Show #5431 2008-03-31 (taped 2007-12-05) Regular

Contestants

Jeff McCollum — a Navy officer from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

Denise Powers — a writer from Washington, D.C.

Bryan Johnson — a teacher and doctoral student from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,001)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bryan	$1,800	$6,600	$18,200	$32,401 2-day champion: $48,402	$17,800 24 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Denise	$1,200	$3,400	$16,200	$21,999 2nd place: $2,000	$16,200 18 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Jeff	$1,400	$2,600	$5,200	$9,000 3rd place: $1,000	$2,600 9 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

GENERAL INFORMATION	THE MOVIES	WEAPONRY	MEDICAL TALK	FICTIONAL CHARACTERS	CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
$200 [6] This title folk story guy steals a golden egg-laying hen, bags of gold & a golden harp; the "giant-cide" comes later Jack Bryan	$200 [1] Jack Palance's character is described as "a saddlebag with eyes" in this 1991 comedy City Slickers Bryan	$200 [11] Standard-issue weapons for stormtroopers in "Star Wars" included energy-bolt-firing pistols called these blasters Bryan Denise	$200 [14] This term refers to the painful inflammation of any of the fibrous structures that connect muscles to bones tendinitis Jeff	$200 [30] What a happy ending: this title orphan of a Dickens novel is adopted by Mr. Brownlow Oliver Twist Bryan	$200 [19] Chips' aquatic partner(4) fish Bryan Jeff
$400 [7] Playing the pass line in craps, it's the winning number on the opening roll other than 7 11 Denise	$400 [2] (Drew Barrymore delivers the clue.) In my film "Music and Lyrics", Hugh Grant plays the "Jeopardy! Think Music" written by this creator of "Jeopardy!" Merv Griffin Bryan	$400 [12] In the 1960s Nelson Mandela led the military group "Umkhonto we Sizwe", or this weapon "of the Nation" Spear Bryan	$400 [15] To test for visual acuity, the Snellen chart is designed to be read from this many feet away 20 Denise	$400 [29] This character in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is said to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper the Headless Horseman Bryan	$400 [22] Honshu volcano(4) Fuji Bryan
$600 [8] Found in Southeast Asia, they're the smallest apes gibbons Bryan Jeff	$800 [4] (Hi, I'm Sean Hayes.) In the 2003 film "Pieces of April", I played an offbeat neighbor of this actress who had yet to meet & marry Tom Cruise Katie Holmes Bryan	$600 [13] The first 2 weapons Hamlet mentions in his "To be or not to be" soliloquy slings & arrows Denise	$600 [16] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew tends to a virtual patient at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Ctr, a Harvard teaching hospital in Boston, MA.) A dilated pupil indicates that a head injury may have led to an acute subdural this, where blood accumulates within the skull a hematoma Denise	$600 [28] She is the narrator of "To Kill a Mockingbird" Scout Bryan	$600 [23] Greek-letter group(10) fraternity Bryan
$800 [9] Pick up a GT from this car co. for a tidy $169,000, or maybe start out with a Focus for a more reasonable $13,715 Ford Jeff	DD $1,000 [3] Irene Bedard, the speaking voice of this heroine in an animated Disney film, played her mother in "The New World" Pocahontas Bryan	$800 [20] In the missile called a "SAM", it's what the "A" stands for air Denise	$800 [17] It begins, "I swear by Apollo physician and Asclepius..." the hippocratic oath Denise	$800 [27] 2 names that follow Gerald, who speaks in weird sounds instead of words in a Dr. Seuss story McBoing-Boing	$800 [24] A Mrs., in Munich(4) Frau Bryan
$1,000 [10] The tuliptree, or "yellow" this, was planted by Washington at Mt. Vernon, & Daniel Boone used its wood in his canoe poplar	$1,000 [5] Jane Russell & Marilyn Monroe sang about being "Two Little Girls from Little Rock" in this 1953 movie musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Jeff	$1,000 [21] The weapons that are "bursting" in line 5 of "The Star-Spangled Banner" bombs Bryan	$1,000 [18] Luteinizing hormone is one of the many produced by this cherry-shaped gland the pituitary	$1,000 [26] In a story by Rudyard Kipling, this mongoose protects an English family from snakes Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Bryan	$1,000 [25] It's spoken in Hameenlinna & Hyvinkaa(7) Finnish Jeff

