Show #5118 2006-12-06 (taped 2006-10-17) Regular

Christian Haines game 1.

Contestants

Sean Gilsdorf — a college teacher from Amherst, Massachusetts

Christian Haines — a Congressional special assistant from Newport News, Virginia

Linda Flink — a healthcare consultant from Scottsdale, Arizona (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,201)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Linda $1,000 $2,400 $6,000 $12,000
3rd place: $1,000
$6,000
7 R, 2 W
Christian $2,400 $5,400 $17,000 $21,999
New champion: $21,999
$16,800
25 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Sean $1,000 $4,800 $10,800 $16,800
2nd place: $2,000
$12,800
19 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

BOOKS ABOUT AUTHORS WOMEN OF COUNTRY FLOWER ARRANGING NAME THE DECADE AN URBAN LEGEND SAYS... "MIND" GAMES
$200 [1]
Chapter 20 of a biography of this Connecticut-born woman is entitled "Antislavery Activist: 1853-1854"
(Harriet Beecher) Stowe
Christian
$200 [6]
In a 2006 Country Weekly poll, she was named "Country's Most Beautiful" woman; I'm sure hubby Tim agrees
Faith Hill
Christian
$200 [8]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in front of the monitor.) Buy your roses when they're closed or in this stage & you'll have much more time to enjoy them
bud
Sean
$200 [9]
William the Conqueror is crowned in Westminster Abbey
the 1060s
Christian Sean
$200 [15]
...this member of the Beatles died in a car accident & was replaced with a double named William Campbell
Paul McCartney
Sean
$200 [10]
More common "literary" term for telepathy & clairvoyance
mind reading
Christian
$400 [2]
"Calaveras County" & "Hannibal" are entries in R. Kent Rasmussen's book this man "A to Z"
Mark Twain
Sean
$400 [7]
Her hit song "I'm A Survivor" was also the theme to her TV sitcom
Reba McEntire
Sean
$400 [27]
Rose varieties with 30 to 40 of these should be cut & used when 1 or 2 of them have come loose
petals
Linda Christian
$400 [16]
Legionnaire's disease is identified & named
the 1970s
Sean
$400 [20]
...as an infant, Humphrey Bogart was the model for the trademark baby for this company's line of baby foods
Gerber
Sean
$400 [11]
According to Emerson, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of" these
little minds
Christian
$600 [3]
Sebastian de Grazia's Pulitzer-winning bio of this Italian "In Hell" mentions "The Prince" in 2 chapter titles
Machiavelli
Christian
$600 [24]
She wrote "I Will Always Love You" as a tribute & thank you to her former singing partner Porter Wagoner
Dolly Parton
Christian
$600 [28]
(Jon of the Clue Crew indicates a flower diagram on the monitor.) Putting the stems in warm water first opens these tiny water-carrying tubes & hydrates the flower
capillaries
Christian
$600 [17]
China goes Communist
the 1940s
Sean
$600 [21]
...not only was this man's body frozen after his death, but it's stored under the Pirates of the Caribbean ride
Walt Disney
Christian
$600 [12]
Sylvia Nasar's biography of mathematical genius & Nobel laureate John Nash
A Beautiful Mind
Christian
DD $1,000 [4]
In 1830 biographer Thomas Moore burned the memoirs of this aristocratic Brit to protect the poet's reputation
Lord Byron
Christian
$800 [25]
With hits like "Jesus, Take The Wheel" & "Some Hearts", this country cutie has hardly been sitting "idol"
(Carrie) Underwood
Christian
$800 [29]
Chrysan them ums represented waterfalls in the 15' arrangements of Rikka, a type of this Japanese art form
Ikebana
Sean
$800 [18]
America first hears "Ain't We Got Fun?" & "The Varsity Drag"
the 1920s
Sean
$800 [22]
...this former lead singer of Black Sabbath throws puppies into his concert audiences & won't play until they're all dead
Ozzy Osbourne
Sean
$800 [13]
3-word history-based Emmy Award-winning PBS TV show written & introduced by Steve Allen
Meeting Of Minds
$1,000 [5]
This "Compleat Angler" author wrote a seminal biography of John Donne in 1640
(Izaak) Walton
Linda
$1,000 [26]
In 1973, 10 years after her death, she became the first female solo artist inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
Patsy Cline
Christian
$1,000 [30]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew demonstrates the use of a foam used in arrangements.) Desert travelers appreciate the name of this foam that, when dipped in water, anchors a bouquet & keeps it hydrated
oasis foam
Christian
$1,000 [19]
Oscar Wilde is sent to gaol
the 1890s
$1,000 [23]
...this "neighborly" PBS host was a marine sniper with 150 kills & wore long sleeves on TV to cover up his many tattoos
Mister Rogers
Linda
$1,000 [14]
More than 36,000 square miles in area, it's the second-largest Philippine island
Mindanao
Christian

