Show #5111 2006-11-27 (taped 2006-09-20) Regular

Jeff Spoeri game 6.

Contestants

Mary Voigt — a factory worker from Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Ryan Friedman — a GIS planner from Londonderry, New Hampshire

Jeff Spoeri — a university administrator from Boynton Beach, Florida (whose 5-day cash winnings total $104,103)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jeff	$400	$2,800	$3,600	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$4,600 15 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Ryan	$2,000	$5,200	$9,400	$11,599 New champion: $11,599	$10,400 18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Mary	$2,200	$5,200	$11,200	$3,800 2nd place: $2,000	$10,400 13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE U.S. CONSTITUTION	GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS	____ING	WHAT ABOUT ESTONIA?	WEAPONS OF LOCAL DESTRUCTION	THE 5th BEATLE
$200 [1] During peacetime, one of these may not be quartered in your house without your consent a soldier Ryan	$200 [8] Ma Li Hua went 303,621 for 303,628 single-handedly setting up & toppling these dominoes Mary	$200 [3] A buffalo roams on this state's flag Wyoming Jeff	$200 [2] Bogs of this carbonized vegetation useful as fuel are found in much of Europe, including Estonia peat Mary	$200 [30] WWII types of these included the German Panther & Tiger, the Soviet T-34 & the U.S. Sherman tanks Ryan	$200 [11] This Beatles producer started out making comedy records with Peter Sellers (Sir) George Martin
$400 [4] An amendment becomes law when 3/4 of these approve it states Jeff	$400 [9] For a Valentine's Day special, in 2001 a N.J. couple did this for 30 hours, 59 minutes & 27 seconds; we're G-rated, folks kiss Ryan	$400 [10] Scary movie in which young Danny says, "Redrum. Redrum. Redrum" The Shining Ryan	$400 [18] On Sept. 17, 1991 fighting continued in Croatia as a ceasefire was signed, & Estonia joined this organization the United Nations Mary	$400 [29] Pineapple-shaped with a delay of about 4 seconds, the British Mills type of this was used in both World Wars a hand grenade Jeff	$400 [12] After being replaced by Ringo Starr in 1962, this man got a job in a bakery & then became a civil servant Pete Best Jeff
$800 [6] The last right enumerated in the Sixth Amendment provides the accused with the assistance of this counsel Jeff	$600 [19] The largest of these party faves was 34 ft., 10 in. high & 13 ft., 10 in. in diameter & yes, you can beat that with a stick! a piñata Jeff	$600 [13] Stones with handles on them are used in this game played on ice curling Jeff	$600 [22] The burning of a papal bull in 1520 was a key moment in this movement that reached Estonia 3 years later the Reformation Mary	$600 [25] This heavy 19th century sheath knife was named for a Texas frontiersman killed at the Alamo a Bowie knife Ryan	$600 [16] In "Backbeat" Stephen Dorff played this alliterative bassist who died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1962 (Stuart) Sutcliffe Ryan
DD $1,000 [5] Article I, Section 3 states that this person shall preside when a president is tried under articles of impeachment the Chief Justice of the United States Jeff	$800 [20] Appropriate 10 letter nickname of David Smith Sr. shown here; he has travelled a record 185 ft., 10 in. the Human Cannonball Jeff	$800 [14] This British coin was withdrawn from circulation in 1961 the farthing Mary	$800 [23] Many conservatives call for the U.S. to adopt this; Estonia has it, set at 23% a flat income tax Jeff	$800 [28] If attacked, use this petrified tear gas spray, then the same-named armor-breaking weapon mace Ryan	$800 [17] This manager who died in 1967 was referred to as the "Fifth Beatle" Brian Epstein Jeff
$1,000 [7] The Constitution is in Jacob Shallus' handwriting, but this "Gouverneur" composed the final draft Morris Mary	$1,000 [21] From top to bottom, Ed Shelton ripped 55 of these, each with 1,044 pages, in 3 minutes phone books Ryan	$1,000 [15] It "Becomes Electra" Mourning Jeff Ryan	$1,000 [24] This movement to faithfully depict behavior included George Eliot, Flaubert & Estonian novelist Tammsaare Realism	$1,000 [26] It's an explosive mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal & sulfur gunpowder Jeff Mary	$1,000 [27] Thiskeyboardist, who died in 2006, sat in with the Beatles often & also wrote Joe Cocker's hit "You Are So Beautiful" Billy Preston Mary

