Show #5426 2008-03-24 (taped 2007-12-04) Regular

Contestants

Sara Boretz — a prospect research coordinator from Upland, California

John Byrne — a student affairs director from Watertown, Massachusetts

Lisa Schumaker — a medical research assistant from Silver Spring, Maryland (whose 2-day cash winnings total $39,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Lisa	$1,400	$7,000	$18,900	$2,900 2nd place: $2,000	$20,200 23 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
John	$4,600	$6,600	$17,400	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$18,400 23 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Sara	$-400	$-200	$4,200	$8,199 New champion: $8,199	$4,200 6 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD	THE PURSUIT OFHAPPY DAYS	AT THE PHARMACY	ONE OF THE 7 DEADLY SINS	YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER	"W"ORDPLAY
$200 [11] Bogota, Bolivar & Boyaca are political divisions of this country Colombia Sara	$200 [1] Before he directed Rene Russo in "Ransom", this "Happy Days" actor went to high school with her Ron Howard John	$200 [12] Bayer says in 1897 Felix Hoffmann first synthesized this pain reliever used in low doses today to prevent heart attacks aspirin Lisa	$200 [18] Sounds like a collective name for a group of large cats pride Sara	$200 [19] In the 19th century, the Van Camp family started getting fat off the combination of pork & these beans Lisa	$200 [6] It was the breakthrough word that Helen Keller first "heard" water Lisa
$400 [14] (Jon of the Clue Crew indicates a map of the Western Mediterranean on the monitor.) From Vatican City, the world's smallest independent country, travel about 280 miles northwest & you'll reach this second-smallest country at less than 1 square mile in size Monaco John	$400 [2] Aaaaaaaaaaaay! Call him Dr. Fonz! A big thumbs-up to this actor who got an honorary Ph.D. at Emerson (Henry) Winkler Lisa	$400 [13] The tranquilizer diazepam was introduced in 1963 under this brand name Valium John	$600 [25] Van Gogh's was "for life" according to Irving Stone lust Lisa	$400 [20] Heard here are the strains of the U.S. Marines' Drum & this Corps Bugle John	$400 [7] This 4-letter weather phenomenon is a result of the uneven heating of the Earth's surface wind John
$600 [15] In 2005 Prince Bandar ended 22 years as this country's ambassador to the U.S. Saudi Arabia Lisa	$600 [3] On VH1 he was "45...and Single"; it's probably best you don't call him Chachi if you meet him Scott Baio John	$600 [28] Tylenol is an American brand of this pain reliever that's known in England as paracetamol acetaminophen Lisa	$800 [26] In the title of a John Osborne play, it's what you "Look Back in" Anger John	$600 [21] Schweppes says this product is the perfect accompaniment to gin tonic Lisa	$600 [8] An epithalamium is a poem written for one of these occasions, like the one John Masefield wrote for Nov. 20, 1947 a wedding John Sara
$800 [16] If I'm on the Hummingbird Highway headed for Belmopan, I'm in this Central American country Belize Lisa	$800 [4] Anson Williams is a cousin of the creator of the Heimlich maneuver & also played this "Happy Days" pal "Potsie" Weber John	$800 [29] This vaccine developed by Jonas Salk was tested on almost 2 million children from 1954 to 1955 the polio vaccine Lisa	DD $1,000 [24] Phonetically, it sounds like 2 letters of the alphabet envy John	$800 [22] In words written for the "Pomp and Circumstance" march, Britain is the "land of hope and" this glory John	$800 [9] This important thoroughfare runs from Trinity Church to the East River Wall Street
$1,000 [17] Yerevan, the capital of this republic, lies about 35 miles from Mount Ararat Armenia Lisa	$1,000 [5] Rocker Suzi Quatro was hell-bent for this "Happy Days" recurring character Leather Tuscadero John	$1,000 [30] "Rally with Sally (Field) for bone health" & ask your doctor about this once-monthly medicine for osteoporosis Boniva Lisa	$1,000 [27] In the movies, Gordon Gekko said it was good greed John	$1,000 [23] The decorative pattern seenhereis called this "-and-dart" egg	$1,000 [10] In 1961 Newton Minnow described television as a vast this wasteland John

