Show #5126 2006-12-18 (taped 2006-10-24) Regular

Steve Unite game 1.

Contestants

Jody Callahan — a journalist from Memphis, Tennessee

Steve Unite — a writer from Studio City, California

Paula Frome — a lawyer from Glen Cove, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,601)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Paula $1,200 $3,800 $10,200 $10,020
2nd place: $2,000
$10,600
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Steve $2,800 $6,400 $21,405 $22,404
New champion: $22,404
$23,200
24 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W
Jody $1,600 $2,400 $7,600 $4,600
3rd place: $1,000
$7,600
12 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

ASIAN CAPITALS A SPELLING CATEGORY FRUIT BOWL PULITZER-WINNING BIOGRAPHIES & AUTOBIOGRAPHIES NECKWEAR ADJECTIVES
$200 [2]
This capital of India was laid out in a series of geometric forms extending from a rock that was later destroyed
New Delhi
Jody
$200 [15]
(Here's Tori Spelling with the clue...)My dad Aaron Spelling was the Executive Producer of 2 shows starring Shannen Doherty--"90210" & this one about 3 witches
Charmed
Paula
$200 [17]
Asian & Anjou
pears
Paula
$200 [3]
This bestseller about growing up in the slums of Limerick won the Pulitzer in 1997
Angela's Ashes
Jody
$200 [22]
This 3-letter item tied around the necks of children protects their clothing while they eat
a bib
Steve
$200 [1]
Adjective in the name of stuffed dolls Ann & Andy
raggedy
Steve
$400 [6]
Higashi-Gyoen Garden is on the grounds of this city's Imperial Palace
Tokyo
Jody
$400 [27]
(Let's go back to Tori...)Dad got Emmy nominations for producing "Family" & this nighttime soap about the Carrington clan
Dynasty
Steve
$400 [18]
Flame Seedless & Red Globe
grapes
Paula
$400 [4]
His wife Vera, not Lolita, was the subject of a 2000 prize-winning bio by Stacy Schiff
(Vladimir) Nabokov
Paula
$400 [23]
In ancient Hawaii, this garland of flowers was used to signify a peace agreement between opposing tribes
a lei
Steve
$400 [5]
Ottoman Emperor Selim I is known by this adjective, like a certain "reaper"
grim
Steve
$600 [7]
Its historic Toopkhaneh Square is now Imam Khomeini Square
Tehran
Steve
$600 [28]
(Tori...)Big hits on ABC in the '70s for my dad included "The Love Boat", "Fantasy Island" & this "heavenly" detective drama
Charlie's Angels
$600 [19]
Jonathan & Pink Lady
apples
Steve
$600 [8]
Charles Lindbergh must have been flying high after winning the Pulitzer in 1954 for this memoir
The Spirit of St. Louis
DD $400 [25]
The name of this long scarf made of feathers or fur is from the Latin for "water adder"
a boa
Paula
$600 [13]
It describes notched, sawlike teeth, as on the blade of a bread knife
serrated
Paula
$800 [9]
In the 1620s the Javanese leader Sultan Agung tried unsuccessfully to capture this capital from the Dutch
Jakarta
Steve
$800 [29]
(Here's a clip from90210. Take alook.) On the show, Brenda & Brandon moved to Beverly Hills from this Midwestern state
Minnesota
Jody
$800 [20]
Lambert & Rainier
cherries
$800 [11]
Title length of time in Arthur Schlesinger Jr.'s 1966 prize-winner subtitled "John F. Kennedy in the White House"
A Thousand Days
Steve
$600 [24]
This long scarf sounds like it will keep you quiet as well as keep you warm
a muffler
Paula
$800 [14]
Belonging to the place where one was born, like the "son" in a Richard Wright title
native
Jody
$1,000 [10]
This capital is served by King Khalid International Airport, which lies about 20 miles north of the city
Riyadh
$1,000 [30]
(Hi, I'm Doug Savant.) When I played Matt on "Melrose Place", this actress caught my eye asred-headed bad girl Sydney; now she's my wife
Laura Leighton
$1,000 [21]
Donut & Elberta
peaches
Steve
$1,000 [12]
This psychologist & his author brother Henry were each the subjects of prize-winning bios; one in 1936, the other in 1963
William James
$1,000 [26]
In WWI, it became mandatory that all U.S. soldiers wear these "canine" aluminum discs on neck chains
dog tags
Steve
$1,000 [16]
From Latin for "devour", it precedes "readers" to describe those with an insatiable appetite for books
voracious
Paula

