Show #5363 2007-12-26 (taped 2007-09-11) Regular

Cora Peck game 6.

Contestants

Patricia Crane — a systems specialist from Alexandria, Virginia

Bruce Upbin — a magazine editor from Brooklyn, New York

Cora Peck — a teacher and graduate student from Aliso Viejo, California (whose 5-day cash winnings total $116,803)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Cora	$1,000	$2,000	$13,700	$6,200 3rd place: $1,000	$12,800 16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Bruce	$3,600	$8,800	$18,100	$8,799 2nd place: $2,000	$14,400 23 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Patricia	$2,800	$5,000	$13,000	$18,200 New champion: $18,200	$13,000 15 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

PUNJAB	FICTIONAL BOOKS	WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?	GAMES PEOPLE PLAY	INVENTORS & INVENTIONS	"IP" SO FACTO
$200 [21] Since 1947, the historic region of Punjab has been divided between these 2 countries India & Pakistan Patricia	$200 [2] This character on "Seinfeld" thought of "a coffee table book about coffee tables" that turned into a coffee table Kramer Cora	$200 [7] Beef chili is also called "chili con" this, Spanish for "meat" carne Bruce	$200 [1] You don't have to buy a vowel, but you do begin this word game by drawing a gallows hangman Bruce	$200 [15] In the 1920s, Frank Whittle, who grew up making model airplanes, designed the first working engine of this type a jet engine Patricia	$200 [26] Landing or Gaza a strip Bruce
$400 [22] As part of his Easternmost conquests, this Greek's armies occupied the Punjab around 327 B.C. Alexander the Great Bruce	$400 [3] On this show, "The Itchy & Scratchy Movie" was novelized by Norman Mailer The Simpsons Cora	$400 [16] "Joy of Cooking" gives a recipe for this beef dish but cautions that eating raw meat can be hazardous to your health steak tartare Cora	$400 [11] In 2007 he became the first man since Bill Tilden to win the U.S. Open 4 years in a row (Roger) Federer Patricia	$400 [20] Alexander Wood & Charles Pravaz are credited with developing this device in 1853 first used to inject morphine a (hypodermic) syringe Bruce	$400 [27] Idle talk about the private affairs of others gossip Cora
$600 [23] In the 1840s this European power fought 2 costly wars over the Punjab before annexing the region outright the English (Great Britain) Bruce	$600 [4] A man is searching for the novel "Knickerless Nickleby" in the bookstore skit on this British Show Monty Python ( 's Flying Circus ) Bruce	$600 [17] Corned beef is cured in brine; this other deli meat is seasoned brisket that's been cured, smoked & cooked pastrami Patricia	$600 [12] The first important U.S. tournament in this board game took place in New York City in 1857 chess Cora Patricia	$800 [9] After steamboat success, he was urged to work on submarine-launched torpedoes by Pres. Jefferson Robert Fulton Bruce	$600 [28] A bon mot a quip Patricia
$800 [24] In this Kipling work, the title orphan's father was a sergeant in an Irish regiment in the Punjab Kim Cora Bruce	$800 [5] This doctor from the original "Star Trek" series wrote "Comparative Alien Physiology" McCoy Patricia	$800 [18] Part of the name of this expensive boneless cut means "dainty" in French filet mignon Bruce	$800 [13] Jordan & Bird hit "nothing but net" playing this shot-for-shot basketball game in 1990s TV ads for McDonald's HORSE Bruce	DD $1,000 [8] After Carrier came up with this in 1902, my 20 babes waving palm fronds idea went out the window air conditioning Bruce	$800 [29] Mating rituals, perhaps for Miles Standish? courtship Patricia
$1,000 [25] Predominant in the Punjab, this religion has origins in both Hinduism & Islam Sikhism Cora	$1,000 [6] Jose Chung speaks to FBI agents before writing "From Outer Space" about an alien abduction on this show The X-Files Patricia	$1,000 [19] It's the French name for boeuf braised in red wine, usually garnished with mushrooms & white onions bœuf bourguignon Bruce	$1,000 [14] From before 3000 B.C., the game Senet of these people used a board & pieces to depict an afterlife journey the Egyptians Cora	$1,000 [10] In 1868, 9 years after developing the railway sleeping car, he introduced the first railway car for dining Pullman Patricia	$1,000 [30] Carrot relative seen here a parsnip Bruce

