Show #5236 2007-05-21 (taped 2007-02-20) Regular

Contestants

Vic Sawyer — a snowcoach driver and hotel manager from Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming and Montana

Allison Frisbee — a law student from Concord, New Hampshire

Martin Hughes — a sociology professor from Indiana, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,601)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Martin	$1,600	$3,800	$14,000	$14,400 2nd place: $2,000	$12,200 19 R (including 1 DD), 6 W
Allison	$0	$800	$4,800	$5,400 3rd place: $1,000	$5,800 10 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Vic	$4,400	$6,600	$14,200	$28,001 New champion: $28,001	$16,600 21 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

TERMS OF ENGINEERMENT	ONE-NAMED TV CHARACTERS	FIVE ABOUT TENN.	BOB'S YOUR UNCLE	ALL WE ARE "SAY"ING	GIVEWAR AND PEACEA CHANCE
$200 [1] It's a gated canal section in which water levels are raised & lowered locks Martin	$200 [6] Bob Denver said the first name of the title character on this sitcom, never revealed, would have been Willie Gilligan's Island Martin	$200 [11] The Coliseum is the home stadium of this pro football team the Tennessee Titans Martin Vic	$200 [21] In 1970 he began his newspaper career with the Montgomery Co. Sentinel, & in 1971 he joined the Washington Post Bob Woodward Vic	$200 [12] In the 1980s it was Nancy Reagan's 3-word advice to someone offered illegal drugs "Just say no" Martin	$200 [26] In Book 3 of "War and Peace", this city is famously abandoned & burned Moscow
$400 [2] Used extensively by the Romans, it's a bridge built to transport water, not people an aqueduct Vic	$400 [7] Just one more thing, sir: this L.A. detective's show premiered in 1971, but his first name wasn't actually "Lt." Columbo	$400 [13] Located in Memphis, this mansion is the second most-visited home in the U.S.; thank you very much Graceland Martin	$400 [22] If there's anything Bob Dole knows, it's that when Bob Dole was Senate majority leader, Bob Dole served for this state Kansas Allison	$400 [16] This type of legal evidence is unverified, unofficial & not part of one's direct knowledge hearsay Vic	$600 [28] Appropriately, Tolstoy wrote "War and Peace" in these 2 languages French & Russian Allison
$600 [3] The Golden Gate & the Brooklyn are steel-cabled examples of this type of bridge a suspension bridge Vic	$600 [8] Say hello to this evil postal worker played by Wayne Knight on "Seinfeld" Newman Martin	$600 [14] This music program based in Nashville is the USA's oldest continuous live radio program the Grand Ole Opry Vic	$600 [23] This former sitcom shrink got the Kennedy Center's 2002 Mark Twain Prize for his contribution to American humor Bob Newhart Martin	$600 [17] This popular children's game bearing a man's name tests your ability to follow directions Simon Says Vic	$800 [29] The novel opens at a party given by Anna Pavlova in this city, the capital at the time St. Petersburg Martin
$800 [4] When burned with oxygen, this gas, C2H2, burns so hot it can weld iron & cut steel acetylene Martin	$800 [9] You are about to enter the world of forensic medicine with this boat-dwelling coroner played by Jack Klugman Quincy Vic	$800 [15] One of the 3 instruments that appear with some sheet music on the back of Tennessee's state quarter a guitar (or a fiddle or a trumpet) Vic	$800 [24] In 1972 he choreographed "Pippin", & later, "Chicago"; now...jazz hands! Bob Fosse Allison	$800 [18] A person who professes to foretell the future; one warned of the ides of March a soothsayer Martin	DD $1,000 [27] In "War and Peace", this man is described as the Antichrist scourging Europe Napoleon Allison
$1,000 [5] In this type of well named for a region of France, groundwater rises to the surface under pressure from an aquifer an artesian well Vic	$1,000 [10] In 1987 this android, a Lt. Commander in Starfleet, began going where no android had gone before Data Martin	$1,000 [19] Instrumental in the development of the atomic bomb, this Tenn. city is the "Energy Capital of the World" Oak Ridge Vic	$1,000 [25] This ex-senator & governor of Nebraska served in the Navy & received the Medal of Honor Bob Kerrey Allison	$1,000 [20] Bring your ore nuggets down to this office in the Old West to see if they're really gold, pilgrim an assayer Martin	$1,000 [30] Real life figures in "War and Peace" include this man who was the czar from 1801 to 1825 Czar Alexander I Martin Allison

