Show #5204 2007-04-05 (taped 2007-01-24) Regular

Contestants

Kelly Knight — a mystery novelist from Noblesville, Indiana

Ron Grant — a consulting company president from Greenville, South Carolina

Rita Schwab-Parcel — a clinical information support specialist from Sioux Falls, South Dakota (whose 1-day cash winnings total $37,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Rita $800 $4,400 $11,400 $1,400
2nd place: $2,000
$10,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Ron $600 $1,800 $10,600 $19,001
New champion: $19,001
$10,600
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Kelly $5,500 $7,100 $9,500 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$8,600
17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

MIGRATION CHERCHEZ LA FEMME PICTURE THIS ODE TO THE WEST WING "PAC" RATS GOING EMILY POST-AL
$200 [11]
The longest migration by this marine animal is the gray type's journey between Alaska & Mexico
whale
Rita
$200 [1]
Joey Heatherton, Joey Lawrence, Joey Fatone
Joey Heatherton
Kelly
$200 [5]
He's the popular '60s & '70s game show host seen here
Art Fleming
Rita
$200 [26]
'Twas 1909 when William Taft was first to haul / His bulk into thy hallowed space & see thy curving wall
Oval Office
Kelly
$200 [15]
Babar, Jumbo, et al.
pachyderms
Kelly
$200 [19]
If a woman is older or tends toward heavy, avoid wearing one of these to the beach, as it will be "a disaster"
bikini
Rita
$400 [12]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports in front of an image of the globe.) These birds may cover 14,000 miles in one migration - their return north in warm water led to the proverb "One of" them "does not make a summer"
swallow
Ron Kelly
$400 [2]
Parker Stevenson, Parker Posey, Parker Pyne
Parker Posey
Kelly
$400 [6]
Alphanumeric name of the fearsome machine seen here
B-52
Ron
$400 [27]
The presence of the No. 2 man seems to cast a glow / within thy precincts, room with the initials V.P.O.
Vice President's Office
Ron
$400 [16]
If a jury is this, they're brought together unfairly or corruptly
packed
Rita
$400 [20]
Corn served this way is not for formal company, but if it's served to you, eat it as quietly as possible
corn-on-the-cob
Rita
$800 [14]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports in front of a map of the United States.) For these insects, autumn is a time to congregate in Michoacan, Mexico, where they're a major eco-tourist attraction
monarch butterflies
Ron
$600 [3]
Michael Kidd, Michael Gross, Michael Learned
Michael Learned
Rita
$600 [7]
I say, I say, he's the blabberbeak seen here, son
Foghorn Leghorn
Rita
$600 [28]
What man, what staff would dare hold conference / In thee, O room named for 2 presidents
Roosevelt Room
$600 [17]
Einstein espoused this political philosophy during WWI but later urged Europe to arm against the Nazis
pacifism
Rita
$600 [21]
Emily Post recommends "thirty-nine & holding" as an acceptable answer when asked this rude question
"How old are you?"
Kelly
$1,000 [18]
In May or June the "Great Migration" of wildebeest begins, from Kenya to this Tanzanian national park
the Serengeti
$800 [4]
Joyce Hall, Joyce Kilmer, Joyce DeWitt
Joyce DeWitt
Ron
$800 [8]
Depictedherein 1805 during his last battle is this great British national hero
Admiral (Horatio) Nelson
Rita Kelly
$800 [29]
2006 brought renovation, only temporary / To thee, press briefing room named for a shot press secretary
James Brady
Kelly
$800 [24]
This Japanese pinball game is played vertically
pachinko
$800 [22]
For the most formal dinner parties, candles should be brand new & of this color
white
Ron
DD $1,500 [13]
Fraser River, where some of them go to spawn, gives its name to a type of this fish
salmon
Kelly
$1,000 [10]
Morgan Freeman, Morgan Brittany, Morgan Paull
Morgan Brittany
Kelly
$1,000 [9]
It's the European capital city seenherein November 1956
Budapest
Ron Kelly
$1,000 [30]
Contentious meetings yield a mad cacophony / Within you, room with your grand table of mahogany
The Cabinet Room
$1,000 [25]
The sinoatrial node of the heart, or an example setter
pacemaker
Rita
$1,000 [23]
10:30 or 11:00 PM is an appropriate time when setting one of these for your 13-year-old
curfew
Rita

