Show #5387 2008-01-29 (taped 2007-10-29) Regular

Contestants

Eugene Hung — a software engineer from San Jose, California

Andrew Sprouse — a historic preservationist from Durham, North Carolina

Melissa Prusi — a marketing writer originally from Negaunee, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Melissa $5,000 $5,800 $16,600 $33,198
2-day champion: $54,398
$17,600
20 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Andrew $400 $1,200 $6,300 $9,799
2nd place: $2,000
$8,800
16 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Eugene $800 $3,600 $18,000 $2,799
3rd place: $1,000
$12,800
17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

POETS & POETRY TARZAN MOVIE REVIEW COUNTRY OF BIRTH HAIL TO THE CHIEF TALKING SHOP LET'S BUILD AN "ARK"
$200 [21]
Around 600 B.C. Alcaeus (Alky for short?) wrote verse in praise of this drink & how it brings out truth
wine
Andrew
$200 [1]
Tarzan sob like schoolgirl when little guy leave Elliott at end of this 1982 film
E.T.
Melissa
$200 [6]
Author Hans Christian Andersen
Denmark
Melissa
$200 [16]
The Whigs were fond of referring to him as "King Andrew I"
(Andrew) Jackson
Eugene
$200 [26]
Someone with many great options is often said to be "like a kid in" this place, such as California's See's
a candy store
Andrew
$200 [11]
In an office of the Commerce Department, it's patent's partner
trademarks
Andrew
$400 [22]
"The sweep of easy wind and downy flake" appears in the poem "Stopping by Woods on" this type of "Evening"
Snowy
Melissa
$400 [2]
Tarzan not stop weeping as watch Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger confront mother/daughter dynamic in this film
Terms of Endearment
Andrew
$400 [7]
Philosopher Soren Kierkegaard
Denmark
Andrew Eugene
$400 [17]
Visiting what is now Hopewell, Va. in early April 1865, this man had a terrifying dream that he would be assassinated
Lincoln
Eugene
$400 [27]
King Kullen, which started selling groceries in an old garage in Queens in 1930, calls itself the first of these
a supermarket
Eugene
$400 [12]
It's the automotive item seen here
a spark plug
Andrew
$800 [24]
Rimbaud had quite a bit of teen angst, as in his book title "Une saison en enfer", a season here
Hell
Melissa
$600 [3]
Tarzan build ballpark in jungle after view this 1989 Kevin Costner film; now have deep need game of catch with dad
Field of Dreams
Andrew
$600 [8]
Pianist/entertainer Victor Borge
Denmark
Melissa Eugene
$600 [18]
Few know that Truman had offered to be this for Ike in 1948
vice president
Melissa
$600 [28]
Retailers love it when you buy these--of $80 billion worth sold in the U.S. a year, $8 billion goes unredeemed
gift cards
Andrew
$600 [13]
6-letter term meaning to board a ship
embark
Melissa
DD $1,000 [23]
British Romantics included Wordsworth in England &, north of the border, this "Lady of the Lake" author
Sir Walter Scott
Melissa
$800 [4]
Faye play slap jack in this 1974 film; She sister! She daughter! She sister! She daughter! Tarzan confused
Chinatown
Melissa
$800 [9]
Actress Greta Garbo
Sweden
Melissa Andrew
$800 [19]
This 1920s president popularized the word "bloviating", which he used to mean "shooting the breeze"
Harding
Eugene
$800 [29]
You don't need to be buzzed in to read the 137-page manual from the Security Alliance for these pricey retailers
jewelers
Andrew
$800 [14]
A songbird of the genus Sturnella, or a Globetrotter of the Genius variety
Meadowlark
Melissa
$1,000 [25]
Beloved poet seen here
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Melissa Andrew
$1,000 [5]
Jame Gumb nasty, memorable villain in this 1991 film; also, Tarzan never drink chianti same way again
Silence of the Lambs
Melissa
$1,000 [10]
Dancer Peter Martins
Denmark
$1,000 [20]
This aide-de-camp to "Mad" Anthony Wayne went on to become the first U.S. president to die in office
William Henry Harrison
Eugene
$1,000 [30]
Try the bin of these cheap books, a word that means left over when the publisher printed too many
remainders
Melissa
$1,000 [15]
It's a family of tiny building blocks of matter
quark
Eugene

