Show #5238 2007-05-23 (taped 2007-02-20) Regular

Contestants

Joe Pozzuoli — a lawyer from Mount Vernon, New York

Susan Wessells — a writer from Greensboro, North Carolina

James Clark — a graduate assistant from Monroeville, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,199)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
James $3,400 $5,800 $15,500 $17,202
2-day champion: $42,401
$17,000
22 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Susan $1,800 $5,200 $6,000 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$6,000
15 R, 4 W
Joe $-400 $600 $8,600 $14,600
2nd place: $2,000
$7,600
11 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

LOOK! UP IN THE SKY! IT'S A BIRD! IT'S A PLANE! SUPERMAN THE MAN OF STEEL
$200 [2]
It's time for you to name this timepiece, squire
Big Ben
Susan
$200 [15]
Ye gods, it's this outer planet seen here
Neptune
Joe
$200 [21]
On New Zealand's Stewart Island you'll find tuis, pipits, kakas & shags, but it's "the home of" this national bird
a kiwi
Joe
$200 [1]
In a numerical sense, naught, zip, nada
zero
Susan
$200 [5]
He played Jesse James in 1943's "The Kansan" before donning the cape of Superman on TV in the 1950s
George Reeves
Susan
$200 [4]
In 1942 Philip Murray became the first President of the U.S.A., this labor union
United Steelworkers of America
James
$400 [3]
The life & music of this legendcontinue to shine
Ray Charles
James
$400 [16]
Something to reflect on--it runs on batteries, is about the size of a bus & circles the Earth every 97 minutes
the Hubble Space Telescope
Joe
$400 [24]
For the blue-backed manakin, this ritual begins with a duet sung by 2 birds--a dominant male & his wingman
a mating ritual
Susan
$400 [14]
2-syllable social wasp of the family Vespidae
hornet
$400 [6]
(Hi, I'm Michael McKean.)My guest appearance as Perry White made this show successful; my wife, Annette O'O'O'O'O'O'O'O'Toolemaylsoaveelped
Smallville
James Susan
$400 [10]
Harry Brearly developed this steel after noticing the anti-corrosion properties of high chromium steel
stainless steel
Susan
$600 [22]
Middle name of the mug-shot man seen here
Harvey
James
$600 [17]
In September 2006 it was reduced to a number--number 134340 in the catalog of minor planets
Pluto
James
$600 [25]
If you see the rock species of this urban bird on a ledge, don't try to talk it down; it may just be building a nest
a pigeon
Joe
$600 [18]
Songs by this band include "Vertigo" & "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
U2
James
$600 [7]
In "Superman III" this comedian uses the "Salami Technique" to steal tiny sums of money from many bank accounts
Richard Pryor
James
$600 [11]
Anarchist Alexander Berkman tried to kill this steel magnate for whom a NYC museum is now named
Henry Clay Frick
Susan Joe
$800 [23]
The legend seenheremost famously played this sport
soccer
James
DD $1,000 [27]
The 2 brightest stars in this constellation are Castor & Pollux
Gemini
Joe
$800 [29]
Like a type of shark, the bird seenhereis named for its resemblance to this tool
a hammer
Joe
$800 [19]
The French know that this optical phenomenon can be seen not only in the desert but also at sea
a mirage
James
$800 [8]
Kate Bosworth was Lois Lane in this 2006 man of steel movie
Superman Returns
James
$800 [12]
This Brit's steel-making "process" was a result of his interest in improving gun construction
Bessemer
James
$1,000 [26]
The vast reaches of this country encompass desert lands as well as rain forests
Sudan
James
$1,000 [28]
Usually reaching its peak on August 12, it's been called the "Old Faithful" of meteor showers
a perseid
Susan
$1,000 [30]
The tawny species of this bird can see prey by the light of one candle 500 yards away
the owl
Susan
$1,000 [20]
Not necessarily a "menace", it's a specter or ghost, or something illusory
a phantom
Susan
$1,000 [9]
1978's "Superman" was scripted by this New York author famous for mafia tomes
Mario Puzo
Susan
$1,000 [13]
In 1901 this Chicago lawyer for whom a nearby Indiana city is named helped organize the U.S. Steel Corporation
(Elbert) Gary
James

