Show #5187 2007-03-13 (taped 2006-12-12) Regular

Contestants

Tom Gort — a prosecutor from Winona, Minnesota

Pat Cantor — a professor of education from Concord, New Hampshire

Jennifer Gotcher — a homemaker from Costa Mesa, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $40,001)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jennifer	$600	$3,400	$14,200	$28,400 2-day champion: $68,401	$14,200 17 R, 2 W
Pat	$1,800	$2,200	$12,600	$23,200 2nd place: $2,000	$11,600 16 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Tom	$6,400	$8,600	$15,800	$18,401 3rd place: $1,000	$17,800 22 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

REAL MEN OF GENIUS	CARTOON FEMALES	COUPONS FOLKS MIGHT WANT	"P"LACES ON THE MAP	WOMEN'S FIRSTS	____ OF ____
$200 [16] Mr. Posthumous Tony-winning "Waste Land" poet T. S. Eliot Jennifer	$200 [1] This cartoon femaleseenheremade her debut in 1930--she's lookin' good Betty Boop Pat	$200 [26] 98% off trips on this airline that operates more than 3,700 flights a day? Talk about "the friendly skies"! United Pat	$200 [12] On the Liberty Bell, this state's name is missing one of its "N"s Pennsylvania Jennifer	$200 [7] Over 50 years after nursing soldiers in the Crimea, she became the first woman awarded the Brit. Order of Merit Florence Nightingale Tom	$200 [2] This astrological era is believed to bring increased harmony & spirituality on Earth the Age of Aquarius Pat
$400 [17] Dr. Polio-stopping Institute for Biological Studies founder (Jonas) Salk Pat	$400 [22] The cartoon femaleseenherewas often fought over by these two guys Popeye and Bluto Jennifer	$400 [27] Free gas for a month?! Oh, this Royal Dutch brand, how nice of you! Shell Oil	$400 [13] (Sarah of the Clue Crew overlooks a well-known cityscape.) In 1843 William Overton had to borrow 25 cents to file a land claim for what would become this largest Oregon city Portland Jennifer	$400 [8] In 1975, 22 years after Edmund Hillary achieved the feat, Junko Tabei became the first woman to reach its summit Mount Everest Pat	$600 [4] It ends, "We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor" the Declaration of Independence Tom
$600 [18] Herr Interchangeable letter printing inventor Gutenberg Jennifer	$600 [23] The sexy cartoon female seenherestarred in this innovative 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit Jennifer	$600 [28] No way! Free tuition for a year to this Mass. college that had its 370th anniversary in 2006? Bargain! Harvard Tom	$600 [14] Limpio, ah yes, a town you can clean up in, is a suburb of Asuncion in this country Paraguay Tom	$600 [9] In Nov. 1973 Rep. Yvonne Braithwaite of this "Golden State" became the first woman to give birth while in Congress California Tom	$800 [5] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows a map of the Pacific on the monitor.) 80% of energy released in earthquakes comes from the belt circling the Pacific called this for its volcanic activity the Ring of Fire Tom
$800 [19] Monsieur Polonium co-discoverer Pierre Curie Pat	$800 [24] During their heyday, this rocking trio had many mysterious adventures Josie & the Pussycats Tom	$800 [29] Buy this 26-time world champion MLB team, get a minor league team free? Call me "Big Stein", Jr.! the New York Yankees Tom	$800 [15] Thomas Jefferson didn't attend the Constitutional Convention; he was in this city Paris Tom	$800 [10] In 1941 this"Jezebel" actress became the first woman to serve as head of the Motion Picture Academy Bette Davis Tom	DD $1,000 [3] Some scholars believe that this play may have been based on a now-lost play called "The Jew" The Merchant of Venice Pat
$1,000 [20] Senor Spanish Baroque "Infanta Margarita in a Pink Dress" painter Diego Velázquez Pat Tom	$1,000 [25] Many men wouldn't have minded at all ifthis1970s cartoon female took a bite out of them Vampirella Jennifer	$1,000 [30] Nice deal! I'm using my 2-for-1 coupon & buying either an SL600 Roadster or E500 Sedan from this company Mercedes Jennifer	$1,000 [21] Home to Italy's second-oldest university, where Galileo & Fallopius taught Padua Jennifer Tom	$1,000 [11] In 1980 Kathleen Conley became the first female graduate of this Colorado Springs school, finishing 8th in her class the Air Force Academy Tom	$1,000 [6] Verdi said, "For abundance of real musical ideas, for comic verve", this Rossini work "is the finest opera buffa in existence" The Barber of Seville Tom

