Show #5439 2008-04-10 (taped 2008-02-05) Regular

Deborah Fitzgerald game 4.

Contestants

Sal Turchio — a college dean from Staten Island, New York

Norah Piehl — a freelance writer and permissions editor from Brookline, Massachusetts

Deborah Fitzgerald — a retired government employee from McLean, Virginia (whose 3-day cash winnings total $41,101)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Deborah $1,600 $4,000 $14,800 $14,800
4-day champion: $55,901
$14,800
18 R, 1 W
Norah $1,200 $7,400 $17,400 $6,900
2nd place: $2,000
$17,400
22 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W
Sal $400 $-1,000 $3,400 $3,300
3rd place: $1,000
$4,400
10 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

READ YOUR BIBLE MOVIE "NIGHT" BRITISH VS. AMERICAN AUTO TERMINOLOGY SNAKES ON THE CUTTING EDGE STARTS & ENDS WITH THE SAME LETTER
$200 [6]
In the New Testament, Zacchaeus climbs a tree to get a better view of this man
Jesus
Sal
$200 [1]
Wilfrid Brambell played Paul McCartney's granddad, "a clean old man", in this 1964 film
A Hard Day's Night
Deborah
$200 [20]
What the British call an estate car, we call this type of "wagon"
a station wagon
Norah
$200 [8]
This Egyptian queen didn't make an asp of herself, but she did use an asp snake to kill herself in 30 B.C.
Cleopatra
Norah
$200 [12]
The knife made to section this citrus fruit has a double-serrated edge with a gentle curve the last couple inches
a grapefruit
Norah
$200 [26]
A Utah senator or boat's passageway
Hatch
Norah
$400 [7]
According to 1 Kings, after her death, Queen Jezebel's body would be eaten in the street by these animals
dogs
Deborah
$400 [2]
David Strathairn played Edward R. Murrow in this 2005 film
Good Night, and Good Luck
Deborah
$400 [21]
It's a windscreen to the limeys, but it's one of these to us Yanks
a windshield
Norah
$400 [15]
The timber species of these American pit vipers are found in 27 states
a rattlesnake
Norah
$400 [13]
It was used by the farmer's wife to cut off the tails of the 3 blind mice
a carving knife
Norah
$400 [27]
A cutting remark or a sharp point, perhaps on a fishhook
a barb
Norah
$600 [9]
Luke 22:3 says that Satan entered into this apostle
Judas
Sal
$600 [3]
1967 drama in which they called Rod Steiger Sheriff Gillespie & Sidney Poitier Mr. Tibbs
In the Heat of the Night
Sal
$600 [22]
What we call gasoline, the Brits call this
petrol
Norah
$600 [16]
The Eastern species of this is encircled with broad red and black bands, separated by narrow yellow ones
a coral snake
Deborah
$600 [14]
The name of this large kitchen knife resembling a hatchet is from a word meaning "to split"
a cleaver
Deborah
$600 [28]
A generally nonmalignant growth on the surface of a mucous membrane
a polyp
Sal
$800 [10]
It's the color of manna, as described in Exodus
white
$800 [4]
Vampires appear when the sun sets for a month in Alaska in this 2007 film based on a graphic novel
30 Days of Night
$800 [23]
This car part is the bonnet to the Brits, but to us it's one of these
the hood
Norah Sal
$800 [17]
Ophiophagus hannah, the scientific name of this "royal" venomous snake, means that it eats other snakes
a king cobra
Norah
$800 [18]
This wedding knife comes in a server set & is often engraved with the names of the bride & groom
a cake knife
Deborah
$800 [29]
It's the noble gas on the periodic table that fits the category
neon
Norah
DD $1,000 [11]
Found in some Bibles but not in others, this collection of writings is from the Greek for "hidden things"
the Apocrypha
Sal
$1,000 [5]
Joaquin Phoenix hides that he's from a family full of cops, including brother Mark Wahlberg in this 2007 drama
We Own the Night
$1,000 [24]
It's a transmission in America & one of these "box"es across the Atlantic
a gearbox
Norah
$1,000 [19]
With a top speed of about 12 mph, this deadly African snake is said to be the world's fastest serpent
the black mamba
$1,000 [25]
A specialty knife designed to slice this deli item has holes so that the slices will not stick to the blade
cheese
Deborah
$1,000 [30]
An estate given by a lord to a vassal in return for service
a fief
Norah

