Show #5241 2007-05-28 (taped 2007-02-21) Regular

Mehrun Etebari game 3.

Contestants

Grace Tighe — an air traffic controller from Roanoke, Virginia

David Turley — a project manager from Durham, Connecticut

Mehrun Etebari — a grad student from Durham, New Hampshire (whose 2-day cash winnings total $28,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mehrun	$6,600	$12,600	$19,800	$32,800 3-day champion: $61,200	$18,200 30 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
David	$1,000	$2,000	$15,800	$27,500 2nd place: $2,000	$11,600 11 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Grace	$400	$1,800	$2,000	$4,000 3rd place: $1,000	$4,200 11 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

DC COMICS	ANIMALS IN LITERATURE	WORLDWIDE WEAPONRY	CHESS NUTS	GEMSTONES	WORDS INTRODUCED IN THE 20th CENTURY
$200 [26] An umbrella that turned into a flamethrower was one weapon employed by this nemesis of Batman The Penguin Grace	$200 [6] This knight errant's steed in Rocinante, a draft horse originally belonging to his neighbor Don Quixote Mehrun	$200 [11] The Panzer Germany Mehrun	$200 [16] Careful! In tournament play, once you do this, you have to move the piece touch it Mehrun Grace	$200 [17] (Kelly of the Clue Crew holds a gemstone.) The product of a living organism, it'sthe birthstone for the month of June pearl Mehrun	$200 [1] 1965: 9-letter term for a short garment that shows off a woman's legs a miniskirt Mehrun
$400 [27] "Mr. Flexibility" could have been another name for this popular DC star who premiered in 1941 Plastic Man Mehrun David	$400 [7] He lost his shoes & new jacket when Mr. McGregor chased him out of the vegetable garden Peter Rabbit Mehrun	$400 [12] The MiG Russia Grace	$600 [19] In the Looking-Glass world, this author used chess pieces to represent members of royalty Lewis Carroll Mehrun	$400 [22] The Mohs scale is used to judge this quality of gems; a diamond rates a 10 hardness Mehrun	$400 [2] 1947: A 2-word transport for aliens a flying saucer Mehrun David
$600 [28] Thiscolorful DC Comic superhero has been fighting crime since his first appearance in 1941 The Green Arrow David	$600 [8] Representing Leon Trotsky, Snowball, a pig in this novel, is exiled by the ruthless Napoleon Animal Farm David	$600 [13] The Beretta Italy Grace	$800 [20] The 2 main "mates" that end a chess game; one's a win, the other a draw checkmate & stalemate Mehrun	$600 [23] (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a gem.) This term is used for red varieties of the gemcorundum a ruby Mehrun	$600 [3] 1972: A TV program divided into several different parts & broadcast over a short period of time a miniseries Mehrun Grace
$800 [29] It's the civilian name of the DC Comics sidekick & crimefighter seen here Dick Grayson	$800 [9] In C.S. Lewis' "The Last Battle", this lion destroyed evil-ridden Narnia & guided the faithful to the next world Aslan David	$800 [14] The Long March Missile China Mehrun	$1,000 [21] A Grandmaster should plan a "grand" this, the first phase of a chess game an opening Mehrun	$800 [24] The 3,106-carat Cullinan Diamond, the largest ever discovered, was unearthed in what's now this country in 1905 South Africa	$800 [4] c. 1983: A youthful metropolitan white-collar worker a yuppie Mehrun
$1,000 [30] How's a "bayou" tell us the name of this slimy half-human DC character Swamp Thing Mehrun	$1,000 [10] This ursine character was discovered by Mr. & Mrs. Brown in London Paddington Bear Mehrun	$1,000 [15] The Uzi Israel Mehrun	DD $2,000 [18] It's the playing unit that's most often sacrificed in a gambit a pawn Mehrun	$1,000 [25] (Cheryl of the Clue Crews shows off her stone.)It'sone of the only natural gemstones to show play of color, the flashing of different colors within the same stone opal Grace	$1,000 [5] 1957: An adjective meaning "mind-revealing", used of certain substances psychedelic Mehrun