Double Jeopardy! Round

"H"EALTH & MEDICINE GAITS 'ALLO, GOVERNOR SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER THE KING IS DEAD LONG LIVE THE KING
$400 [5]
Atherosclerosis is better known by this 4-word phrase
hardening of the arteries
Steve
$400 [2]
It can be a walk or a dance in which the feet aren't lifted from the floor
a shuffle
Jody
$400 [18]
In office from 1995:George Pataki
New York
Jody
$400 [13]
A violent windstorm, proverbially "in a teapot"
tempest
Steve
$400 [1]
On Sept. 9, 1087 this Norman stopped stormin' after being thrown from his horse at the Battle of Mantes
William the Conqueror
Steve
DD $5 [30]
In 1964 Elvis bought a yacht owned by this ex-president for $55,000, then donated it to the March of Dimes
FDR
Steve
$800 [9]
Hay fever is caused by antibodies reacting with inhaled pollen, causing the release of this
histamines
Steve
$800 [4]
It's the type of military parade stepseen here
a goose step
Jody
$800 [19]
In office from 2003:Mitt Romney
Massachusetts
Jody
$800 [14]
An aromatic herb of the mint family, having leaves used as seasoning in cooking
oregano
$800 [3]
On Aug. 15, 1057 Malcolm III killed this Scottish king; there's a good story there somewhere
Macbeth
Paula
$400 [22]
On Sept. 9, 1956 an estimated 1/3 of the U.S. population watched Elvis on this man's variety show
Ed Sullivan
Paula
DD $1,400 [10]
It's the branch of medicine that studes blood & blood-forming tissues
hematology
Steve
$1,200 [6]
Also a cooking term, it means to walk with short, delicate steps
mince
Paula
$1,200 [20]
In office from 1996:Mike Huckabee
Arkansas
Jody
$1,200 [15]
"My Sharona" knows it's a special talent for something (like remembering who gave us "My Sharona")
knack
Steve
$1,200 [25]
On January 21, 1793 Parisians headed off this ruler's reign
Louis XVI
Jody
$800 [24]
Clad in white tie & tails on "The Steve Allen Show" in 1956, Elvis sang this hit to an unmoved pooch named Sherlock
"Hound Dog"
Paula
$1,600 [11]
Slipped & ruptured are synonyms for this when it precedes "disk"
herniated
Paula
$1,600 [7]
Let's see if "Eddie" can get his steed up to this 3-beat gain, a tad slower than a gallop
a canter
Paula Steve
$1,600 [21]
In office from 2000:Rick Perry
Texas
Steve
$1,600 [16]
The strict meaning of a word, not figurative or metaphorical, from the late Latin for "of letters"
literal
Steve
$1,600 [27]
After a not-so-"short" 17-year reign, this 1st king of the Frankish Carolingian Dynasty died on Sept. 24, 768
Pepin III (the Short)
Jody
$1,200 [26]
On Dec. 26, 1957 Elvis donated thousands of these cute toys to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
teddy bears
Paula
$2,000 [12]
The name of this leg muscle is also a verb that means "to render powerless"
hamstring
$2,000 [8]
Lewis Carroll altered "gallop" to create this word that now means "to leap heavily"
galumph
Paula
$2,000 [23]
In office from 2004:Kathleen Blanco
Louisiana
Steve
$2,000 [17]
A concluding part added to a literary work where you might read, "Billy would become Canada's P.M. in 2022"
epilogue
Steve
$2,000 [28]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports on a Grecian urned) It was from the Acropolis that this king. believing his son dead, supposedly threw himself in the sea named for him
Aegeus
Jody
$1,600 [29]
Of Elvis' 114 Top 40 hits, this "sad" title travel destination was the first
"Heartbreak Hotel"
Steve

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY PLAYWRIGHTS

2006 marks the centennial of this absurdist known for his sometimes bleak outlook; he was born on Good Friday, the 13th

Samuel Beckett

Jody "Who is Albee?" — wagered $3,000
Paula "Who was Ionesco?" — wagered $180
Steve "Who is Beckett?!" — wagered $999

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