Show #4118 2002-06-26 (taped 2002-02-26) Regular

Eric Floyd game 5.

Contestants

John Overholt — a librarian from Austin, Texas

Ann Kruger — a college counselor originally from Linden, New Jersey

Eric Floyd — a college student from Calhoun, Georgia (whose 4-day cash winnings total $97,800)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Eric	$2,800	$6,000	$15,200	$30,300 2nd place: $2,000	$15,200 21 R, 2 W
Ann	$0	$400	$-2,400	$-2,400 3rd place: $1,000	$-2,400 7 R, 5 W
John	$3,000	$7,000	$31,200	$31,200 New champion: $31,200	$29,400 29 R (including 3 DDs), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum	I'M NOT PRESIDENT BECAUSE OF YOU	DOUBLE TALK ROCK	CANALS	"SH"!	BE VEWY, VEWY QUIET
$200 [26] (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the Air & Space Museum.) The Lockheed Vega 5B displayed here carried Amelia Earhart on the first solo flight by a woman that crossed this body of water the Atlantic Eric Ann	$200 [8] Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter Eric	$200 [17] This "Rio" band included 3 unrelated guys named Taylor Duran Duran John	$200 [1] It has its own pilots who take over on ships passing through it from Gatun to Balboa Panama Canal Eric	$200 [6] "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?" This title man of radio knows The Shadow John	$200 [16] The category title was this character's catch phrase; he was huntin' wabbits, hehhehhehheheh Elmer Fudd Eric
$400 [27] The National Air and Space Museum was originally called this which is 2 words shorter than its current name The National Air Museum Ann John	$400 [9] Michael Dukakis George Herbert Walker Bush Eric	$400 [18] (Hi, I'm Jeff Probst, host of Rock and Roll Jeopardy!) In a Neil Young song, it precedes "Rock and roll is here to stay" "Hey Hey, My My" Eric	$400 [2] It had almost 100 years of use before being replaced in 1918 by the larger New York State Canal Erie Canal John	$400 [7] In song Bob Marley "shot" him but swears "it was in self-defense" the sheriff Eric	$400 [22] Members of this armed service would "pipe down" when they heard the bos'n blow his whistle Navy Eric
$600 [28] (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the Air & Space Museum.) This is the plane in which the Wright Brothers made a famous flight on December 17, 1903 in this U.S. state North Carolina Ann	$600 [10] Walter Mondale Ronald Reagan Eric	$600 [19] It's where we're going in the title of the song heard here:"Well, there's a brand new place I've found /Where people go from miles around..." to a go-go John	$600 [3] Over 100 years after it was built, it was enlarged by Egypt between 1975 & 1980 to accommodate larger ships Suez Canal John	$600 [13] "Weaponry" term for a wedding occasioned or precipitated by pregnancy Shotgun John	$600 [23] A wheelchair-bound Paul Newman was quietly chased by Mel Brooks in this 1976 film Silent Movie John
$800 [29] On display are the two space suits that these 2 Apollo 11 astronauts actually wore to walk on the moon Armstrong & Aldrin Eric	$800 [11] Barry Goldwater LBJ Eric	$800 [20] You couldn't call this No. 1 hit heardheresaccharine:"You are my candy girl /And you got me wanting you... "Sugar, Sugar" Eric	$800 [4] This city in Texas has a 52-mile-long ship canal connecting it to the bay of the Galveston & the Gulf of Mexico Houston Eric Ann John	$800 [14] The lives of tenant farmers called these are documented in the 1941 book "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" sharecroppers Ann	$800 [24] "It is better to remain silent and be thought of as" this 4-letter word "than to speak and prove the same" a fool Eric Ann
$1,000 [30] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Air & Space Museum.) In the Glamorous Glennis, the Bell X-1 plane you see here, he broke the sound barrier on October 14, 1947 Chuck Yeager John	$1,000 [12] George McClellan Abraham Lincoln Eric	$1,000 [21] On a 2001 album Californian Belinda Carlisle sings, "Landing in a perfect happy place... living life in" this "land" "La La Land" John	DD $1,000 [5] The Welland Canal in Ontario runs parallel to this river & has no falls impeding ship traffic Niagara River John	$1,000 [15] In the military it's a rating below expert & above marksman in rifle marksmanship sharpshooter John	$1,000 [25] All radio stations in the world paid tribute with 2 minutes of silence when he died in Rome on July 20, 1937 Marconi John

