Show #5252 2007-06-12 (taped 2007-02-28) Regular

Susan Mitchell game 4.

Contestants

Mitch Luxenberg — a finance director from Fairfax, Virginia

Karen Meyers — a college administrator from Toledo, Ohio

Susan Mitchell — a graduate student from College Station, Texas (whose 3-day cash winnings total $49,699)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Susan $400 $3,400 $12,200 $17,401
4-day champion: $67,100
$12,200
18 R, 3 W
Karen $7,200 $8,400 $17,400 $10,399
3rd place: $1,000
$16,200
22 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Mitch $600 $1,200 $7,200 $10,401
2nd place: $2,000
$11,200
13 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

QUOTH THE PRESIDENT LIVING LYRICS U.S. RIVERS WHAT'S YOUR NAME, LITTLE GIRL? LET'S CONSULT THE MAP TO BUILD A FLOWER
$200 [2]
"Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery," said this pres., "I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally"
Lincoln
Mitch
$200 [26]
Ricky Martin sang,"She's into superstitions, black cats and voodoo dolls", & no doubt she's livin' this
La Vida Loca
Mitch
$200 [1]
This river's widest point, 3 1/2 miles, is just north of Clinton, Iowa
the Mississippi
Karen
$200 [13]
A revolving tray:Lazy ____
Susan
Susan
$200 [17]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew displays a map on the monitor.) On this map, a star inside a circle represents these
(national) capitals
Karen
$200 [7]
Any automobile plus any country
a carnation
Karen
$400 [3]
11 years after writing a famous declaration, he penned to Madison "a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing"
Thomas Jefferson
Susan
$400 [27]
In this 1987 Bon Jovi song, "Tommy used to work on the docks" & "Gina dreams of running away"--now they're
"Livin' On A Prayer"
Susan
$400 [9]
The many dams on this river in Washington & Oregon include Chief Joseph, Rock Island & Bonneville
the Columbia
Karen
$400 [18]
A cheap, run-down car:Tin ____
Lizzie
Susan
$400 [19]
To have a map of the entire Earth that has the least distortion, you have to buy one of these objects
a globe
Susan
$400 [8]
Word preceding"and proper" plus "Charmed" actress McGowan
a primrose
Mitch
$600 [4]
In 1759 he wrote, "Discipline is the soul of an army. It... procures success to the weak, and esteem to all"
Washington
Karen
$600 [28]
James Brown is living here, "super highways, coast to coast"
"Living In America"
$600 [14]
It's New York State's longest river
the Hudson
Karen
$600 [23]
A large, long-range cannon:Big ____
Bertha
Susan
$600 [20]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew points out a map on the monitor.) On this map of Northwest Wyoming, dashed-line enclosures are used to designate national parks & these set-aside lands
Indian reservations
Susan Mitch
$600 [10]
An English fop plus the king of beasts
a dandelion
Karen
$800 [5]
He wrote, "I am as strong as a bull moose and you can use me to the limit"
Teddy Roosevelt
Karen
$800 [29]
It's where Luka lived
(upstairs from you) on the second floor
Karen
$800 [15]
Most of the rivers in Texas flow into this body of water
the Gulf of Mexico
Susan
$800 [24]
An 18th century machine:Spinning ____
Jenny
Karen
$800 [21]
Malta was upset when it was left off the first maps appearing on these bank notes in 2002
euros
Susan
$800 [11]
A numeric pair plus a part of the mouth
a tulip
Karen
$1,000 [6]
He proclaimed, "The new frontier of which I speak is not a set of promises--it is a set of challenges"
(John) Kennedy
Susan Karen
$1,000 [30]
"Underground like a wild potato", The B-52's were living here
(In my own) "Private Idaho"
$1,000 [16]
Major tributaries of this "state"ly river include the Kentucky, Wabash & Cumberland rivers
the Ohio
Susan
$1,000 [25]
A dessert:Apple Brown ____
Betty
Mitch
$1,000 [22]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows a rectangular world map on the monitor.) Because areas far from the equator areenlarged, Greenland is bigger than South America in the 16th century system of projection named for this man
Mercator
Karen
DD $2,000 [12]
A fib plus French for "lake"
a lilac
Karen

