Show #5274 2007-07-12 (taped 2007-04-13) Regular

Contestants

Nancy Kimmel — a student originally from Sayreville, New Jersey

Robyn Shepherd — a media specialist originally from Richboro, Pennsylvania

Zach Baker — a computer programmer from Downey, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,401)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Zach	$3,800	$3,600	$18,200	$17,999 2-day champion: $44,400	$18,800 24 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Robyn	$2,800	$4,400	$9,200	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$9,200 14 R, 2 W
Nancy	$200	$0	$8,800	$8,600 2nd place: $2,000	$8,800 15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

FIRST THINGS FIRST	MOTHER GOOSE	YUM... CANDY!	THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE	SCIENCE	INSIDE ALEX TREBEK
$200 [13] It took 6 tries, but in 2002 Steve Fossett became the first man to fly solo around the world in one of these hot air balloon Zach	$200 [2] Some believe these 2 water fetchers represented Cardinal Wolsey & the Bishop of Tarbes Jack & Jill Zach	$200 [1] Some of this company's fine chocolates are embossed with its naked lady on a horse logo Godiva Robyn	$200 [26] Robin Marantz Henig's recent masterful essay on evolutionary biology was titled this 19th century scientist's "God" Charles Darwin Robyn	$200 [7] (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from a science lab.) The heat from the lamp causes the snake to dance, as hot air is less this five-letter term than cold air & therefore rises & spins the snake dense Zach	$200 [21] To loosen, as a grip, or just to take it easy relax Zach
$400 [14] In 1935 drivers in Oklahoma City became the first to "feed" these; a nickel in the slot parking meters Zach	$400 [3] This month "brings breezes, loud and shrill" March Robyn Nancy	$400 [9] Chick-O-Sticks aren't chicken-flavored; they're made from peanut butter & this tropical treat coconut Zach	$400 [27] Feb. 2007's "From 0 to 60 to World Domination" explored this Japanese auto company's rise to prominence Toyota Zach Nancy	$400 [8] In the nervous system, calcium ions crossing the gap between these cause a release of acetylcholine neurons Robyn	$400 [22] An 1852 Dickensian title "house" bleak Nancy
$600 [15] Produced by the Bureau of Engraving & Printing, the first ones of these in rolls were issued in 1908 stamps	$600 [4] This nursery rhyme heroine may have been a veiled reference to Mary, Queen of Scots & the "spider", to John Knox Little Miss Muffet Nancy	$600 [10] In 1997 this candy introduced a female character who's green; she called her autobiography "I Melt For No One" M&M's Zach	$600 [28] In March 2007's "Choosing a Sect", Noah Feldman studied the USA's feelings with these 2 main Iraqi Muslim sects Shi'ite and Sunni Zach	$600 [18] (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the lab.) Normally, an ice cube floats; this one, however, sinks right to the bottom because it's made of heavy water, or D2O; the D standing for this isotope deuterium Zach	$600 [23] This can be a large drinking vessel or a small lipped one used for science experiments beaker Robyn
$1,000 [17] In 1967 Carl Stokes defeated Seth Taft to become the first black mayor of a major U.S. city, this one Cleveland Zach	$800 [5] She was commanded to "put the kettle on, and we'll have tea" Polly Robyn	$800 [11] The candy once marketed as "Mrs. Stover's Bungalow Candies" is sold under this brand name today Russell Stover Zach	$800 [29] Dec. 2006's "The Lives They Lived" covered the 2006 passings of such notables as this founder & namer of Pink Floyd Syd Barrett Nancy	$800 [19] As opposed to what arthropods have, vertebrates have this internal framework endoskeleton Robyn	$800 [24] Thai kings considered this a "royal tree" under strict protection teak
DD $2,000 [16] Still in operation, the world's first pay-one-price theme park opened in this U.S. state in 1961 Texas Zach	$1,000 [6] Various verses in this nursery rhyme had the dog "smoking a pipe", standing "on his head" & "dancing a jig" Old Mother Hubbard Zach	$1,000 [12] It was the last name of the brothers who perfected their now-famous English toffee bar back in 1928 Heath Robyn	$1,000 [30] A new one of these "super" nuclear physics accelerators was the subject of Jim Holt's "Where Protons Will Play" supercollider Zach	$1,000 [20] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a stair-stepped stack of books.) Though the top book appears to be suspended in air, more than half the weight of the stack rests on the table; the principle is used to build this type of bridge a cantilever bridge Zach Nancy	$1,000 [25] In the 1820s this British university's campus was a farm that served Devonshire cream to strollers Exeter Zach