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIANS	HE'S THE BAUM	MISSING MOVIE LINKS	THE DEVIL, YOU SAY	HAILS FROM WALES	COMPOUND WORDS
$400 [1] Our picture of this period of "rebirth" in Italy was shaped by Jakob Burckhardt's 1860 book on it Renaissance Eric	$400 [6] L. Frank Baum is best remembered for writing this classic children's book published in 1900 The Wizard of Oz Ann	$400 [10] "Tin ___ in Black" Men Ann	$400 [15] In 1982 the NHL's Colorado Rockies moved east & became this team New Jersey Devils Ann John	$400 [26] Catherine Zeta-Jones grew up in the same Welsh town as this poet, & even named her son after him Dylan Thomas John	$400 [20] To cast a vote against someone; you can use a piece of billiards equipment to do it blackball John
$800 [2] His many books include "Citizen Soldiers", "Undaunted Courage" & 2001's "The Wild Blue" Stephen Ambrose John	$800 [7] Frank's dad, Benjamin Ward Baum, made his fortune in this, like TV's Clampett family oil John	$800 [11] "Forever ___ Frankenstein" Young John	$800 [16] This late director's autobiographical works include "Memoirs of the Devil" & "Bardot Deneuve Fonda" (Roger) Vadim John	$800 [27] Technically, this adventurer wasn't "of Arabia" but of Tremadoc, Wales T. E. Lawrence Eric	$800 [21] You'll reach a middle ground with this dinner table ornamentation centerpiece Eric
$1,600 [4] He wrote "The Rise of the City"; his son Arthur Jr. wrote "The Age of Roosevelt" Arthur Schlesinger John	$1,200 [8] In 1897 Baum wrote "Mother Goose in Prose"; next came this counterpart's verses, the best-selling children's book of 1899 Father Goose Ann	$1,200 [12] "The Unbearable Lightness of ___ John Malkovich" Being Eric	$1,200 [17] When Robert the Devil died in 1035, this eldest son became the Duke of Normandy William (the Conqueror) Eric	$1,200 [29] Roger Moore's successor, he's the Welsh-born actor who played Bond, James Bond Timothy Dalton Eric Ann	$1,200 [23] Go to a lower gear in your car downshift John
$2,000 [5] This member of the Adams family wrote a 9-volume U.S. history & a book on his own "education" Henry Adams John	$1,600 [9] After moving to Hollywood, Baum grew award-winning dahlias & these, Japan's national flower chrysanthemum	$1,600 [13] "The Ugly ___ Beauty" American Ann John	$1,600 [18] Located in northeastern Wyoming, it was the USA's first designated national monument Devils Tower Eric	$1,600 [30] This lovely young soprano heardhererecorded her first album when she was 12 years old Charlotte Church John	$1,600 [24] "Let Me Call You" this, a hard candy center Sweetheart John
DD $3,000 [3] Francis Parkman schlepped along this trail starting in Missouri to write his 1849 book about it Oregon Trail John	$2,000 [22] Baum moved to this city in 1891 & enjoyed the world's Columbian Exposition held there 2 years later Chicago John	$2,000 [14] "Sleeping with the ___ Mine" Enemy John	$2,000 [19] This satiric Ambrose Bierce work was first compiled as "The Cynic's Word Book" in 1906 The Devil's Dictionary Eric	$2,000 [28] This "Eye of the Needle" & "The Key to Rebecca" author hails from Cardiff (Ken) Follett John	DD $2,000 [25] A piece of burning wood that may leave its mark, or a term for an agitator or troublemaker firebrand John

Final Jeopardy!

COUNTRY NAME ORIGINS

This country is named for the 5th century Germanic people who invaded it

France (or England)

Eric "What is France?" — wagered $15,100

John "What is France?" — wagered $0

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