Show #5348 2007-12-05 (taped 2007-08-28) Regular

Contestants

Cynthia Patterson — a database specialist and artist originally from New Orleans, Louisiana

Rob Carter — a deputy attorney general from Lawrenceville, New Jersey

Keith Thorell — an attorney from Altadena, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Keith $1,800 $3,200 $9,600 $17,600
2-day champion: $29,600
$9,600
13 R, 1 W
Rob $1,600 $3,600 $16,800 $13,799
2nd place: $2,000
$15,200
23 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Cynthia $-600 $-2,000 $1,400 $100
3rd place: $1,000
$2,000
5 R (including 1 DD), 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

ZOOLOGY BEST MUSICAL ACTOR TONY WINNERS U.S. GOVERNMENT BIO-SPHERE "M"MMMM BRIT SPEAK
$200 [1]
The giant Pacific octopus may have as many as 1,600 of these on its arms; they help it to taste & touch
suckers
Rob
$200 [26]
"The Producers"(2001)
Nathan Lane
Cynthia
$200 [11]
The Great Seal of the United States is under the custody of this highest-ranking cabinet officer
the Secretary of State
Keith
$200 [16]
Samuel Eliot Morison won a Pulitzer for "Admiral of the Ocean Sea", about this man who died in 1506
Christopher Columbus
Rob
$200 [21]
This dyed cherry originally referred to a type of wild cherry indigenous to the Dalmatian Mountains
a Maraschino cherry
Rob
$200 [6]
Fancy a cuppa, luv? Cuppa is a cup of this
tea
Rob
DD $200 [5]
The rare white alligator, seen here, has a condition called leucism, meaning it lacks this skin pigment
melanin
Rob
$400 [27]
"How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"(1995)
Matthew Broderick
$400 [12]
Public laws in 2007 & 2008 will begin with this number, which stands for the number of the Congress passing them
110
$400 [17]
As he is the subject of 1918 & 1939 Pulitzer Prize winners, perhaps the books should be read with bifocals
(Benjamin) Franklin
Keith
$400 [22]
This confection of almond paste, egg whites & sugar is often molded into decorative shapes
marzipan
Keith
$400 [7]
This brand name has become a noun & a verb for vacuum
Hoover
Rob
$400 [2]
While it doesn't breathe fire, this largest lizard does kill its prey with its deadly saliva
a Komodo dragon
Rob
$600 [28]
"Fiddler on the Roof"(1965)
Zero Mostel
Cynthia
$600 [13]
The original Declaration of Independence is on display in this records depository building
the National Archives
Rob
$600 [18]
"Mockingbird" is a portrait of this Southern writer
(Harper) Lee
Keith
$600 [23]
Meaning "froth" or "foam", it can be sweet or savory, hot or cold, or can be put in your hair
mousse
Rob
$600 [8]
As they have a tendency to burst open in a frying pan, sausages are popularly called these
bangers
Rob
$600 [3]
Doggone it! A mudpuppy isn't a little doggie but a large one of these amphibians
a salamander
Cynthia
$800 [29]
"Camelot"(1961)
Richard Burton
$800 [14]
The National Security Act of 1947 created this agency, with Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter as its first director
the CIA
Keith
$800 [19]
In a bit of table-turning, "Poison Pen" is an unauthorized bio of this woman who wrote a bio of Nancy Reagan
Kitty Kelley
Rob
$800 [24]
Put a feather in your cap if you know this Passover cookie's name is derived from the Italian for "dumpling"
macaroon
Rob
$800 [9]
While Americans put gas in their cars, the British put in this 6-letter equivalent
petrol
Keith
$800 [4]
A type of this snake that sounds like a James Clavell novel is Australia's deadliest & most feared
a taipan
Rob
$1,000 [15]
The National Institute of Standards & Technology is administered by this cabinet department
the Department of Commerce
$1,000 [20]
"Queen of Fashion" is subtitled "What" she "Wore to the Revolution"
Marie Antoinette
Cynthia
$1,000 [25]
It's also known as treacle
molasses
Rob
$1,000 [10]
This term for an electrical outlet sounds like a presentations program from Microsoft
a power point
Rob

