Show #5358 2007-12-19 (taped 2007-09-10) Regular

Cora Peck game 1.

Contestants

Dave Roberts — a Marine law student originally from Royal Oak, Michigan

Cora Peck — a teacher and graduate student from Aliso Viejo, California

Kevin Holbert — a linguistics student from Buffalo, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $39,823)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Kevin $3,200 $4,200 $8,200 $8,280
2nd place: $2,000
$8,200
17 R, 3 W
Cora $2,000 $8,000 $26,000 $26,000
New champion: $26,000
$27,200
30 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Dave $0 $1,400 $200 $200
3rd place: $1,000
$200
8 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

ISLANDS TV SHOWS BY CHARACTERS PARTS OF SPEECH ATTORNEYS GENERAL WHACK A MOLE
$200 [6]
In 1866 this large island became politically united with British Columbia
Vancouver
Cora
$200 [11]
Kim Bauer, Tony Almeida, President David Palmer
24
Kevin
$200 [1]
Dream, when you're feeling blue; dream, that's the thing to do:dream
verb
Kevin
$200 [16]
Robert Jackson served as prosecutor in the Nuremberg Trials after serving as this president's Attorney General
FDR
Dave
$200 [21]
An anarchist named Bresci killed King Umberto of this country in 1900
Italy
Cora
$200 [26]
Famous for her mole, this supermodel was once married to Richard Gere
Cindy Crawford
Kevin
$400 [7]
Though ceded in 1898, this Pacific island didn't become a U.S. territory until 1950
Guam
Kevin
$400 [12]
Desmond David Hume, Jin-Soo Kwon, Claire Littleton
Lost
Kevin Cora
$400 [2]
Rodney Dangerfield said, "When I was born, I was so ugly the doctor slapped my mother":ugly
adjective
Kevin
$400 [17]
She was Bill Clinton's third choice for A.G.; the first 2 were withdrawn
Janet Reno
Dave
$400 [22]
Mexico, 1940:Looks like this former No. 2 man under Lenin in Russia got whacked, literally
Trotsky
Kevin
$400 [27]
The cult movie "El Topo", or "The Mole", got distribution based on this "Imagine" Beatle's recommendation
John Lennon
Cora
$600 [8]
Until the 1950s, this island off French Guiana was used as a penal colony
Devil's Island
Cora
$600 [13]
Gabrielle, Lynette, Bree, Susan
Desperate Housewives
Cora
$600 [3]
So when you're happy (hooray!) or sad (aw!) or frightened (eek!) or mad (rats!):hooray, aw, eek, rats
interjection
Kevin
$600 [18]
The 1988 resig. of this pres.'s A.G. Ed Meese coincided with a report that Meese had "probably violated the criminal law"
Reagan
Cora
$600 [23]
Brother Ike took a powder as Billy of this family was gunned down at the O.K. Corral
the Clantons
Cora
$600 [28]
The mole variety of this insect has forelegs adapated for shoveling: the males can chirp a mean tune, too
a cricket
Kevin Cora
$1,000 [10]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew points out a South Atlantic island on a map on the monitor.) Tristan da Cunha is often called the most remote inhabited island--the nearest major city is this one, 1500 miles away
Cape Town
Cora
$800 [14]
C.J. Cregg, Josh Lyman, Donna Moss
The West Wing
Cora
$800 [4]
We know you're very smart, but are you smart enough to know:very
adverb
Cora
$800 [19]
In the 1840s Nathan Clifford served for this president & negotiated the treaty that made California part of the U.S.
(James K.) Polk
Cora
$800 [24]
Patrice Lumumba helped the Congo gain independence from this country in 1960; he was killed less than a year later
Belgium
Cora
$800 [29]
In "Austin Powers in Goldmember", the mole was played by this former child star of "The Wonder Years"
Fred Savage
Dave
DD $1,600 [9]
Divided between 2 countries, it's the largest island in the Pacific
New Guinea
Cora
$1,000 [15]
Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard
NCIS
$1,000 [5]
I killed a man in Reno just to watch him die:in
preposition
Kevin
$1,000 [20]
During Watergate, he quit as Nixon's Attorney General; later, he was Commerce Secretary
(Elliot) Richardson
Cora
$1,000 [25]
Thomas a Becket was killed by 4 of this king's men after excommunicating some bishops & barons
Henry II
Cora
$1,000 [30]
Instead of counting atoms, chemists simplify with the unit called a mole or this scientist's number
(Amedeo) Avogadro
Kevin

