Show #5148 2007-01-17 (taped 2006-11-14) Regular

Contestants

Al Cadena — a senior website producer from Pasadena, California

Jim Eddy — a woodworker from Mount Pleasant, Michigan

Greg Williams — a lecturer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Greg $300 $1,700 $4,500 $8,900
3rd place: $1,000
$4,800
15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Jim $2,000 $2,600 $7,400 $9,001
2nd place: $2,000
$9,400
10 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Al $800 $4,000 $9,300 $14,801
New champion: $14,801
$10,800
16 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

LANDMARKS TV FINALES MANNA FEST KIDNAPPED PLURALS ON THE RAILS
$200 [11]
Medieval & Renaissance walls form Vatican City's boundaries except for this square on the southeast
St. Peter's Square
$200 [1]
We discovered that St. Eligius Hospital is the dream of Donald Westphall's autistic child
St. Elsewhere
Al
$200 [6]
The book of the Bible where manna is first mentioned
Exodus
Greg
$200 [25]
In 2006 Olaf Wiig & Steve Centanni, 2 reporters working for this cable channel, were released from Gaza
Fox News Channel
Al
$200 [15]
According to the Random House Dictionary, it's what you add to "bison" to get its plural
nothing
Al
$200 [21]
The Southern Railway's No. 1401 engine weighs 281 tons fully loaded--16 tons of it this, fueling each 150-mile trip
coal
Greg
$400 [12]
The white marble dome of this mausoleum in India is decorated with floral patterns & passages from the Koran
the Taj Mahal
Greg
$400 [2]
Ted is the only one not to get fired, & the rest of the cast sings "It's A Long Way To Tipperary" on the way out of WJM
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Al
DD $300 [8]
The taste of manna is described in the Bible as that of "wafers made with" this
honey
Greg
$400 [26]
This wealthy heiress who was kidnapped in 1974 was renamed "Tania" after Che Guevara's girlfriend
Patricia Hearst
Al
$400 [16]
One of 2 body parts whose vowels are switched to other vowels to make their plurals
(1 of) foot or tooth
$400 [22]
(Sarah leans from a train.) In World War II, Number 1592 was refurbished and codenamed "Bayonet" to serve as this general'sprivate coach
Eisenhower
Al
$600 [13]
An over 300-foot Doric column on this Great Lake is both a peace memorial & a Perry's victory memorial
Lake Erie
Al
$600 [3]
As Benjamin Franklin Pierce ascends, he sees "Goodbye" spelled out in stones
M*A*S*H
Jim
$400 [7]
Manna was gathered every day of the week except this day
the Sabbath (Saturday)
Greg Jim
$600 [27]
Pierre Laporte was kidnapped in 1970 by the FLQ, who sought independence for this Canadian province
Quebec
Greg Al
$600 [18]
Tolkien spelled it one way; Disney spelled it differently; we'll accept either
dwarfs or dwarves
$600 [23]
Light-rail vehicles are usually powered by this
electricity
Jim
$800 [14]
In Bern, Switz. the point from which distances in the canton are measured is the Zeitglockenturm, one of these
a clock tower
$800 [4]
Narrator William Conrad says "Tuesday, August 29, 1967. The day the running stopped"
The Fugitive
Jim
$800 [9]
In the 78th of these sacred poems, manna is referred to as "the corn of heaven" & "angels' food"
(the Book of) Psalms
Al
$800 [19]
Collectively, Janet Reno & Edwin Meese were known by this title after being appointed by the President
Attorneys General
Al
$800 [24]
One of the USA's firststeam locomotives, it came from Britain and was named for the British version of Uncle Sam
John Bull
Greg
$1,000 [17]
There's a chapel for 150 people in the base of this statue sitting atop Corcovado Mountain in Rio de Janeiro
the Christ the Redeemer Statue
Al
$1,000 [5]
Characters die in this order: Ruth, Keith, David, Rico, Brenda & Claire
Six Feet Under
Jim
$1,000 [10]
The last Biblical mention of manna comes in this New Testament book where it is promised to the faithful
Revelation
Greg
$1,000 [20]
Easton's Bible Dictionary says to add these 2 letters to the end of "cherub" to get its plural
"im"
Greg

