Show #5250 2007-06-08 (taped 2007-02-27) Regular

Susan Mitchell game 2.

Contestants

Michael Condouris — a web animator from New York, New York

Marta Bowman — a sales assistant from Minneapolis, Minnesota

Susan Mitchell — a graduate student from College Station, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $30,100)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Susan $1,600 $3,600 $13,100 $599
2-day champion: $30,699
$15,200
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Marta $4,400 $3,400 $12,600 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$12,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Michael $1,800 $5,200 $12,800 $0
2nd place: $2,000
$12,800
15 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS TOM HANKS MOVIE ROLES ANTIQUES ROADSHOWTREASURES HYPO-POURRI I'M REALLY STEPPING IN IT NOW! DOUBLE LETTERS
$200 [1]
A blue triangle on the Solomon Islands' flag represents this surrounding body of water
the Pacific
Marta
$200 [21]
Astronaut Jim Lovell
Apollo 13
Michael
$200 [16]
I wonder what my leaded glass table lamp with a peony design is worth--it was made by this man who died in 1933
(Louis Comfort) Tiffany
Susan
$200 [2]
One who fears that he is suffering from a major undetected disease, despite medical evidence to the contrary
a hypochondriac
Marta
$200 [26]
Aw, man! I stepped in this product, maybe a brand such as Carefree or Trident
gum
Susan
$200 [11]
It's in the dictionary as a short, high-pitched sound used to replace an expletive in a broadcast
a bleep
Susan Marta
$400 [4]
The main industries in the Solomons include mining, timber & fishing for this fish
tuna
$400 [22]
Women's baseball coach Jimmy Dugan
A League of Their Own
Susan
$400 [17]
Why, it's a 19th c. Minton cup, a fine example of this type of china, named for its animal material ingredient
bone (china)
Susan
$400 [3]
Prolonged exposure to the cold causes this condition in which the body's temperature drops below 95 degrees
hypothermia
Susan
$400 [27]
In this deathtrap I'm sinking fast; I'll go flat on my back to float, then move to the side & roll to firm ground
quicksand
Marta
$400 [12]
An artist may have one of these boards with a thumbhole on which to mix his paints
a palette
Michael
$600 [5]
Due to historic ties, this person is traditionally still considered the sovereign of the Solomon Islands
Queen Elizabeth II
Marta
$600 [23]
Book store owner & Internet messaging fan Joe Fox
You've Got Mail
Marta Michael
$600 [18]
It's a highly collectible "Gal-Leg" pair of these, made by John Robert McChesney around 1900--giddyup!
spurs
Susan
$600 [6]
The FDA does not require testing to back up claims that cosmetics are this, meaning causing fewer reactions
hypoallergenic
Michael
$600 [28]
It comes in maple, raspberry & cough varieties & is no fun to step in
syrup
Susan
$600 [13]
A public lodging house, or the river that forms part of the border between Germany & Austria
the Inn
Marta
$800 [9]
The first European to visit the Solomons was Spanish explorer Alvaro de Mendana in this century
the 16th century
$800 [24]
12-year-old Josh Baskin
Big
Michael
$800 [19]
Cha-ching! The scrollwork in the chairback makes it a fine example of the style named for this man who died in 1779
(Thomas) Chippendale
Marta Michael
$800 [7]
Low blood sugar
hypoglycemia
Michael
$800 [29]
I got chills... they're multiplyin'... 'cause I stepped in this rendered fat of animals, also a lubricant... this is the word
grease
Susan
$800 [14]
It's any heavy material placed in the gondola of a balloon or the hold of a ship to enhance stability
a ballast
Marta
$1,000 [10]
The capital Honiara is on this isle that inspired a "diary" during World War II
Guadalcanal
Marta
$1,000 [25]
Stand-up comic Steven Gold
Punchline
Michael
$1,000 [20]
"I want you for U.S. Army" reads an ungrammatical WWI version of this artist's poster; bet it's worth a fortune
James Montgomery Flagg
Marta
$1,000 [8]
This structure of the brain directs the workings of the autonomic nervous system
the hypothalamus
Susan
$1,000 [30]
Ow ow ow ow...! Formerly magma, when it gets to the surface, it can be 10 times hotter than boiling water!
lava
Marta
DD $1,200 [15]
The name of this dark Chinese tea that has been fermented before drying is from the Mandarin for "black dragon"
oolong
Marta