Double Jeopardy! Round

SPANISH HISTORY GEOGRAPHIC FILM & TV THE 800 NUMBER IS... SCIENCE FICTION WORLD CAPITALS SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER
$400 [13]
On July 17, 1936 he led an army mutiny in Spanish Morocco; thus began his rise to power
Francisco Franco
Ron
$400 [9]
Title destination of Mr. Smith, Billy Jack & The Happy Hooker
Washington
Ron
$400 [21]
For lodging at any of 850 locations, dial 800-4MOTEL this digit
6
Rita
$400 [6]
His 1964 collection "The Rest of the Robots" included "The Caves of Steel" & "The Naked Sun"
Isaac Asimov
Ron
$400 [1]
A Caribbean nation: Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Ron Kelly
$400 [16]
According to a song, it's when "all my troubles seemed so far away"
yesterday
Rita
$800 [25]
The War of the Spanish Succession consolidated the rule in Spain of Philip V of this French family
Bourbons
Kelly
$800 [10]
We saw "The Muppets Take" it in 1984; Jason, in Part VIII of "Friday the 13th", wrested control of it in 1989
Manhattan
Kelly
$800 [22]
You can get all set up with merchandise from the U.S. Chess Federation at 800-388-this piece (5464)
KING
Kelly
$800 [7]
He wrote 5 sequels to "Dune", including "Dune Messiah" & "Children of Dune"
Frank Herbert
Kelly
$800 [2]
A European republic: Sofia
Bulgaria
Kelly
$800 [17]
A man wears a boutonniere in the buttonhole of this coat part
lapel
Rita
$1,200 [26]
In 1587 this British circumnavigator raided the Spanish port of Cadiz & destroyed about 30 ships
Sir Francis Drake
Ron Kelly
$1,200 [12]
Susan Lucci went prime-time as Sheila Foley on this soap, whose leading man was described as "that human oil slick"
Dallas
Rita
$1,200 [24]
For shipping, you can call 800-PICK-UPS or try its competitor at 800-GO-this
FedEx
Rita
$1,200 [8]
This "Candide" author's 1752 work "Micromegas" was an early story of visitors from other planets
Voltaire
Ron
$1,200 [3]
A Himalayan kingdom: Thimphu
Bhutan
Ron
$1,200 [18]
It's a 10-letter word for an ornamental article or trinket
knickknack
$1,600 [27]
In 1704 the British captured this outpost from Spain & made it a crown colony; Spain has sought its return since
Gibraltar
Ron
$1,600 [14]
Appropriately (unfortunately), Steve Martin gets in his car to drive next door in this 1991 film
L.A. Story
Kelly
$1,600 [11]
Edgar Rice Burroughs placed the land of Pellucidar at the Earth's core & sent this title guy there once
Tarzan
Ron
$1,600 [4]
Bordering the Caspian Sea: Baku
Azerbaijan
Ron Kelly
$1,600 [19]
This word for a feeling of great fear or terror comes from the old High German for "to fear"
dread
DD $2,000 [28]
Authorized by the Pope in 1478, this tribunal didn't end for good until 1834
the Spanish Inquisition
Ron
$2,000 [15]
The fact that "This is not a good town for psychedelic drugs" doesn't stop the main character in this 1998 film
Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas
$2,000 [23]
Genly Ai is an emissary to the planet Winter in Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Left Hand of" this
Darkness
$2,000 [5]
A relatively new country: Dili
East Timor
DD $3,000 [20]
One of Pakistan's official languages, it was derived from Hindustani
Urdu
Rita

Final Jeopardy!

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

It was the last presidential election year when there was no sitting president or VP on the national ballot

1952

Kelly "What is 1968?" — wagered $9,500
Ron "What is 1952" — wagered $8,401
Rita "What is1968196419[illegible]" — wagered $10,000

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