Show #5428 2008-03-26 (taped 2007-12-04) Regular

Contestants

Dave Sikula — an Internet search editor from Pacifica, California

Debbie Howell — a proofreader from Woodland Park, Colorado

Andy Catsimanes — an Internet marketing copy writer from Overland Park, Kansas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,001)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Andy $-400 $3,600 $3,200 $3,000
2nd place: $2,000
$3,200
13 R, 6 W
Debbie $1,000 $3,800 $7,400 $2,000
3rd place: $1,000
$9,400
12 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs)
Dave $3,000 $5,400 $13,800 $15,000
New champion: $15,000
$14,000
22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

FOOD & DRINK PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE HATS HOMELANDS LAST WILLS & TESTAMENTS A "LONE"
$200 [7]
James Beard put this traditional topping on pumpkin pie, but the Pilgrims couldn't; they didn't have any cows yet
whipped cream
Dave
$200 [6]
Marsha Hunt was the mom of his first child, Karis; he had daughter No. 2, Jade, with Bianca
Mick Jagger
Dave
$200 [1]
Cold & wet conditions led him, in 1865, to make the "hat that could tame the American West"
a Stetson
Debbie
$200 [17]
Han lives in Changchun, in Kirin province, in this country
China
Dave
$200 [12]
After his 1616 death, his will stipulated that his "second best bed" go to his wife, Anne, which does beg a question...
Shakespeare
Dave
$200 [22]
It was 40 years ago, not today, that this album came out
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Andy
$400 [8]
A molinillo is the special tool used to whisk champurrado, a Mexico version of this sweet beverage
chocolate
Andy
$400 [27]
This guitarist originally named one daughter Dandelion; she goes by Angela these days
Keith Richards
Andy
$400 [2]
Some speculated that this 1865 literary character was illustrated to resemble Prime Minister William Gladstone
the Mad Hatter
Dave
$400 [18]
Yakubu used to send me e-mails from this country's old capital, Lagos
Nigeria
Debbie
$400 [13]
Item 6 in his will:"I give... unto my wife, Zelda... in the event she regain her sanity all of my household and kitchen furniture"
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dave
$400 [23]
It's a mellow, light-colored Italian cheese
provolone
Debbie
$600 [9]
Named for a town in Mexico, it's believed to be the first distilled spirit produced in North America
tequila
Dave
$600 [28]
This bassist wed Mandy Smith; after the 2 split, his son dated Mandy's mom; he could've been step-dad to his ex-step-mom
Bill Wyman
Andy
$600 [3]
Movie choreographer Mr. Berkeley is on a first-name basis with this furry hat worn by hussars
busby
Debbie
$600 [19]
Bela lives on central Europe's largest lake, Balaton, in this country
Hungary
$600 [14]
This Chief Justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986 left a self-written 176-word will with no provisions for estate taxes; oops
Warren Burger
Dave
$600 [24]
By the 1950s, scientists were able to do this to frogs; mice followed, in the '80s
clone
Dave
$800 [10]
This pudding that makes heavy use of egg yolks has many varieties, including a challah one
bread pudding
Debbie
$800 [29]
Knock on this guitarist, Leah & Tyrone's dad, who joined the band in 1975
Ron Wood
Dave
$800 [4]
"Derby" is the American name for this British hat
a bowler
Dave
$800 [20]
Joonas used to live in Goteborg, the second-largest city in this country
Sweden
Andy
DD $600 [15]
This "commodore" willed $90 million to his son William, $7.5 million to his 4 grandsons, & to his 8 daughters... well, not as much
(Cornelius) Vanderbilt
Dave
$800 [25]
2-word term for one who prefers to live & act independent of others, like Mr. "McQuade"
a lone wolf
Dave
$1,000 [11]
Have a "cup" of this gin-based English liquor first sold in 1859
Pimm's (No.1 Cup)
Dave
$1,000 [30]
Seraphina's pop, he began manning the drums for the Stones in 1963
Charlie Watts
Andy
$1,000 [5]
A topee is also called this kind of helmet, from the plant material it's made from
a pith helmet
Debbie
$1,000 [21]
Gustav lives in Bratislava, this country's capital
Slovakia
Debbie
$1,000 [16]
His will called for a "secret society" to take back the U.S. for Britain (his "scholarship" gets much more press)
(Cecil) Rhodes
Debbie
$1,000 [26]
This object seenhereis just a shell of itself
abalone
Andy

