Show #5323 2007-10-31 (taped 2007-08-13) Regular

Paul Glaser game 4.

Contestants

Whiton Paine — a restaurant owner from New Orleans, Louisiana

Sarah Kulihin — a student and bookseller from Plainfield, New Jersey

Paul Glaser — a research scientist from Albany, New York (whose 3-day cash winnings total $88,402)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Paul $1,600 $9,600 $18,800 $800
4-day champion: $89,202
$18,800
29 R, 2 W
Sarah $0 $-400 $-3,600 $-3,600
3rd place: $1,000
$-3,600
3 R, 5 W
Whiton $3,600 $4,600 $100 $0
2nd place: $2,000
$12,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

IT HAPPENED ON HALLOWEEN MONSTER MASH SCARY PLACES FEARNET "TRIC"s TREATS
$200 [22]
1998: This Mideast nation announces it will no longer cooperate with U.N. weapons inspectors
Iraq
Paul
$200 [17]
In Haiti & parts of West Africa, it's a corpse brought back to life
a zombie
Paul
$200 [12]
Planes & ships have been lost in this mysterious Atlantic region off the coast of Florida since the mid-19th century
the Bermuda Triangle
Whiton
$200 [6]
This director of "Spider-Man" is presenting a new series for FEARnet--"Devil's Trade"
(Sam) Raimi
Paul
$200 [7]
The branch of medicine concerned with the conditions & diseases of the aged
geriatrics
Paul Whiton
$200 [1]
Halvah, a Middle East treat, is traditionally made from these seeds, ground up, & honey
sesame seeds
Paul
$400 [23]
1926: There's no escape for this magician who dies following a rupture of his appendix
Harry Houdini
Paul
$400 [18]
Also known as a lycanthrope, this beastly monster can be killed by a silver bullet or other silver weapon
a werewolf
Paul
$400 [13]
11 people perished climbing this mountain in 2006, its deadliest season since 15 died in 1996
Everest
Whiton
$400 [27]
FEARnet has films like "Burkittsville 7", which continues this groundbreaking 1999 film's premise
The Blair Witch Project
Paul
$400 [8]
Moody movie maven of the 1930s seen here
Marlene Dietrich
Paul
$400 [2]
It's the popular summertime dessert seen here
strawberry shortcake
Whiton
$600 [24]
1846: Heavy snowfall traps this carnivorous "Party" in the Sierra Nevada mountains
the Donner Party
Sarah
$600 [19]
In Egypt, it had the body of a lion & head of a man; in Greece it had the head of a woman & wings
the Sphinx
Paul
$600 [14]
At an elevation of 4,000 feet, the glass skywalk that opened in 2007 at this chasm is a scary place for acrophobes
the Grand Canyon
Whiton
$600 [28]
FEARnet sends you "Behind the Scenes" of this HBO series that saw the making of a horror film called "Cleaver"
The Sopranos
Paul
$600 [9]
Theory of economic benefit moving from big business to smaller businesses & the general public
trickle-down
Paul
$600 [3]
Chocolate, caramel & often pecans go into these candies shaped like & named for a certain reptile
turtles
Whiton
$800 [25]
1961: This man's body is removed from Lenin's tomb
Stalin
Paul
$800 [20]
Half-man, half-beast son of the Queen of Crete
the Minotaur
Paul
$800 [15]
A website for this Spanish city points out streets where people have died during the Running of the Bulls
Pamplona
Paul
$800 [29]
"Wishmaster" can now be seen on FEARnet; as you might guess, it concerns one of these magical creatures
a genie
Paul
$800 [10]
One of these can be "red light" or "of Columbia"
district
Whiton
$800 [4]
"Her" packaged treats include marshmallow pies, nutty bars & chocolate chip "snack cakes"
Little Debbie
Whiton
$1,000 [26]
1956: The Brits & the French invade Egypt in response to the nationalization of this
the Suez Canal
Paul
$1,000 [21]
This other word for a vampire may come from the Greek word "nosophoros", or plague-carrier
Nosferatu
Paul
$1,000 [16]
Some 30,000 people were killed when Mount Pelee on this French island erupted in 1902
Martinique
Sarah
$1,000 [30]
At the FEARnet store you can buy films for home scaring like this del Toro-directed classic about a demonic "boy"
Hellboy
$1,000 [11]
Adjective meaning corresponding in size & shape on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
symmetric or symmetrical
DD $1,000 [5]
Legend says its name goes back to when an Atlantic City candy stand was flooded during high tide
saltwater taffy
Whiton

