Show #5150 2007-01-19 (taped 2006-11-14) Regular

Contestants

Jeremy Walker — a student from Mount Juliet, Tennessee

Jason Aucker — a milk plant lab technician from Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania

Linda Schildkraut — an art historian from Bayside, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,601)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Linda $2,800 $2,600 $14,601 $29,201
2-day champion: $57,802
$12,200
13 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Jason $2,000 $5,800 $14,600 $10
3rd place: $1,000
$14,600
21 R, 3 W
Jeremy $1,200 $5,800 $13,400 $25,799
2nd place: $2,000
$13,200
18 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

COLONIAL AMERICA DISNEY MOVIES BY CHARACTER HOWARD'S END FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME THAT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS BUZZ "OFF"!
$200 [8]
David Rittenhouse invented a device in 1767 showing the positions of several of these in the solar system
planets
Jeremy
$200 [6]
1940:Jiminy Cricket
Pinocchio
Jason
$200 [17]
Upon leaving the White House, this president with the middle name Howard told his successor, "I'm glad to be going"
Taft
Jeremy
$200 [16]
The first movie close-up was of Fred Ott sneezing & was filmed in this man's West Orange, N.J. studio
Edison
Linda
$200 [26]
Gordon Bowker, who helped found this chain in 1971, wanted to call it Pequod
Starbucks
$200 [1]
In football, the defense commits this violation by crossing the line of scrimmage before the ball is snapped
offsides
Jason
$400 [9]
There were 3 types of colonies in America: corporate, proprietary & this one controlled by the British king
royal
Linda
$400 [7]
1995:"Woody"
Toy Story
Jeremy
$400 [18]
For $500 million, this comedian got Sirius & ended his terrestrial radio career
Howard Stern
Jeremy
$400 [22]
The first of these came out in 1959 & was named for Barbara Handler
the Barbie doll
Jason
$400 [27]
This fish-canning business famous for its mermaid is now owned by a Thai company
Chicken of the Sea
Linda
$400 [2]
A lateral stem from the main branch of a plant
an offshoot
Jason
$600 [10]
In 1721 Dr. Zabdiel Boylston gave the first inoculations in America against this disease
smallpox
Jeremy
$600 [13]
1994:Scar
The Lion King
Jason
$600 [19]
At the end of the day, you can bunk at one of this chain's more than 400 hotels in 18 countries
Howard Johnson
Jeremy
$600 [23]
The first of these was by Aleksey Leonov in 1965 & took 12 minutes, 9 seconds; he was attached to a 16-foot cord
a spacewalk
Jeremy
$600 [28]
Enhancing business ventures, the first money transfers by telegraph were done by this company in 1871
Western Union
Jason
$600 [3]
To serve as the main priest at a religious service
officiate
Linda
$800 [11]
In 1765 the Colonists burned Cadwallader Colden in effigy because he tried to administer & enforce this "act"
the Stamp Act
Linda
$800 [14]
1942:Thumper
Bambi
Jason
$800 [20]
Reports have this billionaire's fingernails ending somewhere between 2 to 12 inches in length, at their peak
Howard Hughes
Jeremy
DD $1,000 [24]
In 1752 the first lightning conductors were installed on public buildings in this city
Philadelphia
Jeremy
$800 [29]
Last name of a businessman George, who bought the rights to a game called Monopoly in the 1930s
Parker
Jason
$800 [4]
Not only Orpheus but also Jupiter pursues Eurydice into the underworld in this composer's 1858 work
Offenbach
Jason
$1,000 [12]
Lawbreakers were often punished by this 7-letter device that locked the head & arms between 2 wooden boards
the pillory
Jason
$1,000 [15]
1955:Jock
Lady And The Tramp
$1,000 [21]
This failed 2004 presidential candidate once got an "A" rating from the NRA
Howard Dean
Jason
$1,000 [25]
The first record of fireworks on this British man's infamous "day" came in 1660 & was mentioned in Pepys' Diary
Guy Fawkes
Jeremy
$1,000 [30]
The first practical typewriter was manufactured in the 1870s by this famous gun-making company
Remington
Jason
$1,000 [5]
The Village Voice sponsors the Obies for these productions
Off-Broadway
Linda

