Show #5380 2008-01-18 (taped 2007-10-24) Regular

Contestants

Emily Ullman — a law student from Palisades, New York

Christa Franklin Ishino — a homemaker and freelance editor from Northville, Michigan

Susan Forman — a homemaker and former attorney from Waccabuc, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $45,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Susan $2,000 $3,400 $13,400 $9,200
3rd place: $1,000
$13,400
17 R, 1 W
Christa $2,600 $7,600 $8,800 $17,599
New champion: $17,599
$7,400
14 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Emily $2,000 $5,000 $7,300 $14,300
2nd place: $2,000
$11,800
18 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE FILMS FROM COMIC BOOKS BOOK KNOWLEDGE YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT HAYDN SEEK
$200 [23]
Beneath the Tower Bridge in London:this river
the Thames
Emily
$200 [16]
Jake Gyllenhaal was reportedly ready to take over this role after Tobey Maguire suffered back pains
Spider-Man
Christa
$200 [1]
A book's backstrip covers the part that has this anatomical name
the spine
Emily
$200 [7]
Ah yes, my sweet, if you eat this sticky liquid, comb & all, I'll definitely call you my this
honey
Susan
$200 [5]
Joseph Haydn was born in 1732 in Rohrau, 25 miles east of this world capital to which he moved in 1740
Vienna
Emily
$200 [18]
Many have sought this creature of the Pacific NW; at 7 to 10 ft. tall & about 500 lbs., you'd think he'd be easy to find
Bigfoot
Emily
$400 [27]
Beneath Patna's Mahatma Gandhi Bridge:this river
the Ganges
Christa
$400 [17]
Severely underweight from his role in "The Machinist", Christian Bale gained 100 pounds to play this role
Batman
Susan
$400 [2]
Shakespeare wrote, "What's past is" this introductory part of a book
prologue
Christa Emily
$400 [8]
Eat too many of this "original goumet jelly bean" & its name may describe your tummy
a Jelly Belly
Emily
$400 [12]
Let me pump... you up (with info)--Joseph Haydn's middle name; this was his first name
Franz
Christa
$400 [19]
This sought-after spring was thought to be on Bimini; Ponce De Leon then sought Bimini but found Florida instead
the Fountain of Youth
Christa
$600 [28]
Under the Brooklyn Bridge:this river
the East River
Christa
$600 [24]
Ths title heroine played by Halle Berry has vertical pupils & a penchant for tuna
Catwoman
Christa
$600 [3]
Mulvany, Nancy, 177; birth of, 28; education of, 213; as expert in creating these, 326-331
an index
Emily
$600 [9]
If I eat a frankfurter before I show off my skiing stunts, you have every reason to call me one of these
a hot dog
Susan
$600 [13]
In 1781 Haydn befriended this composer from Salzburg, 10 years before his all-too-premature death
Mozart
Susan
$800 [21]
Many have looked for this legendary item on Mount Ararat; others think it's in Kurdistan
Noah's Ark
Christa
$800 [29]
Beneath the Tacoma Narrows Bridge:this inlet
Puget Sound
Emily
$800 [25]
The 2007 "Fantastic Four" sequel was subtitled "Rise of" this galactic traveler
the Silver Surfer
Emily
$800 [4]
A colophon is a section at the end of a book that often names this, like 10-point Baskerville
the font
Susan
$800 [10]
Lewis Browning ate more than 22,000 of these creme-filled Hostess cakes; if you did the same, I'd call you one
a Twinkie
Christa
$800 [14]
Haydn's "Farewell" Symphony was written this period in his work that translates into "storm & stress"
Sturm und Drang
Susan
$1,000 [22]
In 1590 a storm forced Gov. John White to abandon his search for members of this colony, who were never seen again
Roanoke
Susan
$1,000 [30]
Under the Sunshine Skyway Bridge:this bay
Tampa Bay
$1,000 [26]
In a 2003 film this blind superhero, the "Man Without Fear", battled Bullseye & a NYC crimelord called the Kingpin
Daredevil
Emily
$1,000 [6]
Entomological name for a blank page at the start of a book, suitable for inscriptions
the fly (or the fly leaf)
Susan
$1,000 [11]
If you spend your last dime on one of these New Orleans-style hero sandwiches, you really will turn into one
a poor boy
Christa
$1,000 [15]
Symphony No. 94 is called this for its unexpected loud chord shortly after the soft beginning of the 2nd movement
the "Surprise Symphony"
Emily
DD $2,000 [20]
In 2003 the BBC did an extensive sonar search for this creature, first reported in 565 A.D.
the Loch Ness Monster
Christa

