Show #5340 2007-11-23 (taped 2007-08-14) Regular

Contestants

Andy Wyke — a dog walker originally from Sacramento, California

Jenna Wallis — a freelance writer and surtitlist from Houston, Texas

Kate Swenson — a law student from Minneapolis, Minnesota (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,600)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Kate $1,000 $3,400 $18,200 $15,401
2-day champion: $28,001
$15,400
20 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Jenna $4,200 $7,800 $15,400 $5,400
2nd place: $2,000
$15,200
22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Andy $-200 $-400 $2,000 $3,999
3rd place: $1,000
$2,000
10 R, 6 W

Jeopardy! Round

BIOLOGY OPENING NUMBERS OF MUSICALS TRANSPO-POURRI LITERATURE A LA SEUSS THE NEW TESTAMENT WORDS WITHIN WORDS
$200 [16]
Neurospora crassa is this type of fungus; it grows on bread but in the wild is found on burned vegetation
mold
Kate
$200 [1]
"Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'"
Oklahoma!
Jenna
$200 [17]
In 1971 France completed its first of this type of submarine, Le Redoutable
nuclear
Kate
$200 [6]
Hester looked at the frock / she looked in dismay / "Do you have it in something/ other than 'A'?"
The Scarlet Letter
Kate
$200 [11]
Jesus grew up in this town in the Southern part of Galilee
Nazareth
Jenna
$200 [18]
If you want to sail west, this part of your boat should be easternmost
stern (in ea stern most)
Kate
$400 [12]
Stomata, leaf pores that take in this gas, enlarge when its level in the air drops below normal
carbon dioxide
Kate
$400 [2]
"Good Morning Baltimore"
Hairspray
Kate
$400 [23]
In 2006 this country surpassed the U.S. to become no. 1 in motor vehicle production
Japan
Kate
$400 [7]
George said, "No, Lennie, No! / I won't get you a guppy! / You think I've forgotten / what you did to that puppy?"
Of Mice And Men
Jenna
$400 [27]
In Luke, this angel told Zacharias that his wife Elisabeth would bear a son & "Thou shalt call him John"
Gabriel
Andy
$400 [19]
That shocking news set off a firestorm of emotions; I need to lie down for this
rest (in fi rest orm)
Andy
$600 [13]
About 25 species of this arachnid, most in the family buthidae, have venom that'll kill you; 1200 others sting like a bee
scorpions
Kate
$600 [3]
"Willkomen"
Cabaret
Jenna
$600 [26]
In 2005 this state had more than twice as many registered automobiles as any other state
California
Jenna
$600 [8]
I sat there with Winston / We sat there, we 2 / But when busted for thoughtcrime / I knew I was through
1984
Kate
$600 [28]
The book of John records him as saying, "Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails... I will not believe"
Thomas
Kate
$600 [20]
It's time for an intradermal allergy test when this type of person who deals in furs or beads starts sneezing
trader (in in trader mal)
Andy
$800 [14]
Linus Pauling found the structure of keratin, the main component of nails & this human body part
hair
Jenna
$800 [4]
"Comedy Tonight"
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Andy
$800 [24]
The pneumatic tire John Dunlop came up with was originally for this mode of transportation
a bicycle
Jenna Andy
$800 [9]
No Brontes, just Dantes / Got sent off to D'if / But with Danglars, that Danglars! / He had a big beef
The Count Of Monte Cristo
Jenna
$800 [29]
Jesus was referring to this fisherman when he said, "Upon this rock I will build my church"
(St.) Peter
Jenna Andy
$800 [21]
Whenever I do crosswords, I find the clue for this is "rapier"
sword (in cros sword s)
Kate
DD $1,200 [15]
To help make sure your brain stays fueled, its cells need less of this hormone for glucose uptake
insulin
Jenna
$1,000 [5]
"Move (You're Steppin' On My Heart)"
Dreamgirls
$1,000 [25]
In 2006 this Alaskan city's airport was second in the U.S. to Memphis in tons of air cargo received
Anchorage
Jenna
$1,000 [10]
So on again, o again, from Laputa to Glubbdubdrib / I'm giving up, something something a Flubbdubgrib
Gulliver's Travels
Andy
$1,000 [30]
On the road to Damascus, this future epistle writer was asked by Jesus, "Why persecutest thou me?"
Paul (or Saul of Tarsus)
Jenna
$1,000 [22]
Pass me the flathead screws; I need to tighten this metal-shaping device
lathe (in f lathe ad)
Jenna

