Show #5407 2008-02-26 (taped 2007-11-13) Regular

Contestants

Matt Padula — a management consultant from Atlanta, Georgia

Maria Campbell — a pricing manager from San Diego, California

Aileen Hawkins — a stay-at-home mom from Dana Point, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $24,199)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Aileen	$3,000	$12,200	$10,800	$4,399 2nd place: $2,000	$12,200 24 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Maria	$200	$1,000	$8,600	$6,399 New champion: $6,399	$8,600 15 R, 7 W
Matt	$1,400	$1,600	$1,200	$200 3rd place: $1,000	$3,200 9 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

ASIAN CAPITALS	CALIFORNIA ROLE	AUTO HAIKU	LITERARY MOMMAS	MADE TO MEASURE	MERRIAM-WEBSTER'S NEW WORDS FOR 2007
$200 [6] This Philippine capital was so devastated during WWII that Quezon City served as interim capital from 1948 to 1976 Manila Aileen	$200 [11] He made a "sudden impact" as San Francisco police inspector Harry Callahan Clint Eastwood Aileen	$200 [26] 6-speed transmission /There's no bull in its Taurus /Dearborn Rock City Ford Aileen	$200 [1] After arriving in California from Dust Bowl Oklahoma, she tells her son Tom, "They ain't gonna wipe us out" Mother Joad Maria	$200 [21] Use a gou in Asia if you want to measure a cup of this for an electric cooker rice Matt	$200 [16] This huge new entry is a blending of "gigantic" & "enormous" ginormous Aileen
$400 [7] Many canals called khlongs crisscross this Thai capital Bangkok Aileen	$400 [12] In a classic 1959 film, writer Joe Gillis moves into Norma Desmond's mansion on this title L.A. street Sunset Boulevard Maria	$400 [27] Its Passat sedan /Fine German engineering /Ah, leatherette seats Volkswagen Maria	$400 [2] Jing-mei Woo takes the place of her deceased mother Suyuan at the weekly mah-jongg games in this 1989 novel The Joy Luck Club Aileen	$400 [22] Of about 30, 50 or 100 inches a year, the Earth's average annual amount of precipitation 30 Maria	$400 [17] This packing material that's fun to pop is another new addition Bubble Wrap Aileen Maria
$600 [8] It was captured from the Rashid clan by Ibn Saud in January 1902; it became a capital 30 years later Riyadh Maria	$600 [13] A beer-swilling pool cleaner coaches a misfit Little League team in sunny So. Cal. in this 1976 comedy The Bad News Bears Matt	$600 [28] Gas up its Prius /MPG is 55 /Time to hit the road Toyota Aileen	$600 [3] In this 1868 novel Marmee takes care of her 4 girls while her husband is away serving as an army chaplain in the Civil War Little Women Aileen	$600 [23] Take a nibble if you want 4 of these binary digits of computer code a bit Aileen Maria	$600 [18] Ready, set... It's an event where participants converse briefly with one another to find partners to go out with speed dating Aileen
$800 [9] This island capital city's main gov't offices are located in the Greek sector, not the Turkish sector Nicosia Aileen	$800 [14] He played Ben Braddock, who returned to his parents' Beverly Hills home after graduating from college Dustin Hoffman Matt	$1,000 [30] Its Titan pickup /37-gallon tank /4-hour fill-up Nissan Matt	$800 [4] This Dickens character returns home to find that his mother Clara has married the heartless Mr. Murdstone David Copperfield Maria	$800 [24] This unit equals 4 inches when measuring an Equus caballus a hand Aileen	$800 [19] Hooray for this popular term for India's motion picture industry Bollywood Aileen
$1,000 [10] Its monuments include an Arch of Triumph higher than the one in Paris & a statue of Kim Il Sung 66 feet high Pyongyang Maria	$1,000 [15] L.A. P.I.J.J. Gittes investigates the city's water management & other mysteries in this 1974 film Chinatown Aileen	DD $4,000 [29] It's their H3X /Mid-sized (for them) SUV /38 grand? Ouch! Hummer Aileen	$1,000 [5] After Beowulf kills this monster, the monster's mother ravages Heorot before she is also killed by Beowulf Grendel Aileen	$1,000 [25] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, NV.) Nellis Air Force Base has the U.S.A.'s largest solar power system: 70,000 panels produce 15 of these units, supplying the base with 25% of its power in the summer a megawatt Aileen Matt	$1,000 [20] Definitions for this compound word include a decisive defeat & a contest in entertainment wrestling smackdown Maria

