Show #5381 2008-01-21 (taped 2007-10-25) Regular

Contestants

Jean Doolittle — a tech trainer from Ham Lake, Minnesota

Rob Skolits — a management consultant and actor originally from Flemington, New Jersey

Christa Franklin Ishino — a homemaker and freelance editor from Northville, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,599)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Christa	$2,000	$5,400	$8,600	$17,199 2-day champion: $34,798	$8,400 17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Rob	$-600	$0	$800	$1 3rd place: $1,000	$2,400 10 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD)
Jean	$3,400	$4,000	$11,600	$5,999 2nd place: $2,000	$11,600 15 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC AMOURS	"M"ISCELLANY	TRANSPORTATION	EUROPEANA	2007 BESTSELLERS	WHAT A FAMOUS HORSE RACE!
$200 [1] This dictator's rumored romp with Pompey's wife was even riskier than his fling with Cleopatra Julius Caesar Jean	$200 [2] One of Oz' little folks Munchkins Rob	$200 [7] Roofed cars on a freight train, or a roll of 12 in a dice game boxcars Rob	$200 [24] In 1986 local farmers in this country protested the plan to take their land for Europe's first Disneyland France Christa	$200 [13] This Robert Ludlum character returned to the list in 2007 with a "Betrayal" Jason Bourne Christa	$200 [21] & away they go... This horse who was 1st on TV in 1949 leads early... Its masked jockey seems to be saying "Hi yo" something Silver Rob
$400 [12] When this "great" guy became King of Judea, he banished his first wife, Doris, & married a princess named Mariamne Herod the Great Rob Jean	$400 [3] A Boy Scout wears the ones he's earned on a sash merit badges Jean	$400 [8] The name of this vehicle used on grave occasions comes from the Old French for "long rake" a hearse Jean	$400 [25] Copernicus was a crack student at Jagiellonian University in this city in Poland Kraków Christa Jean	$400 [14] This Tibetan, a noted big hitter, hit the list with "The Universe In A Single Atom" the Dalai Lama Christa	$400 [22] At the turn, it's this title horse, of course, of course; his show ran from 1961-66... & he's doing his own trash talking! Mr. Ed Rob
$600 [16] For 13 years, Madame de Montespan was the sunshine of this Sun King's life Louis XIV Christa	$600 [4] Prepare meat for grilling using rubs, brines or perhaps a red chile-citrus one of these a marinade Jean	$600 [9] During the Cold War, 2 different families escaped over the Berlin Wall using these lighter-than-air vehicles hot air balloons Christa Rob Jean	$600 [26] European city seenherein 1968 Prague Christa	$600 [15] Walter Isaacson's biography of this scientist was based on the subject's personal letters Albert Einstein	$600 [23] Created by Anna Sewell in 1877, this literary horse shows a full recovery from a broken leg & now leads! Black Beauty Christa
$800 [17] The Earl of Bothwell led the plot to murder this queen's 2nd husband 3 months before becoming hubby number 3 Mary, Queen of Scots Rob	$800 [5] The type of gown named for this creature of legend often has a fishtail skirt or train mermaid Christa	$800 [10] From 1985 to 2003, Milwaukee hosted a parade featuring dozens of these wagons from Baraboo circus wagons Jean	$800 [27] From the name of the peninsula on which they lie, Greece & Albania are considered 2 of these "states" Balkan states Rob	DD $1,000 [19] She is the subject of Carl Bernstein's "A Woman In Charge" Hillary Clinton Christa	—
$1,000 [18] The Duchess of Portsmouth was the least popular mistress of this "Merry Monarch" (& that was quite a contest) Charles II	$1,000 [6] In 2003 Mahathir bin Mohamad resigned as PM of this Asian country after 22 years in power Malaysia Jean	$1,000 [11] If you're walking your baby back home in London, it won't be in a stroller but in this 4-letter synonym a pram Jean	—	$1,000 [20] "The Lost Files Of" this Carolyn Keene sleuth provide an interactive guide to her cases Nancy Drew Jean	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

OPERA NAMES	WAR OF THE WORLDS	MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS & PHRASES	LAMPS	DEATH	IN VENICE
$400 [1] The title figure of this Puccini opera is Cio-Cio San Madame Butterfly Rob	$400 [3] Ray guns & speed bikes are no match for the Ewoks' sticks & stones in this film Return of the Jedi Christa	$400 [11] A very handsome young man is sometimes called this, after the handsome youth loved by Aphrodite Adonis Christa	$400 [16] Stormy name for the type of antique lamp seen here a hurricane lamp Jean	$400 [19] Balinese villagers bury their dead temporarily until they can have a big one of these ceremonies with a pyre cremation Rob Jean	$400 [24] This waterway, roughly 2 miles long, is the main artery that cuts the city in half the Grand Canal Rob
$800 [2] This title temptress of an 1875 opera works in a cigarette factory Carmen Jean	$800 [5] Lord Dark Helmet is dispatched to steal Planet Druidia's air in this Mel Brooks film Spaceballs Rob	$800 [12] You may have this small but crucial weakness even if you weren't dipped in the River Styx by your mother an Achilles' heel Christa	$800 [17] Dr. Clanny's lamp of 1813 was designed so these workers wouldn't ignite gases & blow themselves up miners	$800 [20] In this funeral style named for a type of music, the music is slow on the way to the cemetery, rousing on the way home a jazz funeral Christa	—
$1,200 [4] Amneris, Daughter of Pharaoh, has an Ethiopian slave girl--her Aida Jean	$1,200 [7] Fighting breaks out over a spice that's protected by giant worms on the planet Arrakis in this film Dune Jean	$1,200 [13] A shrewish woman, or a predatory mythological creature who is part woman, part bird a harpy Rob	$1,200 [18] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew indicates a lava lamp.) Lava lamps are possible because the liquids have different specific gravities & are immiscible, which means this they don't mix Christa	$1,200 [21] In this religion, martyrs are buried in the clothes they died in; others are shrouded in a white kafan Islam	—
$1,600 [6] Gilda, the daughter of this hunchback, falls in love with the licentious Duke of Mantua, with dire consequences Rigoletto Rob	$1,600 [8] In this film, Tom Skerritt & John Hurt are among those killed by the creature in Quadrant QBR 157, 052 Alien Christa	DD $2,000 [14] This adjective meaning volatile or quick-witted comes from the name of a swift messenger god mercurial Rob	DD $2,000 [25] Nils Gustaf Dalen won a Nobel Prize for a lamp that goes on by itself at dusk, 1st used at the Furuholmen one of these a lighthouse Rob	$1,600 [22] According to the Antyesti rites of this religion, water & milk are set out, & the bones may be immersed in a river the Hindu religion Jean	—
$2,000 [9] Tannheuser & Lohengrin are knights; this title character of another Wagner opera is a "pure fool" Parsifal Christa	$2,000 [10] Roughnecks are going to make the bugs from Klendathu pay after they've destroyed Buenos Aires in film Starship Troopers	$2,000 [15] The delightful Champs-Elysee in Paris is named for this delightful resting place of the dead in Greek mythology the Elysian Fields Jean	$2,000 [26] French term for the upward-illuminating lamp seen here torchiere Christa	$2,000 [23] According to this religion's canon law, "apostates, heretics & schismatics" must be denied a religious funeral Catholicism Christa	—

Final Jeopardy!

SHAKESPEAREAN GEOGRAPHY

This land, named for an Italian, is mentioned just once in a Shakespeare play--in "The Comedy of Errors"

America

Rob "What is Padua?" — wagered $799

Christa "What is America?" — wagered $8,599

Jean "What is Illyria?" — wagered $5,601

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