Show #5376 2008-01-14 (taped 2007-10-24) Regular

Contestants

DJ Molny — a software entrepreneur from Lone Tree, Colorado

Robin Olson — an administrator originally from Bellefonte, Pennsylvania

Angela Ruediger — a college instructor from Lemoyne, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $23,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Angela $2,400 $3,400 $9,800 $19,600
2nd place: $2,000
$9,800
13 R, 1 W
Robin $3,400 $9,200 $13,800 $800
3rd place: $1,000
$8,800
15 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
DJ $2,400 $2,600 $19,000 $27,601
New champion: $27,601
$18,600
25 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

LITERARY TITLES NO. 1 HITMAKERS OF THE '70s SON OF WOOD AMPHIBIOUS INVASIONS SPECIAL "K"s WE MEAN BUSINESS
$200 [1]
1957 novel about a strong female executive
Atlas Shrugged
DJ
$200 [26]
1970:"I Think I Love You"(the group)
The Partridge Family
Robin
$200 [19]
In a beloved children's tale, he's the whittle buddy carved out of wood by the old woodcarver Geppetto
Pinocchio
DJ
$200 [12]
Landing at Sussex, his forces invaded Britain by sea on September 28, 1066
William the Conqueror
DJ
$200 [2]
The world's largest sanctuary for these cuddly cuties is Lone Pine Sanctuary in Brisbane
koalas
Angela
$200 [9]
Introduced in 1948, Glidden's Spread Satin is a type of this
paint
Angela
$400 [3]
A repetitive Bard title
Measure for Measure
Angela
$400 [27]
1975:"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"(& it's not the Fab 4)
Elton John
DJ
$400 [20]
Pirates shiver when woodsmen yell this word from the Old English for "trees for building"
"Timber!"
DJ
$400 [16]
The 5-beach attack in this momentous operation was known as the Montgomery Plan
D-Day (Normandy)
Robin
$400 [5]
"Dustbin lids" is Cockney rhyming slang for these; I have 2 of them at home
kids
Robin
$400 [13]
Selfridges Department Store opened for business in this British airport in 1995
Heathrow
DJ
$600 [4]
Absurdist novel about a bombardier
Catch-22
DJ
$600 [28]
1975:"Jive Talkin'"
The Bee Gees
Angela
$600 [21]
From the Italian for "knot in wood", these dumplings may have cheese or spinach in them
gnocchi
Robin
$600 [17]
Supported by catapults mounted on the invasion ships, he landed 2 legions of soldiers near Dover in 55 B.C.
Julius Caesar
Angela
$600 [6]
You're really cooking with this percussion instrument; it has a cooking-pot name
a kettledrum
Robin
$600 [14]
It was founded in 1911 as CTR, the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co.; today it's known by these 3 letters
IBM
Robin
$800 [10]
Prose from Papa
A Farewell to Arms
Angela
$800 [29]
1976:"(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty"
KC & the Sunshine Band
Angela
$800 [22]
It's the numerical home of Winnie the Pooh & his buddies
the Hundred Acre Wood
Robin
$800 [24]
In 1759 Gen. James Wolfe sailed up the St. Lawrence River to capture this Canadian city
Quebec
Robin DJ
$800 [7]
This Muppet-named son of Teddy Roosevelt is buried in Alaska, where he was posted during WWII
Kermit
Angela
$800 [15]
27-year-old Ken Griffey Jr. ran for president in a 1996 TV commercial for this sportswear company
Nike
Robin
$1,000 [11]
A George Eliot classic
Mill on the Floss
Robin
$1,000 [30]
1976:"Afternoon Delight"
Starland Vocal Band
$1,000 [23]
In German, this Strauss waltz is known as "Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald"
Tales from the Vienna Woods
Angela Robin
DD $3,000 [25]
In WWI, an Allied amphibious assault on this Dardanelles port city collapsed after the Turks counterattacked
Gallipoli
Robin
$1,000 [8]
Take a mystical journey into Native American culture at Mystery Lodge in this Buena Park, Calif. theme park
Knott's Berry Farm
DJ
$1,000 [18]
Launched in 1990, this "planetary" auto company is renowned for its personal service
Saturn
Robin