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANIMAL FARM	BOXER	NAPOLEON	4 LEGS GOOD, 2 LEGS BAD	OLD MAJOR	"SNOW" BALL
$400 [26] With more than 4,300 species, lizards make up the largest living group of this animal class reptile Aileen	$400 [27] It wasn't marvelous Marvin Hamlisch who KO'd Thomas Hearns in the 3rd round in 1985; it was him Marvin Hagler Aileen	$400 [16] 1930s big city mayor known as the "Napoleon of New York" LaGuardia Matt	$400 [11] Associated with unicorns, the ch'i-lin of this large country's pantheon visits when philosophers are born China Maria	$400 [6] This Virginia school's 1693 charter created a college of divinity, philosophy & languages William & Mary Aileen Matt	$400 [1] Ski-doo is a popular maker of these vehicles snowmobiles Matt
$800 [25] Some monkeys use this as a fifth limb; it's prehensile, after all a tail Aileen	$800 [20] 2 men named "Sugar Ray": one became welterweight champ in 1946, the other in 1979 Sugar Ray Leonard & Sugar Ray Robinson Aileen Matt	$800 [28] This Hawaiian leader was known as the "Napoleon of the Pacific" King Kamehameha Aileen	$800 [12] Eye, eye, Odysseus: you want to blind Polyphemus, one of these; we, your captive crew, totally have your back a cyclops Maria	$800 [7] One of the 2 courses of study that Harvard offered in 1906 as its first "concentrations" history or literature Maria Matt	$800 [2] In this Hemingway story, a writer named Harry makes a doomed trip to Africa to "work the fat off his soul" "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" Maria
$1,200 [24] The scaly armor that surrounds thearmadillois composed of plates made of this; it's formed by ossification bone Maria	$1,200 [21] From East L.A. this Mexican American won the WBO light weight title in 1994 & a Grammy nomination in 2001 Oscar De La Hoya	$1,200 [17] Early U.S. vice president who was known as the "Napoleon of the West" for his intrigues there Aaron Burr	$1,200 [13] Shadowfax, a horse of Rohan, was untamed until approached by this wizard Gandalf Maria	$1,200 [8] In 1882 this Mass. univ. established the 1st curriculum for electrical engineering within its physics department MIT Aileen	$1,200 [3] In Spanish this fairy tale character is known as Blancanieves Snow White Maria
$1,600 [29] No "laughing" matter, in Africa a dozen of these can reduce a 500-pound zebra to bones in 30 minutes hyena Maria	$1,600 [22] He won the heavyweight title in 1892 & was known as "Gentleman Jim" for his fancy style of dress "Gentleman Jim" Corbett Aileen Matt	$1,600 [18] Eloquent orator & 11th president of the U.S. known as the "Napoleon of the Stump" Polk Matt	$1,600 [14] Bully for Theseus who killed this bad, bad 2-legged monster that ate sacrifices in a Cretan maze the Minotaur Maria	$1,600 [9] Princeton's website says "For all intents and purposes" it became (temp.) this kind of college in 1918 military	$1,600 [4] This machine gives its name to a basic skiing maneuver done to turn or stop a snowplow Aileen
$2,000 [30] Thought to be bad luck by natives, theaye-ayeis a lemur, so it's no surprise it's only found here Madagascar Maria	DD $2,000 [23] His 1910 defeat of James J. Jeffries resulted in racial violence in many U.S. cities Jack Johnson Matt	$2,000 [19] Called the "Napoleon of the Piano", this Hungarian virtuoso played 1,000 concerts in less than 10 years Liszt Maria Matt	$2,000 [15] Chiron, one of these 4-legged mythical creatures, was good--he taught Jason & Achilles centaur	DD $4,600 [10] In 1946 author Wallace Stegner founded this "inventive" 2-word program at Stanford creative writing Aileen	$2,000 [5] Antony Armstrong-Jones was made the Earl of this in 1961 Snowden Maria

Final Jeopardy!

1910s HISTORY

World Book said it "ranks as one of the greatest engineering achievements in the world"

the Panama Canal

Matt "What is the Aswan Dam?" — wagered $1,000

Maria "What is the Brooklyn Bridge?" — wagered $2,201

Aileen "What is the Suez Canal?" — wagered $6,401

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