Double Jeopardy! Round

BIBLICAL WARRIORS AWARDS & HONORS ANIMALS OFFICIAL STATE FOODS LITERATURE HEY, "BB"!
$400 [3]
Joshua's conquest of Canaan began with the taking of Jericho, a city in this river's valley
the Jordan
Kevin
$400 [1]
"People, people who need" Peabodys envy her for the Peabody Award she won for her 1994 HBO concert
Streisand
Cora
$400 [16]
The laughing type of this doglike carnivore is a predator of big game but also scavanges for food
a hyena
Cora
$400 [8]
Among its official state foods are mayhaw jelly &, of course, gumbo
Louisiana
Dave
$400 [14]
Published in Spain in 1605, this classic of world literature was an instant hit
Don Quixote
Kevin Cora
$400 [24]
Philately, numismatics or maybe needlework
a hobby
Kevin
$800 [4]
Joab was this Israelite king's successful commander when he conquered Jerusalem around 1000 B.C.
David
Dave
$800 [2]
This actor dedicated his "American Beauty" Oscar to his friend Jack Lemmon, who had inspired him
Kevin Spacey
Kevin
$800 [20]
In classification, this type of bird seenhereoften overlaps with doves
a pigeon
Dave
$800 [9]
With some friendly persuasion from Bill Cosby, Utah adopted this fruity treat as its state snack in 2001
Jell-O
Kevin
$800 [15]
Of 50, 200 or 500, the one closest to the number of characters in "War and Peace"
500
Kevin Cora
$800 [25]
He was the prisoner released by Pontius Pilate in place of Jesus
Barabbas
Dave
$1,200 [10]
Later lending his name to a popular hotel Bible, he led a successful night attack against the Midianites
Gideon
Cora
$1,200 [5]
For the musical "Sunset Blvd.", Hugh Jackman won two Mo Awards (equivalent to the Tonys) in this, his native country
Australia
Cora
$1,200 [21]
This five-letter eel known for its sharp teeth lurks in the holes of a coral reef & will attack divers if disturbed
a moray
Cora
$1,200 [11]
In Maryland, you can feast on this "colorful" state crustacean, both hard-shell & soft-shell
the blue crab
Cora
$1,200 [17]
This title Sir Walter Scott character is torn between Rebecca & the Saxon Rowena
Ivanhoe
Kevin
$1,200 [26]
It's the game played with the items seen here
cribbage
Dave
$1,600 [29]
This female judge won an important battle against the Canaanites by luring them into marshland
Deborah
Kevin Dave
$1,600 [6]
The JFK Profile in Courage Award is modeled after a lantern from this frigate built in 1790s Boston
the U.S.S. Constitution
Cora
$1,600 [22]
What else is gnu, but that the gnu is also called this, from Dutch words
wildebeest
Kevin Dave
DD $2,000 [12]
Adopted in 2005, pan de campo is Texas' official state this
bread
Cora
$1,600 [18]
Bank official Joseph K. is on the defensive as the accused in this Kafka work
The Trial
Cora
$1,600 [27]
It's the last name of literary siblings Bert & Nan, & Freddie & Flossie
Bobbsey
Cora
$2,000 [30]
Saul & this son of his won many battles against the Philistines, but both died at the Battle of Mt. Gilboa
Jonathan
$2,000 [7]
Washington, D.C.'s theatre awards are named for a first lady--this first lady of the American theatre
Helen Hayes
Cora
DD $2,000 [23]
Its German name is Nilpferd, "Nile horse"
a hippopotamus
Cora
$2,000 [13]
German for "cake", this fruit- or cheese-filled, yeast-raised cake is South Dakota's official desert
kuchen
Cora Dave
$2,000 [19]
In a Thomas Hardy novel, Michael Henchard is this title mayor
the Mayor of Casterbridge
Cora
$2,000 [28]
Used for experimental productions, the Peacock Theatre is housed within this other theatre of Dublin
The Abbey
Cora

Final Jeopardy!

CLASSIC ROCK

As there was another album by that title, this classic from 1973 was at one point going to be called "Eclipse"

The Dark Side of the Moon (by Pink Floyd)

Dave "What is Dark Side of the Moon?" — wagered $0
Kevin "What is Dark Side of the Moon?" — wagered $80
Cora "What is "The Dark Side of the Moon"" — wagered $0

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