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE BIBLE GRAPHIC NOVELS ON FILM PAKISTAN & DELIVER LETTER SYMBOLISM PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES SMOKIN' "ACE"s
$400 [16]
In Luke, Jesus is tried both by Herod & by this Roman governor
Pontius Pilate
Rob
$400 [21]
History diverges from this film, as the Spartans also had over 1,000 men from other Greek cities fighting at Thermopylae
300
Keith
$400 [22]
Pakistan's longest border is with this country to its east
India
Rob
$400 [11]
The railroad crossing warning sign called a crossbuck is shaped like this letter
X
Rob
$400 [6]
"Bachelor President"
James Buchanan
$400 [1]
A turn of 180 degrees from the position of attention
about-face
Rob
$800 [17]
When the Jews of Persia are ordered killed, Mordecai puts on a sackcloth accessorized with these
ashes
Rob
$800 [23]
Johnny Depp is in England on the trail of this serial killer in the Alan Moore-inspired film "From Hell"
Jack the Ripper
Rob
$800 [27]
Pakistanis are predominantly Muslim, with the vast majority belonging to this branch
Sunni
Keith
$800 [12]
(Jon of the Clue Crew stands in front of a monitor.)The letter "shin", which begins one of the Hebrew names of God, inspired this Star Trek actor to create his famoushand gesture
(Leonard) Nimoy
Keith
$800 [7]
"Tennessee Tailor"
Andrew Johnson
Keith Cynthia
$800 [2]
Hello, baby! The Big Bopper knows this delicate fabric used for bridal gowns
(Chantilly) lace
Rob
$1,200 [18]
The First & Second of these books cover the same period as Second Samuel & First & Second Kings
Chronicles
$1,200 [24]
Tom Hanks takes his son on a violent mission of retribution against a gangster boss in this film
The Road to Perdition
Cynthia
$1,200 [30]
Like some of its neighbors, Pakistan uses this unit of currency
the rupee
$1,200 [13]
In 1706 William Jones made this the symbol of the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter
pi
Keith
$1,200 [8]
"Grandpa's Grandson"
Benjamin Harrison
Cynthia
DD $1,000 [4]
A shell covering some or all of the dorsal part of a turtle
a carapace
Cynthia
$2,000 [20]
As Rachel died bearing him, she called him Benoni, "son of my suffering"; his father, Jacob, used this name
Benjamin
$1,600 [25]
Sadly, this 1994 film about a man who comes back from the dead was Brandon Lee's last
The Crow
Rob
$1,600 [29]
Though Islamabad is the capital, this former capital is the most populous city, with 13 million people
Karachi
$1,600 [14]
When it comes after Byron Dorgan, "D." stands for this
Democrat
Keith
$1,600 [9]
"Butcher from Galena"
Grant
Rob
$1,200 [3]
A very small amount of something, or in meteorology, precipitation of less than 0.0005 in.
a trace
Cynthia
DD $4,000 [19]
The Jews held these people in low esteem, so they're made to look "good" in Luke
the Samaritans
Rob
$2,000 [26]
Thora Birch & Scarlet Johansson are best friends who move in together after high school in this novel film
Ghost World
$2,000 [28]
Since 1947, Pakistan has fought 2 wars over this disputed region to its far north
Kashmir
Keith
$2,000 [15]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew stands in front of a monitor.) Alif, the first Arabic letter, looks like the number "1", so it represents the oneness of everything in this mystic tradition of Islam
Sufism
Rob
$2,000 [10]
"Hermit Author of Palo Alto"
Hoover
Keith
$2,000 [5]
For the Titanic, this figure was 60,000 tons of water
displacement
Cynthia

Final Jeopardy!

BRITISH ENTREPRENEURS

In 1839 Queen Victoria awarded him the first ever license to deliver mail across the Atlantic

(Samuel) Cunard

Cynthia "Who is Marconi?" — wagered $1,300
Keith "Who is Cunard?" — wagered $8,000
Rob "Who is Rothschild?" — wagered $3,001

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