Show #5240 2007-05-25 (taped 2007-02-20) Regular

Mehrun Etebari game 2.

Contestants

Lisa Cope — a homemaker from Cincinnati, Ohio

Keith VanDen Heuvel — a corporate market analyst from Green Bay, Wisconsin

Mehrun Etebari — a grad student from Durham, New Hampshire (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,900)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Mehrun $3,400 $8,400 $18,400 $10,500
2-day champion: $28,400
$25,000
31 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 2 DDs)
Keith $2,000 $3,200 $4,400 $3,599
2nd place: $2,000
$4,400
9 R, 4 W
Lisa $1,800 $4,800 $5,200 $1,599
3rd place: $1,000
$5,200
14 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

SHAKESPEARE'S CHARACTERS TED DANSON THE NIGHT AWAY HAVE SOME "T" NATIONAL RHYME TIME THIS MAY SURPRISE YOU I'M NOT WEARING ANY PANTS
$200 [26]
After killing Duncan, he tells his wife, "I have done the deed"
Macbeth
Lisa
$200 [21]
The last line Ted Danson delivered as the star of this NBC show was "Sorry, we're closed"
Cheers
Mehrun
$200 [14]
I didn't just fall off a truck of these globe-shaped veggies with purple tops, you know--but have some anyway
a turnip
Lisa
$200 [1]
An unmarried young woman from Bern
a Swiss miss
Mehrun
$200 [11]
On June 25, 1876 this leader & his 650 men expected to find a few Indian warriors; surprise! There were over 2,000
(George) Custer
Mehrun
$200 [5]
On Sept. 8, 1504 this Michelangelo statue was completed, in all his glory
David
Keith
$400 [27]
Cobweb & Moth are 2 of these beings in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
fairies
Lisa
$400 [22]
In 1994 Ted was "home alone" with this star who was "getting even with Dad" as son Timmy
(Macaulay) Culkin
Mehrun
$400 [15]
Pass the oil made from these fancy fungi; I splurged & bought the black & the white types
truffles
Keith
$400 [2]
A live animal park in Lima
a zoo Peru (or Peru zoo)
Keith
$400 [13]
On March 29, 1952 he surprised Democratic leaders by saying he would not seek re-election
Truman
Lisa
$400 [6]
Annie Leibovitz' Dec. 8, 1980 photo of this naked man lying next to his clothed wife was taken on the last day of his life
John Lennon
Lisa
$600 [28]
Brabantio, Desdemona's father, asks this aide to Othello, "What profane wretch art thou?"
Iago
Keith
DD $400 [25]
In 1998, Danson was WWII Capt. Fred Hamill as Tom Hanks attempted this film title feat
Saving Private Ryan
Mehrun
$600 [19]
Hope you can "stomach" this variety meat; I'm serving it the classic French way, a la mode de Caen
tripe
Lisa
$600 [3]
A Havana horn
a Cuba tuba
Mehrun
$600 [16]
John Man, author of "Gobi: Tracking the Desert", says that, surprisingly, it's the safest season to visit
the summer
Keith
$600 [7]
Among the hundreds of paintings by this Dutch master is the nude "Bathsheba at the Bath"
Rembrandt
Mehrun
$800 [29]
This tragic & foolish king's last words are "Do you see this? Look on her! Look--her lips! Look there!"
King Lear
Mehrun
$600 [23]
In 1995 Ted guest-starred with an old friend on this sitcom in the episode titled "The Show Where Sam Shows Up"
Frasier
Mehrun
$800 [18]
Instead of making the wet land type of this Polynesian tuber into poi, I've used the dry land type to make chips--have some!
taro
Lisa
$800 [4]
Central American ricotta
Belize cheese
Lisa
$800 [17]
Meep Meep! This animal, Geococcyx californianus, likes to use its swiftness afoot to reach safety when surprised
a road runner
Mehrun
$800 [8]
In 1876 "The Vanquished", a male nude, later called "The Age of Bronze", was this sculptor's first masterwork
Rodin
Mehrun
$1,000 [30]
He tells Cressida's uncle, "I tell thee I am mad in Cressid's love"
Troilus
Mehrun
$800 [24]
This title sitcom doc played by Ted has been described as the AMA's "answer to Basil Fawlty"
(Dr. John) Becker
Mehrun
$1,000 [20]
I'm serving turkey in this style named for opera star Luisa, & I'll be singing some of her arias as you eat it
Tetrazzini
Lisa
$1,000 [12]
Southeast Asian country's ointment
Vietnam balm
$1,000 [10]
On Oct. 21, 1805 Admiral Nelson surprised the enemy by cutting through the French line at the Battle of this
Trafalgar
Keith
$1,000 [9]
Of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, it's the one starring an over 100-foot guy in his birthday suit
the Colossus of Rhodes
Mehrun