Double Jeopardy! Round

WOMEN AUTHORS RETIRED JERSEYS MUTILATED ART FEAR AND "LO" THING IN LAS VEGAS
$400 [22]
She described "And Then There Were None" as "a better piece of craftsmanship than anything else" she wrote
Agatha Christie
Greg
$400 [16]
Joe Namath, Joe Klecko
the New York Jets
Greg Al
$400 [11]
In 1972 a hammer-wielding man smashed Mary's nose & arm on this Michelangelo work
the Pieta
Greg
$400 [1]
Help! I've watched too much Hitchcock & developed ornithophobia! The fear of these!
birds
Al
$400 [6]
The high rates of interest of this shady type of moneylender could take a bite out of your finances
a loan shark
Greg Jim
$400 [17]
It's where to go in Vegas if you've got more appetite than money; the Palms' lunch one is just $7.99
a buffet
Greg Al
$800 [23]
She once said "The Fountainhead" was "only an overture" to her "Atlas Shrugged"
Ayn Rand
Al
$800 [12]
A marble hand holding an apple was found on Melos near this statue that dates to 150 B.C.
the Venus de Milo
Al
$800 [2]
Having herpetophobia, a fear of these vertebrates, might limit your pet selection
snakes (or reptiles)
Jim
$800 [7]
It's part of what Jesus used to feed the multitudes along the shore of the Sea of Galilee
loaves
Jim
$800 [18]
It would take you more than 13 years to spend one night in each of this "Grand" hotel's 5,044 rooms
the MGM Grand
Al
$1,200 [24]
Reviewing her "Fear of Flying" in 1973, John Updike said it had "class & sass, brightness & bite"
Erica Jong
Greg
$1,200 [13]
In Paris you can see this sculptor's 1901creation, which he considered a finished work
Auguste Rodin
Al
$1,200 [3]
It's doubtful that an Eskimo would have chionophobia, a fear of this
snow
Greg Jim
$1,200 [8]
Pond dweller seen here
a lotus
Greg
$1,200 [19]
The Las Vegas Strip received its name because it reminded someone of a "Strip" in this city's metro area
Los Angeles
$1,600 [25]
In a 1972 recording, "An Evening With" this author, she read excerpts from her famous diary
Anais Nin
$1,600 [14]
In the sculpture seen here, this guy holds up Medusa's head
Perseus
Greg
DD $2,000 [4]
Epistemophobia would be bad news for a Jeopardy! contestant, as it's fear of this
knowledge
Jim
$1,600 [9]
Better-known name of the short-horned grasshopper
a locust
Jim
DD $1,500 [21]
This casino opened in 1966 was named for its owner's 4 daughters, not after members of royalty
the Four Queens
Al
$2,000 [26]
Married to bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman, she's a bestselling author, too
Faye Kellerman
$2,000 [15]
Seen here at the Louvre is the work known as "Nike" or the "Winged Victory of" this Aegean island
Samothrace
Jim
$2,000 [5]
Stay with me on this one; monophobia is the fear of this state
being alone
Greg
$2,000 [10]
A small, medicated candy meant to be dissolved in the mouth
a lozenge
Al
$1,600 [20]
With the 1989 opening of the Mirage, this casino mogul launched a new building boom
Steve Wynn
Al

Final Jeopardy!

18th CENTURY AMERICANS

He preached, "The God that holds you over the pit of Hell, much as one holds a spider... over the fire, abhors you"

Jonathan Edwards

Greg "Who is Jonathan Edwards?" — wagered $4,400
Jim "Who is Jonathan Edwards?" — wagered $1,601
Al "Who is Jonathan Edwards?" — wagered $5,501

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