Show #5390 2008-02-01 (taped 2007-10-29) Regular

Contestants

Jennah Durant — a public affairs specialist from Dallas, Texas

Lisa Fritsche — a Sunday school director from Columbia, Missouri

Stephen Fineman — a science teacher from Morristown, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,001)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Stephen	$3,800	$3,600	$7,600	$8,401 3rd place: $1,000	$9,200 18 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Lisa	$1,800	$4,400	$14,000	$8,999 2nd place: $2,000	$13,600 17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Jennah	$2,400	$5,400	$9,800	$18,800 New champion: $18,800	$11,800 18 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

AWARDS & HONORS	MONTY PYTHON FOREVER	FINISH THE PROVERB	BETWEEN	THE DEVIL	THE DEEP BLUE SEA
$200 [17] In 2007 this online auction site won a lifetime achievement Webby Award eBay Lisa	$200 [1] In a pet shop, a dead one of these was "sitting" on its perch because it was nailed there a parrot Lisa	$200 [22] Too many cooks... spoil the broth Jennah	$200 [13] Liz Taylor's husband between Mike Todd & Richard Burton Eddie Fisher Lisa Jennah	$200 [11] In a Goethe work, this title character is tempted by the devil Mephistopheles Faust Jennah	$200 [6] Heading southeast, the Yucatan Channel between Mexico & Cuba leads into this sea the Caribbean Sea Stephen
$400 [18] Anna Ginsberg won this competition in 2006 with her baked chicken & spinach stuffing the Pillsbury Bake-Off Lisa Jennah	$400 [2] Strange ambulation is the norm at the Ministry of these Silly Walks Jennah	$400 [23] You can't judge a book... by its cover Stephen	$400 [27] Color between green (low) and yellow (elevated) on the Homeland Security Advisory chart blue Stephen Lisa	$400 [12] It's what the Devil wears in the title of Lauren Weisberger's fashion industry novel Prada Stephen	$400 [7] The Romans called it "Mare Nostrum", our sea the Mediterranean Sea Stephen
$600 [19] Surrey Spice Girl, this miniature breed, won Best in Show at the 2002 Westminster Kennel Club Show a poodle Lisa	$600 [3] Now a director, this American made the quirky animations for the show (Terry) Gilliam Stephen	$600 [24] He who laughs last... laughs best Stephen	$600 [28] Bible book between John & Romans in the King James Version Acts (of the Apostles) Jennah	$600 [14] In the Bible, Jesus is tempted by the Devil after this many days in the wilderness 40 Jennah	$600 [8] Astrakhan, Russia is found nearest the shores of this large sea (which is really a salt lake) the Caspian Sea Stephen
$800 [20] This horse whose name can be a synonym for "award" won the Triple Crown back in 1948 Citation Stephen	$800 [4] A fake TV show designed to help viewers recognize trees keeps showing this tree variety over & over & over the larch Stephen	$800 [25] Nothing ventured... nothing gained Jennah	$800 [29] Country completely between Russia & China Mongolia Jennah	$800 [15] Ambrose Bierce penned this sardonic reference work in 1906 The Devil's Dictionary Stephen	$800 [9] It's found on the southern end of the Suez Canal the Red Sea Lisa
DD $1,600 [21] In 1980 this Norman Mailer book won a Pulitzer, not a pardon The Executioner's Song Stephen	$1,000 [5] In a sketch that takes place in a world of Supermen, a man who fixes these is treated like a hero bicycles	$1,000 [26] Man cannot live... on bread alone Jennah	$1,000 [30] Geologic era between the Paleozoic & the Cenozoic the Mesozoic Lisa	$1,000 [16] "The Screwtape Letters" from a senior devil to an underdevil are by this man better known for children's books C(live) S(taples) Lewis Lisa	$1,000 [10] The Crimean Mountains contain prominent cliffs found on the northern coast of this sea the Black Sea Jennah