Double Jeopardy! Round

COMPOSERS	MOVIE LOCALES	BRIDGES	LIBROS EN ESPAÑOL	FILE UNDER "F"	THE 5 BEETLES
$400 [14] This composer & conductor gave his last performance with the Marines in July 1892 & formed his own band in Sept. (John Philip) Sousa Jeff	$400 [6] "8 Mile" Detroit Ryan	$400 [1] Drivers on U.S. 101 can use the Astoria-Megler bridge to cross this river that separates Oregon & Washington the Columbia Jeff	$400 [22] In Spanish this R.L. Stine book series is called "Escalofrios", which means "chills" Goosebumps Ryan	$400 [9] Something you do without thinking, because you've always done it, is from this "of habit" force Ryan	DD $1,000 [24] Labor hard & tell us the name of the beetles seenherenamed for a mythological hero the Hercules beetle Ryan
$800 [15] His "Siegfried Idyll", composed in 1870, featured themes from his "Siegfried" opera, which hadn't yet been produced Wagner Jeff	$800 [8] "Blade Runner" Los Angeles Ryan	$800 [2] Paris' first iron bridge, the Pont des Arts, was for these, not cars pedestrians Ryan Mary	$800 [23] This book about "El Escandalo Watergate" is "Todos los Hombres del Presidente" All the President's Men Ryan	$800 [10] A building's lobby may get this fancier-sounding synonym if it's done in marble foyer Ryan	$1,200 [21] This beetle gets its name from a large Philistine the Goliath beetle Mary
$1,200 [16] "The Clown's Morning Song" by this composer is far less famous than his "Bolero" Ravel Ryan	$1,200 [19] "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" Chicago Ryan	$1,200 [3] It's not news that the "vecchio" in Florence's Ponte Vecchio just means the bridge is this old Mary	$1,600 [26] You might stay up late reading this "Medianoche en el Jardin del Bien y del Mal" Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Jeff	$1,200 [11] It's a mindlessly obedient person, perhaps from (an attendant at someone's) "flank" flunkie	$1,600 [25] This desctructive beetle spread into Texas in 1892 the boll weevil
$1,600 [17] "The Age of Anxiety" is one of this composer's storied symphonies, though not a "West Side Story" Leonard Bernstein Jeff Mary	$1,600 [20] "Pacific Heights" San Francisco	$1,600 [4] The Friendship Bridge links Nong Khai in Thailand to Vientiane in this country Laos Ryan	DD $2,000 [28] This Fitzgerald novel is "El Ultimo Magnate" The Last Tycoon Mary	$1,600 [12] English words derived from Gaelic include gillie, a guide for this activity fishing	—
$2,000 [18] (Sarah of the Clue Crew adds to the decor of the Imperial Chapel in Vienna, Austria.) Here in the Imperial Chapelthis great song composer was a Vienna Choir Boy until 1812; his parting note said he had "crowed" for the last time Franz Schubert	$2,000 [7] "The Sixth Sense" Philadelphia	$2,000 [5] Japan's Akashi Kaikyo bridge links the island of Awaji to the city of Kobe on this island Honshu Ryan Mary	$2,000 [27] William Faulkner shined this, "Luz de Agosto" Light in August Jeff Mary	$2,000 [13] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew points out a flow chart.) This type of loop is positive if it reinforces the activity of the system, as in a vicious circle a feedback loop Jeff	—

Final Jeopardy!

FIRST NAMES

The first name of both a naval hero & a character in "Hamlet", it's from the Latin for "timekeeper"

Horatio

Jeff "Who is Polonius?" — wagered $3,600

Ryan "Who is Horatio?" — wagered $2,199

Mary "Who is Chronos" — wagered $7,400

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