Show #5114 2006-11-30 (taped 2006-09-20) Regular

Contestants

Lynne Sherwin — a features editor from Akron, Ohio

Ruth Comer — an executive director from Chariton, Iowa

Ryan Friedman — a GIS planner from Londonderry, New Hampshire (whose 3-day cash winnings total $61,700)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Ryan $1,600 $600 $10,500 $14,999
2nd place: $2,000
$13,800
18 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Ruth $-1,200 $-1,000 $3,000 $4,500
3rd place: $1,000
$3,000
7 R, 3 W
Lynne $2,600 $4,600 $11,800 $22,301
New champion: $22,301
$11,800
16 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

COLUMBIA CHALLENGER END-"EVER" DISCOVERY ATLANTIS NASSAU
$200 [6]
Also known for his TV work, he's seenhereas Mark Antony in 1953's "Serpent of the Nile"
Raymond Burr
$200 [16]
John Adams had to settle for this opponent as his veep in 1796 because the 12th Amendment hadn't been passed yet
Thomas Jefferson
Lynne
$200 [1]
It can be Chesapeake Bay, Golden or Labrador
retriever
Ryan
$200 [9]
In 1984 the shuttle Discovery dramatically captured 2 of these in space & brought them back to Earth
satellites
$200 [20]
In "The Magician's Nephew" in this C.S. Lewis series, Polly is tricked into touching rings made from Atlantis' dust
The Chronicles of Narnia
Ruth
$800 [23]
You can take one of these vessels to view the submarine gardens; it was also a Doris Day movie
a glass bottom boat
$400 [7]
In a 2005 release Will Smith as this "date doctor" helped out the romantically helpless Kevin James
Hitch
Ryan
$400 [17]
He put many of his Republican rivals for the Pres. nomination in his cabinet, including Salmon Chase & William Seward
Abraham Lincoln
Lynne
$400 [2]
Peggy Lee could tell you it's also known as pyrexia (take 2 aspirin & call me in the morning)
fever
Lynne
$400 [10]
Discovery is named for 2 ships, one sailed by Henry Hudson & one sailed by this man when he discovered Hawaii
Captain James Cook
Ryan
$1,000 [22]
Nassau's main hospital is named for this royal sister, seenherein the islands in 1955
Princess Margaret
Ryan Ruth
$600 [8]
Meg Tilly isseen herein her award-winning performance in this film
Agnes of God
Ruth
$600 [18]
In 1976 Ford won primaries in Ohio, Oregon & Florida; this challenger won Texas, Indiana &, of course, California
Ronald Reagan
Lynne
$600 [3]
Pitcher Goose Gossage was famous as one of these
reliever
Ryan
$600 [13]
In 2005 a crucial part of Discovery's mission was to deliver supplies here
International Space Station
Lynne
$800 [11]
Columbia made the original Segal-Fonda version of this couple caper & the Carrey-Leoni remake
Fun with Dick & Jane
Ruth Lynne
$800 [19]
Born in Athens, she's written for "Politically Incorrect" & was 5th in California's '03 gubernatorial recall election
Arianna Huffington
Ryan
$800 [4]
Adroit, shrewd adjective
clever
Lynne
$800 [14]
From 1979 to 1983 the assembly of the shuttle Discovery took place at this Palmdale, Calif. military facility
Edwards Air Force Base
Ryan Lynne
$1,000 [12]
Here comes Claude Rainsas this heavenly being trying to fix a mistake
Mr. Jordan
Ruth
$1,000 [21]
In 1832 Andrew Jackson, a member of this society, was challenged by William Wirt, who was "anti" it
Masons
Ruth Lynne
$1,000 [5]
This Pulitzer winner's "Oh What A Paradise It Seems" was published in 1982, the same year he died
John Cheever
$1,000 [15]
After assembly, Discovery was delivered to Kennedy Space Center on the back of one of these jets
Boeing 747
Lynne

