Show #5354 2007-12-13 (taped 2007-08-29) Regular

Contestants

Chris McCarthy — a technical support specialist from Brockton, Massachusetts

Rebecca Watt — a high school social studies teacher from Vienna, Virginia

Martha Rothman — a retired stockbroker from Barnegat, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $32,801)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Martha $5,000 $7,400 $14,200 $5,900
2nd place: $2,000
$14,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Rebecca $2,200 $1,800 $11,200 $5,800
3rd place: $1,000
$7,800
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Chris $1,600 $4,000 $16,900 $28,401
New champion: $28,401
$16,400
22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

ANIMALS MEET THE ROBINSONS CONVERT THE ROMAN NUMERALS LOGOS TWAIN TRACTS "WOO" WOO!
$200 [26]
Muskrats & woodrats belong to this order of mammals
rodents
Chris
$200 [16]
In 1947 he shattered baseball's color line
Jackie Robinson
Chris
$200 [1]
A movie classic:MMI
2001
Martha
$200 [11]
Poppin' Fresh, this brand's doughboy, was introduced in 1965 to promote its crescent rolls
Pillsbury
Rebecca
$200 [21]
"A frightened look in Becky's face brought Tom to his senses and he saw that he had made a blunder"
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Rebecca
$200 [4]
It's the section of an orchestra that includes the flutes
woodwinds
Chris
$400 [27]
The Venus's flower basket is one of the most attractive of these porous aquatic creatures
a sponge
Martha Chris
$400 [17]
Like a famous "Mr." of song, it was the nickname of tap dancer Bill Robinson
Bojangles
Chris
$400 [2]
Kennedy craft:CIX
109
Martha Chris
$400 [12]
A schoolkid's winning design for a Planters contest was modified to become this advertising icon
Mr. Peanut
Rebecca
$400 [22]
"By my authority as executive I threw Merlin into prison--the same cell I had occupied myself"
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Chris
$400 [5]
Chewbacca is the best known of these fictional creatures
a Wookiee
Chris
$600 [28]
This feisty Thai fish blows sticky bubbles to make a nest, then puts the eggs in its mouth & blows them in the nest
fighting fish
$600 [18]
Now with his own line of foods, this Motown legend boasts, "The soul is in the bowl"
Smokey Robinson
Rebecca Chris
$600 [3]
A number needed to be elected president:CCLXX
270
Rebecca
$600 [13]
Would you like fries with this company whose logo, designed in 1969, is a pigtailed little girl?
Wendy's
Chris
$600 [23]
"I resk forty dollars that he can outjump any frog"
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
Chris
$600 [6]
A speaker designed for the reproduction of low-frequency sounds
woofer
Martha
$800 [29]
Australians call this animal a jumbuck or a monkey
sheep
$800 [19]
In 1951 he defeated Jake LaMotta to become middleweight boxing champ
Sugar Ray Robinson
Chris
$800 [9]
Truly a Venus:XXXVI, XXIV, XXXVI
36-24-36
Martha
$800 [14]
A sailor boy & his dog Bingo began appearing on packages of this snack way back in 1918
Cracker Jacks
Martha
$800 [24]
"It is the longest river in the world... it is also the crookedest river in the world"
LIfe on the Mississippi
Martha
$800 [7]
Adjective meaning close to fainting, perhaps from a blow to the head
woozy
Martha
$1,000 [30]
Fruit & lizards (yum!) are favorite foods of the coati, also known by this longer name
coatimundi
$1,000 [20]
It was the end of Rico & of this actor who passed away in 1973 shortly after he finished filming "Soylent Green"
Edward G. Robinson
Martha
$1,000 [10]
Good year for sailing:MCDXCII
1492
Rebecca
DD $1,200 [15]
The logo of this company founded in 1837 is in agricultural green & yellow & features an antlered animal
John Deere
Martha
$1,000 [25]
"The two went and stood side by side before a great mirror and lo, a miracle: there did not seem to have been any change"
The Prince and the Pauper
Martha
$1,000 [8]
British book babe who hosted the Bloomsbury Group
Virginia Woolf
Martha