Double Jeopardy! Round

AT THE DENTIST'S OFFICE THE SPORTING LIFE 24--THE NOVEL OKLAHOMIES ECONOMICS GREEK ALPHABET SOUP
$400 [11]
Drill speed is measured in these; Dr. Morrison's in 1871 did about 600, today's turbine-powered ones about 300,000
RPMs
Paul
$400 [6]
You can weigh up to 147 pounds in this boxing class between lightweight & middleweight
welterweight
Paul Whiton
$400 [16]
He said his novels, like "Angels & Demons" deal with a murder, a chase, a ticking clock & a love interest within 24 hours
Dan Brown
Sarah
$400 [26]
Born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, this entrepreneur opened his first namesake "Mart" in 1962
(Sam) Walton
Whiton
$400 [21]
In some countries you may get more for your dollar than the official exchange rate in this "colorful" arena
the black market
Paul
$400 [1]
She became the advertising global spokeswoman for T-Mobile in 2002
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Whiton
$800 [12]
The ADA says this is perfectly safe as the basis for amalgam fillings--it combines with other materials to make it stable
mercury
Paul Sarah
$800 [7]
In 1967 Memorial Coliseum in this West Coast city hosted the first Super Bowl as Green Bay beat Kansas City 35-10
Los Angeles
Whiton
$800 [20]
This author was a prisoner in a labor camp before writing "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich"
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Paul Sarah Whiton
$2,000 [27]
Originally from Tulsa, hegained his greatest fame as an adviser to presidents and as a senator from New York
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Paul Sarah
$800 [22]
The corporate, financial & personal sectors make up this sector of the economy
the private sector
Paul
$800 [2]
This Swiss watch company was founded by Louis Brandt in 1848
Omega
Whiton
$1,200 [13]
Cavities form when bacteria break down sugars, forming this substance that dissolves enamel
acid
Paul Sarah
$1,200 [8]
In 2006 the Gov. of Mass. signed a bill making this sport invented there the official sport of the Commonwealth
basketball
Paul
$1,200 [17]
This James Joyce novel is written as a parallel to the "Odyssey", except it was set in Dublin on June 16, 1904
Ulysses
Sarah
DD $4,100 [28]
Born near Ada, Oklahoma in 1918, he was one of the first evangelists to hold large-scale television revivals
Oral Roberts
Whiton
$1,200 [23]
Around 600 B.C. the island of Aegina introduced these items to Greek economic life
coins
Whiton
$1,200 [3]
These "waves" of roughly 7-13 Hz are associated with relaxation & creativity in the brain
alpha waves
Whiton
$1,600 [14]
Modern lead aprons worn during X-raying have a collar to protect this gland from the radiation
the thyroid gland
Paul
$1,600 [9]
This TV show debuted April 29, 1961 with Jim McKay as host
The Wide World of Sports
Paul
$1,600 [19]
This novelist has Clarissa Dalloway reexamine her life choices in between dealing with last-minute party details
Virginia Woolf
Paul
$2,000 [25]
In 2005 Americans didn't put money away but spent all they earned & more, for the 1st negative rate of this since 1933
savings
Whiton
$1,600 [4]
1970s No. 1 hit for Helen Reddy
"Delta Dawn"
$2,000 [15]
From the Latin for "to close", it's the alignment & spacing of your upper & lower teeth when you bite
occlusion
$2,000 [10]
Originally from Ukraine, Lenny Krayzelburg won 3 gold medals in Sydney competing for the U.S. in this sport
swimming
Paul
$2,000 [18]
This author of "The Berlin Stories" later lived in L.A. & wrote "A Single Man" about a day in L.A.
Christopher Isherwood
DD $8,000 [24]
This 2-word labor level has been the goal of many; a 1978 Act of Congress named for it actually settles for 96%
full employment
Whiton
$2,000 [5]
In this type of testing, electronic equipment is subjected to the real world conditions in which it'll be used
beta testing
Whiton

Final Jeopardy!

ANIMALS

For 2006, between Oct. 25 & Nov. 1, the Los Angeles SPCA, like many other shelters, banned adoption of these

black cats

Whiton "What are bats?" — wagered $100
Paul "What are cats" — wagered $18,000

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