Double Jeopardy! Round

MARINE LIFE FAMOUS JEWISH ATHLETES AMERICAN ISLANDS FICTION, POLITICAL STYLE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL -ISH
$400 [24]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew Reports from Catalina Island.) The tiny pinchers that keep starfish free of algae are calledpedicellaria, from the Latin for this body part
the foot
Jeremy
$400 [9]
U.S. national figure skating champion Sasha Cohen took silver at the 2006 Winter Olympics in this city
Torino
Jeremy
$400 [14]
The United States Pacific Fleet is headquartered at Pearl Harbor on this most populous of the Hawaiian islands
Oahu
Jason
$400 [19]
His "Hornet's Nest" was said to have "stunningly salty language that probably would have delighted Miss Lillian"
Jimmy Carter
$400 [6]
The ground controller hands off to the local controller when your plane is ready for this part of the flight
the takeoff
Jason
$400 [1]
To put an end to, often used in terms of slavery
abolish
Linda
$800 [25]
As the Beagle sailed through the Strait of Magellan, Darwin noted the forests of this under the water
kelp
Jason Jeremy
$800 [10]
Fighting in the great arenas of Latin America, Sidney Frumkin was the first successful American one
a bullfighter
Linda
$800 [15]
Isle Royale in this Great Lake is the source of a green stone called chlorastrolite, Michigan's state gem
Lake Superior
Linda
$800 [20]
Mid-interview, Stephen Colbert read aloud steamy passages of this "pugilistic" Calif. senator's "A Time to Run"
Barbara Boxer
Jason
$800 [7]
Planes are monitored by radar & radio, & from the VCR, short for this "control room"
visual
$800 [2]
Excruciating suffering or pain
anguish
Jason
$1,200 [26]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Catalina Island.) When anoctopusfeeds on crab, it punctures the shell with one of these avian tools, injecting a poison & liquifying the meat
the beak
Jeremy
$1,200 [11]
Sanford was the real first name of this 1963 National League MVP
Sandy Koufax
Jeremy
$1,600 [17]
The Chamorro language is native to this U.S. territory, the largest of the Mariana Islands
Guam
Jason
$1,200 [21]
In 2004's "Those Who Tresspass", this Fox "Factor" man penned, "Okay, Shannon Michaels, off with those pants"
Bill O'Reilly
Jeremy
$1,200 [8]
Control begins with aflight progress stripthat contains all of a plane's data, including this
the model of the plane
Linda Jeremy
$1,200 [3]
To expel from a place or condemn to exile
banish
Jason Jeremy
$1,600 [27]
When it's in a sea "pickle", this creature of class Holothuroidea may eject its organs as a decoy for predators
a sea cucumber
Jeremy
$1,600 [12]
In 1933 Max Baer wore a star of David on his boxing trunks when he beat this German champion
Schmeling
Jason
$2,000 [18]
Home to a huge carnivore, this Alaskan island was discovered in 1763 by fur trader Stephan Glotov
Kodiak
Linda
$1,600 [22]
One reviewer compared parts of this ex-VP Chief of Staff's 1996 novel "The Apprentice" to Penthouse Forum
Scooter Libby
$1,600 [29]
Controllers tell pilots of changes in the weather, like this condition of an abrupt shift in the wind
shear
Linda
$1,600 [4]
A glossy transparent coating, or what the Brits call nail polish
varnish
Jason
$2,000 [28]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Catalina Island.) The inner cavities of sea urchins contain 5 sets ofinvertebrate eggs, known by this 3-letter name
roe
Jason
$2,000 [13]
When competing in this pro sport, Scott Levy is better known by his ring name, Raven
wrestling
Linda
DD $2,400 [16]
Tottenville on this island southwest of Manhattan is New York state's southernmost point
Staten Island
Linda
$2,000 [23]
Bizarrely, her 1981 novel "Sisters" has a Republican VP's heart giving out during an intimate time with his mistress
Lynne Cheney
Jason
DD $3,201 [30]
The "blip" on an FAA radar screen is the signal that identifies an aircraft's call sign & these 2 numerical values
altitude and speed
Linda
$2,000 [5]
Treat as dear, or a 1966 hit by The Association
cherish
Jason

Final Jeopardy!

WORD ORIGINS

Well known to "Jeopardy!" fans, this 10-letter word originally meant a stew of many different ingredients

hodgepodge

Jeremy "What is hodgepodge" — wagered $12,399
Jason "What is potpourri" — wagered $14,590
Linda "WHAT is hodgepodge?" — wagered $14,600

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