Show #5198 2007-03-28 (taped 2007-01-23) Regular

Doug Hicton game 4.

Contestants

Samantha Ross — a student from Hillsdale, New Jersey

Brendan Pimper — an engineer and student from La Habra, California

Doug Hicton — a composer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada (whose 3-day cash winnings total $84,900)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Doug	$1,800	$6,400	$20,600	$799 2nd place: $2,000	$14,400 17 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Brendan	$2,400	$7,000	$20,200	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$20,200 27 R, 2 W
Samantha	$2,200	$3,600	$7,000	$14,000 New champion: $14,000	$5,200 10 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

JUST ONE OF THE 2...	STATE TREES	ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS	SYMBOLIC STOCKS	DIRECTIONAL DIVERSIONS	INITIALLY BEFORE & AFTER
$200 [11] wives of Napoleon Josephine Brendan	$200 [16] The scarlet carnation is the state flower; the buckeye is its tree Ohio Brendan	$200 [1] He became the first African American to win Best Song when his "Theme From Shaft" won the 1971 Oscar Isaac Hayes Brendan	$200 [26] NKE:This company sent the competition running with its Air & Shox products Nike Brendan	$200 [6] Steinbeck shows sadness in Salinas:"____ of Eden" East Doug	$200 [21] This outbreak prevention agency & broadcaster wows 'em with the "Late Show with David Letterman" CDCBS Brendan
$400 [12] states that joined the Union in 1912 Arizona Doug	$400 [17] Tree cheers for the Black Hills spruce, this state's choice South Dakota Doug	$400 [2] At the 1998 Golden Globes, it was "As Good As It Gets" when he won the Best Actor award Jack Nicholson Brendan	$400 [27] JNJ:You'll have no more tears with this company Johnson & Johnson Doug	$400 [7] 1948 Pulitzer winner for Michener:"Tales of the ____ Pacific" South Brendan	$400 [22] End-of-the-work-week acronym who won an Oscar as Salieri TGIF. Murray Abraham Brendan
$600 [13] cities that the NBA's Hornets called home in the 2005-06 season New Orleans Doug Samantha	$800 [19] The candlenut tree, or kukui, is this state's pick Hawaii Doug	$600 [3] (Hi, I'm Bebe Neuwirth.) I won 2 Emmy Awards for playing this wife of Frasier Crane on "Cheers" & later played his then ex-wife on "Frasier" receiving another nomination Lilith Brendan	$600 [28] ERTS:The game is on for this company if you're "Madden" got the "Need for Speed" Electronic Arts Samantha	$600 [8] Percy Bysshe Shelley:"Ode to the ____ Wind" West Brendan	$600 [23] This cadet academy in the Shenandoah Valley produced the architect who made the Louvre's glass pyramid VMI.M. Pei Brendan
$800 [14] cities destroyed by Mount Vesuvius along with Stabiae Pompeii Samantha	$1,000 [20] Montana's tree is this type of pine; "Bonanza" men called it home ponderosa Brendan	$800 [4] Named Best New Artist at the 1988 Grammys, she also won Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Fast Car" Tracy Chapman Samantha	$800 [29] MVL:This company may be full of comics, but the X-Men are no joke Marvel Samantha	$800 [9] Shared title of 2 tales, one by John Jakes & one by Elizabeth Gaskell:"____ and ____" North and South Doug	$800 [24] Ergot mold '60s hallucinogen that authored "Sons and Lovers" & "The Rainbow" LSD.H. Lawrence Doug
$1,000 [15] movies in which Clark Gable starred that won consecutive Best Picture Oscars in the mid-1930s It Happened One Night Doug	DD $2,200 [18] Pennsylvania's tree is the Eastern this; run, Socrates, run! hemlock Doug	$1,000 [5] This NBC sitcom starring Jason Lee was named Best New TV Comedy at the 2006 People's Choice Awards My Name Is Earl Brendan	$1,000 [30] WFMI:If you want to go organic, go to this supermarket Whole Foods Brendan	$1,000 [10] Robert Frost's 1914 collection:"____ of Boston" North Brendan	$1,000 [25] American Federation of Labor partner & short story writer whose real name is William Sydney Porter CIO. Henry Brendan