Double Jeopardy! Round

GEOGRAPHY BASEBALL MOVIE SCORECARD COMPOSERS NUMBER TRIVIA HISTORIC PERSONALIZED PLATES "P"s ON EARTH
$400 [1]
It's the larger of the 2 countries that occupy the Iberian Peninsula
Spain
Mehrun
$400 [3]
In "For Love of the Game", Kevin Costner is an A.L. pitcher, so a player with this position bats for him
designated hitter
Mehrun
$400 [19]
On trips in the 1920s, he was an American in Paris, & he gave that title to his 1928 orchestral work
(George) Gershwin
Lisa
$400 [18]
It's the first ordinal number that doesn't contain the letter "T"
second
Keith Lisa
$400 [8]
1899-1947
Al Capone
Keith
$400 [13]
A council or conference among North American Indians
a powwow
Mehrun Keith
$800 [2]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Mississippi.) Some of the best catfish is caught in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, better known around here as this area
the (Mississippi) Delta
Keith Lisa
$800 [7]
Roy Hobbs' first at-bat in "The Natural" came as this type of substitute
pinch hitter
Mehrun
$800 [20]
In the 1860s Borodin & Balakirev were 2 of "The Mighty Five" who created a national style in this country
Russia
Mehrun
$800 [21]
Counting up from one, it's the first number that contains a "G"
eight
Mehrun
$800 [9]
1948-
Prince Charles
Mehrun Lisa
$800 [14]
Arrrrr! September 19 is "International Talk Like" one of these "Day"
a pirate
Mehrun
$1,200 [4]
This peninsula that accounts for most of Denmark's land area shares a 42-mile-long border with Germany
Jutland
Mehrun
$1,200 [25]
This 9-letter term is how Bernie Mac's "Mr. 3000" selflessly ended his team's season in a 2004 film
sacrifice
Lisa
$1,200 [28]
Beethoven said this great predecessor's name, which means "brook", should really be Meer, meaning "sea"
Bach
Mehrun
$1,200 [22]
Counting up from one, it's the first number that contains a "B"
one billion
Mehrun
$1,200 [10]
1910-1997
Mother Teresa
Mehrun
$1,200 [15]
The Jones Act of 1917 granted U.S. citizenship to inhabitants of this Caribbean island
Puerto Rico
Mehrun
$2,000 [6]
St. John, New Brunswick lies on this bay that's noted for its high tides
the Bay of Fundy
Lisa
$1,600 [26]
Numeric position on the scorecard for Crash Davis of "Bull Durham" fame
2
Keith Lisa
DD $2,000 [29]
In 1794, aged 62, he hit the century mark with his 100th symphony
Joseph Haydn
Mehrun
$1,600 [23]
Between negative 576 & positive 576, it's the last integer alphabetically
zero
Mehrun
$1,600 [11]
1919-2000
(Pierre) Trudeau
Mehrun
$1,600 [16]
A larval toad or frog
a pollywog
Mehrun
DD $4,000 [5]
Hundreds of waterfalls make up the spectacular Iguacu Falls on the border of these 2 countries
Brazil & Argentina
Mehrun
$2,000 [27]
Wild Thing, Charlie Sheen's character in "Major League", becomes a popular RP, short for this
relief pitcher
Keith
$2,000 [24]
Counting up from one, it's the first number that contains a "Y"
twenty
Keith
$2,000 [12]
1892-1975
Francisco Franco
Mehrun Lisa
$2,000 [17]
The holy scriptures of the Sikhs are written in this 7-letter language spoken by about 70 million
Punjabi
Mehrun

Final Jeopardy!

INAUGURAL ADDRESSES

This president said, "We remain accountable... for the reconstruction of Cuba as a free commonwealth"

William McKinley

Keith "Who John Kennedy?" — wagered $801
Lisa "Who is J.F.K.?" — wagered $3,601
Mehrun "Who is Teddy Roosevelt?" — wagered $7,900

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