Double Jeopardy! Round

GROUNDHOG DAY	ENTERTAINING THE TROOPS	HISTORIC NICKNAMES	MEDICAL SCHOOL	OFFICIAL STATE STUFF	"CAN"NED WORDS
$400 [19] During winter these in a groundhog drop from about 80 per minute to around 4 heartbeats Stephen	$400 [26] Now host of "The Tonight Show" he was quick to volunteer to entertain the troops during the First Gulf War Jay Leno Stephen	$400 [11] "The Angel of the Battlefield" Clara Barton Jennah	$400 [14] This renowned Minnesota institution opened its own med school in 1972 the Mayo Clinic Jennah	$400 [6] This folksy state instrument of Missouri often accompanies its state folk dance, the square dance a fiddle Stephen Jennah	$400 [1] In 1963 the Four Seasons were "Happy As Can Be" with this sweet "Girl" Candy Lisa
$800 [20] In 1886 the first U.S. Groundhog Day was observed in ths Pennsylvania city Punxsutawney Stephen	$800 [30] He became an icon by entertaining troops in every major conflict from World War II to the First Gulf War Bob Hope Stephen	$800 [12] "Yellow Hair" & "The Boy General" Custer Lisa	$800 [17] The first U.S. school to award an M.D., Columbia's med school is formally the College of Physicians & these Surgeons Jennah	$800 [7] The Baltimore Checkerspot type of this flutters by as Maryland's state insect a butterfly Lisa	$800 [2] The floor of a boxing ring canvas Stephen
$1,200 [21] In South Africa this alphabetically first animal is sometimes called a groundhog an aardvark Stephen	$1,200 [29] He's performed his country hit "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue" for U.S. troops in Iraq Toby Keith Jennah	$1,200 [13] "The Pirate of the Gulf" Lafitte Stephen	$1,200 [18] In March 2004, UCLA suspended this program after a parts-for-profit scheme came to light body donation Stephen Lisa	$1,200 [8] The bowhead type of this takes a bow as Alaska's state marine mammal a whale Lisa	$1,200 [3] A slang term for a French Canadian, or an NHL player from the other side of the country a Canuck Jennah
$1,600 [22] Groundhogs live in these tunnel-like creations, also a homophone for another mammal a burrow Lisa	$1,600 [28] This star of "The Jazz Singer" spent much of WWII in the field entertaining troops Al Jolson Stephen	DD $2,000 [15] "The Knight of the Cloak" Sir Walter Raleigh Jennah	$1,600 [24] Washington University School of Medicine is the birthplace of this scanner similar to a CAT scanner. It was first to revealbrainfunction PET Stephen	DD $2,000 [9] Its official state fossil is Chesapecten Jeffersonius Virginia Lisa	$1,600 [4] This 11th Century King of England also ruled Denmark & Norway during the latter part of his reign Canute Lisa
$2,000 [23] Before Groundhog Day took off, February 2nd was celebrated by the Catholic Church as this day for wax objects Candlemas Lisa	$2,000 [27] This trio often appeared in WWII USO shows singing their hit songs like "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" The Andrews Sisters Lisa Jennah	$2,000 [16] "The Father of Comedy" & "Prince of Ancient Comedy" Aristophanes	$2,000 [25] My son the obstetrician went to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at the Univ. named for a Jewish academy Yeshiva Jennah	$2,000 [10] Go SCUBA diving in Hawaii & you may see the state gem, the black type of this coral Jennah	$2,000 [5] The text of this type of nonmetrical hymn is taken from Biblical text other than the Book Of Psalms a canticle

Final Jeopardy!

COMMUNICATION

A government website says it's "a complete, complex language... said to be the 4th most commonly used" in the U.S.

American Sign Language

Stephen "What is Amer Sign Lang?" — wagered $801

Jennah "What is American sign language?" — wagered $9,000

Lisa "What is Spanish?" — wagered $5,001

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