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC AMERICA	THE PEABODY AWARDS	LITERARY BROTHERS	ECONOMICS	I JUST SAW A GHOST!	"BOO"!
$400 [21] Read all about it: this Washington, D.C. landmark calls itself "the nation's oldest federal cultural institution" Library of Congress Tom	$400 [26] In 2005 this ABC law drama scored a Peabody in part because of... Denny Crane Boston Legal Pat	$400 [1] He was a teenager (& not yet a lord) when he wrote "Poems by Two Brothers" with his brothers Charles & Frederick Tennyson Jennifer Pat	$400 [16] In February 2002 this Argentine currency began floating, a sign the economy was sinking the peso Tom	$400 [11] Famous ghosts at this London location include Anne Boleyn, Sir Walter Raleigh & 2 young princes murdered here the Tower of London Tom	$400 [6] It's slang for liquor smugglers, from where they would often hide their hooch bootleggers Jennifer
$800 [22] July 4 is a red-letter day at this author's birthplace in Salem, Mass.; that's the day he was born in 1804 Nathaniel Hawthorne Pat	$800 [27] In 2005 a prize went to "American Masters: No Direction Home", a profile of this musician Bob Dylan Tom	$800 [2] The hit play "Victoria Regina" was the work of Laurence Housman, younger brother of this poet A.E. Housman Pat	$800 [17] Personal income minus taxes is DPI, this type of personal income disposable Jennifer	$800 [12] The "horror" that took place in the Lutz home in this N.Y. city included flying ghostly pigs & walls that oozed blood Amityville Tom	$800 [7] A city that grows rapidly due to prosperity a boomtown Jennifer
$1,200 [23] You'll find the Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum in this Kansas town, the first name in a famous railroad trio Atchison Tom	$1,200 [28] Baltimore reporter John Sherman won a Peabody for investigating pollution in this bay Chesapeake Bay Pat	$1,200 [3] Alec Waugh's first novel was "The Loom of Youth" in 1917; this brother's was "Decline and Fall" in 1928 Evelyn Waugh Pat	$1,200 [18] Iain Macleod coined this term for a distressing situation of a stagnant economy yet with rising prices stagflation Jennifer	$1,200 [13] England's Borley Rectory was said to be haunted by this type of woman who fell in love with a monk a nun Jennifer	$1,200 [8] Alternate term for business accounting bookkeeping Jennifer
DD $2,000 [24] A Natl. Historical Park & Preserve named for this pirate includes the site of the Battle of New Orleans Jean Lafitte Tom	$1,600 [29] Tim Russert was two years old when this NBC news program took an award in 1952 Meet the Press Tom	DD $2,000 [4] Last name of brothers William Michael & Dante Gabriel, co-founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood Rossetti Pat	$1,600 [19] Failure to minimize costs is called "X-inefficiency" & is often caused by lack of this, as in a monopoly competition Tom	$1,600 [14] "The Bell Witch" that haunted a Tennessee family in the 1800s is more properly described as one of these noisy ghosts a poltergeist Jennifer	$1,600 [9] Comes before cable or seat booster Pat
$2,000 [25] The ruins of Pu'ukohola Heiau, a temple built by this king, are a national historic site King Kamehameha Jennifer	$2,000 [30] A 2002 prize went to the PBS documentary "Bringing Down a Dictator", a look at this Serb (Slobodan) Milosevic Tom	$2,000 [5] He wrote "The Insect Play" with his brother & the robot play "R.U.R." by himself Karel Capek	$2,000 [20] This economist who died in 2006 developed the idea that the business cycle stems from the money supply Milton Friedman Jennifer	$2,000 [15] The ghost of this "Mad" general is said to ride a ghostly steed through Pennsylvania each New Year's Day "Mad Anthony" Wayne	$2,000 [10] Logical system of algebra created around 1854 that bears the name of its inventor Boolean logic Pat

Final Jeopardy!

HEALTH & MEDICINE

According to the Mayo Clinic, allergies to these are the USA's most common cause of life-threatening allergic reactions

peanuts

Pat "Whatareare peanuts?" — wagered $10,600

Jennifer "What are peanuts?" — wagered $14,200

Tom "What are peanuts?" — wagered $2,601

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