Double Jeopardy! Round

GERMAN CITIES THE SPORTS ZONE CAN I GET YOUR NUMBER? "TAR" FOR THE COURSE EUROPEAN ARTS AND ARTISTS WE MEAN BISMUTH
$400 [16]
It's the town where the Pied Piper plied his ratnapping & kidnapping skills
Hamelin
DJ
$400 [21]
When they relocated to San Antonio in 1973, pro basketball's Chaparrals became this team
the Spurs
DJ
$400 [1]
This is the number of karats representing 100% pure gold
24
DJ
$400 [7]
After the death of his parents, he's raised by a female ape
Tarzan
DJ
$400 [6]
Robert Delaunay introduced vivid colors to this "geometric" movement, beginning a trend called Orphism
cubism
DJ
$400 [26]
Based on a salt of bismuth, a pink liquid used to treat upset stomachs has had this name since 1919
Pepto-Bismol
Angela Robin
$800 [17]
From 1949 until 1999 Germany's Bundestag legislature met in this city
Bonn
DJ
$800 [22]
He hit his last, massively long home run off off pitcher Guy Bush in May 1935
[Babe] Ruth
DJ
$800 [2]
Number of sides on a typical snowflake
6
DJ
$800 [8]
9-letter word for a protective canvas covering
tarpaulin
DJ
$800 [12]
His "Luncheon on the Grass" caused a major scandal at the Salon des Refuses
Manet
Angela
$800 [27]
It's the chemical symbol for bismuth
Bi
DJ
$1,200 [18]
From 1701 to 1871 it was the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia
Berlin
$1,200 [23]
This fabled stadium where the Pittsburgh Pirates & Steelers used to play was demolished in 2001
Three Rivers
DJ
$1,200 [3]
To convert from miles to leagues, divide the total miles by this number
3
DJ
$1,200 [9]
Cilician hometown of the Apostle Paul
Tarsus
DJ
$1,200 [13]
In the 1500s Isaac Oliver found fame painting this kind of portrait named for its tiny size
miniature
Angela
$1,200 [28]
The melting point for Bismuth is 520.7 degrees F.; it's 2,847 degrees F. for this point
the boiling point [or vaporization]
DJ
DD $2,000 [19]
Getting into the German National Museum in this Bavarian city might be a bit of a "trial" on busy days
Nuremberg [Nürnberg]
DJ
$1,600 [24]
(I'm USC athletic director Mike Garrett.) In Super Bowl IV, I scored a touchdown on a play called 65 toss power trap for this team coached by Hank Stram
Kansas City Chiefs
$1,600 [4]
Beethoven's odd-numbered symphonies are his most famous, including this oneheard here
7th
DJ
$1,600 [10]
Asian prosimianseen here
tarsier
$1,600 [14]
Dutch painter Dirk Hals was the younger brother of this man who painted "The Witch of Haarlem"
Frans
Robin
$1,600 [29]
This landlocked country of South America is a prime source of mined bismuth
Bolivia
Robin
$2,000 [20]
This city on the Elbe River was home to Kurt Vonnegut's title 1969 abattoir
Dresden
Robin DJ
$2,000 [25]
With 7 world championships this German formula 1 auto racer is the all-time leader
Michael Schumacher
$2,000 [5]
A pianist could tell you this is the number of days it takes Mercury to complete one orbit
88
Angela
$2,000 [11]
The lowest region of hell in Greek mythology
Tartarus
Angela
DD $5,000 [15]
This Spaniard's 1650 painting of Pope Innocent X may be his greatest single portrait
[Diego] Velázquez
Robin
$2,000 [30]
Bismuth gives a pearly sheen to cosmetic products like enamel for these
nail polish [nails]
Robin

Final Jeopardy!

CLASSIC MOVIE DUOS

Around the world they're known variously as "Flip i Flap", "Dick und Doof" & "El Gordo y el Flaco"

Laurel & Hardy

Angela "Who are Laurel & Hardy?" — wagered $9,800
Robin "Who are Tom and Jerry?" — wagered $13,000
DJ "Who are Laurel & Hardy?" — wagered $8,601

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