Double Jeopardy! Round

COMMUNICATION	HOT MOVIES	COUNTRIES' HIGHEST POINTS	MILITARY MATTERS	FORBES'CARS FOR THE RICH	ANAGRAMMED BIRDS
$400 [18] Dahalo, a language of Kenya, uses only one of these, like Amazon.com's online shopping technology a click	$400 [1] Norman Jewison asked Rod Steiger to chew gum, eventually 263 packs, as Police Chief Bill Gillespie in this 1967 film In the Heat of the Night Vic	$400 [6] Mount Meron in Galilee Israel Martin	$400 [11] The museum of this largest & oldest military academy in the U.S. houses tanks & other WWI memorabilia West Point Allison	$400 [26] Things get personal for personal computer mogul Michael Dell in a 2005 H2 from this manufacturer Hummer Allison	$400 [16] I'd pay to see a hare race this tall South American bird the rhea (for hare) Vic
$800 [19] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates that he is a man of letters.) By looking at its first few letters, you'll see the Russian alphabet is based largely on this much more ancient alphabet Greek Martin Allison	$800 [2] Hedy Lamarr sued Mel Brooks over the "use" of her name in this 1974 comedy & eventually settled out of court Blazing Saddles Martin	$800 [7] Mount Ararat Turkey Martin	$800 [12] Benedict Arnold finished his military career in this nation's army Great Britain Allison	$800 [27] Investor Warren Buffett drives one of these "urban" car models from Lincoln a Town Car Martin Vic	$800 [17] This arctic bird should rent a waterfront home tern (for rent) Martin
$1,200 [20] Police radio codes that start with this 2-digit number date back to the 1930s 10 Vic	$1,200 [3] Steve McQueen & Paul Newman did some of their own stunts in this 1974 special-effects extravaganza The Towering Inferno Vic	$1,600 [9] Pico Bolivar in Merida Venezuela Martin Allison	$1,200 [13] The world's most powerful military alliance takes its name from this ocean region the North Atlantic Vic	$1,600 [29] For Bill Gates, it computes to own 2 models, the 959 & the 911, from this manufacturer Porsche Martin	$1,200 [23] I'd like to greet this wading bird with a friendly hello egret (from greet) Vic
$1,600 [21] (Jon of the Clue Crew delivers a cryptic message.) Julius Caesar communicated with his generals using a code that shifted each letter a set distance down the alphabet--for instance, these letters spell "Jeopardy"; it's now called the "Caesar" this cipher Allison	$1,600 [4] This 1977 movie produced the second-best-selling soundtrack in movie history Saturday Night Fever Vic	$2,000 [10] Moldoveanu Romania	$1,600 [14] During WWII, the U.S. built a military base in this Ecuadorian island group to protect the Panama Canal the Galápagos Allison Vic	$2,000 [30] No stranger to the finer things in life, Saudi Prince Alwaleed Alsaud traverses the sands in this auto's Phantom Rolls-Royce	$1,600 [24] If you're in the lair of this slim bird, don't tell him he's as skinny as... rail (from lair) Vic
$2,000 [22] It can mean "speed", or a message or news story sent with speed a flash (or a dispatch) Martin	$2,000 [5] This 1981 dramatic film about Stone Age man won the Academy Award for Best Makeup Quest for Fire Martin	DD $3,000 [8] Ras Dashen, the fourth-highest mountain in Africa Ethiopia Martin	$2,000 [15] This term from the Japanese refers to the 3 military govts. that ruled Japan between 1192 & 1867 the Shogunate (the Shogun accepted) Martin	DD $2,400 [28] Put it together: IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad drives a 240 GL from this European auto company Volvo Vic	$2,000 [25] I wonder if I'd see this long-legged bird along the Rhone River heron (from Rhone) Vic

Final Jeopardy!

19th CENTURY INVENTORS

He wrote, "Isn't it the irony of fate that I have been prescribed nitroglycerin to be taken internally"

Alfred Nobel

Allison "Who is Nobel?" — wagered $600

Martin "Who is Alfred Nobel?" — wagered $400

Vic "Who was Nobel?" — wagered $13,801

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