Double Jeopardy! Round

NOW NAME THE OTHER...	"C" POTPOURRI	THE WILD & WOOLLY 1800s	2-LETTER RESPONSES	JEFF	FIJI
$400 [21] wife of Napoleon Marie-Louise Doug	$400 [1] A document establishing an organization, or a type of specialized flight a charter Brendan	$400 [30] In October 1870 French minister Leon Gambetta made a daring escape from besieged Paris in one of these a balloon Doug	$400 [6] Your desktop or laptop PC Samantha	$400 [11] You might be a redneck if you know this comic worked at IBM for 5 years; yeah, those are better when he tells 'em (Jeff) Foxworthy Samantha	$400 [16] (Jeff Probst reads from a Fiji Islands beach.) A traditional Fijian art is making tapa, a cloth that's produced by pounding this tree part bark Brendan
$800 [22] state that joined the Union in 1912 New Mexico Doug	$800 [2] The company called Jennifer these doesn't sell sports cars but sofa beds Convertibles Samantha	$1,200 [26] Rudolf, heir to this dual throne, died in a suicide pact at Mayerling in 1889 Austria-Hungary Doug	$800 [7] It's someone who presides over an event or who acts as host of a performance an MC Brendan	$800 [12] This Jeff & his brother played brothers in "The Fabulous Baker Boys" Bridges Brendan	$800 [17] (Jeff Probst reads again.) In 1774 this British explorer visited Totoya, one of Fiji's southern islands Cook Samantha
$1,200 [23] city that the NBA's Hornets called home in the 2005-06 season Oklahoma City	$1,200 [3] A parliamentary motion to test support for the government is a vote of this; if the gov't loses, a vote of "no" this confidence Brendan	$1,600 [27] In 1882 Lawyer Samuel Dodd found that to control companies in several states, Standard Oil could form these monopolies (or trusts) Doug	$1,200 [8] High school students can earn college credit by taking this type of course & passing the exam AP Brendan	$1,200 [13] Jeff Townes was known as this when he & Will Smith had a hit with "Summertime" DJ Jazzy Jeff Brendan	$1,600 [19] (Jeff reads yet one more time.) While we've been here in Fiji the government has not survived & has been overthrown in a coup in this capital city Suva Doug
$1,600 [24] city destroyed by Mount Vesuvius along with Stabiae Herculaneum Doug	$1,600 [4] Ian Fleming wrote, "Once is happenstance, twice is" this. "The third time it's enemy action" coincidence Brendan	$2,000 [28] Formed in the 1820s amidst fears of a secretive order, it was the first major third political party in U.S. history the Anti-Masonic Party Samantha	$1,600 [9] This "timely" abbreviation is from the Latin for "Year of the Lord" A.D. Brendan	$1,600 [14] Political pundit & author of "The People's Choice" seen here Jeff Greenfield	$2,000 [20] (Jeff reads one last time.) Culturally, Fiji is part of this island group, whose name is partly from the Greek for "black" Melanesia Doug
$2,000 [25] movie in which Clark Gable starred that won consecutive Best Picture Oscars in the mid-1930s Mutiny on the Bounty Brendan	$2,000 [5] A barrow is a pig that's had certain involuntary surgery; a gelding is the equivalent horse, & this is the rooster a capon Brendan	DD $5,400 [29] France got this territory back in 1800 & turned around & sold it to the U.S. a few years later Louisiana Doug	$2,000 [10] In 1944 Congress passed the first one of these bills to provide education for war veterans G.I. Brendan	$2,000 [15] In 1817 Francis Jeffrey coined this geographic term that refers to Southey, Coleridge & Wordsworth the Lake Poets Brendan	DD $3,000 [18] (Jeff reads yet again.) Fiji's flag includes a depiction of this other national flag; makes sense--Fiji was a Crown colony from 1874 to 1970 the Union Jack (the UK accepted) Samantha

Final Jeopardy!

LITERARY FIGURES

Bono, Jim Sheridan & Liam Neeson were featured in a 2004 documentary honoring the 150th anniversary of the birth of this man

Oscar Wilde

Samantha "Who was Wilde?" — wagered $7,000

Brendan "Who is Twain?" — wagered $20,200

Doug "Who was G.B. Shaw?" — wagered $19,801

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