Show #5125 2006-12-15 (taped 2006-10-18) Regular

Contestants

Rob Donnelly — a university researcher from San Diego, California

Paula Frome — a lawyer from Glen Cove, New York

R.J. Lesch — a programmer from Adel, Iowa (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
R.J. $3,400 $3,000 $12,800 $25,600
2nd place: $2,000
$11,400
20 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Paula $3,600 $4,400 $15,200 $25,601
New champion: $25,601
$14,800
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Rob $200 $1,000 $1,200 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$1,800
8 R (including 1 DD), 7 W

Jeopardy! Round

STRUCTURES 3-LETTER MEN UNUSUAL ANIMALS FASHION SENSE "T" COUNTRIES NUMBER, PLEASE
$200 [22]
Once essential in hot, dry forest weather, this type of structure is less necessary in an age of aircraft & cell phones
a fire tower
Paula Rob
$200 [1]
Rather or Marino
Dan
R.J.
$200 [5]
In 2006 the Riverbanks Zoo in S.C. exhibited a rare white (but not albino) one of these crocodilians
an alligator
R.J.
$200 [8]
The "driving" types of these feature some leather for a good grip; the "opera" ones do not
gloves
R.J.
$200 [9]
Oral epics are sung by poets & composers known as bakhashi in this central Asian "stan" nation
Turkmenistan
Paula Rob
$200 [18]
Number of steps in the Alcoholics Anonymous program
12
R.J.
$400 [23]
In names of fancy homes, there's Wayne Manor & Gracie this
Mansion
Paula
$400 [2]
Costas or Hope
Bob
R.J.
$400 [7]
The Kitti's hog-nosed species of this flying mammal is about the size of a bumblebee
a bat
Paula
$400 [10]
Keep the sun off your face with this accessory whose name is from Old Italian for "to shelter from the sun"
a parasol
R.J.
$400 [11]
Slightly larger than Texas, it borders the Black Sea & the Mediterranean Sea
Turkey
Paula
$400 [19]
At sea level, water boils at this number of degrees Fahrenheit
212
Paula
$600 [27]
The booth from Checkpoint Charlie, shown here, is usually called by this 10-letter homey name
a guardhouse
$600 [3]
Rawls or Gehrig
Lou
Rob
$600 [20]
Aaargh! Pirata piraticus, one of these arachnids, has the startling ability to walk--& even run--on water
a (wolf) spider
R.J. Rob
$800 [13]
These baggy knickers worn by some golfers got their name from the 4 inches added for a looser fit
plus-fours
Paula
$600 [15]
It thrusts out towards Sicily as the northernmost bulge of Africa
Tunisia
Rob
$600 [24]
In the Army, number of silver bars a captain has or silver stars a major general has
2
R.J.
$800 [28]
Type of building that's the title of a 1981 book by New York Times architecture critic Paul Goldberger
a skyscraper
$800 [4]
Shepard or Donaldson
Sam
Paula Rob
$800 [21]
In 2001 scientists found a new type of this 10-armed cephalopod; it has 2 fins that flap like elephant ears
a squid
R.J. Paula
DD $1,000 [12]
Appropriate name of the outfit worn by parachutists, or of the 1-piece garment inspired by it
a jumpsuit
Paula
$800 [16]
It shares dominion over Lake Victoria with Kenya & Uganda
Tanzania
Rob
$800 [25]
In Mexico, a quinceanera is a celebration of a girl's turning this age
15
Rob
$1,000 [29]
The model of this type of ancient structure partly from the Greek word for "horse", is seen here
a hippodrome
Rob
$1,000 [6]
Danson or Turner
Ted
R.J.
$1,000 [30]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Primate Center at Duke University.) Among the few primates with blue eyes are humans &this type of animal
a lemur
Paula
$1,000 [14]
Hot again in 2006, this fabric named for a city in India may "bleed", which softens the look of the stripes & plaids
Madras
R.J.
$1,000 [17]
This South Pacific island nation is ruled by a king & a 30-member legislative assembly
Tonga
R.J. Rob
$1,000 [26]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Dublin, Ireland.) The beauty of Ireland has been summed up in the popular phrase, this many "shades of green"
40