Double Jeopardy! Round

GENERAL INFORMATION	TV PRODUCERS	TOUGH BODIES OF WATER	HELLO, DELI!	ALSO A BOOK IN THE BIBLE	IS IT "TEA" TIME YET?
$400 [1] This general, first in his class at West Point, ran for president in 2004 Wesley Clark Jeff	$400 [6] The Fairmont in this city's Nob Hill was the exterior used for Aaron Spelling's "Hotel" TV series San Francisco Bryan	$400 [11] St. George's Channel separates Wales from this country Ireland Bryan	$400 [16] I think I'll just have a nosh--a bagel, cream cheese & the Nova Scotia type of this lox Denise	$400 [26] Caesar, Antony, Cicero, et al. Romans Denise	$400 [21] I see in my crystal ball that Bill Hewitt wrote a book about how to read these tea leaves Bryan
$800 [2] This "old soldier" was a general at age 38; in 1930 at age 50, he was Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army MacArthur Jeff	$800 [7] David Chase created this HBO series & wrote many of its episodes, like "Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood" The Sopranos Bryan	$800 [12] Bristol Bay is an arm of this sea off Alaska the Bering Jeff	$800 [17] I'll have one of these "city" omelets stuffed with ham, onions & green peppers a Denver omelette Denise	$800 [27] In a 1971 song he "was a bullfrog" Jeremiah Denise	$800 [22] A tea room in Cambria, California is named for this kind of teapot cover--& it sells them, too a cozy Denise
$1,600 [4] The only place this general wouldn't "march" was to the presidency; he told the GOP "I will not accept if nominated" in 1884 Sherman Bryan	$1,200 [8] He moved from "Melrose Place" to the east coast for "Central Park West" & "Sex & the City" Darren Star Bryan	$1,200 [13] Rivers that flow into this sea include the Dnieper, Dniester & Danube the Black Sea Denise	$1,200 [18] Someone pass me this noodle pudding filled with raisins & nuts kugel Denise	$1,200 [28] Hey, this, don't be "obscure" Jude Denise	$1,200 [23] This slang synonym for oil is mentioned in the theme song to "The Beverly Hillbillies" Texas tea Bryan
$2,000 [5] This Army general headed American-led forces during the initial combat phase of the Iraq War as it began in 2003 Tommy Franks	$1,600 [9] In 2003 this "Survivor" head honcho began conducting a search to give Donald Trump an apprentice Mark Burnett Bryan Jeff	$1,600 [14] The Uruguay River forms the border between Uruguay & Argentina & most of the border between Argentina & this country Brazil Denise Jeff	$1,600 [19] It's a good knight for one of these Jewish turnovers with a meat or potato filling a knish Denise	$1,600 [29] This character first hit the radio in 1928 with his partner Andy Amos Denise	$1,600 [24] When Lady Diana had doubts about marrying Prince Charles, she was told: Too late. "Your face is on" these cloth items tea towels Denise
DD $3,800 [3] More than 540,000 men & women served under this general's command of the U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf War of 1991 (Norman) Schwarzkopf Jeff	$2,000 [10] He probably has another 6 or 7 "Law & Order" offshoots on his desk just waiting for network slots Dick Wolf Bryan	DD $2,000 [15] This Venezuelan lake is the only one of the world's 25 largest lakes whose elevation is sea level Lake Maracaibo Denise	$2,000 [20] Something smells fishy--must be this chopped fish patty mixed with crumbs & eggs & served cold in a jellied broth gefilte fish Denise	$2,000 [30] Few were "better than" this Mr. Cornell who founded the university in 1865 Ezra Bryan	$2,000 [25] In 1975 the Perfumer's Workshop introduced a fragrance named for this flower a tea rose Denise

Final Jeopardy!

BEFORE THEY WERE SENATORS

Later a U.S. senator, in 1962 he made a famous 75,000-mile trip

John Glenn

Jeff "Who is John Glenn?" — wagered $3,800

Denise "Who is John Glenn?" — wagered $5,799

Bryan "Who is John Glenn?" — wagered $14,201

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