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. "C"ITIES LITTLE LEAGUE ART-IFICIAL JUST PLANE FUN FAMOUS AMERICANS HOMOPHONES
$400 [1]
On the Ohio River, it's named after a society of Revolutionary War officers
Cincinnati
Eugene
$400 [23]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the LIttle League Museum in Williamsport, PA.) The winners were the Maynard Midgets from right here in Williamsport, &this trophy was used at the very first of these events
the Little League World Series
Eugene
$400 [21]
The models for this renowned Rodin sculpture were Paolo Malatesta & Francesca da Rimini
The Kiss
Eugene
$400 [6]
On Sept. 6 1990, the White House received this new Air Force One, this 4-engine type of Boeing jet
747
Andrew
$400 [11]
Her grave marker at Arlington bears only a cross, the years 1929-1994, & her full name, including "Bouvier"
Jackie Kennedy
Andrew
$400 [16]
A stringed instrument of yore, or a fabricator
lyre/liar
Melissa
$800 [2]
It's the largest city in Wyoming
Cheyenne
Eugene
$800 [27]
Begun in 2001, an orientation program for these people tells them not to freak out over coaches' or umpires' decisions
parents
Eugene
$800 [22]
To try to stimulate trade, the Khedive of Egypt donated this obelisk to Central Park in the 1800s
Cleopatra's Needle
Andrew
$800 [7]
Clyde Cessna & Walter Beech helped make this city in Kansas the "air capital of the world"
Wichita
Eugene
$800 [12]
Last name of the brothers whose "Of Thee I Sing" was the first musical to win a Pulitzer Prize
Gershwin
Eugene
$800 [17]
One levy, or 2 pushpins
tax/tacks
Melissa Andrew
$1,200 [3]
Between 1963 & 1973, this city was called Cape Kennedy
Cape Canaveral
Andrew
$1,200 [28]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the LIttle League Museum in Williamsport, PA.) The original Little League logo had an eagle. The current one features a baseball diamond inside this architectural shape that represents Pennsylvania, where Little League was founded
keystone
Andrew
$1,200 [24]
The statue "Man at the Wheel" in Gloucester, Massachusetts is dedicated to men in this profession
fishermen
Andrew
$1,200 [8]
In 1920 Aeromarine West Indies Airways began the first intl. passenger service, Key West to this world capital
Havana
Melissa
$1,600 [14]
This 19th century political cartoonist popularized the elephant & donkey as party symbols
(Thomas) Nast
Melissa
$1,200 [18]
Corn, or a labyrinth
maize/maze
Melissa
$1,600 [4]
It was founded at the foot of Pikes Peak in 1871
Colorado Springs
Andrew
$1,600 [29]
Kids as young as 5 participate in this version of baseball where you swing at a ball that isn't pitched
tee-ball
Eugene
$1,600 [25]
Once derogatory, the name of this 17th century style may come from the Portuguese word for an irregular pearl
baroque
$1,600 [9]
It's a recreational 1-seat, 1-engine aircraft that weighs no more than 254 pounds & carries 5 gallons of fuel or less
ultralight
Andrew
$2,000 [15]
After filling Joe McCarthy's Senate seat, this Democrat fought long & hard against wasteful govt. spending
William Proxmire
$1,600 [19]
A trigonometric function, or a placard
sine/sign
Melissa
$2,000 [5]
An oil & gas center, this Texas city has a name that translates as "Body of Christ"
Corpus Christi
Melissa
$2,000 [30]
(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the LIttle League Museum in Williamsport, PA.) In 1948 this rubber-cleated shoe from this sneaker's brand known for its "They feel good" slogan became the first product officially developed for Little League
Keds
Eugene
DD $2,500 [26]
In 1904 this American was awarded the French Legion of Honor, one of the few awards she accepted
Mary Cassatt
Andrew
$2,000 [10]
In Winnie Mae, his Lockheed Vega, this pilot known for his eyepatch became the first to solo around the world in 1933
Wiley Post
DD $6,400 [13]
This man who helped win ratification of the Constitution by Maryland gave his name to a famous fort
(James) McHenry
Eugene
$2,000 [20]
Grumbling in the ranks, or hereditary derivation
dissent/descent
Melissa

Final Jeopardy!

PUBLISHING

Founded in 1856, this company introduced a numbering system for U.S. highways in 1917

Rand McNally

Andrew "Who is Rand McNally?" — wagered $3,499
Melissa "Who is Rand McNally?" — wagered $16,598
Eugene "Who is IBM?" — wagered $15,201

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