Show #5137 2007-01-02 (taped 2006-11-07) Regular

Contestants

Dave Mills — a think tank director from Durham, North Carolina

Julie Dunlevy — a technology specialist from Louisville, Kentucky

Peg Pruitt — a retired teacher from Swansea, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,100)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Peg $1,200 $600 $7,800 $7,000
2nd place: $2,000
$7,800
13 R, 3 W
Julie $3,200 $7,200 $25,200 $30,200
New champion: $30,200
$21,600
23 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W
Dave $4,800 $0 $2,400 $4,400
3rd place: $1,000
$6,400
15 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

EUROPEAN LANGUAGES ACTING POLITICIANS THE FABULOUS LIFE OF... AIRLINE CODES RED, WHITE, OR BLUE IT'S A GRAND OLD "FLAG"
$200 [7]
Modern dialects of this language include Gronings, West-Vlaams & Brabants
Dutch
Dave
$200 [3]
In 1986 the City of Carmel made his day by electing him mayor with 2,166 votes to the incumbent's 799
Clint Eastwood
Peg
$200 [23]
This first lady from Va. called "Patsy" had serious coin, but she dressed so simply people took her for the maid
Martha Washington
Julie
$200 [21]
JL
Japan Airlines
Julie
$200 [1]
The teeth of this ferocious fish, Carcharodon carcharias, may have been used as arrowheads by Native Americans
the great white shark
Peg
$200 [12]
June 14
Flag Day
Dave
$400 [17]
Although Spanish is widely spoken in Gibraltar, this language is used for schools & for official purposes
English
Julie
$400 [8]
"CHiPS" had him, babe, when this Califorrnian guest-starred in the unforgettable "Go-Cart Terror" episode
Sonny Bono
Dave
$400 [24]
This New Yorker was all about the boats & trains & was worth $100 mil, easy; even had a university named for him in 1873
(Cornelius) Vanderbilt
$400 [22]
KL
KLM (Royal Dutch)
Peg
$400 [2]
"Off We Go Into" this in the official U.S. Air Force song
"The Wild Blue Yonder"
Dave
$400 [13]
Proverbially, "let's run it up" this "& see if anyone salutes"
the flagpole
Dave
$600 [18]
Nynorsk, an official language of this country, was created by Ivar Aasen in the mid-19th century
Norway
Dave
$600 [9]
He's the ex-governor seenhereon "The X-Files" along with another familiarface
Jesse Ventura
Dave
$600 [25]
It was the sweet smell of success for François Coty, whose wealth in manufacturing this let him buy up newspapers
perfume
Dave
$600 [28]
AF
Air France
Julie
$600 [4]
The Sinai Peninsula juts into it
the Red Sea
Julie
$600 [14]
Lowell Observatory is found there
Flagstaff, Arizona
Dave
$1,000 [20]
It's also called Ruthenian, & you'll hear it spoken in Odessa & Sevastopol
Ukrainian
Dave
$800 [10]
This gov.'s website:His "election as the state's chief executive follows a distinguished career in business & entertainment"
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Peg
$800 [26]
She had the bling bling from her Nov. 2, 1755 birth in Austria; she'd later wed the Dauphin of France
Marie Antoinette
Julie
$800 [29]
BA
British Airways
Julie
$800 [5]
When he meets Alice in Wonderland, he's carrying a pocket watch
the White Rabbit
Julie
$800 [15]
A large container for liquor
a flagon
Julie
DD $4,000 [19]
Dialects in the High form of this European language include Thuringian, Silesian & Franconian
German
Dave
$1,000 [11]
This ex-senator has played D.A. Arthur Branch on "Conviction", "Law & Order", "SVU", "CI" & "Trial By Jury"
Fred Thompson
Dave
$1,000 [27]
If you're "as rich as" this 6th century B.C. King of Lydia, the son of Alyattes, you got it goin' on
Croesus
Julie
$1,000 [30]
MX
Mexicana
Peg Dave
$1,000 [6]
What a soccer player sees before being sent off the field by the referee for a hard foul
a red card
Julie
$1,000 [16]
Latin term meaning "caught in the act"
in flagrante ( delicto )
Dave