Double Jeopardy! Round

"PUN" JAB	WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT	OSCARS WILD	ART	SEEING EYE DOGS	THEATRE AROUND THE WORLD
$400 [25] Colons & commas & hyphens, oh my! punctuation Cora	$400 [6] Around 46 B.C, Julius Caesar offended his countrymen by dedicating a statue to her Cleopatra Cora	$400 [1] We liked her, we really liked her when this actress won for "Places in the Heart" in 1985 Sally Field Patricia	$400 [26] Georges Rouault liked to include some tragic ones of these in his works; Red Skelton specialized in them clowns Cora	$400 [27] (A trainer and dog stop at a curb behind Cheryl of the Clue Crew at The Seeing Eye in New Jersey.) A dog is trained to stop at curbs for two reasons, safety & orientation, as people who are visually impaired determine location by counting these the blocks Cora	$400 [23] The musical "Les Mis" didn't debut on Broadway but in this city, its setting Paris Bruce
$800 [24] Furry Phil's Pennsylvania place for fanciful February forecasting Punxsutawney Bruce	$800 [7] As an example to her Russian subjects, she & her son Paul had themselves inoculated against smallpox in 1768 Catherine (the Great) Bruce	$800 [2] In 1992, proving he could keep up with the younger crowd, he did one-armed pushups accepting his "City Slickers" Oscar Jack Palance Bruce	$800 [11] A Gerrit Dou work is sometimes known as "The Mother of" this painter with whom Dou studied in 17th century Leiden Rembrandt Bruce	$800 [28] (Jon of the Clue Crew pets a German shepherd puppy at The Seeing Eye in New Jersey.) The Seeing Eye puppy-raising program aims to have dogs learn the ABCs:affection, this & courtesy behavior Patricia	$800 [12] He directed a landmark Chinese production of his play "Death of a Salesman" at the People's Art Theatre in Beijing Arthur Miller Cora
$1,200 [16] Pugilistic pair pictured here Punch & Judy Patricia	$1,200 [13] In 1616 she & her husband John Rolfe traveled to England to help raise funds for the Virginia colonists Pocahontas Bruce	$1,200 [3] He's the "SNL" guy (& you're not) who opened the 1988 show with, "Good evening Hollywood phonies"; he never hosted again Chevy Chase Cora	$1,600 [8] A note formerly on the back of "Figure de fantasie" by this Rococo painter says it was done in one hour Fragonard	$1,200 [19] (Jon of the Clue Crew crosses the street with a trainer & her dog at The Seeing Eye in New Jersey.) A Seeing Eye dog owner listens to traffic to know when to say "forward"; the dog doesn't know when to go because dogs have this visual deficiency of their own colorblindness Bruce	$1,200 [20] A Dutch TV reality show picked the muscular "swinger" for the European run of this Disney musical Tarzan Cora Bruce
$1,600 [17] William Gibson pioneered this sci-fi genre of characters in a dark, futuristic world dominated by computers cyberpunk Bruce	$1,600 [14] In November 1988 she was elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head a modern Islamic nation (Benazir) Bhutto Cora	$1,600 [4] Disney sued the Academy for "unflattering" use of this character after a 1989 duet with her & Rob Lowe Snow White Cora	$2,000 [10] This Venetian, said his pupil Palma Giovane, "used his fingers more than his brush" to finish his lush works Titian	$1,600 [30] (Jon of the Clue Crew watches as a dog refuses to cross a street despite its trainer's urging.) Thoreau talked of "civil" this, but dogs must learn "intelligent" this, like stopping instead of obeying an order to go forward disobedience Patricia	$2,000 [22] If you get to put "RSC" on your resume, you were part of this British troupe the Royal Shakespeare Company Bruce
$2,000 [18] From the Latin for "mark for deletion", it's to erase something from official records expunge Bruce Patricia	$2,000 [15] To further the ambitions of her brother, her father, Pope Alexander VI, arranged several marriages for her Lucrezia Borgia Patricia	$2,000 [5] This "American Beauty" nominee nearly had a pregnant pause at the 2000 show; she was due with her 4th at any moment Annette Bening Cora	DD $4,500 [9] 19th c. painter Thomas Cole lived in Catskill, N.Y. on this river, whose "School" he helped found the Hudson River Bruce	$2,000 [29] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew leads Jon on at The Seeing Eye in New Jersey.) In the matching process for a dog, people with visual impairments are evaluated on pace & pull using this harness named for the Roman queen of heaven Juno	DD $2,500 [21] There's a "method" behind his founding of the Moscow Art Theatre with Nemirovich-Danchenko (Constantin) Stanislavski Cora

Final Jeopardy!

STRUCTURES

When completed, it stretched for 73 1/2 miles from Bowness to Wallsend

Hadrian's Wall

Patricia "What was Hadrian's Wall?" — wagered $5,200

Cora "What is the Chunnel?" — wagered $7,500

Bruce "What is the Channel Tunnel?" — wagered $9,301

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