Double Jeopardy! Round

BIOGRAPHIES NAME THE MOTOWN ARTIST BARRE TENDERS STATE FLAGS I'M STARVING! PASS THE "P"s
$400 [7]
Fawn Brodie, niece of a president of the Mormon Church, wrote "No Man Knows My History" about this prophet
Joseph Smith
Susan Marta
$400 [26]
"Stop! In The Name Of Love" & "Love Child"
Diana Ross & The Supremes
Susan
$400 [21]
In 1989 he again danced with the Kirov Ballet, the first time since his defection 28 years earlier
Nureyev
Marta Michael
$400 [12]
This monument is mentioned by name (but not depicted) on South Dakota's state flag
Mt. Rushmore
Susan
$400 [6]
Facing massive starvation during the Peloponnesian War, Athens surrendered to this rival city in 404 B.C.
Sparta
Susan
$400 [1]
It's the currency of Mexico, Senor
the peso
Michael
$1,200 [9]
Hollywood bios include Scott Eyman's life of Louis B. Mayer & Scott Berg's 1989 life of this Mayer associate
Samuel Goldwyn
$800 [27]
"What's Going On" & "Let's Get It On"
Marvin Gaye
Susan
$800 [22]
In 1939 she danced the role of Princess Aurora in "Sleeping Beauty"; 17 years later, she became a Dame of the British Empire
(Margot) Fonteyn
Marta
$800 [13]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew explains an image of a state flag on a monitor.) The motto, "Union, Justice and Confidence" is on this state's flag, below a mother pelican feeding her babies
Louisiana
Michael
$800 [17]
More than half of the first settlers of this American colony died of disease or starvation during the 1607-08 winter
Jamestown
Michael
$800 [2]
A type of wooden flooring with the blocks laid out in a decorative pattern
parquet
Michael
$1,600 [10]
A bio of Rosalind Franklin, whose photos were used by James Watson, is subtitled "The Dark Lady of" this molecule
DNA
Susan
$1,200 [28]
"Heat Wave" & "Jimmy Mack"
Martha & The Vandellas
$1,200 [23]
In 1990 he & choreographer Mark Morris founded a touring company called the White Oak Dance Project
Baryshnikov
Marta
$1,200 [14]
Yes, honey, one of these structures appears below the word "industry" on Utah's state flag
a beehive
Susan
$1,200 [18]
After seceding from Nigeria in 1967, this region soon faced widespread starvation & surrendered
Biafra
Susan
$1,200 [3]
It's a British word for a fistfight; in Hollywood, it's to add jokes to a comedy script
a punch-up
Michael
$2,000 [11]
Eric Enno Tamm's "Beyond the Outer Shores" is about Ed Ricketts, the model for Doc in this 1945 Steinbeck novel
Cannery Row
Susan
$1,600 [29]
"War" & "Twenty-Five Miles"
Edwin Starr
$1,600 [24]
Audiences fauned all over this Kiev-born dancer when he came to Paris with Diaghilev in 1909
Nijinsky
Marta
DD $2,000 [15]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew talks about an image of two state flags on a monitor.) On an alphabetical list of states, these two states with somewhat similar flags are next to each other
Tennessee & Texas
Susan
$1,600 [19]
On his deathbed, this English king remarked, "Let not poor Nelly starve"--referring to his mistress
Charles II
Marta
$1,600 [4]
It can be a nuclear reactor or an assemblage of things laid one upon the other
a pile
Susan
DD $2,500 [8]
Horowitz & Collier wrote the family bios "The Rockefellers: An American Dynasty" & them: "An American Drama"
the Kennedys
Susan
$2,000 [30]
"Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Do-Da-Day" & "Overjoyed"
Stevie Wonder
$2,000 [25]
This ballerina known for her "Dying Swan" role starred in the 1915 silent film "The Dumb Girl of Portici"
Pavlova
Marta
$2,000 [16]
You'll find a Seminole woman scattering flowers on this state's flag
Florida
Michael
$2,000 [20]
This 1922 film subject "of the North" perished from starvation shortly after the film was completed
Nanook
Marta
$2,000 [5]
The unscheduled temporary replacement of a TV show, often by a newsworthy event
preemption
Michael

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC NAMESAKES

Born in Predappio, Italy in 1883, he was named for a famous politician born in Oaxaca, Mexico in 1806

Benito Mussolini

Marta "Who is ?" — wagered $12,600
Michael "Who is Benito" — wagered $12,800
Susan "Who is [Marconi? crossed off] Doming" — wagered $12,501

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