Double Jeopardy! Round

PHOTOGRAPHY TOUGH TUNES POTENT POTABLES 13-LETTER WORDS LITERARY GREAT ESCAPES YOU'VE BEEN EXILED
$400 [16]
"Men at Work" is a 1932 book containing Lewis Hines' 1930 photos chronicling the construction of this skyscraper
the Empire State Building
Susan
$400 [1]
The Godfather of Soul, James Brown "Can't dance" because of these "in his pants"
ants
Susan
$400 [17]
If 007 is coming over, better read the book "Shaken Not Stirred: A Celebration of" this cocktail
the martini
Susan
$400 [26]
From a Washington Irving character, it's a nickname for a New Yorker, Dutch-descended or otherwise
a knickerbocker
Emily
$400 [6]
In this 1852 work, Eliza makes a harrowing escape across a frozen river from a slave trader named Haley
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Susan
$400 [11]
Later to run a pizza parlor in Virginia, Nguyen Ngoc Loan uses a gun in an infamous photo taken in this city in 1968
Saigon
Christa
$800 [22]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew gets nearer, much larger.) It's the camera attachment that accounts for the way you're seeing me right now
a fisheye lens
Emily
$800 [2]
Vanessa Williams sang, "Just when I thought our chance had passed, you go and" do this
save the best for last
Susan
$800 [18]
In cockney rhyming slang, this liquor is a "gay & frisky"
whiskey
Emily
$800 [27]
On completing law school, you're likely to receive a J.D., a doctor of this degree
jurisprudence
Susan
$800 [7]
By clinging to the belly of a ram, this mythological figure escaped from the cave of the cyclops
Odysseus
Emily
$800 [12]
This country's first president, Syngman Rhee, fled the country in 1960 & died in 1965 in exile in Hawaii
South Korea
$1,200 [23]
In 1907 2 French brothers with this last name marketed their autochrome glass plates to produce color photos
Lumière
Emily
$1,200 [3]
In a Michael Martin Murphey song, this title horse "busted down its stall / in a blizzard he was lost"
Wildfire
Susan
$1,200 [19]
Searching for fine tequila? Look for a label that says it's 100% this color agave
blue
Emily
$1,200 [28]
(Jon of the Clue Crew plop, plops 2 tablets in a glass; they fizz, fizz.) When you drop Alka-Seltzer in water, a series of reactions, including the release of carbon dioxide, creates this bubbly effect, from the Latin for "begin to boil"
effervescence
Christa
$1,600 [9]
In "The Deerslayer", this character escapes from the Hurons when Chingachgook helps to free him
Natty Bumppo
Susan
$1,200 [13]
In 1973, 14 years after his overthrow, this Cuban dictator died in exile in Spain
Batista
Christa
DD $2,000 [24]
From the Latin for "to open", it's the camera part that controls the intensity of light striking the film
aperture
Emily
$1,600 [4]
Neil Diamond sang that a woman from this state "shines with her own kind of light"
Kentucky
Christa
$1,600 [20]
This word for a sweetened mixture of rum, beer & beaten egg can also mean a turned-up hairstyle
a flip
Emily
$1,600 [29]
It's one who compiles a dictionary
lexicographer
$2,000 [10]
Pangloss keeps his incorrigible optimism intact when he escapes an incompetent hangman's noose in this satire
Candide
Susan
$1,600 [14]
During exile in the U.S. in 1915, ex-prez Victoriano Huerta of this country was thrown in prison
Mexico
$2,000 [25]
Her first photo-essay appeared in Esquire in 1960; much of her work thereafter depicted human oddities
(Diane) Arbus
Emily
$2,000 [5]
In a Led Zeppelin tune, Robert Plant was "packin'" his "bags for" these title mountains, familiar to Tolkien fans
the Misty Mountains
Emily
$2,000 [21]
A Harvey Wallbanger just won't have the right bang without this yellow liqueur
Galliano
Susan
$2,000 [30]
From the Greek word for "scale", it's the term for a butterfly or moth expert
a lepidopterist
DD $2,500 [8]
Henri Charriere recounted his numerous escape attempts from French prisons in South America in this work
Papillon
Emily
$2,000 [15]
Napoleon's oldest brother, he spent many years in exile in New Jersey following Waterloo
Joseph

Final Jeopardy!

BIBLICAL NAMES

The name of this rebellious young man of the Old Testament can be translated from the Hebrew as "father of peace"

Absalom

Emily "Who was Absalom" — wagered $7,000
Christa "Who was Absalom?" — wagered $8,799
Susan "Who is Cain?" — wagered $4,200

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