Double Jeopardy! Round

I LOVE A MOZART OPERA LIKE A ROLLING STONE ANIMALS NAME THAT POPE MUSEUMS AND SOMETIMES Y
$400 [1]
Of 14, 24 or 34, Mozart's age when he commissioned his first opera, "Mitridate Re di Ponto", premiered in 1770
14
Ryan
$400 [17]
Born the same year as Brian Jones, this Brian wrote "Help Me, Rhonda"
Brian Wilson
Lynne
$400 [13]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the monkey house.) For extra resonance, howler monkeys have an enlarged structure at the top of this, also known as the trachea
windpipe
Ryan
DD $100 [15]
Check the calendar for the 13th pope with this name, who served from 1572 to 1585
Gregory
Ryan
$400 [6]
His museum in Dearborn, Michigan was once known as "Henry's Attic"
Henry Ford
Ryan
$400 [30]
Timid
shy
Ryan
DD $600 [16]
This 1791 work is considered the greatest example in music history of the Zauberoper, or "magic opera"
The Magic Flute
Ryan
$800 [18]
Not Watts but this Charlie started the Bebop Revolution with his alto sax playing
Charlie Parker
Ryan
$800 [22]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew plays with a kitten.)It's the two-word term for these animals that reflects their natural cold habitat in the mountains of Asia
snow leopard
Ryan
$400 [2]
His reign from 1978 to 2005 was one of the longest in history
John Paul II
Ryan
$800 [8]
The Paris museum devoted to this cubist has 200 of his paintings & many pieces from his personal art collection
Pablo Picasso
Lynne
$800 [27]
A gift to Jesus when he was a child, this resin is also "mingled" with his wine while he's on the cross in Mark 15
myrrh
Ruth
$800 [4]
A toast to Mozart's "Don Giovanni", which features an aria nicknamed for this bubbly beverage
champagne
Ryan
$1,200 [19]
Mick Jagger formed the Stones in 1962; this Mick, a drummer, formed his band in '67
Mick Fleetwood
Ryan
$1,200 [23]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the shark tank.) Unlike most other fish, sharksdon't have bones; their skeleton is made up of this tough, flexible tissue.
cartilage
Ruth
$800 [3]
Beloved Pope from 1958 to 1963
John XXIII
Ruth
$1,200 [9]
You can see Sue, the largest, most complete & best-preserved T. Rex at this Chicago Museum of National History
Field Museum
Lynne
$1,200 [26]
A people got this name, now also used for a type of taxicab, from the mistaken belief that they came from Egypt
gypsy
$1,200 [5]
Appropriately, this Roman goddess oversees the love life of her grandson in Mozart's opera "Ascanio in Alba"
Venus
Ruth
$1,600 [20]
On vocals, this Bill (not Wyman) is credited with inventing bluegrass music
Bill Monroe
$1,600 [28]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the penguin habitat.)The smallest of all penguins, the little blue is the only one native to this continent where it is sometimes called the fairy penguin
Australia
Lynne
$1,200 [7]
Sadly, his only papal date is 1978
John Paul I
Lynne
$1,600 [10]
The Turner Prize, named for British painter J.M.W., was founded by a group trying to buy art for this London gallery
Tate
$1,600 [24]
An appointed to meet made by lovers
tryst
Lynne
$1,600 [11]
Ilia, the daughter of King Priam, is a captive princess in "Idomeneo", set just after this war
Trojan War
Lynne
$2,000 [21]
This Keith's role in the film "Nashville" led to a couple of '70s solo albums
Keith Carradine
$2,000 [29]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports.)Inside zoos, the aim is to increase the population; outside the zoos, the declining number of orangutans are found only on these two Indonesian islands
Borneo and Sumatra
Ryan
$1,600 [14]
His 19-year tenure included the troubled World War II years
Pius XII
Ryan
$2,000 [12]
The museum devoted to this Belgian painter is in the Brussels house where he lived & worked for 24 years
René Magritte
$2,000 [25]
Originally a Greek unit of length, Homer used this word to describe a race of small folk dwelling in asouthern land
pygmy
Lynne

Final Jeopardy!

PLAY CHARACTERS

He is based partly on a philologist who wrote "A History of English Sounds" & "A Handbook of Phonetics"

Henry Higgins

Ruth "Who is Henry Higgins" — wagered $1,500
Ryan "Who is Henry Higgins?" — wagered $4,499
Lynne "Who is Henry Higgins" — wagered $10,501

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