Double Jeopardy! Round

1960s TV DANIEL BOONE COMBAT! GREEN ACRES BRANDED THE "MOD" SQUAD
$400 [6]
First aired on September 30, 1963, "Opie the Birdman" has become a classic episode of this sitcom
The Andy Griffith Show
Andy
$400 [21]
"Tick-licker" was Daniel Boone's nickname for this indispensable possession
his rifle
Andy
$400 [8]
(Kelly displays perilous instruments of destruction.) In the West, the ninja combat weapon known asshurikenare called throwing these
stars
Jenna
$400 [26]
These mountains' highlands, which cover much of Peru, have grassy valleys where llamas graze
the Andes
Kate
$400 [13]
C. Harold Smith & Edwin Binney began coloring the world with this brand in 1903
Crayola
Andy
$400 [1]
To preside over a public meeting
moderate
Andy
$800 [7]
The never-used lyrics of its theme song were written by Gene Roddenberry
Star Trek
Jenna Andy
$800 [22]
In 1778 Daniel Boone was taken captive & "adopted" by Chief Blackfish of this Indian tribe aka the Shawano
the Shawnee
Jenna
$800 [9]
In karate, a hihi is a strike with this body part; nudge, nudge, wink, wink, know that I mean?
an elbow
Jenna
$800 [27]
The heart of Argentina's agricultural region is these grassy plains covering 300,000 square miles
the Pampas
Jenna
$800 [17]
Elsie the Cow's husband, he's the "spokesbull" for a white glue originally from Borden
Elmer
Jenna
$800 [2]
From the Latin for "regulate", this 6-letter word means to alter or change
modify
Jenna Andy
$1,200 [14]
On "The Addams Family", Ted Cassidy played not only Lurch but this disembodied hand as well
Thing
Kate
$1,200 [23]
Cleared under Daniel Boone's direction in 1775, the wilderness road passed through this famous "gap"
the Cumberland Gap
Kate
$1,200 [10]
(Jimmy demonstrates a souvenir you can't take on the plane) The folding Filipino fighting knife, called abalisongis also known by this insect name
a butterfly knife
Jenna
$1,200 [28]
This river's wide delta south of Ho Chi Minh City is one of the world's greatest rice-producing regions
the Mekong
Jenna
$1,200 [18]
Last name of Roy, who developed a whirlpool bath that included his patented hydromassage system in 1968
Jacuzzi
Kate
$1,200 [3]
D.H. Lawrence & Ezra Pound are associated with this literary movement
modernism
Kate
$1,600 [15]
On August 29, 1967 he finally caught up with the one-armed man
Richard Kimble (the "Fugitive")
Kate
$1,600 [24]
In his poem "Don Juan", this Englishman wrote 7 stanzas about Daniel Boone & his virile exploits
Lord Byron
$1,600 [11]
Krav Maga is the official self-defense system of this Mideast country's defense forces
Israel
Jenna
DD $2,000 [30]
James Breasted gave this "shapely" name to a luxuriant Middle Eastern region of antiquity
the Fertile Crescent
Kate
$2,000 [20]
This company was established near Turin, Italy in 1908 to manufacture typewriters
Olivetti
$1,600 [4]
From the Latin for "measure", it's a small amount of something
modicum
Andy
$2,000 [16]
In 1964 Mary Tyler Moore won her first Emmy, as this New Rochelle housewife
Laura Petrie (on the Dick Van Dyke Show)
$2,000 [25]
James Fenimore Cooper based this "Last of the Mohicans" character on Daniel Boone
Hawkeye (or Natty Bumppo, or Pathfinder, or Deerslayer)
Kate
$2,000 [12]
(Cheryl finishes off the wicket implements of destruction category) Abokkenand ashinaiare two types of sword used in this Japanese martial art whose names means "way of the sword"
kendo
Jenna
$2,000 [29]
The Dnepr-Pripyat lowland in this former SSR was once forest & is now largely pasture
Ukraine
Kate Andy
DD $4,000 [19]
A contest gave this butter from the Minnesota Cooperative Creameries Association its name
Land O'Lakes
Kate
$2,000 [5]
Wine-producing city of the Northern San Joaquin Valley
Modesto
Kate Jenna Andy

Final Jeopardy!

PRO SPORTS TEAM NAMES

It's the only NBA team name that uses a state nickname in place of a city or state

the Golden State Warriors

Andy "What is Golden State" — wagered $1,999
Jenna "What are . . . ?" — wagered $10,000
Kate "What are the Nets?" — wagered $2,799

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