Double Jeopardy! Round

D.C. COMICS	AMERICAN WOMEN	DESTINATION: MARS	TOGO A GO-GO	HOW GREAT THOU ART	A LIFE OF "ESE"
$400 [11] One of his "politically incorrect" musings: "airline security in America remains a faith-based initiative" Bill Maher Mehrun	$400 [16] She wrote her "Battle Hymn" during a visit to an army camp near Washington, D.C. in 1861 (Julia Ward) Howe David	$400 [21] The largest of these on Mars is Hellas Planitia, more than 1,300 miles wide and 3.78 miles deep a crater David Grace	$400 [4] A leading cash crop in Togo is the Robusta type of this: fill your cup to the brim! coffee Mehrun	$400 [26] He's the cabaret hopper whose work is seen here Toulouse-Lautrec Mehrun	$400 [1] A type of real dog or fictional falcon Maltese Grace
$800 [12] This American humorist said, "I am not a member of any organized party--I am a Democrat" Will Rogers Mehrun Grace	$1,200 [18] After vehemently opposing WWI, this Hull House founder was kicked out of the DAR Jane Addams Grace	$800 [22] In 1895 astronomer Percival Lowell argued that the straight lines on Mars' surface were these canals Grace	$800 [5] Togo's official language is this European one French Mehrun Grace	$800 [27] No Dutch boy was used by this Dutchman in the 1654 pieceseen here Rembrandt Mehrun	$800 [2] Ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a Bishop Diocese Grace
$1,200 [13] One of his "rants": "Hillary Clinton hears... 'I'm sorry' more frequently than Pauly Shore on 'Celebrity Jeopardy!'" Dennis Miller	$1,600 [19] "Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!" is a 1998 book by this author of "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe" Fannie Flagg David Grace	$1,200 [23] Strangely, in 1984, an ancient meteorite thought to be from Mars was found on this continent Antarctica Grace	$1,200 [6] World Book says people in South Togo wear this loose garment only 1 letter different from the nation's name a toga David	$1,200 [28] I'll scream with delight if you identify this man's Madonnaseen here Munch Mehrun	$1,200 [3] Internal combustion engine patented in Germany in 1892 Diesel Mehrun
$2,000 [15] This comic's line "Would you buy a used car from this man?" was a reference to Nixon's shifty appearance Mort Sahl	$2,000 [20] She and Lucretia Mott organized the first women's rights convention in 1848 Elizabeth Cady Stanton	$1,600 [24] At over 15.5 miles high, the Martian mountain known as Olympus Mons is the largest of these in our solar system volcano Mehrun	$1,600 [7] As the leader of Togo, Faure Gnassingbe holds this political title, like his father before him president Mehrun	$1,600 [29] Painted around the turn of the 16th Century the angel's headseen herewas painted by this angelic master Raphael	$1,600 [9] The plural of a demonstrative pronoun these Mehrun
DD $2,200 [14] A T-shirt promoting these 2 fake news stars as 2008 running mates promised "truthiness and justice for all" Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert Grace	DD $5,000 [17] This democrat was elected to the House of Representatives from New York's 9th Congressional District in 1978 Geraldine Ferraro David	$2,000 [25] Using a U.S. Navy telescope in 1877, Asaph Hall discovered the 2 moons of Mars & named them this Phobos and Deimos Mehrun David	$2,000 [8] About 50% of the Togolese practice native African religions; next is this faith at about 30% Roman Catholic (or Christianity) Mehrun David	$2,000 [30] Works like the 1498 self-portraitseen heremade him one of the most influential artists of the Reformation (Albrecht) Dürer David	$2,000 [10] It's the element whose symbol is the postal abbreviation for the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" manganese Mehrun

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS NAMES

One of his early engineering projects was an iron bridge over the Garonne River at Bordeaux in 1858

Gustave Eiffel

Grace "Who is Eiffel?" — wagered $2,000

David "Who is Eiffel?" — wagered $11,700

Mehrun "Who is Eiffel?" — wagered $13,000

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