Double Jeopardy! Round

EXPLORERS	OSCAR-WINNING MOVIE SYNOPSES	LANGUAGES	THE STATE'S JR. SENATOR	NONFICTION	BEASTLY EXPRESSIONS
$400 [12] In 1935 Lincoln Ellsworth discovered the Eternity Range on this continent Antarctica John	$400 [1] Brock is looking for diamonds but instead finds a picture of Rose, who is 102 years old; then--a flashback Titanic John	$400 [2] W szczebrzeszynie, chrzaszcz brzmi w trzcinie, "...a beetle buzzes in the reeds", is a tongue twister in this language Polish Lisa John	$400 [26] Barack Obama Illinois John	$400 [15] In "Ana's Story", this First Daughter tells of a young mother she met through UNICEF who's HIV positive Jenna Bush Sara	$400 [11] "To cry" these is to show insincere sorrow crocodile tears John
$800 [13] In 1798-99 George Bass & Matthew Flinders proved this current Australian state was an island by sailing around it Tasmania Lisa	$800 [7] Mike & Nick get captured, play Russian roulette; Saigon falls The Deer Hunter Sara	$800 [3] Mosul is a good place to hear the Northern Kurmanji dialect of this minority language of Iraq Kurdish Lisa	$800 [27] Joe Lieberman Connecticut John	DD $1,000 [20] "The Nine" in a 2007 book by CNN senior legal analyst Jeffery Toobin refers to the 9 of these Supreme Court justices Lisa	$800 [16] To look guilty but smug is "to look like" this, an expression that mentions 2 pets the cat that ate the canary Lisa
DD $1,500 [14] This Italian explorer in the service of France may have "narrowly" visited the Maryland region in 1524 Verrazano Lisa	$1,200 [8] Philly detectve investigates Mississippi murder; he & local sheriff get their man In the Heat of the Night John	$1,200 [4] In the 500s B.C., this replaced Hebrew as the Jews' language; part of the Book of Daniel is written in it Aramaic John	$1,200 [28] Tom Harkin Iowa Lisa	$1,200 [21] In this 1937 memoir, Isak Dinesen wrote about life & love on her coffee plantation in Kenya Out of Africa Lisa	$1,200 [17] This porcine phrase refers to something of undetermined value, as a purchase a pig in a poke Lisa
$1,600 [24] In June 1741 this Dane sailed east from Russia; he later sighted Mount St. Elias on the Alaskan mainland Bering Sara	$1,600 [9] C.C. loans out his dwelling to his superiors for their trysts; falls for Fran The Apartment Sara	$1,600 [5] In the 1920s this language of Anatolia switched from the Arabic to the Latin alphabet Turkish Lisa	$1,600 [29] Jim Webb Virginia Lisa	$1,600 [22] This Studs Terkel book is subtitled "People Talk About What They Do All Day & How They Feel About What They Do" Working John	$1,600 [18] (Sarah of the Clue Crew monkeys around at Helping Hands: Monkey Helpers for the Disabled in Boston.) The animals learn to help by imitating; this idiom, "MSMD", describes their training monkey see, monkey do Lisa
$2,000 [25] In 1497 this Italian discovered Newfoundland for England; son Sebastian likely sailed with him John Cabot John	$2,000 [10] Con-man's mentor is murdered; Henry Gondorff helps to get revenge The Sting	$2,000 [6] Halloween has its origins in the festival of Samhain, which means "summer's end" in this language Irish (or Celtic) John	$2,000 [30] David Vitter Louisiana	$2,000 [23] This British historian's "A Study of History" was published in 12 volumes from 1934 to 1961 Arnold Toynbee	$2,000 [19] On "Cheers", Norm said it was this kind of world & "I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear" dog-eat-dog Lisa

Final Jeopardy!

THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

Coined in 1899, this word suggests that things like rivers & boundaries affect nations' foreign affairs

geopolitics

Sara "What is geopolitical?" — wagered $3,999

John "What is estuarial?" — wagered $17,400

Lisa "What is Political G." — wagered $16,000

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