Double Jeopardy! Round

MILITARY MEN A STEVE McQUEEN FILM FESTIVAL LAST NAME'S THE SAME DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH? 12-LETTER WORDS
$400 [6]
In December 1944 George Marshall got the rank of General of the Army with this many stars
5
Christian Sean
$400 [14]
1963:As a P.O.W. in a German camp, Steve is part of a mass breakout
The Great Escape
Christian
$400 [1]
Cranky TV pundit Andy & actor Mickey
Rooney
Christian
$400 [19]
A throat culture shows if you have this kind of sore "throat", an infection caused by certain bacteria
strep
Linda
$400 [11]
Canada's Mackenzie River flows into this ocean
the Arctic
Linda Christian Sean
$400 [30]
If you get fired, you may be able to file for this
unemployment
Christian
$800 [7]
Presley O'Bannon's Marine detachment raised the American flag on the "shores" of this North African state in 1805
Tripoli
Sean
$800 [15]
1958:Steve fights off an alien lifeform that consumes everything in its path
The Blob
Christian
$1,200 [3]
Lady Jane & writer Zane
Grey
Sean
$800 [20]
A DEXA scan measures bone density to screen for this disorder in which bones become porous & brittle
osteoporosis
Sean
$800 [12]
This 1,800-square-mile Canadian lake sits entirely within a prairie province of the same name
Lake Manitoba
Christian
$800 [26]
Artful skill exemplified here
glassblowing
Sean
$1,200 [8]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Pentagon pool.) A gym & pool were built at the Pentagon after World War II, at the suggestion of this man, then Army Chief of Staff
Eisenhower
$1,200 [16]
1973:Unjustly sentenced to Devil's Island, Steve plots his way to freedom
Papillon
Christian
$1,600 [4]
Senator Stephen A. & Supreme Court Justice William O.
Douglas
Linda
$1,200 [21]
Doppler ultrasound of these large arteries in the neck can be used to evaluate the risk of a stroke
the carotids
Sean
$1,200 [13]
The large region known as the Laurentian Plateau is also known as the Canadian this
the Canadian Shield
Linda
$1,200 [27]
Put out a proclamation! It's the act of setting people free
emancipation
Sean
$1,600 [9]
The construction battalions organized by Ben Moreell in WWII were known as these
the Seabees
Sean
$1,600 [17]
1968:Millionaire bank robber Steve pulls off the perfect crime... almost!
The Thomas Crown Affair
Linda
DD $2,000 [2]
Singer Michael & U.N. Ambassador John
Bolton
Christian
DD $2,000 [22]
It's the "P" in PFT, a function test that measures air capacity, among other things
pulmonary
Sean
$1,600 [23]
The Vikings visited L'Anse aux Meadows in this province
Newfoundland
Linda Sean
$1,600 [28]
In the 2000 Summer Olympics, the USA's Megan Quann swam the 100m in this event in 1:07.05 to win gold
the breaststroke
Christian
$2,000 [10]
He was in command of George Dewey's flagship, the Olympia, when it sailed into Manila Bay in 1898, & fired when ready
Charles Gridley
Christian
$2,000 [18]
1966:Cynical sailor Steve patrols the Yangtze River during the Chinese Revolution of 1926
The Sand Pebbles
$2,000 [5]
Samuel & Salmon P., both of the Supreme Court
Chase
Christian
$2,000 [24]
This imaging procedure doesn't use radiation; it uses radio waves, a large magnet & a computer to generate images
an MRI
Christian
$2,000 [25]
In 1999 this territory split from the Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Sean
$2,000 [29]
Job of the man who oversees the movement of vessels in a port
the harbormaster
Christian

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS NEW YORKERS

In 1905 he said, "It is my duty to make money and still more money and to use the money... for the good of my fellow man"

John D. Rockefeller

Linda "Who is John Rockefeller?" — wagered $6,000
Sean "Who was J. D. Rockefeller" — wagered $6,000
Christian "Who is R[scribble]ockefeller" — wagered $4,999

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