Double Jeopardy! Round

AUTHORS WHO'S THE MRS.? CIRCUS TALK GHANA IN 60 SECONDS AMERICAN POLITICAL IDOL "WORD" PLAY
$400 [15]
Before writing his classic novel, he spent 2 years with a group of Oklahoma farmers journeying to California
Steinbeck
James
$400 [21]
Mrs. Ashton Kutcher
Demi Moore
James
$400 [14]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew clowns around.) Clowns are masters of this look of reaction for the benefit of the audience; especially adouble one
a double take
Susan
$400 [8]
President Ford named this former child star the U.S. Ambassador to Ghana in 1974
(Shirley) Temple (Black)
James
$400 [1]
In 1804 this guy killed a political foe with one shot in New Jersey... You're the V.P., not Tony Soprano! Act like it!
Aaron Burr
Susan
$400 [2]
At the turn of the 19th century, he penned the sonnet "The World Is Too Much With Us"
(William) Wordsworth
Joe
$800 [16]
This author's work as a private detective with Pinkerton lent authenticity to "The Maltese Falcon"
(Dashiell) Hammett
James
$800 [22]
Mrs. Garth Brooks
(Trisha) Yearwood
James
$800 [20]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands next to a juggler.)Because of the way the balls go up the middle & down the side, a common juggling pattern has this watery name that reminds us of a Northwest mountain range
cascade
James
$800 [9]
This is Ghana's official language
English
Susan
$800 [3]
As a 19th century "boss" he plundered NYC of sums estimated at between $30-200 million...what a dreadful performance
(Boss) Tweed
Susan
$800 [4]
A concluding section or statement at the end of a book that's separate from the main text
the afterword
Susan
$1,200 [17]
He wrote comic book stories for "Captain America" & "Captain Marvel" before hitting it big with "I, the Jury"
Mickey Spillane
Joe
$1,200 [23]
Mrs. Antonio Banderas
(Melanie) Griffith
James
$1,200 [26]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew watches the juggler play.) To us it's a structure at the end of an animal's limb; to a juggler it's a downward movement to catch an object
a claw
Susan
$1,200 [10]
So far, he's the only U.N. Secretary-General from Ghana
(Kofi) Annan
James
$1,200 [6]
That March 4, 1841 inaugural address in cold drizzle took about 2 hours; mark my words, it'll be the death of him
William Henry Harrison
Joe
$1,200 [5]
Hyphenated term for the process by which rumors & informal movie reviews are spread
word-of-mouth
Susan Joe
$1,600 [18]
Her major works, including "The Age of Innocence", were written while living in France, where she moved in 1907
Edith Wharton
Susan
$1,600 [24]
Mrs. David Duchovny
(Téa) Leoni
James
$1,600 [27]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew watches people hanging around.) As the trapeze was invented in France, the catcher is sometimes called "porteur" & this person in atrickis called "voltigeur"
the flyer
Joe
$1,600 [11]
One of the 3 African countries that Ghana borders
(1 of) Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Togo
DD $1,500 [12]
The Whiskey Ring scandal & William Belknap, his Sec. of War, impeached? No wonder this Republican didn't get a third term!
Ulysses Grant
James
$1,600 [29]
A word that leads you to useful results in an Internet search
the keyword
Joe
$2,000 [19]
In the 1930s this author of "Marjorie Morningstar" was a writer for comedian Fred Allen
(Herman) Wouk
James
$2,000 [25]
Mrs. Christopher Guest
Jamie Lee Curtis
$2,000 [28]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew watches a balancing act.) Wire walking includes the highwire, the tightrope & this one that many people think is most difficult because any shaking is magnified
slackrope walking
$2,000 [13]
Ghana is located in West Africa on this gulf that bears the name of another African country
Gulf of Guinea
$1,600 [7]
I have the 1860 election results... this Ill. Democrat & orator who ran against Lincoln... you're going home tonight
(Stephen) Douglas
James
DD $4,000 [30]
Psychological "test" of verbal stimuli given to induce revelatory verbal responses
word association
Joe

Final Jeopardy!

MNEMONIC DEVICES

A traditional mnemonic device for remembering these begins, "Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee, Harry, Dick, John, Harry Three"

English monarchs

Susan "What are the elemenl" — wagered $6,000
Joe "What are Kings of England?" — wagered $6,000
James "What are kings of England?" — wagered $1,702

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