS
$200 [6] In 1875 British swimmer Matthew Webb made the first crossing of this, in 21 hours, 45 minutes the English Channel Carl	$200 [21] Perhaps tiring of all that sand in "Lawrence of Arabia", David Lean was "Russian" to photograph snow in this 1965 epic Doctor Zhivago Jeff	$200 [1] A 1972 song said "Put the lime in" this & "drink them both up" the coconut Carl	$200 [11] Hog home sty Carl	$200 [16] In Act I, Scene i he won't shut up about his love for the fair Rosaline; in Act I, Scene v, he falls for another girl Romeo Carl	$200 [30] Wear flame-retardant mitts to touch the grill; these French-named charcoal blocks can reach 1000 degrees F. briquettes Jeff
$400 [7] Several rivers in England are named this, including one that flows by the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Avon Carl	$400 [22] Jack Lemmon has his ups & downs with elevator operator Shirley MacLaine in this Billy Wilder classic The Apartment	$400 [2] The shell of this kidney-shaped nut is highly toxic a cashew Jeff	$400 [12] A card game, or the colorless liquor you might drink while playing it gin Sarah	$400 [17] The name of this 18th c. Italian adventurer whose racy memoir ran 12 volumes became a synonym for a promiscuous lover (Giovanni) Casanova Jeff Sarah	$400 [29] A metal tube, this "starter" named for an item found on a house concentrates heat & gets coals lit evenly a chimney Carl
$600 [8] The ferry service across this river linking Birkenhead & Liverpool dates back to 1330 the Mersey Jeff	$600 [23] George Hamilton (yes, George Hamilton) played Hank Williams in this 1964 film whose title "will tell on you" Your Cheatin' Heart	$600 [3] This semitropical citrus fruit looks like a large, bumpy lemon the citron	$600 [13] To add a soundtrack in a different language dub Sarah	$600 [18] George Wickham seduces young Lydia Bennet in this novel; Mr. Darcy intercedes & brings about their marriage Pride and Prejudice Carl	$600 [26] George Stephen created this company's backyard grill by putting a rounded lid on half a metal buoy Weber Jeff
$800 [9] This estuary of Scotland's Forth River extends 48 miles inland from the North Sea the Firth of Forth Jeff	$800 [24] Angela Lansbury & Ginger Rogers each played Mama Jean in competing movie bios about this 1930s sex symbol Jean Harlow Jeff Carl	$800 [4] This cinnamon-coated treat is sort of a Mexican cruller a churro Sarah	$800 [14] Biblical holder of critters or commandments ark Jeff	$1,000 [20] A young man's overindulgence in wine & women lands him in an insane asylum in this series by William Hogarth The Rake's Progress Carl	$800 [27] This host of "Boy Meets Grill" says charcoal is a lot of work but it gives food a smokiness that gas can't imitate Bobby Flay Sarah
$1,000 [10] The Minch is a channel separating northwest Scotland & this "Outer" island group Hebrides Jeff	$1,000 [25] This freckle-faced blonde singer gets stalked by an eerie voice in the 1960 thriller "Midnight Lace" Doris Day	$1,000 [5] Often lemon, these cookies are finished with powdered sugar & are as refreshing as their name suggests cooler cookies (or coolers) Sarah	$1,000 [15] Towering timber seen here fir Jeff	DD $1,800 [19] This Byron poem says, "What men call gallantry, & gods adultery, is much more common where the climate's sultry" Don Juan Carl	$1,000 [28] This "regal" brand of charcoal is named for one of Henry Ford's relatives Kingsford

Double Jeopardy! Round

OLYMPIC VENUES	CHEMICAL STATES	GREAT SCOTT!	SONGS IN THE CONCERT HALL	"EX" WORDS	THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
$400 [1] The appropriate site of the first modern Olympics Athens Jeff	$400 [6] Chlorine plus oxygen plus Utah gives this synonym for influence clout (Cl+O+UT) Sarah	$400 [11] The first sheet music to sell 1 million copies was this man's "Maple Leaf Rag" Scott Joplin Jeff	$400 [21] Here Mahler takes this normally cheery song & turns it into a funeral march "Frère Jacques" Jeff Sarah	$400 [16] A light meter is also called this type of "meter", the total amount of light that reaches the film an exposure meter Sarah	$1,600 [26] It's estimated only about 60% of the German mercenaries known as these returned home Hessians Jeff
$800 [2] Olympic city where Jesse Owens became a legend in 1936 Berlin Sarah	$800 [7] Sodium plus North Carolina plus yttrium yields this first name of Ms. Walker or Ms. Drew Nancy (Na+NC+Y) Jeff	$800 [12] 2 days after James Buchanan's Inauguration, the Supreme Court announced its decision regarding this man Dred Scott Jeff	$800 [22] Gabriel Faure wrote music to this "moony" poem by Verlaine that also inspired Debussy "Clair de Lune" Sarah	$800 [17] A tax on the use of a commodity or service within a country an excise tax Sarah	$2,000 [27] (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from West Point.) These links were part of the great chain across the Hudson used in 1778 to block the naval forces of this British Commander Henry Clinton
$1,200 [3] The U.S. Olympic team did not compete in the 1980 Summer Olympics hosted by this city Moscow Jeff	$1,200 [8] Cubans do it occasionally: Delaware plus iron plus Connecticut defect (DE+Fe+CT)	$1,200 [13] In 1803 he finished writing "Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border" Sir Walter Scott Sarah	$1,200 [23] With no lyrics by Gilbert, "The Lost Chord" is a melancholy song by this Victorian composer Sir Arthur Sullivan Jeff	$1,600 [19] (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a pie chart on the monitor.) A pie chart with one piece pulled out for emphasis is called this exploded Carl	DD $3,000 [28] In Jan. 1778 George Washington found out about plans for invading this land & called the plot "the child of folly" Canada Jeff
$1,600 [4] Si! Si! The Summer Olympics were held in this city in 1992 Barcelona Jeff	$1,600 [9] Bromine plus Arizona plus Illinois gets you here in South America Brazil (Br+AZ+IL) Carl	$1,600 [14] On March 29, 1912 this explorer made his last diary entry Robert Scott	$1,600 [24] Vaughan Williams' Shakespeare songs include "Full Fathom Five" from this play The Tempest	$2,000 [20] The Brits like this 5-letter short form of a word for someone in self-imposed exile expat Carl	—
$2,000 [5] In 1952 Oslo held the Winter Games & this other northern European capital hosted the Summer Games Helsinki Sarah	$2,000 [10] A spice for chili: copper plus Michigan plus nitrogen cumin (Cu+MI+N) Carl	$2,000 [15] Nicknamed "Old Fuss & Feathers", he was general-in-chief of the Army from 1841 to 1861 Winfield Scott Jeff	$2,000 [25] "None but" Tchaikovsky could have written this song heardherein an instrumental version "None But The Lonely Heart"	DD $4,000 [18] In the presidential oath of office, the word that fits the category execute Sarah	—

Final Jeopardy!

1970s TELEVISION

Bruce Peterson, a NASA test pilot, helped inspire this series; the crash he survived was seen in the show's opening credits

The Six Million Dollar Man

Sarah "What isWings?" — wagered $0

Carl "What was Intrepid?" — wagered $9,200

Jeff "What was "The Six Million Dollar Man"?" — wagered $1,001

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