Double Jeopardy! Round

HEALTH MATTERS '60s TV ANAGRAMMED CANADIAN CITIES EUROPEAN HISTORY SPEAK OF THE DICKENS! IT'S ALL ABOUT "U"
$400 [11]
Disclosing tablets stain this sticky whitish film on teeth, showing what you missed when you brushed & flossed
plaque
Deborah
$400 [1]
In 1961 this Western expanded to an hour; half-hour reruns began airing under the title "Marshal Dillon"
Gunsmoke
Deborah
$400 [26]
Napoleon would feel defeated there:WOO LATER
Waterloo
Sal
$400 [2]
In 1689 William III & this queen ascended the British throne & accepted Parliament's Bill of Rights
Mary
Deborah
$400 [16]
"A boat of dirty and disreputable appearance" is floating on this river at the beginning of "Our Mutual Friend"
the Thames
Deborah
$400 [21]
Diva fashionista Wilhelmina Slater is the nemesis of this ABC title character
Ugly Betty
Sal
$800 [12]
Avascular necrosis of the femoral head may lead to surgery to replace this joint
the hip joint
Norah
$800 [4]
Before starring as Detective Frank Cannon in the '70s, henarrated "The Fugitive" & "Rocky and His Friends" in the '60s
William Conrad
Deborah
$800 [27]
An "equine" town in the Yukon:HE HOTWIRES
Whitehorse
Deborah
$800 [3]
In 1415 Czech religious reformer John Hus was condemned & burned at the stake for this crime
heresy
Sal
$800 [17]
"The Old Curiosity Shop" mentions this "corner" in "that dreary pile" Westminster Abbey; Dickens ended up there
the Poet's Corner
Norah
$800 [22]
In the 5th inning of a 1920 World Series game, Bill Wambsganss pulled off this kind of triple play
an unassisted triple play
Sal
DD $1,200 [13]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) For a six-foot man who weighs 170 pounds, divide weight in pounds by height in inches square, then multiply by 703 to calculate this number for an adult; normal range is 18.5 to 24.9
BMI (body mass index)
Norah
$1,200 [6]
In 1965 Pernell Roberts left this series & his part as eldest son Adam, saying he'd grown tired of the role
Bonanza
Sal
$1,200 [28]
Capital of a prairie province:MOON DENT
Edmonton
$1,200 [5]
In 1862 this Prussian said that "The great questions of the day" would be decided "by iron and blood"
Bismarck
Sal
$1,200 [18]
In an 1845 tale, Mrs. Peerybingle says, "To have" one of these "on the hearth is the luckiest thing in all the world!"
a cricket
Norah
$1,200 [23]
Rare except in "Jeopardy!" clues & nature films, this adjective means relating to or typical of bears
ursine
Norah
$1,600 [14]
Chronic bronchitis & emphysema are causes of COPD, chronic obstructive this disease
pulmonary
Norah
$1,600 [7]
Martial arts star Bruce Lee played Kato, sidekick to this masked crimefighter, in an ABC series
the Green Hornet
Sal
$1,600 [29]
A "feminine" city on Prince Edward Island:NEWT LOOT CHART
Charlottetown
Norah
$1,600 [9]
In 1946 Vojvodina & this province were made autonomous within Serbia in Yugoslavia
Kosovo
DD $1,600 [19]
This ghost wears a long chain made of "cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds, and heavy purses wrought in steel"
Jacob Marley
Norah
$1,600 [24]
As Schliemann is to Troy, Woolley is to this city
Ur
Deborah
$2,000 [15]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue in front of a large monitor.) Within moments of a fracture, the bone begins to knit by creating acallus, which is a tough meshwork of this protein found in skin & bones; eventually the callus is replaced bybone
collagen
$2,000 [8]
On July 10, 1962, this satellite relayed the first live TV images across the Atlantic from the United States to France
Telstar
Deborah
$2,000 [30]
A provincial capital (long may it rule):GAINER
Regina
Deborah
$2,000 [10]
In 338 B.C. this Macedonian king ended Greece's independence with victory in the battle of Chaeronea
Philip
Deborah
$2,000 [20]
Dickens thought of calling this mystery "Dead? Or Alive?", leading some to think the title hero didn't really die
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Deborah Sal
$2,000 [25]
These mystical scriptures of Hinduism date from about 900 B.C.
the Upanishads
Deborah

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. AGRICULTURE

In the 50 states, the highlighted area seenhereis by far the most important for producing this

coffee

Sal "What is pineapple?" — wagered $100
Deborah "What is pineapple?" — wagered $0
Norah "What is pineapple?" — wagered $10,500

« Back to Games