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE CIVIL WAR EAGLES SONGS IN OTHER WORDS MEASURING UP WHAT A CHARACTER! A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME THE "A" LIST
$400 [14]
What's called the war's last major battle was George Thomas' Dec. 1864 victory outside this Tennessee capital
Nashville
Dave
$400 [18]
Beverly Hills' Beverly Hilton or San Francisco's Mark Hopkins
"Hotel California"
Dave
$400 [11]
Reverberation time is how long it takes a sound to die down by 60 of these units
decibels
Julie
$400 [6]
Holly Golightly goes lightly through this 1958 novel
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Peg
$400 [23]
Medea helped Jason & the Argonauts steal a woolly treasure that has the same name as this flower
the Golden Fleece
Peg
$400 [1]
This L-shaped wrench has a hexagonal head
an Allen wrench
Peg Dave
$800 [15]
The Union began one of these in 1861; the ship CSS Sumter had some success running it
a blockade
Peg
$800 [19]
Fermented agave potent potable mixed with orange juice & a little grenadine
"Tequila Sunrise"
Julie
$800 [12]
A spirometer is used to measure the air capacity of these
the lungs
Peg
$800 [7]
Sam Spade was a real bird brain when introduced to the world in this 1930 classic
The Maltese Falcon
Julie
$800 [24]
Born from a "Queen Mum", she became the pink rose seenhereafter her accession to the throne in 1952
Queen Elizabeth II
Peg
$800 [2]
In grammar, it's the noun to which a relative pronoun refers
antecedent
Julie
$1,600 [29]
At Frederick, MD. 4 days before this battle, Lee's plan fell into Union hands after it was used to wrap cigars
Antietam
$1,200 [20]
Samantha, Winnie, or one of those Eastwick gals, alliteratively
"Witchy Woman"
Julie
$1,200 [13]
We're shocked to hear that some car dealerships have been known to "roll back" this device
the odometer
Dave
$1,200 [8]
Diminutive factory workers known as the Oompa Loompas show up in this fantasy book
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Peg
$1,200 [25]
This famous actor could sing about how the bells of St. Mary's are ringing for therosenamed for him
Bing Crosby
Julie
$1,600 [4]
This U.S. Secretary of State helped found NATO
(Dean) Acheson
Peg
DD $2,000 [28]
On May 25, 1862 Lincoln told McClellan to either attack Richmond or defend this city
Washington, D.C.
Julie
$1,600 [21]
Existence in the speediest pathway
"Life In The Fast Lane"
Julie
$1,600 [16]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports with a hygrometer.) Calculated from the difference between the wet & dry thermometers, a hygrometer measures this two-word weather term
relative humidity
Julie
$1,600 [9]
Kurtz cuts loose when cut off from humanity in this 1902 tale
Heart of Darkness
Peg
$1,600 [26]
Theroseshown was named for this flirtatious cartoon character censored by the Hays Office
Betty Boop
Julie
$2,000 [5]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports with a paper airplane in her hand.) If a plane goes virtually straight up, what's called the angle of this, between the wing & airflow, is close to 0
attack
Peg
$2,000 [30]
In June 1864 Union Gen. David Hunter burned this school, Stonewall Jackson's former workplace
Virginia Military Institute
$2,000 [22]
Serene, tactile facility
"Peaceful Easy Feeling"
Julie
$2,000 [17]
It's the standard camera f-stop that lets in about half as much light as f5.6
8
$2,000 [10]
A big change is in the air for Gregor Samsa in this 1915 story
The Metamorphosis
Peg
$2,000 [27]
If therosewas an illustration on a poster, it could be a self-portrait of this Montmartre Post-impressionist
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
DD $4,000 [3]
During the Hundred Years War, France got back this duchy that had, via Eleanor, gone to England
Aquitaine
Julie

Final Jeopardy!

HOLIDAY STUFF

In an 1850 essay Charles Dickens called it "that pretty German toy"

a Christmas tree

Dave "What is the Christmas tree" — wagered $2,000
Peg "What is ?" — wagered $800
Julie "What is a Christmas Tree?" — wagered $5,000

« Back to Games