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 15th CENTURY POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER WHAT A GEM! EUROPEAN CUISINE IT'S GREEK MYTH TO ME! IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STATE
$400 [11]
On July 3, 1450 peasant leader Jack Cade entered this capital in triumph; by July 12 he was dead
London
Martha
$400 [6]
Standup comic who knows how to "bring the pain" is shocked to find himself starring in "Pillow Talk" with Doris Day
Chris Rock Hudson
Chris
$400 [21]
The desired color for these Burmese gems has long been compared to pomegranate seeds, like those seen here
rubies
Chris
$400 [13]
Spice up your life with chicken paprikash, a famous dish from this country
Hungary
Rebecca
$400 [22]
Selene was the Greek goddess of this heavely body--& quite a heavenly body herself
the moon
Rebecca
$400 [1]
Emeril must love this state with "bam" inside it
Alabama
Rebecca
$800 [12]
A rebellion of his brothers Andrei & Boris was stopped by this ruler III--come on, how many Russian names are left?
Ivan
Martha Rebecca Chris
$800 [7]
George Harrison's "godly" 1970 hit becomes a Tolkien trilogy
"My Sweet Lord Of The Rings"
Chris
$800 [27]
Diamond dealers express the value of their wares in price per this, equal to 1/5 of gram
carats
Martha
$800 [14]
Some folks make Welsh rarebit with milk instead of this traditional liquid; Homer Simpson would be outraged
beer
Rebecca
$800 [23]
Let's reflect on this handsome youth who was immune to love--till he was bedazzled by his own reflection
Narcissus
Rebecca
$800 [2]
The life force known as "chi" is inside this state
Michigan
Chris
$1,200 [18]
This Portuguese prince wasn't just about exploration--he & his brother Fernando tried to conquer Tangier & failed miserably
Prince Henry the Navigator
Chris
$1,200 [8]
Sir Mix-A-Lot's booty-shakin' rap classic mashes up with a romp-to-Russia Beatles tune
"Baby Got Back In The U.S.S.R."
Chris
$1,200 [28]
(Jon of the Clue Crew holds a purple gem in a pair of tweezers.) It has more iron oxide than any other variety of quartz, which is believed to account for its richcolor
an amethyst
Rebecca
$1,200 [15]
Blaa may not sound appetizing, but it's a nice floury bread from Waterford in this country
Ireland
Rebecca Chris
$1,200 [24]
The peacock was sacred to this queen of the gods, who added the eyes to its tail
Hera
Rebecca
$1,200 [3]
"For" it's a jolly good state
California
Rebecca
$1,600 [19]
In 1453 the last Byzantine emperor, the XI of this name, died in the vain defense of his city
Constantine
Martha
$1,600 [9]
1980 Goldie Hawn film that became a guy who knew a penny saved is a penny earned
Private Benjamin Franklin
Chris
$1,600 [29]
This blue gem has been prized since biblical times; tradition holds the tablets of the ten commandments were made of it
sapphire
$1,600 [16]
Many things may be stuffed to make this traditional Greek dish, but stuffed grape leaves are the most popular
dolmas (or dolmades)
$2,000 [26]
Hyp hyp hooray for this god of sleep whos name is Greek for--you guessed it--"sleep"
Hypnos
Chris
$1,600 [4]
I'll "use" a map to drive to this state
Massachusetts
Chris
$2,000 [20]
A masterpiece ofilluminationis the circa 1415book"Les Très Riches Heures du" this duke
the Duke of Berry
$2,000 [10]
Don Johnson's 1980s cop show that finds itself in reverse order from that stated
Miami Vice Versa
Martha
$2,000 [30]
Mines for this gemstone, like the "Lavender Pit" in Arizona, are always near copper mines
turquoise
$2,000 [17]
Black pepper (achoo!) is a leading ingredient in these cookies whose name is German for "peppernuts"
pfeffernuesse
Martha
DD $5,000 [25]
Some say the name of this faithful wife means "with a web over her face"; others say it means "striped duck"
Penelope
Rebecca
DD $2,500 [5]
I'll feel "out" of sorts if I can't visit these 2 states
South Carolina & South Dakota
Chris

Final Jeopardy!

AFRICAN RIVERS

The course of this river that's almost 3,000 miles long is an immense counter-clockwise semi-circle

the Congo

Rebecca "What is the Zambezi?" — wagered $5,400
Martha "What is the Zambezi?" — wagered $8,300
Chris "What is the Congo?" — wagered $11,501

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