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN POETS & POETRY	THE FABULOUS FIFTIES	HETERONYMS	24	TIME TO SAVE	THE WORLD
$400 [21] This subject of a Longfellow poem watched with eager search the belfry-tower of the Old North Church" Paul Revere Nancy	$400 [6] When the Monorail opened at Disneyland in 1959, it was dedicated by this man who was then the U.S. vice president Nixon Zach	$400 [1] To shine something, or an adjective meaning something from Warsaw polish [paw-lish] & Polish [poh-lish] Nancy	$400 [11] In a classic nursery rhyme, there are 24 of these baked in a pie blackbirds Nancy	$400 [16] According to the proverb, it's what a "stitch in time" does saves nine Nancy	$400 [26] It'shome to close than 110 million people Mexico Nancy
$800 [22] This beat poet's father, Louis, was a teacher & a poet in his own right Allen Ginsberg Zach	$800 [7] Pat Carroll, Carl Reiner & Nanette Fabray all won Emmys in 1957 for their work on this comic's "Hour" Sid Caesar Zach Nancy	$800 [2] To direct an orchestra, or someone's behavior conduct [kun-DUKT] & conduct [KAHN-dukt] Robyn	$800 [12] In 1924 this Russian leader died, & Stalin began purging rivals to take over the top spot Lenin Robyn	$800 [17] You might clip these, from the Old French for "piece cut off", for discounts at the grocery store coupons Nancy	$800 [27] The Socialist republic highlighted here, it was much in U.S. news four decades ago Vietnam Nancy
$1,200 [23] A literary scholar who visited her in Amherst in 1870 described her as plain & having a soft, frightened, childlike voice Emily Dickinson Robyn	$1,200 [8] On his 1958 Christmas card, Elvis wore his Army uniform; this man, his manager, was dressed up like Santa Col. Parker Zach	$1,200 [3] Tiny, or 60 second collectively minute [my-NOOT] & minute [MIN-ut] Robyn	$1,200 [13] Discovered in 1908 & named for the mother of the Minotaur, Pasiphae is the 24th moon of this planet Jupiter Robyn Nancy	$1,200 [18] An incentive to save aluminum cans for recycling; the return of this money paid as security deposit Zach	$1,200 [28] Acolonyof Genoa in the 13th century, it's the tiny country indicated here Monaco Zach
$1,600 [24] In 1922 this poet & Lincoln biographer wrote "Rootabaga Stories" to entertain his 3 daughters Carl Sandburg Robyn	$1,600 [9] This beauty is seen here, reigning as Miss America 1955, long before she co-starred on "Barnaby Jones" Lee Meriwether Nancy	$1,600 [4] A seamstress, or an underground channel for wastewater sewer [SOH-whir] & sewer [SOO-whir] Nancy	$1,600 [14] The 24th amendmant to the U.S. constitution abolished this tax, by name, as a requirement for voting poll tax Robyn	$2,000 [20] The logo of this website that allows parents to save for their kids' college educations is seen here UPromise Zach	$1,600 [29] Elevations in this kingdom often reach above 20,000 feet Nepal Zach
$2,000 [25] Archibald MacLeish's "Ars Poetica" contains the line "A poem should not mean/ but" this be	$2,000 [10] "Fate"fully, Alexander Borodin won a 1954 Tony as composer of this musical--even though he'd died in 1887! Kismet Zach Nancy	DD $2,000 [5] An exterior door, or to magically captivate someone entrance [IN-trunce] & entrance [in-TRANCE] Nancy	$2,000 [15] Because of this 3-word optical phenomenon, still images projected at 24 frames per second seem to be moving pictures persistence of vision Zach	DD $3,000 [19] Your nest egg might be this type of individual retirement account named for a Delaware senator Roth IRA Zach	$2,000 [30] Hurricanes are a weather phenomenon not to be ignored in this country Jamaica Robyn

Final Jeopardy!

NOVELISTS

His later works include 1949's "The God-Seeker", about a missionary in his own native Minnesota

Sinclair Lewis

Nancy "Who is Steinbeck" — wagered $200

Robyn "Who is ?" — wagered $9,200

Zach "Who is Thurber?" — wagered $201

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