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANCIENT GREEK WRITERS AT THE BEGIN"ING" GERMAN HISTORY LEFTOVERS UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FOOTBALL HAIL TO THE VICTORS
$400 [13]
He dedicated his "Parallel Lives" to Sosius Senecio, a friend of the emperor
Plutarch
Susan
$400 [1]
A person who doesn't appreciate kindness or generosity
an ingrate
Mitch
$400 [4]
In 1521 he told the Diet of Worms, "Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise. God help me. Amen"
Martin Luther
Karen
$400 [9]
"Bateson's Belfry", a bell connected to a cord in a coffin, capitalized on Victorian-era terror of this
being buried alive
Karen
$400 [19]
On Dec. 13, 1997 Michigan CB Charles Woodson became the first primarily defensive player to win this award
the Heisman Trophy
Susan
$400 [14]
We have a "hunch" you'll know this French author of the 1827 play "Cromwell"
Hugo
Mitch
$800 [25]
Aristophanes' style is called "old" this; Menander's, less high-spirited, is "new "this
comedy
Susan
$800 [2]
In a play or film, the role of a young, innocent, unworldly woman
an ingenue
Karen
$800 [7]
When East & West Germany unified in 1990, this West German continued to serve as chancellor of the entire country
Helmut Kohl
Susan Mitch
$800 [10]
The annual "Reception Day" for new cadets at West Point yields about 25 pounds of this
hair
Susan
$800 [23]
He played center for Michigan's national championship teams of 1932 & '33; he dabbled in politics, too
Gerald Ford
Mitch
$800 [15]
This pianist was called "The Clown Prince of Denmark"
Victor Borge
Karen
$1,200 [26]
He wrote more than 120 plays, but only 7 complete ones survive, including "Oedipus Rex" & "Oedipus at Colonus"
Sophocles
Susan Mitch
$1,200 [3]
Adjective meaning firmly fixed or deep-rooted
ingrained
Susan
$1,200 [8]
In 1805 Napoleon made this duchy a kingdom; today it's Germany's largest & southernmost state
Bavaria
Mitch
$1,200 [20]
In 1963 economist Mollie Orshansky created this "line" by multiplying the cost of an adequate diet by 3
poverty line
$1,200 [24]
This Bo knew football, too; he went 194-48-5 as U-M's coach from 1969 to 1989
Schembechler
Karen
$1,200 [16]
Of 3 kings who ruled under this name, 2 were born in Turin, one in Naples
Victor Emmanuel
Susan
$1,600 [27]
Only one complete poem, 28 lines in length, remains from the poetry of this lyric poet from Lesbos
Sappho
Karen
$1,600 [5]
This term for a recess beside a large fireplace for a seat or bench was also once a popular U.S. wine brand
inglenook
Karen
$1,600 [11]
On January 18, 1871 Germany was unified with Wilhelm I as its first kaiser & this man as its chancellor
Bismarck
Karen
$1,600 [21]
Cyrano nose that Pecharmant & other red wines of this region go well with lamb
Bergerac
Susan
$1,600 [29]
Last name of QB Brian who led Michigan to the '97 natl. championship; dad Bob QBed for the 17-0 Dolphins of 1972
Griese
Mitch
$1,600 [17]
His first operetta was 1894's "Prince Ananias"; dozens more would follow, including "Babes in Toyland"
Herbert
Karen Mitch
$2,000 [28]
The U.S. Post Office can thank this "father of history" for writing "neither snow nor rain", etc.
Herodotus
Mitch
$2,000 [6]
He's the Frenchman whose work isseen here
(Jean Auguste Dominique) Ingres
Susan
DD $2,200 [12]
In Feb. 1919 the National Assembly met to write a constitution in this city, which gave its name to the new republic
Weimar
Karen
$2,000 [22]
Referring to the way English is spoken on a certain continent, "Strine" is an alteration of this word
Australian
Mitch
$2,000 [30]
A sixth-round draft pick in 2000, this Michigan man found a bit of success as a QB for the Patriots
(Tom) Brady
Mitch
DD $4,000 [18]
"V", this politician's middle initial, was for "Victor", not "Victory"; he ran 5 losing presidential campaigns
Eugene V. Debs
Mitch

Final Jeopardy!

COLORS

Political battleground states are usually called this secondary color

purple

Mitch "What is purple?" — wagered $3,201
Susan "What is purple?" — wagered $5,201
Karen "What is orange?" — wagered $7,001

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