Double Jeopardy! Round

BEFORE & AFTER THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE OF THE SUN KING JAMES BIBLE BELT
$400 [6]
Tony Bennett's tune about a California city runs Spain with an iron fist as dictator
"I Left My Heart in San Francisco Franco"
Paula
$400 [1]
In Feb. 1990 Buster Douglas knocked the mouthpiece (& the stuffing) out of this suddenly ex-heavyweight champ
Mike Tyson
Rob
$400 [7]
The great-great grandson of Augustus, he started fiddling around as Roman Emperor at age 16 in 54 A.D.
Nero
R.J.
$400 [12]
Though it's a medium-sized star, the sun is classified as a yellow one of these peewees
dwarf
Paula
$400 [24]
In the Gospel of Matthew, it's how Judas points out Jesus to be captured
with a kiss
Paula
$400 [21]
The German co. Phoenix has created the longest of these, taking mining ore 10.5 mi. from India to Bangladesh
a conveyor belt
R.J.
$800 [17]
1972 Marlon Brando film set in France in which he decides to live "the simple life" as an heiress
Last Tango In Paris Hilton
Paula Rob
$800 [2]
In 1978, though he outweighed Leon Spinks by 27 pounds, he lost a 15-round decision & the heavyweight title
Muhammad Ali
$800 [8]
Along with high shoes called calcei, Romans wore this 4-letter outer garment
a toga
Paula
$800 [13]
In 1843 Heinrich Schwabe noted that the number of these dark areas varies in a periodic cycle
sunspots
Paula
$800 [25]
Also known as Hadassah, this title woman is brought up by her relative Mordecai
Esther
R.J.
$1,600 [23]
These polished shell beads were woven into belts by Native Americans & traded or used to send messages
wampum
Paula
DD $1,000 [19]
A current Supreme Court Justice finds "You Can't Go Home Again" as this author
Clarence Thomas Wolfe
Rob
$1,200 [3]
In 1981 John McEnroe found resistance wasn't futile & snapped this Swede's 5-year Wimbledon win streak
Bjorn Borg
R.J.
$1,200 [9]
Agrippina's kid, this wacky (OK, unbalanced) emperor was killed in 41 A.D., & Uncle Claudius took over
Caligula
R.J.
$1,200 [14]
In 1939 Hans Bethe calculated how much energy the sun puts out as hydrogen atoms join together by this process
nuclear fusion
R.J.
$1,600 [27]
After Sarah's death, he married Keturah, who bore him Zimran, Ishbak & others
Abraham
R.J.
$2,000 [22]
In Arabic mintaka is "belt", alnitak means "girdle" & alnilam means "belt of pearls" for 3 stars in this constellation
Orion
R.J.
$1,200 [18]
The Confederacy's top general trades in Traveller to head up Chrysler in the 1980s
Robert E. Lee Iacocca
Rob
$1,600 [4]
In 1919 Man O' War lost his only race to a 100-to-1 shot with this apt 5-letter name that means "to disturb"
Upset
Rob
$1,600 [10]
The 31 B.C. naval Battle of Actium pitted Octavian vs. this man, whose suicide with his lover a year later became legendary
Antony
Paula
$2,000 [16]
Also a type of oven, it's the zone where the sun's energy is circulated to its surface
convection
R.J. Paula
$2,000 [26]
Psalm 22 begins with this question to God, later asked by Jesus & goes on to say, "I cry... but thou hearest not"
Why hast thou forsaken me?
R.J.
$2,000 [20]
U.S. Advocate for women's rights & the abolition of slavery who sang "All The Young Dudes"
Lucretia Mott The Hoople
$2,000 [5]
In the 10 years before a loss to Rulon Gardner at the Olympics, no one had scored a point vs. this sport's A. Karelin
Greco-Roman wrestling
R.J.
$2,000 [11]
From the Greek for "Phoenician", this word describes the 3 Rome vs. Carthage wars; Rome went 3-0
Punic
Paula
DD $3,000 [15]
It's not a beer for sunbathers, but the region whose gases become the solar wind
corona
R.J.

Final Jeopardy!

POEM TITLES

This poem says, "For all averred, I had killed the bird that made the breeze to blow"

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Rob "What is Rime of Ancient Mariner?" — wagered $1,200
R.J. "What is "Rime of the Ancient Mariner"" — wagered $12,800
Paula "What is the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner?" — wagered $10,401

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