Double Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE STUFF THE JONATHAN CLUB SOMEBODY WROTE THAT FRENCH BUSINESS POLICE & THIEVES WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
$400 [27]
You're seeing this produced by a lily (ah-choo!)
pollen
Andy
$400 [14]
This Grammy-winning comedian has been on such TV shows as "Mork & Mindy" & "Davis Rules"
Jonathan Winters
Dave
$400 [9]
"The Shining","The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon"
Stephen King
Andy
$400 [21]
In 1977 General Mills acquired the U.S. licensing rights to this French "yo"gurt brand
Yoplait
Andy
$400 [1]
In the Cattle Wars Sheriff Pat Garrett captured this criminal, who later escaped from jail in 1881
Billy the Kid
Dave
$400 [4]
To get a horse to go fast, shift your body weight forward & tell it to do this, from the phrase "get up"
giddyup
Andy
$1,200 [26]
(Alex gives the clue from Sony Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.) These razor-thin TV screens of the future are made with OLED technology--organic light-emitting this, which allows the current to pass in only one direction
diodes
Debbie
$800 [15]
"JTT" for short, he was the voice of the young Simba in "The Lion King"
Jonathan Taylor Thomas
Andy
$800 [10]
"The Brethren","The Street Lawyer"
(John) Grisham
Debbie Dave
$800 [22]
Lancome sells this, maquillage in French
cosmetics (or makeup)
Andy Dave
$800 [2]
NYPD calls its quick responders the E.S.U.; L.A. calls its squad this 4-letter acronym
S.W.A.T.
Debbie
$800 [5]
"Muppet" comes from these 2 handy words
marionette & puppet
Andy
$1,600 [28]
(Jon of the Clue Crew compares the color of bananas.) A banana will ripen quicker in a bag, because the ethylene gas produced by the fruit cannot escape; ethylene gas is one of these growth regulators, Greek for "set in motion"
a hormone
$1,200 [16]
This Tony winner adds class to the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films as Gov. Swann, Keira Knightley's dad
Jonathan Pryce
Dave
DD $1,000 [12]
"Harlot's Ghost","Why Are We in Vietnam?"
Norman Mailer
Debbie
$1,200 [23]
Jean-Marie Messier changed a water company's name to this, which he put before the U.S. movie studio Universal
Vivendi
Andy Dave
DD $1,000 [3]
This naval hero thought up his surname to hide from the British, who tried to arrest him as a pirate
John Paul Jones
Debbie
$1,200 [6]
A component of acids, this gas discovered in 1774 gets its name from the Greek words for "acid" & "forming"
oxygen
$1,600 [17]
He directed "The Silence of the Lambs" & "Philadelphia"
Jonathan Demme
Andy
$1,200 [11]
"'E' Is for Evidence","'F' Is for Fugitive"
(Sue) Grafton
Debbie
$1,600 [24]
This company, whose symbol is seen here, eagerly embraced the automobile around 1890
Peugeot
Andy Dave
$1,600 [19]
A hacker ran away with 1.5 million credit card numbers from DSW, a warehouse for this consumer product
shoes
Debbie
$1,600 [7]
From a misspelling of the words "all correct", it was later used by Democratic partisans of Martin Van Buren
O.K.
Dave
$2,000 [18]
He played the dreamy soccer coach in "Bend It Like Beckham" before becoming a hunky Henry VIII in "The Tudors"
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Dave
$2,000 [13]
"Mr. Sammler's Planet","Herzog"
Saul Bellow
Dave
$2,000 [25]
An Eastern French city inspired the name of potatoes with onions & the banking company called "Credit" this
Lyonnais
Andy Dave
$2,000 [20]
Many police forces use this car that got its name from the wife of a Ford exec after she saw a coronation
Crown Victoria
Andy
$2,000 [8]
A card player who didn't want to deal would give the deal marker to the next player, or do this, hence the phrase
pass the buck

Final Jeopardy!

THE ACADEMY AWARDS

In 1954 he won a record 4 Oscars, including one for "Best Documentary Feature" for a film set in the American desert

Walt Disney

Andy "Who is John Ford?" — wagered $200
Debbie "Who is John Ford?" — wagered $5,400
Dave "Who is Walt Disney?" — wagered $1,200

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