Show #5440 2008-04-11 (taped 2008-02-05) Regular

Deborah Fitzgerald game 5.

Contestants

Mike Corbin — a psychiatrist from Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Leslie Feder — a real estate advisor and investor from New York, New York

Deborah Fitzgerald — a retired government employee from McLean, Virginia (whose 4-day cash winnings total $55,901)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Deborah	$-1,400	$0	$0	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$0 9 R, 5 W
Leslie	$2,000	$3,600	$18,800	$12,800 New champion: $12,800	$20,200 22 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD)
Mike	$600	$4,000	$1,000	$2,000 2nd place: $2,000	$8,000 17 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

HIS STORY	PRO SPORTS TEAMS IN OTHER WORDS	COLLEGE TOWNS	THIS & THAT	MOUNTAIN RANGES	"C" DUTY
$200 [16] Henegotiated the Teamsters' first national contract before he mysteriously disappeared in 1975 (Jimmy) Hoffa Mike	$200 [26] Football by the Erie Canal:President Clinton, software guy Gates the Buffalo Bills Deborah	$200 [8] Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh Mike	$200 [21] These backless beach sandals have a hyphenated name flip-flops Leslie	$200 [6] The name of this range may be a corruption of a 1700s French trading post spelled "A-U-X A-R-C" the Ozarks Leslie	$200 [1] A star is the logo of this popular athletic shoe company Converse Leslie
$400 [17] This "Birth of the Cool" trumpeter got a scholarship from Juilliard, where he studied classical music Miles Davis Mike	$400 [27] The NBA in a state that meets at Four Corners:Dixieland, bebopor swing the Jazz Leslie	$400 [9] University of Florida Gainesville Mike	$400 [22] It's easy to use one of these small grills whose name is from the Japanese for "bowl of fire" a hibachi Deborah	$400 [7] This mountain range is the 2nd-longest in North America the Appalachians Mike	$400 [2] According to Mark Twain, these "make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society" clothes Leslie
$600 [18] This English poet met Galileo, & he refers to Galileo's telescope in "Paradise Lost" (John) Milton Mike	$600 [28] Women's basketball, Texas style:Shoemaker-Levy, Halley's the Comets Deborah	$600 [10] University of Colorado Boulder Mike	$600 [23] With a diameter of almost 90,000 miles, this planet is equal in size to about 1,300 Earths Jupiter Mike	$600 [13] The Tasman & Hooker Glaciers radiate from Mt. Cook, the highest mountain of the Southern Alps in this country New Zealand Leslie	$600 [3] Wealthy patrons of a store are called this kind of "trade", from what they used to drive up in carriage (trade) Deborah Leslie
$800 [19] This Pilgrim signed the Mayflower Compact & married Priscilla Mullins John Alden Mike	$800 [29] Major League Soccer in the sun:The Milky Way or Andromeda the Los Angeles Galaxy Mike	$800 [11] Pepperdine University Malibu Deborah Mike	$800 [24] On Feb. 16, 1804, in a daring act, this U.S. naval officer destroyed a frigate that Tripoli pirates had captured Stephen Decatur Deborah	$800 [14] The first survey of this Russian mountain range wasn't undertaken until the 18th century the Urals Leslie Mike	$800 [4] The 12 points of the Boy Scout law say to be courteous, kind & this, looking at the bright side of things cheerful
$1,000 [20] In 1842 he expanded his 1835 short story "Taras Bulba" into a full-length novel Gogol Deborah	$1,000 [30] Baseball in Missouri:Henry VIII, Richard III the Kansas City Royals	$1,000 [12] The Citadel Charleston, South Carolina Mike	$1,000 [25] The brown hairstreak is one of these insects of the superfamily Papilionoidea a butterfly Leslie	DD $1,800 [15] This mountain range is divided into 3 regions, the Atlantic, the Central & the Mediterranean the Pyrenees Leslie	$1,000 [5] The finishing "stone" at the top of a pyramid the capstone Leslie

Double Jeopardy! Round

WEIGHTS & MEASURES	ROCK BAND COUNTRY OF ORIGIN	POLITICAL ASYLUM	HARRIET	ALLITERATIVE AUTHORS	CUT TO THE "QUICK"
$400 [4] On this scale, the temperature of the human body is normally 37 degrees Celsius Leslie	$400 [7] Black Sabbath England Mike	$400 [1] Before his life sentence for Nazi collaboration, Philippe Petain of this country got a parade in N.Y. for heroism in WWI France Leslie	$400 [18] In 1978shebecame the first African-American woman to appear on a U.S. postage stamp Harriet Tubman Deborah	$400 [6] A visit to India inspiredhisnovel "Siddhartha", published in German in 1922 Hermann Hesse Mike	$400 [14] Don't get trapped in this, which usually forms on the bottom of streams & on flats along seacoasts quicksand Deborah
$800 [5] It's said that a light whisper is 10 of these units; the loud "Jeopardy!" office is about 60 decibels Deborah	$800 [8] Styx the U.S. Mike	$800 [2] A reporter was jailed for writing that this general should suspend martial law after his Battle of New Orleans victory (Andrew) Jackson Leslie	$800 [19] She worked as George W. Bush's personal lawyer in Texas & as White House legal counsel during his presidency Harriet Miers Leslie	$800 [12] He first found fame with his 1971 novel "The Day of the Jackal" (Frederick) Forsyth Deborah	$800 [16] This baking product from General Mills was introduced in 1931 Bisquick Deborah
$1,200 [21] This container made of staves is a standard dry measure for most produce but is smaller for cranberries a barrel Deborah Leslie	$1,200 [9] AC/DC Australia Mike	$1,200 [3] The political wrath of God came down upon this veep over fundraising at a Buddhist temple in California Al Gore	$1,200 [20] In 1912 Harriet Quimby became the first female pilot to fly over this approximately 21-mile-wide body of water the English Channel Leslie	$1,200 [13] This Western author grew up listening to tales of his great-grandfather, who was scalped by the Sioux Louis L'Amour Leslie	$1,200 [24] A media player, or a march rate of 120 paces per minute QuickTime Mike
DD $2,000 [22] 1.5 ounces is equal to a jigger or one of these units--but Bartender, a little extra is always OK a shot Leslie	$1,600 [10] Rush Canada	$2,000 [30] When this U.S. president suspended habeas corpus, some critical reporters went to jail Abraham Lincoln Leslie	$1,600 [25] Since he was unmarried, his niece Harriet Lane acted as his First Lady Buchanan Leslie	$1,600 [15] Published in 1724, his last major work of fiction was "Roxana", about a courtesan, not a castaway Daniel Defoe Leslie	$1,600 [27] Rhyming play used on 2nd or 3rd down to help improve field position, though you do lose possession quick kick
$2,000 [23] A song from "Guys and Dolls" begins, "I love you a bushel and a peck", which would be a total of this many pecks 5 Mike	$2,000 [11] The Scorpions West Germany	DD $7,000 [29] This world leader graduated from law school before planning the attack on the Moncada Barracks Fidel Castro Mike	$2,000 [26] Harriet Taylor Mill helped this man, her husband, write "On Liberty" John Stuart Mill Leslie	$2,000 [17] In 1964's "From Doon with Death", she introduced Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford Ruth Rendell Deborah	$2,000 [28] It's another name for the metallic element mercury quicksilver Mike

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD HISTORY

Beginning in 1932 all this country's kings have been the country's founder or his sons

Saudi Arabia

Mike "What is Saudi Arabia?" — wagered $1,000

Leslie "What is Nepal?" — wagered $6,000

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